Disease

Source or sink? Trees with heart rot disease emit more methane, upending forest carbon models

• Throughout their lifetimes, healthy forests produce more oxygen than they use, while taking in greenhouse gases via plants and soils • This ecosystem-wide service, called carbon

New database may unlock potential of lipids in treating and preventing disease

• A new tool enables biomedical researchers from around the world to quickly see the connections between lipids and proteins inside cells, thanks to a new initiative led by scienti

A disease model resource reveals core principles of tissue-specific cancer evolution

• Abstract Oncogenes such as KRAS display marked tissue specificity in their oncogenic potential, genetic interactions and phenotypic effects, but the underlying determinants remai

New drug target discovered for devastating 'brain on fire' disease

• New drug target discovered for devastating â brain on fireâ disease Scientists have uncovered a critical weak spot in a rare â Brain on Fireâ disorder • Researchers have uncovere

An artificial intelligence framework for end-to-end rare disease phenotyping from clinical notes using large language models

• Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence [Submitted on 23 Feb 2026] Title:An artificial intelligence framework for end-to-end rare disease phenotyping from clinical notes using

Good fungus may one day help save plants from bad fungus like deadly myrtle rust disease

• What do coffee, sugar, wheat, soy, eucalypts and paperbarks all have in common?

Common pneumonia bacterium may fuel Alzheimer's disease

• Common pneumonia bacterium may fuel Alzheimerâ s disease A common pneumonia-causing bacterium may secretly fuel Alzheimerâ sâ turning the eye into a surprising early warning sign

Scientists discover gene that could save bananas from deadly Panama disease

• Scientists discover gene that could save bananas from deadly Panama disease A wild bananaâ s hidden gene may hold the key to saving the worldâ s favorite fruit from a deadly dise

Disc Medicine Rare Disease Drug Picked for Faster Regulatory Review Is Rejected by the FDA

• The FDA asked for more data to determine whether Disc Medicine’s bitopertin is benefiting patients with erythropoietic protoporphyria, a rare blood disorder. • Analysts say it’s

Honeysuckle's therapeutic potential for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

• An ‘Eastern meets Western medicine’ study reveals that tiny vesicles from the honeysuckle plant reduce colon inflammation and restore the balance between ‘good and bad’ gut bacte