A cancer-linked protein called BRAF may help drive chronic nerve pain, and existing cancer drugs targeting it reduced pain sensitivity in preclinical models. Chronic nerve pain can persist long after an injury and often responds poorly to standard pain medications. Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center now report evidence that BRAF, […]
Month: August 2026
Researchers Have Discovered a New Way To Reduce Chronic Nerve Pain
A cancer-linked protein called BRAF may help drive chronic nerve pain, and existing cancer drugs targeting it reduced pain sensitivity in preclinical models. Chronic nerve pain can persist long after an injury and often responds poorly to standard pain medications. Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center now report evidence that BRAF, […]
Researchers Have Discovered a New Way To Reduce Chronic Nerve Pain
A cancer-linked protein called BRAF may help drive chronic nerve pain, and existing cancer drugs targeting it reduced pain sensitivity in preclinical models. Chronic nerve pain can persist long after an injury and often responds poorly to standard pain medications. Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center now report evidence that BRAF, […]
Less Sugar Early in Life Linked to Lower Dementia Risk Decades Later
The study compared people born during and after sugar rationing in the United Kingdom during World War II. People exposed to less sugar before birth and during their first one to two years of life were less likely to develop dementia decades later, according to an observational study of nearly 65,000 people. They also tended […]
Less Sugar Early in Life Linked to Lower Dementia Risk Decades Later
The study compared people born during and after sugar rationing in the United Kingdom during World War II. People exposed to less sugar before birth and during their first one to two years of life were less likely to develop dementia decades later, according to an observational study of nearly 65,000 people. They also tended […]
Naked Comet Photobombs Public Telescope Image
An accidental Subaru Telescope image of a distant bare comet is giving astronomers a clearer look at the surface of a cometary nucleus. A comet can reveal its surface most clearly when it is still far from the Sun, before warming releases the gas and dust that normally hide its nucleus. Researchers found just such […]
Naked Comet Photobombs Public Telescope Image
An accidental Subaru Telescope image of a distant bare comet is giving astronomers a clearer look at the surface of a cometary nucleus. A comet can reveal its surface most clearly when it is still far from the Sun, before warming releases the gas and dust that normally hide its nucleus. Researchers found just such […]
Naked Comet Photobombs Public Telescope Image
An accidental Subaru Telescope image of a distant bare comet is giving astronomers a clearer look at the surface of a cometary nucleus. A comet can reveal its surface most clearly when it is still far from the Sun, before warming releases the gas and dust that normally hide its nucleus. Researchers found just such […]
JWST Finds Giant Planets Face a Cosmic Race Against Time
JWST observations of dozens of young, Sun-like stars suggest that the forces stripping gas from planet-forming disks evolve as the systems mature. Around young stars, the gas needed to build planets is steadily disappearing. New observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are showing that this loss does not happen the same way throughout […]
Brain Cells Once Thought Protective May Actually Drive Cognitive Decline With Age
Age-related oligodendrocyte dysfunction may contribute to cognitive decline by disrupting myelin and large nerve fibers. Myelin is essential for fast communication in the brain, forming a protective coating around nerve fibers so electrical signals can travel efficiently. But the cells that produce this insulation, called oligodendrocytes, may become dysfunctional with age and actively contribute to […]