21+ hour, 27+ min ago   (241+ words) Getting these results required overcoming significant technical challenges. Breast milk is notoriously difficult to study. It's packed with fat and human cells but carrying relatively few bacteria. The team used shotgun metagenomic sequencing rather than older, lower-resolution methods, allowing them…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (257+ words) Families rarely face one stressor in isolation. Financial strain tends to co-occur with lower educational attainment, housing instability, job loss, and general psychological stress. To understand how these factors interact, the research team used Exploratory Graph Analysis, a statistical tool…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (566+ words) Scientists have pinpointed five genes never before linked to obesity by analyzing DNA from nearly 850,000 people across six continental ancestries, a discovery that challenges the field's long-standing focus on European populations and reveals how genetic blind spots have obscured our…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (422+ words) New research in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology reveals that severe stress, such as changes in family structure like divorce or separation, experienced during the first year of life may triple the risk of developing psoriasis later in life. The…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (550+ words) Elizabeth Plunk, PhD (left), alumna of the Toxicology graduate program and Neuroscience graduate student Alexis Feidler (right) work in the Majewska Lab at the University of Rochester Intellectual and Developmental Research Center. A chemical touted as a safer alternative to…...

6+ mon, 4+ day ago   (437+ words) Adults who survived childhood cancer face a 58% higher risk of severe COVID-19 complications, even decades after their original diagnosis, according to a comprehensive study tracking over 13,000 survivors across Denmark and Sweden. The research reveals that while these survivors were less…...

6+ mon, 5+ day ago   (387+ words) Children with autism spectrum disorder showed significant improvements in core symptoms after receiving a specially formulated vitamin D3 nanoemulsion, according to a clinical trial involving 80 children aged 3-6 years. The nanoemulsion delivered vitamin D3 more effectively than conventional supplements, leading to measurable improvements…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (687+ words) World-class faculty. Groundbreaking research. An exceptional health system. Beautiful surroundings. A robust cultural life. Welcome to the University of Michigan, a place with a storied past and a boundless future. We invite you to explore the diverse and vibrant community…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (905+ words) Not all orangutan mothers parent alike, according to pioneering research that tracked wild Sumatran orangutans for 15 years. The study, published Tuesday in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, documents for the first time how individual orangutan mothers consistently differ in…...

8+ mon, 1+ day ago   (1113+ words) Endocrine-disrupting chemicals are everywhere " from plastics to cosmetics " silently affecting our reproductive health. EU-funded researchers are shedding light on the risks and developing better tests to protect future generations. By Vittoria D'Alessio Professor Majorie van Duursen, a Dutch environmental health…...