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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 8-Sep-2025 17:11 ET (8-Sep-2025 21:11 GMT/UTC)

8-Sep-2025

Lung cancer genetics study launches open-source data platform to research community

23andMe Research Institute
Business Announcement

At the 2025 World Conference on Lung Cancer in Barcelona, the 23andMe Research Institute, in collaboration with Troper Wojcicki Philanthropies and the health data software company Lifebit, introduced an open source platform that could help fast-track research discoveries through a powerful new cancer data repository. Access to this powerful new tool is FREE to qualified researchers.

8-Sep-2025

Internationally recognized malaria researcher Stefan Kappe, Ph.D., appointed new director of the UM School of Medicine's Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Business Announcement

University of Maryland School of Medicine Dean, Mark T. Gladwin, MD, announced today the appointment of distinguished parasitologist and immunologist Stefan Kappe, PhD, to be the new Director of the school’s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD). He will also serve as the Myron M. Levine, MD, DTPH Professor of Vaccinology in the Department of Pediatrics.

8-Sep-2025

Artificial intelligence assessment indicates stress levels in farmed Amazonian fish

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Brazilian researchers have developed a tool that can be used to improve animal welfare by assessing tambaqui fish based on the coloration of the lower half of their bodies. Brazil is the world’s largest producer of this species.

Journal: Aquaculture
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

8-Sep-2025

Only 1 in 7 online health images show proper technique to accurately measure blood pressure

American Heart Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Only 1 in 7 online stock photo images of blood pressure monitoring correctly show how blood pressure should be measured, contributing to potentially inaccurate readings at home and in physicians’ offices, health care facilities or hospitals, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

Journal: Hypertension

8-Sep-2025

UTA deploys VR to boost veterans’ mental health

University of Texas at Arlington

Virtual reality is emerging as a powerful tool to improve care for veterans, including helping community members recognize suicide warning signs. Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have conducted two studies exploring how the technology can address the complex challenges veterans face.

Journal: Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

8-Sep-2025

Berberine: a promising agent for alleviating diabetic encephalopathy by targeting gut microbiota

Higher Education Press

A new study reveals that berberine, a natural compound from traditional Chinese medicine, can improve brain function and protect blood vessels in diabetic mice by targeting gut bacteria. Could this ancient remedy hold the key to treating diabetes-related cognitive decline? Discover how scientists are uncovering its potential.

Journal: Engineering

8-Sep-2025

Resistance mutations and the blood–brain barrier: Key challenges in targeted treatment of brain metastatic non-small cell lung cancer

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsb.2025.06.002

This new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, discusses key challenges in targeted treatment of brain metastatic non-small cell lung cancer.

Journal: Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B