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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered sex-specific differences in how fat accumulates in muscle and bone, uncovering patterns that could inform new approaches to treating age-related diseases.

Childhood exposure to school segregation is associated with worse late-life cognitive outcomes among older Black adults, according to a study published online Jan. 3 in JAMA Network Open.

Sudanese health authorities are turning to AI to strengthen health systems after dozens of doctors were killed in the country’s almost two-year-long civil war, according to a senior official.

Approximately one in four women in Canada are unaware of the benefits of taking folic acid before and during pregnancy to prevent certain birth defects—a percentage that has not improved in more than a decade.

Cancer screening is key to saving patients’ lives, since an earlier stage diagnosis improves survival rates, decreases morbidity, and leads to less intensive treatments. Early detection also has the potential to save Canada’s health care system substantial amounts of money. The United States adopted breast cancer screening for women in their forties due to an increase in the incidence of breast cancer in younger women, with recent research from the University of Ottawa confirming this rise.

A study from the Keck School of Medicine of USC has tested a biomarker linked to vascular dementia across four separate groups and proposed an explanation for how cognitive impairment arises. The findings are published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia.

In a significant advancement for cancer research, a team of scientists from Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen, University Hospital Tübingen, and Osnabrück University successfully designed a new family of protein-based antagonists that selectively block the G-CSFR receptor, which is linked to the emergence of several blood cancers, including acute myeloid leukemia.

Neural implants contain integrated circuits (ICs)—commonly called chips—built on silicon. These implants need to be small and flexible to mimic circumstances inside the human body. However, the environment within the body is corrosive, which raises concerns about the durability of implantable silicon ICs.

Researchers at the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC), a joint institution of the Max Delbrück Center and Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin, have developed a promising gene-editing approach intended to restore the function of a protein that is essential to repair and regrow muscle in patients with muscular dystrophy diseases. The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications.

A new University of Cincinnati Cancer Center study has identified a particular strand of microRNA as a promising new target for overcoming breast cancer treatment resistance and improving outcomes. The research was recently published in the journal Cancers.