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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 9-Dec-2025 14:11 ET (9-Dec-2025 19:11 GMT/UTC)

9-Dec-2025

UCLA team discovers how to target ‘undruggable’ protein that fuels aggressive leukemia

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The compound, called I3IN-002, disrupts the ability of a protein known as IGF2BP3 to bind and stabilize cancer-promoting RNAs, a mechanism that fuels aggressive forms of acute leukemia.

Journal

Haematologica

Funder

California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, NIH/National Institutes of Health, The Gary & Barbara Luboff Mitzvah Fund, UCLA Innovation Fund Award, The UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

9-Dec-2025

Study reveals how dietary restriction helps fuel cancer-fighting immune cells

Van Andel Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Reducing calorie intake helps cancer-fighting immune cells do their jobs more effectively, reports a study by Van Andel Institute scientists and collaborators. The findings lay the groundwork for developing dietary strategies to boost the effects of a powerful class of cancer immunotherapies.

Journal

Nature Metabolism

Funder

NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Van Andel Institute Metabolism & Nutrition (MeNu) Program

9-Dec-2025

University of Utah engineers give a bionic hand a mind of its own

University of Utah
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Utah research engineers finetune robotic prosthetic hand to improve its manual dexterity through an artificial intelligence-powered neural interface.

Journal

Nature Communications

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Science Foundation

9-Dec-2025

Pitt and UPMC study finds epigenetic signature of pediatric traumatic brain injury, paves way for precision recovery tools

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Study highlights epigenetic changes of the BDNF gene after TBI and offers new insights into recovery and precision rehabilitation.

Journal

Journal of Neurotrauma

Funder

NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

9-Dec-2025

Targeting a specific brain circuit may help prevent opioid relapse, WSU study finds

Washington State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Washington State University researchers have discovered how a neural circuit – or a connection between two brain regions – drives relapse after opioid use, a finding that could lead to more effective treatments for opioid use disorders.

Funder

NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse