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NYU Langone Health begins first clinical trial of gene-edited pig kidney transplants

The first surgery in a clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of gene-edited pig kidney transplants in patients with end-stage renal disease was recently performed at NYU Langone Health.

5 Nov 2025

New method brings hope for personalized treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

Patients with inflammatory bowel disease often have to wait a long time to find the right medicine. But the methods of a large interdisciplinary research team offer hope.

5 Nov 2025

EULAR develops first classification criteria for hemochromatosis arthropathy

EULAR - The European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology - has developed the first classification criteria for hemochromatosis arthropathy (HA) from a unique derivation cohort using rigorous methodology.

5 Nov 2025

Bowel cancer’s “Big Bang” moment reveals how the disease takes shape

Like the astronomical explosion that kickstarted the universe, bowel cancer has a "Big Bang" moment which determines how it will grow, according to new research from Cancer Research UK and Wellcome Trust-funded scientists.

5 Nov 2025

An Arm and a Leg: This health economist wants your medical bills

Economist Vivian Ho has been researching the U.S. health care system for four decades. These days, she's focused on what she thinks are the biggest burdens on the average American: runaway hospital prices and rising health insurance premiums.

5 Nov 2025

MRI-based computer models offer early insight into bone healing

Healing a broken bone can take months, and knowing whether recovery is on track often takes just as long.

4 Nov 2025

Flexible drug-delivery patch can promote tissue healing after a heart attack

MIT engineers have developed a flexible drug-delivery patch that can be placed on the heart after a heart attack to help promote healing and regeneration of cardiac tissue.

4 Nov 2025

Novel vaccine strategy could solve the challenge of implanted device infections

Patients with implanted medical devices like orthopedic joint replacements, pacemakers, and artificial heart valves run a small but significant risk that these devices get infected with bacterial pathogens.

4 Nov 2025

Fewer women participate in cardiac rehabilitation, despite a slew of benefits

For someone who has heart surgery or experiences a major cardiovascular event, cardiac rehabilitation can significantly improve their short and long term recovery.

3 Nov 2025

Sirolimus-eluting balloon emerges as a safe and effective option for coronary in-stent restenosis

A new drug-eluting balloon can perform just as well as the standard treatment for patients with coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) undergoing repeated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

31 Oct 2025

New method enhances precision in bionic limb movement interpretation

Despite enormous progress in the past two decades, the intentional control of bionic prostheses remains a challenge and the subject of intensive research.

31 Oct 2025

Study reports increase in leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals from 2016 to 2023

Rates of leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals increased 65% between 2016 and 2023, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

31 Oct 2025

Understanding how biological sex and gender inequities contribute to suboptimal sepsis treatment

Sepsis continues to be a leading cause of mortality in ICUs worldwide. Despite advances in early detection and treatment, standardized antibiotic dosing frequently ignores patient-level variability-especially that associated with sex-related physiology and gender-influenced care disparities.

31 Oct 2025

Novel nanoparticles can deliver an immune-stimulating molecule directly to ovarian tumors

Cancer immunotherapy, which uses drugs that stimulate the body's immune cells to attack tumors, is a promising approach to treating many types of cancer. However, it doesn't work well for some tumors, including ovarian cancer.

31 Oct 2025

Intraoperative radiation reduces the recurrence rate of pancreatic cancer

Using targeted radiation during surgery - referred to as intraoperative radiation - to eliminate pancreatic cancer cells that have spread to areas around the pancreas, investigators at Johns Hopkins have been able to reduce the recurrence rate around the pancreas to 5%.

30 Oct 2025

Unusual presentation of vulvar mucinous cyst with multiple bartholin cysts in a reproductive-age woman

A new case report was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on October 9, 2025, titled "Vulvar mucinous cyst mimicking common lesions with concurrent multiple bartholin cysts in a reproductive-age woman: A rare case report and review of literature."

30 Oct 2025

Therapeutic potential of Scleromitrion diffusum in gastric cancer treatment

Gastric cancer remains a major global health challenge, characterized by high mortality and limited therapeutic efficacy, especially in advanced stages.

30 Oct 2025

Understanding the role of m6A methylation in acute lung injury pathogenesis

Acute lung injury (ALI) is a critical clinical condition characterized by diffuse inflammation of the lung parenchyma and intractable hypoxemia, typically caused by factors, such as trauma, pneumonia, shock, and sepsis.

30 Oct 2025

Fundamental challenges and cutting-edge strategies in developing new GBM CAR-T therapies

Glioblastoma (GBM), the most aggressive primary brain tumor, continues to portend a poor prognosis with median survival under two years, despite standard care involving surgery, radiation, and temozolomide chemotherapy.

30 Oct 2025

Veterans with post-traumatic brain injury epilepsy more likely to have higher mortality rates

Military veterans who develop epilepsy after a traumatic brain injury may have a higher mortality rate in the following years than veterans who develop epilepsy with no previous traumatic brain injury, according to a study published on October 29, 2025, in Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

30 Oct 2025

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Surgery News and Research

NYU Langone Health begins first clinical trial of gene-edited pig kidney transplants

New method brings hope for personalized treatment of inflammatory bowel disease

EULAR develops first classification criteria for hemochromatosis arthropathy

Bowel cancer’s “Big Bang” moment reveals how the disease takes shape

An Arm and a Leg: This health economist wants your medical bills

MRI-based computer models offer early insight into bone healing

Flexible drug-delivery patch can promote tissue healing after a heart attack

Novel vaccine strategy could solve the challenge of implanted device infections

Fewer women participate in cardiac rehabilitation, despite a slew of benefits

Sirolimus-eluting balloon emerges as a safe and effective option for coronary in-stent restenosis

New method enhances precision in bionic limb movement interpretation

Study reports increase in leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals from 2016 to 2023

Understanding how biological sex and gender inequities contribute to suboptimal sepsis treatment

Novel nanoparticles can deliver an immune-stimulating molecule directly to ovarian tumors

Intraoperative radiation reduces the recurrence rate of pancreatic cancer

Unusual presentation of vulvar mucinous cyst with multiple bartholin cysts in a reproductive-age woman

Therapeutic potential of Scleromitrion diffusum in gastric cancer treatment

Understanding the role of m6A methylation in acute lung injury pathogenesis

Fundamental challenges and cutting-edge strategies in developing new GBM CAR-T therapies

Veterans with post-traumatic brain injury epilepsy more likely to have higher mortality rates

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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