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UVA researchers receive grant to enhance critical tool for protecting soldiers’ brain health

A team led by University of Virginia School of Medicine researcher James Stone, MD, PhD, has received $3.2 million from the federal Department of Defense to enhance a critical tool for protecting the brain health of military personnel.

4 Jun 2025

AI and human scientists collaborate to discover new cancer drug combinations

An 'AI scientist', working in collaboration with human scientists, has found that combinations of cheap and safe drugs – used to treat conditions such as high cholesterol and alcohol dependence – could also be effective at treating cancer, a promising new approach to drug discovery.

4 Jun 2025

Two blood pressure management strategies yield similar cognitive outcomes after non-cardiac surgery

A large international study has found that two different approaches to managing blood pressure in older adults undergoing non-cardiac surgery, one avoiding low blood pressure (hypotension) and the other high blood pressure (hypertension), lead to similar outcomes in terms of in-hospital delirium and cognitive changes one year after surgery.

4 Jun 2025

Early brain wiring holds clues to infant emotional development

In a comprehensive Genomic Press research article, scientists have uncovered remarkable insights into how the earliest brain connections shape infant emotional development, potentially offering new ways to identify children at risk for future behavioral and emotional challenges.

3 Jun 2025

Transforming IBS treatment through psychedelic medicine

In a comprehensive Genomic Press Interview published today, Dr. Erin E. Mauney reveals how her pioneering research brings psychedelic medicine into gastroenterology for the first time, potentially transforming treatment for millions suffering from intractable irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

3 Jun 2025

Study uncovers how HSV-1 disables the brain's antiviral defense

Infections caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) can lead to HSV-1 encephalitis-a rare but deadly condition that inflames the brain.

3 Jun 2025

New study stands to improve the rigor and reliability of psychedelic clinical trials

As psychedelics gain traction as potential treatments for mental health disorders, an international study led by researchers at McGill University, Imperial College London, and the University of Exeter stands to improve the rigor and reliability of clinical research.

3 Jun 2025

Female athletes show unique heart adaptations compared to males

Intensive exercise- and sport changes the heart of an athlete. Research led by Amsterdam UMC shows that the hearts of female athletes have different characteristics than those of male athletes.

3 Jun 2025

Study: More expectant mothers begin pregnancy with autoimmune conditions

Thousands more UK women who are having children have been diagnosed with an autoimmune condition now compared to the beginning of the millennium.

2 Jun 2025

New discovery reveals immune molecule’s role in Alzheimer’s disease

A new way of thinking about Alzheimer's disease has yielded a discovery that could be the key to stopping the cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

2 Jun 2025

New combination treatment offers hope for immune checkpoint blockade resistant skin cancers

A study has revealed why some patients don't respond to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) therapy for solid cancer tumors and identifies a new combination treatment.

2 Jun 2025

Tobacco-funded research continues to appear in leading medical journals

Tobacco-funded research is still appearing in highly-cited medical journals - despite attempts by some to cut ties altogether, finds an investigation by The Investigative Desk and The BMJ today.

1 Jun 2025

New AI test identifies prostate cancer patients who benefit from abiraterone

A new artificial intelligence (AI) test can identify which men with prostate cancer will benefit most from the life-extending drug abiraterone, in clinical trial results presented by scientists from UCL and the Institute of Cancer Research.

30 May 2025

Study identifies diagnostic aid to accurately predict the recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers

NIH-funded project shows that trans-epidermal water loss could indicate if wounds are fully healed.

30 May 2025

New mouse model sheds light on molecular triggers of aortic dissection

Due to the sudden rupture of the aortic wall, aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition that requires immediate medical attention, as it can lead to vascular collapse.

29 May 2025

Parental or caregiver intuition may better detect deterioration in pediatric patients

A new study published in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health journal suggests that parental or caregiver intuition may outperform some traditional early warning systems in identifying children at risk of deterioration.

29 May 2025

Study expands smoking cessation and lung cancer screening to North Queensland

Cairns and Townsville residents who want to give up smoking can access free nicotine replacement therapies and potentially life-saving lung cancer screening by participating in a research study.

29 May 2025

New plant-derived therapy shows promise for cancer pain relief

RTX is a non-addictive pain therapy derived from a cactus-like plant.

29 May 2025

UVA researchers discover key to HIV latency and reactivation

University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have uncovered a key reason why HIV remains so difficult to cure: Their research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly it replicates, and how easily or stubbornly it can reawaken from hiding.

29 May 2025

Ghrelin receptor identified as key to easing constipation in Parkinson’s patients

Considered the natural "hunger hormone", Ghrelin could be the key to preventing debilitating chronic constipation experienced by people living with Parkinson's disease, University of Queensland researchers have found.

28 May 2025

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UVA researchers receive grant to enhance critical tool for protecting soldiers’ brain health

AI and human scientists collaborate to discover new cancer drug combinations

Two blood pressure management strategies yield similar cognitive outcomes after non-cardiac surgery

Early brain wiring holds clues to infant emotional development

Transforming IBS treatment through psychedelic medicine

Study uncovers how HSV-1 disables the brain's antiviral defense

New study stands to improve the rigor and reliability of psychedelic clinical trials

Female athletes show unique heart adaptations compared to males

Study: More expectant mothers begin pregnancy with autoimmune conditions

New discovery reveals immune molecule’s role in Alzheimer’s disease

New combination treatment offers hope for immune checkpoint blockade resistant skin cancers

Tobacco-funded research continues to appear in leading medical journals

New AI test identifies prostate cancer patients who benefit from abiraterone

Study identifies diagnostic aid to accurately predict the recurrence of diabetic foot ulcers

New mouse model sheds light on molecular triggers of aortic dissection

Parental or caregiver intuition may better detect deterioration in pediatric patients

Study expands smoking cessation and lung cancer screening to North Queensland

New plant-derived therapy shows promise for cancer pain relief

UVA researchers discover key to HIV latency and reactivation

Ghrelin receptor identified as key to easing constipation in Parkinson’s patients

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