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10-Jun-2025

Sudy shows that existing drug class may help patients with skin cancer that resists standard treatments

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Increased activity in a specific biological pathway may explain why many patients with a deadly form of skin cancer do not respond to the latest cancer treatments, a new study shows.

Journal: Cancer Research
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health

10-Jun-2025

Interactive artificial pancreas better controls type 1 diabetes using digital twins, study finds

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New technology that allows a University of Virginia-developed artificial pancreas system to adapt to users’ changing bodies – and lets users test changes to how the system operates – improved control of their type 1 diabetes, a study has found.

Journal: npj Digital Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

9-Jun-2025

Marginalized groups more often experience serious maternal complications in planned repeat cesareans, UMass Amherst study finds

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers examining births among people with previous cesarean sections found higher rates of “severe maternal morbidity” – or serious complications that could have long-lasting effects on health – among Black and Latinx people having a planned C-section, compared to Whites.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

9-Jun-2025

New research offers promise for treatment-resistant cystic fibrosis patients

Vanderbilt University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Driven by personal loss, a graduate student and his mentors unveil the mysteries of CFTR mutations, seeking to unlock new treatments for cystic fibrosis patients who currently resist available drugs.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

9-Jun-2025

AI identifies key gene sets that cause complex diseases

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Complex illnesses are not caused by one gene but groups of genes. The number of gene combinations is too enormous to analyze comprehensively. New AI model focuses on gene expression changes to identify key genes and their collective influence on disease.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, Simons Foundation, NIH/National Cancer Institute