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  • Balance between two competing nerve proteins deters symptoms of autism in mice

    Balance between two competing nerve proteins deters symptoms of autism in mice

    In mice, autism symptoms arise when a certain pair of competing nerve proteins falls out of equilibrium, according to a study published April 1 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Dongdong Zhao of Wenzhou Medical University, China, Yun-wu Zhang of Xiamen University, China, and colleagues.

    Approximately 1% of the world population is considered to have Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), exhibiting a series of social and cognitive symptoms. Previous research has linked certain genetic…

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  • Use of antifungals in agriculture may increase resistance in an infectious yeast, study suggests

    Use of antifungals in agriculture may increase resistance in an infectious yeast, study suggests

    Genomic changes in the infectious yeast Candida tropicalis may play a role in its resistance to antifungals, according to a study published on April 1 in the open-access journal, PLOS Biology by Guanghua Huang at Fudan University, China, and colleagues. These genomic changes can be brought on by a common antifungal, TBZ. The study demonstrates that the use of TBZ in agriculture may contribute to the increasing problem of antifungal resistance.

    C. tropicalis is one of the most common fungi to…

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  • Palantir Sues Y Combinator Startup Guardian AI Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft

    Palantir Sues Y Combinator Startup Guardian AI Over Alleged Trade Secret Theft

    A messy legal battle is brewing in the market for AI that reviews health insurance claims.

    Palantir Technologies has sued Y Combinator-backed startup Guardian AI and its founders—former employees of its healthcare division—for what it called “brazen” trade secret theft in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

    Palantir, the $198 billion (market cap) tech behemoth, alleged in the suit that founders Mayank Jain…

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  • Mpox could become a serious global threat, scientists warn

    Mpox could become a serious global threat, scientists warn

    Mpox has the potential to become a significant global health threat if taken too lightly, according to scientists at the University of Surrey.

    In a letter published in Nature Medicine, researchers highlight how mpox — traditionally spread from animals to humans — is now showing clear signs of sustained human-to-human transmission.

    Mpox is a viral infection caused by a virus that belongs to the same family as smallpox. The virus can cause a painful rash, fever, and swollen glands and, in…

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  • Combination immunotherapy shrank a variety of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers

    Combination immunotherapy shrank a variety of metastatic gastrointestinal cancers

    A new form of tumor infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) therapy, a form of personalized cancer immunotherapy, dramatically improved the treatment’s effectiveness in patients with metastatic gastrointestinal cancers, according to results of a clinical trial led by researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The findings, published April 1, 2025 in Nature Medicine, offer hopethat this therapy could be used to treat a variety of solid tumors, which has so far eluded researchers developing…

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  • New 3D technology paves way for next-generation eye-tracking

    New 3D technology paves way for next-generation eye-tracking

    Eye tracking plays a critical role in the latest virtual and augmented reality headsets and is an important technology in the entertainment industry, scientific research, medical and behavioral sciences, automotive driving assistance and industrial engineering. Tracking the movements of the human eye with high accuracy, however, is a daunting challenge.

    Researchers at the University of Arizona Wyant College of Optical Sciences have now demonstrated an innovative approach that could…

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  • Researchers develop new way to match young cancer patients with the right drugs

    Researchers develop new way to match young cancer patients with the right drugs

    A pan-Canadian team has developed a new way to quickly find personalized treatments for young cancer patients, by growing their tumours in chicken eggs and analyzing their proteins.

    The team, led by researchers from the University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, is the first in Canada to combine these two techniques to identify and test a drug for a young patient’s tumour in time for their treatment.

    Their success in finding a new drug for the patient,…

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  • Exposure to air pollution in childhood is associated with reduced brain connectivity

    Exposure to air pollution in childhood is associated with reduced brain connectivity

    A new study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by the “la Caixa” Foundation, has found that children exposed to higher levels of air pollution in early and mid childhood have weaker connections between key brain regions. The findings, published in Environment International, highlight the potential impact of early exposure to air pollution on brain development.

    The research showed reduced functional connectivity within and between certain cortical…

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  • Researchers develop test using machine learning to help predict immunotherapy response in lymphoma patients

    Researchers develop test using machine learning to help predict immunotherapy response in lymphoma patients

    Researchers with City of Hope, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, with its National Medical Center in Los Angeles ranked among the nation’s top 5 cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report, and MSK have created a tool that uses machine learning to assess a non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) patient’s likely response to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy before starting the treatment, according to study results published…

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  • Omega-6 fatty acid promotes the growth of an aggressive type of breast cancer, study finds

    Omega-6 fatty acid promotes the growth of an aggressive type of breast cancer, study finds

    Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in seed oils such as soybean and safflower oil, and animal products including pork and eggs, specifically enhances the growth of the hard-to-treat “triple negative” breast cancer subtype, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The discovery could lead to new dietary and pharmaceutical strategies against breast and other cancers.

    In the study, published March 14 in Science, the researchers found that linoleic…

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