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A Kingston University pharmaceutical scientist has provided special expertise to the UK Parliament on two major Health and Social Care Committee inquiries. The first looked at how artificial intelligence could help develop personalized medicine in the NHS, and the second looked at obesity rates in the UK and what treatments and interventions are available to combat obesity.Dr Philip Crilly, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice and Digital Public Health and a registered pharmacist with a PhD in Digital Public Health, provided the government with practical, evidence-based insights to reshape the future of UK healthcare after Westminster issued requests for evidence across…

Tooth enamel is the hardest substance in the human body, protecting teeth from wear, temperature changes, and cavities. However, once enamel is damaged, it cannot be regenerated. Genetic disorders such as enamel hypoplasia interfere with the formation of enamel during development, leaving affected people’s teeth brittle, discolored, and susceptible to cavities. Several genes are thought to be associated with this condition, but the mechanisms by which specific mutations impair enamel-forming cells remain unclear. The research team tackling this challenge was led by Professor Wei Zhao and Professor Dongsheng Yu from the Department of Oral Emergency Medicine, Guanghua School of Stomatology,…

A long-standing controversy over a mysterious crater hidden under the North Sea has finally been settled. Researchers confirmed that Silverpit Crater was formed about 43 million to 46 million years ago when an asteroid or comet impacted the area. The discovery resolves a scientific debate that has been going on for more than two decades, identifying Silver Pit as one of Earth’s relatively rare impact craters, a geological scar left when a space rock crashed into Earth at breakneck speed. The research team, led by Dr Wisdeen Nicholson from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh and funded by the Natural Environment Research…

This question is at the heart of a new paper published in 2016. natural astronomyIn , researchers investigate the often-overlooked problem of “false negatives” in the search for extraterrestrial life. These are cases where life exists, or once existed, but scientists were unable to detect it. “We’re currently investing a lot of money into missions that may require a different design.” The overlooked challenge of discovering extraterrestrial life One of the main goals of astrobiology is to determine whether life exists elsewhere in the universe. Researchers look for clues to life, but those clues are rarely easy to interpret. Scientists…

Researchers led by the Institute of Space Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB) have developed a new technique that could significantly improve the way scientists study the expansion of the universe and investigate the mysterious force known as dark energy. Published in natural astronomyThe study introduces a framework called CIGaRS that can extract far more information from type Ia supernovae, powerful stellar explosions used to measure vast cosmic distances. Unlike many current approaches, this method relies primarily on image data rather than expensive spectroscopic observations. This advancement is expected to help astronomers take full advantage of the vast datasets…

Young people with a diminished ability to feel pleasure often have a hard time adjusting their physical activity to obtain greater rewards. Recent experiments suggest that this disconnect arises from specific cognitive difficulties in learning about both the reward and the physical cost required to obtain it. A study detailing these results was recently published in the journal Psychological Medicine. Depression is a leading cause of disability worldwide. The core feature of this condition is anhedonia. This symptom manifests as a general lack of interest and a blunted ability to like or desire things that most people find rewarding. Psychologists…

USC Stem Cell scientists have developed a new method to generate a renewable and scalable supply of immune cell precursors that could help advance cancer immunotherapy and other treatments. Published in a magazine cellThe study focuses on granulocyte-monocyte progenitor cells (GMPs), a type of progenitor cell that produces macrophages and several other immune cells. Macrophages play an important role in protecting the body from infectious diseases and are of increasing interest as potential tools for cancer treatment. Researchers have shown that GMP can be broadly expanded in the lab and genetically engineered to recognize cancer cells while promoting a broader…

Low back pain affects more than 600 million people worldwide and is the single leading cause of disability. A new study from Boston Medical Center (BMC), New England’s largest flagship hospital, suggests that the Optimizing Point-of-Care Pain Treatment Using Mindfulness (OPTIMUM) trial delivered an adapted group mindfulness program via primary care telemedicine to patients with chronic low back pain, resulting in sustained pain relief and improvements in patients’ daily lives. The survey results are JAMA Internal Medicine Highlights scalable non-pharmacological approaches to treating chronic pain. Chronic back pain not only limits a person’s ability to walk, work, sleep, and socialize,…

Drugs to control rheumatoid arthritis may one day help people stop drinking. A new Scripps Research study shows that an anti-inflammatory molecule already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat autoimmune diseases reduces excessive alcohol intake in alcoholic female mice. The new discovery is Neuroinflammation Journal May 22, 2026, There is growing evidence that brain inflammation plays a role in alcohol use disorder. This disorder is caused, in part, by damage to the neuroimmune system. Targeting this system may be an interesting clinical avenue to follow up in the coming years. ” Marisa Roberto, senior…

In the United States, the Hispanic/Latino population is disproportionately at risk for eye diseases such as glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy, or vision loss related to diabetes. However, the link between heart and eye health in Hispanics/Latinos remains understudied, said Dr. Charlotte Joslin, UIC professor of ophthalmology. In a new study published in JAMA network openJoslin studied vision and cardiovascular health data for more than 3,000 Hispanic/Latino adults. The results demonstrate an association between cardiovascular disease risk factors, such as diabetes, and visual impairment. “Typically, we tend to think of eye health as separate from the rest of the body. These…