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Zorevunersen Reduces Seizures in Dravet Syndrome by 91% Health

Zorevunersen Reduces Seizures in Dravet Syndrome by 91%

The experimental drug zorevunersen has reduced seizure frequency by up to 91% in children with Dravet syndrome. The results of a clinical trial publis...

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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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AI Therapy Chatbots Fail Ethics Standards, Study Finds Technology

AI Therapy Chatbots Fail Ethics Standards, Study Finds

A Brown University study found that popular AI chatbots routinely violate core mental health ethics — even when explicitly prompted to act as trained...

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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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How Alzheimer's Disease Develops in the Brain Health

How Alzheimer's Disease Develops in the Brain

Alzheimer's disease begins silently decades before any symptoms appear. Here is what actually happens inside the brain — from rogue proteins to dying...

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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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What Is Tau Protein and How It Triggers Alzheimer's Health

What Is Tau Protein and How It Triggers Alzheimer's

Tau protein keeps brain cells healthy — until it doesn't. Here's how this tiny molecule goes rogue, forms toxic tangles, and drives Alzheimer's and ot...

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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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GLP-1 Drugs Protect Hearts; Aspirin Fails Cancer Test Health

GLP-1 Drugs Protect Hearts; Aspirin Fails Cancer Test

Two landmark findings are reshaping clinical medicine: GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy show powerful cardioprotection after heart attacks, while a...

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