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Heart tissue repair drug may also help repair and regenerate damaged kidney tissues22:49 A drug previously developed at UCLA to help heart tissue repair itself after a heart attack might also help kidney tissue repair and regenerate, researchers have found. New study uncovers how prostate cancer cells evade treatment22:15 Cancer cells are remarkably good at adapting to stress. When treatments damage them, they often find new ways to survive, fueling drug resistance and disease progression. Salt-loaded nanoparticles help deliver fragile gene therapies into cells22:15 Researchers at the University of Houston's College of Pharmacy have discovered an unexpected simple strategy to improve the performance of mRNA vaccines and gene therapeutics: adding salt. JMIR articles address AI clinical decision-making and health care worker burnout19:21 JMIR Publications released two feature stories in its News and Perspectives section. Shalini Kathuria Narang's "Can Humanlike Reasoning Be Replicated in Large Language Models for Clinical Decision-Making?" and Sara Novak's "How Health Care Workers Can Manage Digital Fatigue" offer complementary looks into the capabilities of artificial intelligence in diagnostics, and the real-world exhaustion faced by medical professionals managing digital systems. Lysosomal protein stabilizes mitochondria to prevent severe heart failure19:21 A new study published in Engineering has uncovered a regulatory mechanism linking lysosomal function to mitochondrial stability in pathological cardiac hypertrophy, identifying transient receptor potential mucolipin 1 (TRPML1) as a key protective factor against the progression to heart failure. Real-time brain stimulation improves gait for Parkinson's patients19:21 UC San Francisco researchers have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) that adjusts in real time as a person walks, helping improve gait and reduce falls in people with Parkinson's disease. Tirzepatide activates calorie-burning brown fat to combat obesity19:21 Tirzepatide doesn't just help people lose weight; it also activates brown adipose tissue, representing a major milestone in obesity research, according to a study being presented Monday at ENDO 2026, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting in Chicago, Ill. Novel embolization technique reduces pain from knee osteoarthritis18:46 Embolization of abnormal blood vessels using rapidly resorbable gelatin-based microspheres is safe and provides significant, lasting pain relief and functional improvement for patients with osteoarthritis-related knee pain, according to a new study published today in Radiology, a journal of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). Depression shapes how children pay attention to emotional faces18:46 A smile. A frown. The faces a child pays closer attention to might offer invaluable insight into their mental health. Naloxone provides life-saving tool to reverse opioid overdoses18:46 Anyone can save a life during an opioid overdose with naloxone, a front-line defense in the nation's overdose crisis. |