Former Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson announced this week that all newborn babies in England will be screened for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), a landmark change following her public campaign after her twin daughters were diagnosed with the rare genetic disorder. The announcement comes months after Nelson revealed that her daughters, Ocean Jade and Story…
Many people are seeking aesthetic procedures that can improve their appearance, boost their self-confidence and help them attain their personal aesthetic objectives. Whether it’s an injection or a skin rejuvenation procedure, or even an advanced cosmetic service, modern aesthetic medicine can provide a diverse array of solutions to help people look better and feel better….
Want to stay on top of the science and politics driving biotech today? Sign up to get our biotech newsletter in your inbox. Hiya. Today, we explore a gene therapy approach that’s drawing excitement but also skepticism, and see that Jennifer Doudna is moving into AI-designed gene editors that push beyond evolution. Plus, our trusty podcasters unpack…
TOPLINE An AI system identified six acute abdominal emergencies on CT scans using a multiwindow Hounsfield unit (HU) encoding approach and localised the detected pathology to the clinically appropriate abdominal region with 99.5% accuracy, a study showed. METHODOLOGY Researchers developed and retrospectively analysed a deep learning system trained and internally validated on a patient-level split…
A Summer That Is Already Breaking Records West Nile virus is supposed to peak in August and September. In Maricopa County, Arizona — the county that contains Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, and Chandler — four people had already died before July 4th. That has not happened in a West Nile season since the early 2000s….
MNB – FDA Issues Hidden Ingredient Alert for PRE-FORMANCE BLACK – Image by Andrej Klintsy from Pexels Late June 2026, the US Food and Drug Administration issued a warning that laboratory testing revealed the presence of 1,4-dimethylamylamine, or DMAA, in Pre-Formance Black pills. The hidden ingredient, sneakily listed as ‘geranium extract’, puts consumers at risk…
The fates of two top health officials — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Susan Monarez — loomed over a Wednesday Senate hearing, though neither of them was in the room. Almost a year after Kennedy ousted Monarez as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention over vaccine policy, senators pressed the administration’s new…
TOPLINE Loss-of-function mutations in G protein-coupled receptor 15 (GPR15) were associated with early-onset inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) through impaired homing of regulatory CD8+ T cells to the colonic mucosa. These GPR15-guided CD8+ regulatory T cells (CD8+ TIGR) suppressed intestinal inflammation by killing activated macrophages, and their deficiency led to macrophage accumulation and severe colitis. METHODOLOGY…
The legendary Star Trek captain, William Shatner, spoke candidly about how a brush with death reshaped his outlook on life. He revealed that three years ago, he and his daughter Melanie were both diagnosed with stage four cancer at the same time. He had melanoma, and she had breast cancer. “Through the magic of medicine,…
Spanish sperm specialists are about to shake up fertility research. In a study published in the scientific journal Cells this April, biologists working out of the University of the Basque Country/EHU report that they have developed a new method that will allow investigators to access sperm biomarkers from men with low sperm counts. Right now…
