Microbial patterns in colorectal tumors may predict patient survival and disease progression

A recent study shows that bacteria living inside colorectal tumors form distinct ecosystems that are closely linked to how ...
Healio

5% of Americans may carry genetic variants linked to cancer risk

Up to 5% of Americans may carry genetic variants associated with cancer risk, according to a cross-sectional analysis.The ...
STAT

What’s the right way to define ultra-processed foods?

As the Trump administration looks to create a federal definition of ultra-processed foods, the question of the best way to ...
eLife

Translational reading frame determines the pathogenicity of C-terminal frameshift deletions in MeCP2: an alternative therapeutic approach

This study offers important insight into the pathogenic basis of intragenic frameshift deletions in the carboxy-terminal domain of MECP2, which account for some Rett syndrome cases, yet similar ...
yankton.net

Playing It Safe: Follow Best Practices When Near Wild Birds

People enjoying the outdoors are encouraged to follow simple best practices as a strain of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, H5N1, circulates among birds in Nebraska.
SciELO

RNA polymerase I promoter and splice acceptor site recognition affect gene expression in non-pathogenic Leishmania species

Leishmania (Sauroleishmania) tarentolae has biotechnological potential for use as live vaccine against visceral leishmaniasis and as a system for the over expression of eukaryotic proteins that ...
The New York Times

Calley Means Returns to Kennedy’s Side as Senior Adviser

Mr. Means, who co-founded a wellness company, has emerged as one of the most prominent voices in the Make America Healthy Again movement. By Dani Blum Calley Means, a health care entrepreneur and key ...
Yahoo

What Does It Really Mean to Be Ethically Non-Monogamous?

If it feels like ethical non-monogamy is everywhere these days, you’re not wrong—more and more people are starting to question whether “one and only” is really the only way to love. According to Feeld ...
The Hill

Surgeon general nominee’s confirmation hearing delayed after she goes into labor

The nomination hearing for Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee has been postponed. A spokesperson ...
The New York Times

Calley Means, a Kennedy Adviser, Has Left the White House

Mr. Means quietly departed his federal role about a month ago. His sister has been nominated for surgeon general. By Benjamin Mueller Calley Means, an influential adviser to Health Secretary Robert F.
The Washington Post

Casey Means: A MAHA leader, and the next surgeon general?

Casey Means left mainstream medicine. She could soon be in a position to change it as the next U.S. surgeon general. Casey Means left mainstream medicine. She could soon be in a position to change it ...