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29-May-2025

HIV discovery could open door to long-sought cure

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New HIV research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly it replicates and how easily it can reawaken in the body. These insights bring researchers closer to finding ways to flush out the dormant virus and eliminate it for good.

Journal: PLOS Pathogens
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Myles H. Thaler Research Support Gift to UVA

28-May-2025

Replicating real-life blood vessels to cure vascular disease

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

To better capture the complex architecture of real human blood vessels, researchers in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Texas A&M University have developed a customizable vessel-chip method, enabling more accurate vascular disease research and a drug discovery platform.

Journal: Lab on a Chip
Funder: Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, NIH/National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Science Foundation

28-May-2025

Sharing of lifespan brain study data expected to light new paths

University of Texas at Dallas
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Center for Vital Longevity Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas have released the full dataset from the Dallas Lifespan Brain Study, a decade-long project designed to track brain and cognitive health as people age and distinguish neurologically healthy paths from those indicating a likelihood of decline. An article published on May 26 in Nature’s Scientific Data provides an overview of the project and outlines its significance.

Journal: Scientific Data
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging

28-May-2025

Trees vs. disease: Tree cover reduces mosquito-borne health risk

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Stanford-led study finds small-scale tree cover in Costa Rica boosts biodiversity while limiting dangerous mosquito species

Journal: Landscape Ecology
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Science Foundation, NIH/Fogarty International Center, Stanford Center for Innovation in Global Health, Stanford King Center on Global Development, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Ward Wilson Woods Jr. Environmental Studies Fund, American Philosophical Society, Bing-Mooney Fellowship, ARCS Fellowship

28-May-2025

Alcohol abuse drug may halt trauma-induced cell death, especially in females

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Runaway cell death and inflammation triggered by severe trauma may be interrupted by a drug used to prevent alcohol abuse – and it may be particularly effective in females, according to new research led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine surgeon-scientists and published today in Science Translational Medicine.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health