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Using AI to Improve Wound Healing
October 22, 2025
Medical wearables — devices worn by individuals outside of a traditional healthcare setting — can be empowering for patients who may lack immediate access…
Unwelcome Trends: Why More Young Adults Are Facing Cancer
October 13, 2025
At age 29, with unrelenting abdominal pain, Ryan Decembrino pushed past reassurances and demanded answers. A colonoscopy detected a tumor, and surgery and chemotherapy…
The Purr-fect Clue: Elderly Cats & Alzheimer’s Research
October 8, 2025
Elderly cats have a bit of a reputation. Some enjoy lazing in the sun; others grow irritable and disoriented, yowling at all hours of…
Stuck Like Superglue: How Staph Bacteria Grip Human Skin
October 6, 2025
Staphylococcus aureus (staph), the microbe responsible for common skin infections and severe methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks, doesn’t just land on human skin—it forms…
Flossing for Immunity: How Dental String Could Deliver Future Vaccines
September 29, 2025
Researchers have discovered a surprising way to deliver vaccines: with dental floss. The idea came in response to a long-standing challenge in medicine—how to…
Why Don’t Bacteria Catch Viruses?
September 24, 2025
Viruses are sneaky, capable of infecting a vast array of living organisms. Viruses that infect bacteria are collectively known as bacteriophages, or “phages,” and…
Skinks vs. Snakes: How Australian Lizards Evolved Venom Resistance
September 22, 2025
In the wild landscapes of Australia, a silent arms race has raged for millions of years. Venomous snakes like taipans swept across the continent,…
AI Model Cracks the Code for Drug Design
September 15, 2025
Drug discovery has long been a gamble—slow, costly, and plagued by high failure rates. Researchers spend years screening libraries of molecules, hoping to stumble…
This AI-Driven Database Is Saving Sharks
September 10, 2025
Per the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), roughly one-third of shark species are at risk of extinction due to factors like overfishing…
Young Blood, Younger Skin: Scientists Unlock a Bone Marrow Connection
September 8, 2025
For centuries, stories claimed that young blood could restore youth—from vampire legends to ancient rituals. Now, cutting-edge science suggests there might be truth to…
Rewriting the Code: New Tool Accelerates Gene Editing
September 3, 2025
For decades, scientists have had the tools to edit individual genes with surgical precision. But altering vast stretches of DNA, from thousands to millions…
Do Weight Loss Drugs Actually Make You Healthier?
August 27, 2025
Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists, more commonly known as GLP-1 drugs or GLP-1s, have skyrocketed in popularity, with usage up nearly 600 percent over…
Disabling the “Shield” That Enables Pancreatic Cancer
March 11, 2026
Pancreatic cancer is an aggressive, highly lethal malignancy, with some of the highest mortality rates of all major cancers. In fact, per the Pancreatic…
The Persistent Parasite: Toxoplasma gondii’s Latent Brain Reservoir
March 2, 2026
Up to one-third of the world’s population carries Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite most people never realize they’ve encountered. Infection typically occurs through undercooked meat or…
Unseen Fat Could Ramp Up Cognitive Decline
February 23, 2026
Numerous studies have explored a correlation between obesity and brain health. The research suggests a connection between excess body fat and cognitive issues, including…
Nanoparticles That Clean House: A New Strategy for Eliminating Disease-Causing Proteins
February 16, 2026
What if some of the most stubborn diseases could be treated not by blocking harmful proteins, but by removing them altogether? Early research investigating…
Torching Cancer Using Tumors’ Own Immune Cells
February 9, 2026
Throughout the human body, in virtually every tissue and organ, white blood cells called macrophages are waging a constant battle. These hardworking immune cells…
Alzheimer’s Disease Tests the Limits of GLP-1 Drugs
February 2, 2026
For a few remarkable years, glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) drugs have seemed almost unstoppable. Originally designed to control blood sugar in diabetes, medications like semaglutide…
Introduction Antiviral drugs play a central role in treating viral infections, reducing disease progression and preparing for future outbreaks. While vaccines can help prevent…
Executive Summary The boundary between pharmacovigilance and regulatory affairs has never been thinner. As health authorities accelerate the digitization of safety reporting, tighten electronic…
Executive Summary Biosimilars have advanced from a promising idea to a proven pathway for expanding patient access to biologic therapies and easing pressure on…
NEWARK, Del.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–QPS Holdings, LLC (QPS), an award-winning contract research organization (CRO) focused on bioanalysis and clinical trials announces the successful implementation of Oracle…
NEWARK, Del.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—QPS Holdings, LLC (QPS), an award-winning contract research organization (CRO) focused on bioanalytics and clinical trials, is celebrating its 30-year anniversary in…
NEWARK, Del.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—QPS India, a subsidiary of QPS Holdings, LLC (QPS), a GLP/GCP-compliant global full-service Contract Research Organization, has achieved another significant milestone by…