Suzetrigine and the Shift Toward Non-Opioid Pain Management
The recently-approved new pain drug suzetrigine shows potential as an alternative to opioids that can relieve pain without unwanted effects in the brain.
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Have a Fast Metabolism? Decades-Long Study Shows Future Generations May Not
Is having a “fast metabolism” a fixed characteristic? Or is it something that you can change?
Pregnancy Causes Astonishing Brain Changes – Why haven’t we noticed this before?
Pregnancy changes more than the body—it reshapes the brain in surprising, lasting ways.
Adipokine Balance: How fat coordinates metabolism
Why can losing weight be so challenging? How does obesity contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes?
Universal genetic testing efficiently diagnoses hospitalized infants and ends racial disparities
A new study shows that universal genetic testing for infants in intensive care provides a five-fold increase in genetic diagnoses and eliminates racial disparities
Cloak and Cure: Disguising Nanoparticles as Immune Allies
Imagine if medication could travel directly to the source of your illness and unpleasant side effects could be a thing of the past? This is the intriguing promise of nanoparticles!
Development of a ‘Molecular Can Opener’ for Drug Delivery
Physicists utilized large-scale computer modeling to develop a cage-like structure and paired opener towards the goal of efficiently delivering therapies.
Helping Cancer Cells “Grow” Could Be the Key to a Cure
Cancer is one of the world’s deadliest diseases. While traditional treatments focus on killing these diseased cells, research is exploring a new approach: pushing cancer cells to become healthy cells.
New Genetic Study Illuminates Biology of Raynaud's Syndrome
Using a data set of over 10,000 people with Raynaud syndrome, scientists have identified genes underlying the biology of the cardiovascular condition.
Nature Teaches Us How to Edit DNA
By studying how the cell repairs DNA damage, researchers have developed a new technology to edit large DNA fragments in bacteria cells.