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AI trained to 'think' like human pathologists may be better at spotting cancerResearchers trained AI on how expert pathologists look for signs of cancer in patient samples, improving the algorithm's effectiveness.
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Brain shrinkage tied to aging 'pauses' as a woman nears menopause, study findsA new study looked at gray matter in the brain during puberty, pregnancy and menopause, finding distinct changes at different life stages.
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'Every time it gets excited — boom — it collapses': How dogs with narcolepsy helped scientists understand the disorderInterview Live Science spoke with Dr. Emmanuel Mignot, director of the Stanford Center for Narcolepsy and co-winner of a coveted Lasker Award.
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1 million people's genes reveal the heritability of the Big Five personality traits — and it's complicatedA huge analysis probes the genetics of personality, finding that the trait is much less straightforward than physical attributes like eye color.
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'America's Nobel' prizes go to sleep and hemophilia researchers, and to Michael J. Fox for Parkinson's advocacyThe Lasker Foundation has announced the winners of its 2026 awards for basic medical research, clinical science and public service.
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Fisher's colon punctured by eel that snuck in through his rectumDiagnostic Dilemma A man's intestines were perforated in an "exceedingly rare" medical case involving a live eel.
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Author Lise Barnéoud on the bizarre and provoking world of microchimerism — when cells from one person live in another, genetically distinct individualInterview Journalist and author Lise Barnéoud talks to Live Science about her book "Hidden Guests," which dives into the field of microchimerism and how it's transforming our knowledge of genetics, immunology and evolution.
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Aging doesn't look the same for everyone at the molecular level — it's 'individualized and context-dependent'People's bodies may reflect their ages very differently at the molecular level, even when they are the same chronological age, according to a new study.
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Psilocybin may protect against a common, debilitating side effect of chemotherapy, early study findsA psychedelic best known for its effects on the brain may also protect peripheral nerves from chemotherapy damage, early research suggests.
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