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An artificial intelligence (AI) screening tool identified patients at risk for opioid use disorder and helped reduce readmission to hospitals.

Scientists uncovered a new biomarker that may help predict cognitive decline in people with Alzheimer’s disease.

A study in mice found that female hormones can prompt sex-specific suppression of a type of pain by certain immune cells.

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Potential new target for malaria discovered

February 18, 2025 — Researchers identified antibodies that bind to a previously untargeted portion of the malaria parasite.
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Research in Context: Detecting cancer

February 13, 2025 — Researchers have made huge strides in learning how to detect signs of cancer in bodily fluids like blood, saliva, and urine. Learn how these liquid biopsies are being tested to aid early cancer detection and guide treatment.
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Prevention and screening drive drop in cancer deaths

January 14, 2025 — Most deaths avoided from common cancers between 1975 and 2020 could be traced to prevention and screening efforts.
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Building a better flu vaccine

January 14, 2025 — A vaccine made by connecting antigens from different flu strains together elicited a more broadly protective immune response than a conventional flu vaccine.
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Lipoprotein structure gives insights into “bad” cholesterol

January 14, 2025 — Researchers uncovered the structural details of how low-density lipoprotein (LDL), or “bad,” cholesterol, interacts with its receptor molecule to enter cells.