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24-Jun-2025

What can tiny molecules in ants and naked mole-rats tell us about societal roles?

University of Pennsylvania
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In eusocial superorganisms like leafcutter ant colonies, labor is divvied up according to body shape and size, but University of Pennsylvania Shelley Berger and her team discovered that molecular signals can override that blueprint. Their findings reveal how simple neuropeptides can reprogram ant behavior, reshuffling roles in nature’s most disciplined workforce.

Journal: Cell
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Zuckerman Institute, Human Frontier Science Program

24-Jun-2025

Strategy to prevent age-related macular degeneration identified

WashU Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fixing problems with cholesterol metabolism might help slow or prevent a common cause of age-related vision loss, a new WashU Medicine study in mice has shown.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Jeffrey T. Fort Innovation Fund, Starr Foundation, Siteman Retina Research Fund, Research to Prevent Blindness, Carl Marshall and Mildred Almen Reeves Foundation, Retina Associates of St. Louis Research Fund, Washington University Genome Technology Access Center, Vitreoretinal Surgery Foundation Fellowship, Children’s Discovery Institute of Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Longer Life Foundation, Austrian Science Fund

23-Jun-2025

MSU researchers use nanomedicine and artificial intelligence to diagnose diseases — a biology first

Michigan State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from Michigan State University and their partners have found new biological clues that could help doctors detect prostate cancer and heart disease earlier. This is the first time scientists have used a mix of tiny medical tools, or nanomedicine, artificial intelligence and a method called causal analysis to connect these clues directly to disease.This new diagnostic method has the potential to help millions of Americans.

Journal: Chemical Engineering Journal
Funder: American Heart Association, American Heart Association, U.S. Department of Defense, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

23-Jun-2025

A game-changing wireless implant for personalized chronic pain relief

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Now, researchers from USC Viterbi’s Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Keck School of Medicine, in collaboration with researchers at UCLA, have developed a revolutionary solution: a flexible ultrasound-induced wireless implantable (UIWI) stimulator secured to the spine and designed for personalized, self-adaptive chronic pain management.

Journal: Nature Electronics
Funder: Foundation for the National Institutes of Health, Office of Naval Research, American Heart Association, American Heart Association, U.S. National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health

23-Jun-2025

A universal sleep pattern could help strengthen, separate memories

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In any given snooze, sleep cycles between non-REM and REM, but virtually always starts with non-REM. University of Michigan research shows how this order could be crucial for keeping our memories straight.

Journal: PLOS Computational Biology
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, U.S. National Science Foundation, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative