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Brain cancer in children is notoriously hard to treat – a new mRNA cancer vaccine triggers an attack from within — Christina von Roemeling and John Ligon

Brain cancers remain among the most challenging tumors to treat. They often don’t respond to traditional treatments because many chemotherapies...

An image of Joe Biden (left) and Donald Trump (right).

Candidates’ aging brains are factors in the presidential race − 4 essential reads — Brian Ho

The leading contenders in the 2024 presidential election are two of the three oldest people ever to serve as president....

An image of a patient in a hospital bed looking at his doctor with a handheld device in his hand.

Sickle cell disease can be deadly, and the persistent health inequities facing Black Americans worsen the problem — Diana J. Wilkie

The pain from a heart attack is so bad that – if you can imagine – it can feel like...

A photo of Tommy John pitching in his final season in 1989, 15 years after his career-saving surgery.

50 years after the first procedure, Tommy John surgery is more common than ever − especially for young athletes — Ted Spiker and Kevin W. Farmer

Tommy John pitched in the big leagues from 1963 to 1989 and won 288 games. Only 25 MLB pitchers have won...

An image of a paleontologist wearing a T-shirt showing Strophodus rebecae, a shark species with flat teeth that lived millions of years ago.

‘Jaws’ portrayed sharks as monsters 50 years ago, but it also inspired a generation of shark scientists — Gavin Naylor

Human fear of sharks has deep roots. Written works and art from the ancient world contain references to sharks preying on...

The promise of repairing bones and tendons with human-madematerials — Brittany Taylor

Brittany Taylor is a biomedical engineer and assistant professor who studies novel ways to improve bone and tendon healing after injuries. She...

An image of researchers studying rice cultivation in the Everglades Agricultural Area.

Good flooding? Scientists use rice cultivation to preserve soil in Florida’s Everglades Agricultural Area — Jehangir Bhadha

Each summer, nearly 25,000 acres (10,000 hectares) of rice is cultivated in the Florida Everglades Agricultural Area, a roughly 1,100-square-mile (2,800-square-kilometer)...

Misuse of Adderall promotes stigma and mistrust for patients who need it – a neuroscientist explains the science behind the controversial ADHD drug — Habibeh Khoshbouei

The nationwide shortages of Adderall that began in fall 2022 have brought renewed attention to the beleaguered drug, which is used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity...

A black and white photo of a white male sitting at a typewriter with a cigarette in his mouth.

The power of friendship: How a letter helped create an American bestseller about antisemitism — Rachel Gordan

Eighty years ago, the Jewish American novelist Laura Z. Hobsonwas contemplating her next writerly move and was seeking a little help...

Brain inflammation may be the reason behind muscle fatigue after infection and injury — Diego E. Rincon-Limas and Aaron N. Johnson

Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or...

Losing cultural context in emergency communication can be a matter of life and death — Amer Hamad Issa Abukhalaf and Jason von Meding

Can a butterfly in Chicago cause a tornado in Hong Kong? A metaphorical concept called the “butterfly effect” describes the sensitivity of a system to minor changes.