Chemotherapy used to target and kill bladder cancer cells may trigger an inflammatory response that ultimately may make the cancer more resistant to treatment, according to new research from scientists at Houston Methodist.

With the help of AI, an inexpensive test found in many doctors’ offices may soon be used to screen for hidden structural heart disease. 

New research from the University of Chicago shows that a deceptively simple mathematical model can describe how the soil responds to environmental change. Using just two variables, the model shows that changes in pH levels consistently result in three distinct metabolic states of the community.

Living near Coldwater Creek—a Missouri River tributary north of St. Louis that was polluted by nuclear waste from the development of the first atomic bomb—in childhood in the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s was associated with an elevated risk of cancer, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The researchers say the findings corroborate health concerns long held by community members.

The development, which enables researchers to see how neuron-specific waves travel through the brains of mice in real time, led to the discovery of three types of brain waves that move in directions never previously seen. The work holds promise for understanding diseases such as epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s, as well as developing artificial intelligence.