Pathogens drive inflammation by reprogramming host cell metabolic processes
An intestinal pathogen reshapes the gut environment to fuel its own colonization and cause diseases, a multi-institutional team…
Intercellular heme transfer pathway sustains red blood cell production under stress
Scientists have long been puzzled by how maturing red blood cells manage to produce all the hemoglobin they…
APC-deficient cancer cells rely on single enzyme for survival
A newly published study reports that APC-deficient cancer cells may depend on a single metabolic enzyme for survival,…
Study reveals lung-brain link between smoking and neurodegeneration
The correlation between smoking and neurodegeneration is well-documented, with one study from 2011 finding heavy smoking in midlife was associated…
Tumor microenvironment drives resistance to ferroptosis in pancreatic cancer
Tumors driven by cancer-driving KRAS mutations are often susceptible to ferroptosis, a type of cell death that can…
VLT Zooms in on Nearby Triangulum Galaxy
A new close-up of the Triangulum galaxy, captured with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), traces the tangled gas…
Engineering longevity with the ZEUGMA hyperbaric chamber
As hyperbaric oxygen therapy moves beyond clinical medicine, HPO.TECH’s ZEUGMA hyperbaric chamber reflects growing interest in engineered recovery.…
Gene mutation that aids high-altitude survival could repair myelin sheath damage
A genetic mutation that helps animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes survive at high altitudes may hold the key to repairing…
New microscope captures 3D blood flow and oxygenation at single-cell resolution
The brain relies on real-time delivery of oxygen and nutrients through its microvasculature, which threads through neural tissue…
COVID-19 ARDS survivors face lasting disability and high late mortality, researchers report
Four years after ICU admission, mortality remains strikingly high in ventilated COVID-19 ARDS patients, and many survivors continue…
NASA tests method to extract oxygen from simulated lunar soil
Space travel has always had a luggage problem. If you want to breathe, drink, or move on the…
Ganymede’s Auroral Patches Reveal Shared Physics with Earth’s Aurorae
Scientsts from the United States, Europe and China have used the Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) onboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft…