By identifying a mechanism behind bone strengthening in response to stress, scientists may have found a promising new target for treating conditions that cause bone loss.
A new, personalised heart modelling approach can predict abnormal heart rhythms and risk of sudden death in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and may help determine who might benefit from a defibrillator.
Immunosequencing of T cells, combined with machine learning techniques, may enable scientists to predict which patients will have early, strong protection against hepatitis B infection following vaccination.
Researchers have confirmed that contagious blood cancers can spread between different species of clams, raising concerns about the potential ecological threat posed by these diseases.
A study suggests that some butterfly and moth species may have evolved transparent patches on their wings as a dual defence system, and reveals an unexpected diversity of structures that enable this transparency.
