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Fungi aficionados have reason to rejoice, as two new species of Psilocybe mushrooms – best known for their psychoactive properties – have been discovered in South Africa.

Senescent cells can't divide but can drive chronic inflammation and tissue dysfunction linked to aging and chronic diseases. In a new trial, treatment with intermittent senolytic treatment had beneficial effects on bone formation.

A novel approach known as radioligand therapy has been shown to reduce the growth and progression of advanced neuroendocrine tumors.

Scientists have uncovered a brain circuit in primates that rapidly detects faces. The newly discovered circuit first engages an evolutionarily ancient part of the brain, which can then trigger the eyes and head to turn for a better look.

Researchers have uncovered how small molecules can modulate genetic splicing, offering a new approach to identifying drugs that act on genetic mutations.

Scientists from the University of Cambridge have identified a gene that can cause obesity, behavioral issues and postnatal depression when missing or impaired. The study, published in Cell, points to oxytocin as a potential treatment.

A treatment to move blood from the umbilical cord into the body of newborns who are limp, pale and with minimal breathing, known as non-vigorous, does not appear to increase the risk of neurodevelopmental impairment.

A multinational team developed a test that will help measure the persistence of HIV in people affected by viral strains found predominantly in Africa—a vital tool in the search for an HIV cure that will benefit patients around the world.

Bacteria are experts at evolving resistance to antibiotics. One resistance strategy is to cover their cell walls in sticky and gooey biofilm that antibiotics cannot penetrate. A new discovery could put a stop to this strategy.

A pair of recent studies have uncovered previously unknown cellular mechanisms involved in neuronal protein aggregation and misfolding, key characteristics of Parkinson’s disease.