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How PrEP Works: From Daily Pills to Twice-Yearly Shots Health

How PrEP Works: From Daily Pills to Twice-Yearly Shots

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, has transformed HIV prevention. A new twice-yearly injectable drug called lenacapavir works by targeting the virus'...

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LRG1 Protein Unmasked as Root Cause of Diabetic Blindness Health

LRG1 Protein Unmasked as Root Cause of Diabetic Blindness

Scientists at UCL have identified the protein LRG1 as the earliest trigger of diabetic retinopathy, constricting retinal blood vessels before any visi...

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How CAR T-Cell Therapy Fights Cancer Health

How CAR T-Cell Therapy Fights Cancer

CAR T-cell therapy reprograms a patient's own immune cells to hunt and destroy cancer. Here's how this revolutionary treatment works, which cancers it...

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How Remote Robotic Surgery Works and Why It Matters Health

How Remote Robotic Surgery Works and Why It Matters

Telesurgery lets a surgeon operate on a patient thousands of kilometres away using robotic arms, fibre-optic links, and haptic feedback. Here is how t...

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How Telesurgery Works: Operating From Miles Away Health

How Telesurgery Works: Operating From Miles Away

Telesurgery lets surgeons operate on patients thousands of miles away using robotic arms and fiber-optic connections. Here's the science and technolog...

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Scientists Find Malaria's Fatal Weakness in ARK1 Protein Health

Scientists Find Malaria's Fatal Weakness in ARK1 Protein

An international research team has identified ARK1, a protein kinase essential for malaria parasite replication, as a promising drug target — offering...

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Hidden DNA Enzymes Reveal a Mini-Metabolism in Cells Science

Hidden DNA Enzymes Reveal a Mini-Metabolism in Cells

A landmark study published in Nature Communications has discovered more than 200 metabolic enzymes sitting directly on human DNA, revealing a hidden '...

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How Liquid Biopsies Detect Cancer From a Blood Test Health

How Liquid Biopsies Detect Cancer From a Blood Test

Liquid biopsies scan a simple blood draw for tiny fragments of tumor DNA, offering a less invasive way to detect, monitor, and guide treatment of canc...

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What Is a Liquid Biopsy and How Does It Detect Cancer? Health

What Is a Liquid Biopsy and How Does It Detect Cancer?

A liquid biopsy is a simple blood test that hunts for fragments of cancer DNA circulating in your bloodstream — no surgery, no tissue sample. Here's t...

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How Malaria Parasites Work—and Why They're Hard to Kill Health

How Malaria Parasites Work—and Why They're Hard to Kill

Malaria kills hundreds of thousands of people every year, yet the parasite behind it remains one of the most elusive targets in medicine. Here's how P...

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How Directed Evolution Engineers Better Proteins Science

How Directed Evolution Engineers Better Proteins

Directed evolution mimics Darwinian natural selection in the lab to create powerful new enzymes — tools that are already cleaning up plastics, making...

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How Brain-Computer Interfaces Work and Who They Help Science

How Brain-Computer Interfaces Work and Who They Help

Brain-computer interfaces translate raw neural signals into commands for machines — offering hope to people with paralysis, ALS, and other conditions....

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