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Since language is not required for playful teasing, similar kinds of teasing might be present in non-human animals. Now cognitive biologists and primatologists have documented playful teasing in four species of great apes.

Powered by logic and large language models, DeepGO-SE predicts the biological role of proteins and could be used to aid drug discovery.

A cannabis extract has shown positive results in slowing down melanoma cell growth and increasing cell death rates, a new in-vitro study finds.

A new observational study concludes that men prescribed drugs for erectile dysfunction were 18% less likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease years down the line, according to University College London (UCL) researchers.

Vanoxerine, a drug initially developed to treat cocaine addiction, has also shown promise for advanced colon cancer in a new study.

An experimental mRNA vaccine against human cytomegalovirus (CMV), a common virus that can infect babies during pregnancy, elicited some of the most promising immune responses to date of any CMV vaccine candidate.

Results from a Phase 2b clinical trial provides hope for arthritis sufferers after it was shown that the biologic drug abatacept reduces progression to this agonising chronic inflammatory disease.

Phase II trial finds durvalumab plus ceralasertib boosted immune response and improved outcomes in patients with lung cancer.

Researchers have uncovered the molecular mechanism behind sound-induced hearing loss and pinpointed a medication to help mitigate it.

A study has shown that Rucaparib and its main metabolite M324 exhibit differential activities. The paper has analyzed Rucaparib and M324, making a computational prediction of the metabolite’s activity.