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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 26-Dec-2025 18:11 ET (26-Dec-2025 23:11 GMT/UTC)

29-Oct-2025

Malaria parasites are full of wildly spinning iron crystals. Scientists finally know why.

University of Utah Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The first known metallic nanomotor in biology is powered by rocket fuel.

Journal

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Funder

NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Utah Price College of Engineering, University of Utah 3i Initiative

29-Oct-2025

Secret to a long life? In bowhead whales, a protein repairs damaged DNA

University of Rochester Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers gain clues from these giant mammals about cancer resistance. 

Journal

Nature

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health

29-Oct-2025

Researchers uncover key mechanism behind chemotherapy-induced nerve damage

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have made a breakthrough in understanding why many cancer patients develop nerve damage after chemotherapy.

Journal

Science Translational Medicine

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense

29-Oct-2025

Hot new clues for treating immune ‘cold’ tumors

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In mice, when beneficial cancer-fighting immune checkpoint inhibitors are blocked by a mutation of the gene RAC1 (labeled A159V) the effect can be minimized with combination therapy using rapamycin, Cincinnati Children's scientists report in Science Advances.

Journal

Science Advances

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health

29-Oct-2025

A doorstop for the brain’s electrical gates

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor Hiro Furukawa and postdoc Hyunook Kang have identified the molecular mechanisms that keep the brain’s NMDA receptors fully or partially open. These neurological ‘doorstops’ could point the way to new therapies for strokes, Alzheimer’s disease, and other neurodegenerative conditions.

Journal

Nature

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Austin's Purpose, Doug Fox Alzheimer's Fund, Heartfelt Wings Foundation, Robertson Research Fund, Gertrude and Louis Feil Family Trust