Medicine Breakthroughs

Study analyzes buyers' assumptions about carpal chips in Thoroughbred yearlings

46 racehorses studied prove surgery eliminates performance gap from knee chips.

Postbiotic gummies cut gum bleeding in six weeks, trial suggests

116 adults saw less gum bleeding in just 6 weeks after eating postbiotic gummies.

Diabetes and obesity drugs may help with inflammation and repair of skin

2–3% of people have psoriasis—and new diabetes drugs may help treat it and other skin conditions.

Strep by strep: Researchers unravel genetics powering emerging infectious disease threat

Genomic study reveals key genes in deadly strep bacterium, opening path to vaccine.

HPV jabs cut risk of dying from cervical cancer before 30 to almost zero

HPV vaccine cuts cervical cancer death risk to almost zero for women under 30.

Integrated trauma therapy found to be effective for people with co-occurring psychosis and PTSD

50% of psychosis patients with PTSD no longer met diagnosis criteria after new therapy.

Kneecap resurfacing during replacement saves costs for patients and health care systems, study shows

1,700 patients tracked for 20 years show kneecap resurfacing saves money and improves outcomes.

AI model proves to be a heavyweight in tumor assessment: Mesothelioma patients and physicians benefit

AI model achieves 94% accuracy in tumor assessment—outperforming doctors' 76%.

Gene mutations may explain some spontaneous spinal fluid leaks

1 in 5 spinal fluid leak patients have FBN2 gene mutation, study finds.

FAP-targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy shows broad effectiveness across multiple cancers

66.7% of patients showed tumor response in groundbreaking cancer therapy trial.

Inhibiting high levels of leukemia ABCD1 protein with jojoba could lead to new treatment option

Jojoba compound kills leukemia cells by blocking ABCD1 protein, spares healthy cells.

AI vital signs system outperforms fixed-threshold ICU monitoring

AI system predicts ICU emergencies with 96.3% accuracy and 40-minute warning.

Targeting Schwann cells: A new approach to repairing corneal injury

New eye treatment regenerates nerves using a DKK1 inhibitor—300–600× more sensitive than skin.

Multilingual benchmark evaluates how well AI interprets clinical text and health records in nine languages

AI scored 92 on exams but only 44.8% on real clinical text—BRIDGE reveals the gap.

Colorectal tumors use mitochondrial complex II to stockpile iron, but eliminating it causes cell death

Blocking mitochondrial complex II kills iron-overloaded colorectal cancer cells but spares healthy o

Amyloid precursor protein protects neurons during nuclear waste disposal

Alzheimer’s research breakthrough: APP protein clears nuclear waste from neurons.

Exploiting a common weakness in enzymes could lead to a single vaccine against diarrhea-causing gut pathogens

Hundreds of millions of diarrheal infections could be prevented by one vaccine targeting a shared en

Pakistani genomes reveal 34,000 knockouts that could explain why mouse-based drugs fail in humans

34,000 'human knockouts' found in Pakistan could revolutionize drug development.

Digital tool flags cancer patients at risk of serious immunotherapy bowel side effects

Up to 50% of immunotherapy patients face bowel inflammation—now a new AI tool can catch it early.

Autism-related genes may share common path during early brain development

Hundreds of autism-linked genes may share a common brain development pathway, study finds.