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29-Jul-2026

Most physicians and dentists believe disclosing past substance use in medical and dental school applications could hurt admissions prospects, study finds

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health

More than four in five physicians and dentists believe applicants who disclose a history of substance use on medical or dental school applications risk hurting their chances of admission.

Journal: Journal of General Internal Medicine

29-Jul-2026

AI opens new era in cognitive studies of wild primates

Emory University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists created an AI system to automate behavioral studies of capuchins monkeys in the wild. The novel method provides a roadmap for the first scalable, systematic way to evaluate and monitor the cognitive abilities of wild primates.

Journal: American Journal of Primatology

29-Jul-2026

Research study investigates how maternal viral infections shape lifelong immune health in offspring

Wayne State University - Office of the Vice President for Research
Grant and Award Announcement

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health has awarded a new, five-year $2.4 million R01 grant to Dr. Jiahui Ding, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the Wayne State University School of Medicine’s C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development, to support research that aims to uncover how viral infections during pregnancy reprogram the developing immune system of the fetus, influencing susceptibility to infectious diseases throughout life.

29-Jul-2026

Massey researchers discover pathway to open new possibilities for glioblastoma treatment

Virginia Commonwealth University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research published in Neuro-Oncology gives a glimpse at promising discoveries that could help shape the future of glioblastoma treatment and patient outcomes.

A team of scientists from Virginia Commonwealth University, VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of Texas MD Cancer Center uncovered a protein, TRNAU1AP, that plays an essential role in helping glioblastoma cells survive and multiply, along with a potential pathway to make these cancer cells more vulnerable to treatment.

Journal: Neuro-Oncology
Funder: Virginia Commonwealth University

29-Jul-2026

Finding order in the inner chaos of our cells

WashU Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

WashU Medicine researchers have developed a system to synthesize proteins that have a constantly shifting shape. The innovation creates new opportunities to understand the basis of disease and design potential medical interventions.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Human Frontier Science Program, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Syracuse University