News Top Picks: Medical Research

Preclinical Study: After Heart Attack, a Boost in Anti-Inflammatory Cells Promoted Healing

Cedars-Sinai — Wed, 26 Mar 2025 05:05:45 EST

A scientific technique that rapidly increases the body's production of anti-inflammatory cells promoted healing from heart attacks in mice, according to a new study by investigators from the Smidt Heart Institute at Cedars-Sinai.

How Zika Virus Knocks Out Our Immune Defenses

La Jolla Institute for Immunology — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:35:34 EST

"Our ultimate goal is to develop vaccines against these very difficult viruses. Understanding how these viruses manipulate the immune response can help guide the development of the best vaccine approach."

H5N1 Bird Flu Mutates to Better Hijack Human Cells, New UNC Charlotte Study Shows

University of North Carolina at Charlotte — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 17:30:49 EST

The latest CIPHER research on H5N1 viral lineages could have major implications for vaccine development.

Una vacuna "baja en azucar" puede proporcionar una amplia inmunidad frente a las variantes del coronavirus

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:00:00 EST

Una sola vacuna podria proteger a modelos animales de los coronavirus causantes de la COVID-19 y la gripe. Esta actua generando anticuerpos que eliminan la capa de azucar protectora del virus y se dirige a una region de la proteina Spike que rara vez muta. Los resultados se presentaran en el Encuentro digital de primavera de 2025 de la ACS.

'Low-sugar' vaccine can provide broad immunity against coronavirus variants

American Chemical Society (ACS) — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 05:00:00 EST

A single vaccine could protect animal models from coronaviruses that cause COVID-19 and the flu. It works by creating antibodies that remove the virus' protective sugar coat and target a rarely mutating region of the spike protein. Results will be presented at the ACS Spring 2025 Digital Meeting.

New AI Model Predicts Gene Variants' Effects on Specific Diseases

Cedars-Sinai — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 20:05:21 EST

Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a novel artificial intelligence (AI) model, named DYNA, that accurately distinguishes harmful gene variations from harmless ones, potentially enhancing physicians' ability to diagnose diseases. The new tool could pave the way for more precise personalized medicine and targeted therapies.

Leadership Training Empowers Africa's Health Regulators

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 08:45:10 EST

Africa's top health regulators convened in Johannesburg for the inaugural African Regulatory Leadership Programme (ARLP), aimed at strengthening regulatory leadership and advancing the establishment of the African Medicines Agency. Hosted at Wits Business School, the programme responds to global funding cuts and the challenge of substandard medicines by developing leadership capacity across Africa's national regulatory authorities.

Lifetime Achievement Award for Penn Nursing Professor

University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:40:57 EST

Penn Nursing's Diane L. Spatz, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN, FAWHONN, the Helen M. Shearer Professor of Nutrition and Professor of Perinatal Nursing in the Department of Family and Community Health, has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) -- the organization's most prestigious honor.

MSU Researchers Make Progress Toward Non-Hormonal Treatment for Endometriosis

Michigan State University — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:15:02 EST

Roughly 200 million women around the world suffer from endometriosis, a condition that causes tissue from the lining of the uterus to grow in places outside of the uterus. The condition can be exceptionally painful and contributes to infertility.

East Meets West at the Monell Center: Cross-cultural Collaboration Continues With Visit by Sensory Scientists from the Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation

Monell Chemical Senses Center — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 18:00:34 EST

In the next steps of the five-year research and education alliance between the Monell Chemical Senses Center and the Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, a team of scientists from Singapore visited the Monell Center to learn more about Monell science and scientists and plan potential corporate and academic collaborations for the ongoing partnership.

New Study Sheds Light on How Bacteria 'Vaccinate' Themselves with Genetic Material from Dormant Viruses

Johns Hopkins Medicine — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:45:44 EST

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have shed new light on how bacteria protect themselves from certain phage invaders -- by seizing genetic material from weakened, dormant phages and using it to "vaccinate" themselves to elicit an immune response.

Don't Let Obesity Lead to Diabetes: Take Control with Education and Lifestyle Changes This American Diabetes Alert Day

Hackensack Meridian Health — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 09:15:34 EST

Revolutionizing Cassava Breeding: CRISPR-Cas9 Unlocks Potential for Disease Resistance and Enhanced Yield

Chinese Academy of Sciences — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:05:01 EST

A research team investigates how genome editing can be harnessed to accelerate cassava breeding and improve key traits.

Silk Sponges Instead of Animal Testing: How a 3D Cell Culture System Could Revolutionize Cancer Diagnostics

University of Vienna — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 05:00:34 EST

An FFG-funded consortium of Austrian research groups from the University of Vienna, MedUni Vienna and Technikum Wien together with company partner DOC Medikus GmbH has developed an innovative bioanalytical test system for radiopharmaceutical drug candidates for cancer diagnosis and therapy. It does not require any animal testing at all and enables automated, fast and highly precise analyses. The new method was presented in detail in the renowned Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Cedars-Sinai Appoints New Chair of Department of Medicine

Cedars-Sinai — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 23:35:42 EST

Following a comprehensive national search, Cedars-Sinai has appointed David E. Cohen, MD, PhD, as the new chair of the Department of Medicine, effective July 1.

A CSUF Study on Tiny Vinegar Eelworms Could Help Researchers Aid Advancements in the Biomedical and Biophysics Fields

California State University, Fullerton — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 18:35:41 EST

Tiny nematodes, commonly known as vinegar eelworms, can move objects with a force hundreds of times their own weight.

Alliance for Genomic Discovery Completes 250,000 Whole Genomes to Accelerate Drug Discovery

Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 10:35:43 EST

Nashville Biosciences LLC (NashBio), a leading clinical and genomic data company and wholly owned subsidiary of Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and global DNA sequencing giant Illumina Inc. today announced that 250,000 whole genomes have been sequenced for the Alliance for Genomic Discovery (AGD) initiative. Insights from the AGD database are being leveraged to accelerate drug target discovery, therapeutic research and clinical development.

How a Y Chromosome Gene May Shape the Course of Heart Valve Disease

University of California San Diego — Thu, 20 Mar 2025 05:20:36 EST

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease--aortic valve stenosis--progresses differently in males and females. The research paves the way for treatments that can be tailored to a patient's biological sex.

Researchers Find Missing Link in Autoimmune Disorder

Washington University in St. Louis — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:55:25 EST

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have identified a key component to launching immune activity - and overactivity. The researchers identified a protein in cells that spurs the release of infection-fighting molecules. The protein, whose role in the immune system had not previously been suspected, provides a potential target for therapies that could prevent overreactive immune responses that are at the root of several debilitating illnesses.

Is It Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Something More Serious?

Mercy Medical Center — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 20:45:58 EST

Is It Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Something More Serious?

AAPM-Commissioned Panel Addresses Implementation of New CMS Quality Measure

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) — Tue, 18 Mar 2025 17:05:29 EST

An intersocietal panel of experts in computed tomography, with representation from clinical practice, industry, academia, and professional societies, examined a new performance measure in the quality-based payment programs of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

How Using Cigars, Pipes, or Smokeless Tobacco Can Harm Your Heart

UT Southwestern Medical Center — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:10:53 EST

While cigarette smoking rates have plummeted from nearly 50% of adults in the 1960s to just under 12% in 2022, people use other tobacco products at about the same rate as they always have.

UNC Study Reveals Possible Effects of Air Quality Changes Associated with Global Warming on Human Airways

University of North Carolina School of Medicine — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 19:40:31 EST

A study now published in Nature Communications Earth & Environment, reveals how global warming could exacerbate lung diseases by dehydrating and inflaming human airways. UNC Marsico Lung Institute members Brian Button, PhD, is senior author and Alessandra Livraghi-Butrico, PhD, is co-author.

Global Warming Can Lead to Inflammation in Human Airways, New Research Shows

Johns Hopkins Medicine — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 08:20:36 EST

In a recent, cross-institutional study partially funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers report that healthy human airways are at higher risk for dehydration and inflammation when exposed to dry air, an occurrence expected to increase due to global warming.

America's Measles Outbreak: What You Need to Know

Rutgers University-New Brunswick — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:35:35 EST

A Rutgers Health expert discusses the myths and realities of the measles outbreak and the vaccine gap that is putting Americans at risk