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  • Advanced paternal age has sex-specific effects on fetal brain gene expression, mouse study suggests
    on October 19, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    When genes are “expressed,” it is like reading an instruction manual to create things the body needs—such as proteins or RNA. It is an important process in regulating normal cellular functions. Understanding more about gene expression can reveal insights into the biological processes behind different conditions.

  • Proposed changes to hepatitis B vaccination schedule could significantly increase infections, model suggests
    on October 19, 2026 at 9:00 pm

    A modeling study suggests that replacing universal hepatitis B vaccination at birth with delayed vaccination or a shared decision-making approach, as recommended by the U.S. federal government this year, could lead to substantially more chronic hepatitis B infections among U.S. children.

  • Scientists see new vocal patterns associated with type 2 diabetes
    on October 19, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    A new study in the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics reveals how scientists at Klick Labs created visual maps of sound frequencies (spectrograms) to identify complex, new patterns associated with type 2 diabetes, using only smartphone recordings of randomly selected short English sentences and participant sex as study criteria.

  • A simple blood test could reveal hidden radiation exposure
    on October 19, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have developed a machine learning tool that can detect and estimate past radiation exposure using the information in a standard complete blood count, or CBC, one of the most routinely performed clinical blood tests.

  • Long and interstate travel may be a barrier to care for certain pediatric cancer patients
    on October 19, 2026 at 8:00 pm

    One in five pediatric cancer patients in a large national cohort lived more than 90 minutes away from their treatment center, and patients with the highest social vulnerability were least likely to access out-of-state medical care, according to research presented at the 19th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held Oct. 18–21, 2026.