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July 22, 2025 Edition

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Mitochondria and health

Your cells’ mitochondria produce almost all the energy your body needs to survive. They also play a role in many other vital cellular functions. This feature looks at how insights about these cellular powerhouses might lead to new ways to help prevent and treat diseases.

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Therapy boosts peanut tolerance in allergic kids

February 25, 2025 — Peanut-allergic children who could tolerate eating at least a half peanut greatly boosted their tolerance by eating gradually increased daily doses of peanut butter.
Creating an artificial sense of touch

February 25, 2025 — Tiny electrodes placed precisely in the brain let people with spinal cord injuries feel sensations of shape, motion, and the orientation of objects on the skin.
Scratching and allergic skin inflammation

February 25, 2025 — Researchers found how scratching can worsen allergic skin symptoms but also protect from infection.
Risk and future burden of dementia in the United States

February 18, 2025 — Researchers estimated that 42% of Americans over age 55 will eventually develop dementia.
Lasting effects of contact lenses that slow myopia in kids

February 18, 2025 — Multifocal contact lenses slowed progression of nearsightedness in children, and the treatment benefit continued even after they stopped wearing the lenses.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.

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July 22, 2025 Edition

Research in ContextMitochondria and health

Therapy boosts peanut tolerance in allergic kids

Creating an artificial sense of touch

Scratching and allergic skin inflammation

Risk and future burden of dementia in the United States

Lasting effects of contact lenses that slow myopia in kids

Potential new target for malaria discovered

Research in ContextDetecting cancer

Prevention and screening drive drop in cancer deaths

Building a better flu vaccine

Lipoprotein structure gives insights into “bad” cholesterol

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