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How Cyclic Peptides Work—and Why They Make Better Drugs
Cyclic peptides occupy a unique niche between small-molecule pills and large biologics. By locking amino acid chains into ring shapes, scientists crea...
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Cyclic peptides occupy a unique niche between small-molecule pills and large biologics. By locking amino acid chains into ring shapes, scientists crea...
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Scientists are learning to freeze organs without destroying them, using vitrification and nanowarming to turn tissue into glass and bring it back. If...
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Chronic pain affects over a billion people worldwide, but scientists are finally mapping the hidden brain circuits that turn temporary pain into a per...
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Fatty liver disease (MASLD) affects nearly 40% of adults worldwide yet rarely shows symptoms until serious damage occurs. Here's how fat infiltrates t...
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Pancreatic cancer has one of the lowest survival rates of any major cancer. Deep inside the abdomen and nearly invisible in its early stages, it evade...
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Graphene oxide selectively destroys bacterial cells, including drug-resistant superbugs, while leaving human cells unharmed. Scientists have now pinpo...
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Men have had only three birth-control options for decades. A look at why developing new male contraceptives is so difficult, what approaches scientist...
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Tinnitus affects roughly one in seven adults worldwide, yet there is no cure. Here's how phantom sound originates in the brain, what triggers it, and...
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Pharmacogenomics explains why identical medications can cure one patient and harm another. By reading genetic variants in drug-metabolizing enzymes an...
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GLP-1 receptor agonists like semaglutide mimic a natural gut hormone to control blood sugar and appetite, but emerging research shows they also protec...
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Extracellular vesicles are tiny parcels released by nearly every cell in the body, carrying proteins, RNA, and lipids between cells. Scientists are no...
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Lipid nanoparticles are the microscopic delivery vehicles that made mRNA vaccines possible and are now revolutionizing gene therapy, cancer treatment,...
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