Christa Pike faces execution by lethal injection on September 30 at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee. United Nations human rights experts and Amnesty International have called for an immediate halt to the execution, citing her history of childhood abuse and nearly three decades on death row. Death Row Timeline and Legal Status … Read more
Researchers at Stanford Medicine have developed two artificial intelligence models of the biological cell, culminating in a second-generation algorithm called TranscriptFormer that can process gene expression data across 112 million cells and 12 distinct species. According to Stanford University bioengineering professor Stephen Quake, the technology provides a mathematical space that allows scientists to analyze massive, … Read more
Interferon-alpha treats myeloproliferative neoplasms such as essential thrombocythemia by forcing mutant blood stem cells to rapidly mature into short-lived neutrophils, according to a study published in Nature Genetics by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The biologic drug also balances myeloid and lymphoid cell production while depleting malignant cell pools in the bone marrow, though its broad … Read more
Patients with major depressive disorder and an inadequate response to standard antidepressants who receive add-on treatment with lumateperone experience significant improvements in sexual function, according to a study published in The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and led by University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher Anita H. Clayton. In the 480-patient trial, a daily 42 … Read more
Patients with small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) undergoing regular brain MRI surveillance without prophylactic cranial irradiation (PCI) achieved significantly better cognitive failure–free survival, according to phase III randomized trial results presented at the Presidential Symposium of the IASLC 2026 World Conference on Lung Cancer in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Researchers reported that MRI surveillance alone improved … Read more
People living in areas with high levels of fine particulate air pollution face up to 70% higher odds of developing glaucoma compared to those in the least polluted regions, according to a large study presented at the 44th Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons in London. The systematic review pooled data … Read more
A simple test using standard eye-testing equipment can accurately predict whether laser blended vision surgery will be successful for those with presbyopia, based on findings shared at the 44th Congress of the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons (ESCRS). The procedure corrects one eye for distance and the other for near vision, relying on … Read more
Drinking tea or coffee at very hot temperatures triples the risk of developing esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, according to a study published in the International Journal of Cancer. Researchers from the University of Oxford analyzed data from nearly one million UK adults, finding that individuals who prefer their beverages very hot face a significantly higher … Read more
Higher plasma phosphorylated tau 217 concentrations are linked to a significantly greater risk of cognitive impairment, particularly among adults carrying the apolipoprotein E epsilon-4 allele, according to a pooled analysis published in The Lancet Neurology. Researchers evaluated participant-level data from seven multiethnic prospective cohort studies to understand how genetic background alters the prognostic meaning of … Read more
According to a study published in the journal Scientific Reports, feeding urban-adapted lobster cockroaches an exclusively ultra-processed diet of potato chips and candy significantly increased their mortality rate to 47%, compared to 20% for those consuming unprocessed foods like apples and potatoes. The experiment offers a controlled look at how human-made, calorie-dense foods impact invertebrate … Read more