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Cambridge and London Life Sciences Showcase returns during JPM Healthcare Week 2027

o2h co-discovery has announced that the Cambridge × London Life Sciences Showcase will return for its second edition during J.P. Morgan Healthcare Week 2027 in San Francisco.

From o2h Group 5 Oct 2026

Older donor hearts showed signs of rejuvenation in younger recipients

Findings suggest systemic environment affects biological age of transplanted hearts, with implications for improving organ allocation in transplantation.

5 Oct 2026

Gut mRNA tech supercharges vaccine and GLP-1 delivery

From vaccines to gene therapies, mRNA medicines often rely on tiny fat-based particles called lipid nanoparticles, or LNPs, to carry treatments where they need to go.

5 Oct 2026

Working nights for years is linked to changes in body-clock genes

Chronic night shifts alter circadian gene activity in female healthcare workers.

5 Oct 2026

Poor nutrition scores predict mortality risk beyond body weight

In a population-based cohort of 8,398 adults in Leipzig, Germany, poorer nutritional status measured using several laboratory-based scores was associated with a higher risk of all-cause mortality over a median follow-up of about 7.5 years.

5 Oct 2026

Five lipids revealed a divide between active and inactive pregnancies

Staying active during pregnancy is linked to changes in DHA-rich placental lipids

5 Oct 2026

Tirzepatide cuts fat mass by 35% while preserving skeletal muscle

Tirzepatide cuts body fat while preserving skeletal muscle in real-world study

2 Oct 2026

Online approach helped patients manage anxiety after chest pain

The PACER study reveals that peer-supported CBT significantly lowers anxiety in low-risk chest pain patients, enhancing mental health in emergency settings.

2 Oct 2026

Faith leaders could help expand hypertension screening and education in Nigeria

A new study has shown that faith leaders would be willing to partner on hypertension screenings and education, despite challenges of past health collaborations.

1 Oct 2026

$Longer spaceflight linked to increased hip fracture rates in astronauts$

Longer spaceflight linked to increased hip fracture rates in astronauts

New research has found that the rate of hip fractures in astronauts back on Earth was greater in the time period after an astronaut has been in space for more than 90 days than in the time period following shorter spaceflights or in non-astronauts.

1 Oct 2026

Portable paper device rapidly detects scopolamine in beverages

Isabel Poves, researcher at the University of the Basque Country-EHU, has developed a microfluidic paper-based device that provides a rapid, reliable and easy way to detect scopolamine and related compounds.

1 Oct 2026

Culturally tailored tobacco prevention shows promise for Native youth

Two studies examining commercial tobacco use in Native American communities underscore the importance of culturally responsive prevention and a deeper understanding of how substance use fits into people's everyday lives.

1 Oct 2026

EU project calls for strict regulations to stop forever chemicals

Chemical pollution from so-called "forever chemicals" poses major challenges to human health and the environment. For five years, an EU funded research and innovation project has investigated the scale of the problem and possible solutions for persistent, mobile and toxic chemicals, including PFAS.

1 Oct 2026

Kingston University joins major London partnership for health and social care research

Kingston University, London has joined a new London-wide partnership to deliver health and social care transformation through research.

1 Oct 2026

Mauritius becomes first country to reverse type 2 diabetes epidemic

New research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Milan, Italy (Sept 28 – Oct 2) and published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology shows that the small island nation of Mauritius is the first country in the world to prove it is reversing the type 2 diabetes epidemic using the objective gold standard testing method of the 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test (2 hour OGTT).

1 Oct 2026

New study highlights heavy chewing tobacco burden in South Asia

A new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) finds that chewing tobacco use contributed to an estimated 251,000 deaths globally in 2023, with health loss overwhelmingly concentrated in South Asia.

1 Oct 2026

Bioinspired sensor mimics haptic and pain perception for prosthetics

Lower-limb amputation not only impairs mobility but is also frequently accompanied by phantom limb pain and disrupted haptic and nociceptive perception in the residual limb, which can compromise prosthetic use and rehabilitation.

1 Oct 2026

European Union poverty rates fell despite regional gaps, study finds

Despite differences among nations, poverty in the European Union declined between 2015 and 2023, according to a study published September 30, 2026 in the open access journal PLOS One by Silvia Megyesiova and Cecilia Olexova from the Bratislava University of Economics and Business, Košice, Slovak Republic.

1 Oct 2026

Oxford study identifies top technology priorities for respiratory care

Inhalers that show when they are running out. Oxygen equipment light enough to take out of the house. Help telling whether breathlessness is anxiety or the start of a flare-up.

1 Oct 2026

Policy review demands better quality of life data in cancer clinical trials

A new policy review from Common Sense Oncology (CSO) and the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) calls for quality of life data to play a more central role in clinical trials evaluating adjuvant cancer treatments.

1 Oct 2026