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Study: A handful of corporations now shape how kids in Medicaid get care

Oregon Health & Science University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from Oregon Health & Science University shows that millions of Medicaid-enrolled youth are now covered by managed care organizations owned by one of five national parent firms, and that behavioral health care patterns differ meaningfully depending on which firm a child’s plan belongs to.

Journal: Health Affairs
Funder: Office of Research Infrastructure Programs

Immune cells in human lung tissue may drive the development of autoimmune disease

La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tissue-resident immune cells in the lungs can be dysfunctional and cause inflammation. Patients with autoimmune diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or scleroderma often have chronic lung inflammation.

Journal: Nature Immunology
Funder: William K. Bowes, Jr. Foundation, Kyowa Kirin, Inc. (KKNA-Kyowa Kirin North America), Wessex and North West Coast Clinical Research Networks, National Institute of Health Research, UK

Engineers create digital twin of gut-brain axis to advance neurostimulation therapies

Lehigh University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Lehigh University have developed one of the first comprehensive digital twins modeling the neural circuitry between the gut and brain. Funded by the NIH SPARC program, this quantitative computer model simulates how electrical signals travel via the vagus nerve to regulate digestion. By accurately modeling communication breakdowns that cause disorders of gut-brain interaction (DGBI)—such as irritable bowel syndrome and gastroparesis—the digital twin enables scientists to virtually test and optimize invasive and non-invasive neurostimulation therapies before advancing to costly animal and human clinical trials.

Journal: Frontiers in Physiology

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center receives $2.7 million NIH grant

Virginia Commonwealth University
Grant and Award Announcement

VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center was recently awarded a $2.7 million Worta McCaskill-Stevens K12 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The five-year grant will allow Massey to mentor promising, multidisciplinary, early-stage clinical investigators in the conception, development, and implementation of innovative cancer prevention and control studies designed to optimize participation by cancer survivors and individuals most at risk for cancer throughout Virginia.VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center was recently awarded a $2.7 million Worta McCaskill-Stevens K12 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The five-year grant will allow Massey to mentor promising, multidisciplinary, early-stage clinical investigators in the conception, development, and implementation of innovative cancer prevention and control studies designed to optimize participation by cancer survivors and individuals most at risk for cancer throughout Virginia.

Blood test predicts immunotherapy benefit early among patients with advanced lung cancer

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy determined that liquid biopsy — a blood test that detects circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) — can predict, within a few weeks, whether patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer are benefiting from immunotherapy.

Journal: Clinical Cancer Research
Funder: Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, Oncology Center of Excellence, Food and Drug Administration, Robyn Adler Fellowship Award, ECOG-ACRIN Thoracic Malignancies Integrated Translational Science Center, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Center of Excellence in Regulatory Science & Innovation award, International Lung Cancer Foundation