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Scientists Find a Biological Target That Could Halt Post-Surgical Delirium in Older Adults
Post-operative delirium silently accelerates dementia in older patients. A new biological target could finally give medicine a way to stop it upstream.
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A single gene therapy injection is reversing congenital deafness within weeks
A single injection delivering a corrected hearing gene restored function in all ten patients tested, raising profound questions about biology, identity, and access.
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Zombie Cells and the Science Trying to Clear Them Before They Kill You
Cells that stop dividing but refuse to die are now central to aging science, and the drugs targeting them could reshape medicine or create new problems.
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Two Fatty Acids Show Promise in Clearing Senescent Cells Linked to Aging
Two polyunsaturated fatty acids found in bitter melon and tung oil can selectively kill senescent cells, adding an unexpected entry to the senolytic field.
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String Theory's Endless War: Why Physics Still Can't Quit Its Most Controversial Idea
String theory has dominated physics for 50 years without a single confirmed prediction. A new program may finally give it a falsifiable frontier.
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WHO's New TB Diagnostics Could Reshape How the World's Deadliest Infection Is Found
Tuberculosis kills more people each year than almost any other infectious disease on the planet, yet for decades the standard tools used to find it have barely
25 Mar 2026
Why American Cities Keep Building Bike Networks That Exclude Older Riders
Anne Lusk has spent years studying something most urban planners overlook: what happens to cycling infrastructure when you design it for the young and able-bodi
25 Mar 2026
CRISPR Builds Cancer-Fighting Cells Inside the Body, Skipping the Lab Entirely
The standard playbook for CAR T cell therapy is expensive, slow, and brutally demanding on patients. Blood is drawn, T cells are extracted, genetically reprogra
25 Mar 2026
Biological Age Tests Are Booming. The Science Behind Them Is Still Catching Up
Every few months, a new consumer wellness company arrives promising something that sounds almost magical: send in a cheek swab or a few drops of blood, and they
22 Mar 2026
Leprosy Still Infects 200,000 People a Year. The World Keeps Looking Away.
Leprosy is among the oldest diseases in recorded human history, appearing in ancient texts from India, China, and Egypt. It has outlasted empires, survived the
22 Mar 2026
The Hidden Wound: Why Mental Health Is the Missing Link in NTD Elimination
Every year, World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day arrives with renewed pledges and carefully worded communiqués. This year, the World Health Organization chose
22 Mar 2026
The Four Agencies Renewing One Health's Global Pact Have More to Prove Than Ever
When four of the world's most powerful international health and environment bodies sign a renewed agreement, it is easy to read the moment as bureaucratic house
22 Mar 2026
Six Years After COVID's Global Alarm, Pandemic Readiness Remains a Half-Built House
On January 30, 2019, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Six years on, the question of whether t
22 Mar 2026
WHO's 2026 Emergency Health Appeal Reveals How Fragile the Global Safety Net Has Become
Every year, the World Health Organization issues a global appeal for humanitarian health funding, and every year, the gap between what is needed and what arrive
22 Mar 2026
Cholera Vaccination Is Back. The World Has Three Years of Catching Up to Do.
For three years, the global stockpile of oral cholera vaccines sat effectively depleted, forcing health authorities to make an impossible triage: vaccinate peop
