Toxic RNA may be the central driver of worsening heart disease in myotonic dystrophy type 1 — and that sharpens the case for RNA-targeted therapies Myotonic dystrophy type 1, or DM1, is often thought of mainly as a muscle disease. But one of its most...
Continue readingCitizen science may strengthen health and well-being — but its benefits seem to come more from participation and agency than from a direct ‘treatment’ effect “My head feels clearer.” Phrases like that have immediate appeal because they translate some...
Continue readingAI health chatbots may inform you — but they still won’t make you better at diagnosing yourself The rise of AI chatbots has created a new digital health fantasy: that anyone can describe a fever, pain, shortness of breath, dizziness or a vague collec...
Continue readingHow the body holds ‘sleeping’ tuberculosis in check: scientists are clarifying the role of granulomas and immune defence The phrase “sleeping tuberculosis” is useful shorthand, but it hides a much more complicated biological reality. When researchers...
Continue readingHow calcium channel mutations may derail early brain development in childhood epilepsy — and what this finding really explains When people think about childhood epilepsy, the first image is usually seizures. But in the most severe early-life syndrome...
Continue readingA new cervix-on-a-chip could make STI research more realistic — and help show how infections meet the body For years, one of the biggest limitations in sexually transmitted infection research has been the difficulty of recreating, in the lab, the env...
Continue readingBrain donation may help autism research move forward — but the evidence provided cannot confirm how well the public understands that When most people think about autism research, they tend to picture genetics, brain scans, developmental assessments,...
Continue readingLow birthweight may signal higher stroke risk in young adults — but the evidence provided is still too thin to confirm it For decades, stroke was understood mainly as a condition shaped during adult life. High blood pressure, diabetes, smoking, high...
Continue readingCould the immune system be trained to fight Candida better? Research points to a new antifungal strategy When doctors treat candidiasis, the basic playbook has long been familiar: identify the fungal infection, choose an antifungal drug, and try to c...
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