June 6, 2025

Newly identified gene variants raise risk of leg blood clots by 180 percent

by Åsa Hansdotter, Lund University edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Andrew Zinin   Kaplan–Meier curves for the number of risk alleles in the 3-variant risk score (rs8176719, rs1800291, and rs1063856). Credit: Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.rpth.2025.102875 Blood clots can form in both arteries and veins. However, the reasons behind them differ, as do the […]

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Taurine is unlikely to be a good aging biomarker, researchers find

by National Institutes of Health edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan   Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have found that levels of circulating taurine, a conditionally essential amino acid involved in multiple important biological functions, are unlikely to serve as a good biomarker for the aging process. In blood samples from

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New approach reverses opioid overdoses more safely, rat study shows

by Washington University in St. Louis edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Andrew Zinin   Blocking opioid receptors outside the brain reverses opioid overdose without sudden and severe withdrawal symptoms. Credit: eLife (2025). DOI: 10.7554/eLife.104469.3 Opioid overdoses are a major public health issue in the U.S., killing tens of thousands of people every year. The medicine naloxone, which is available

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