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9-Jul-2025

Vanderbilt Health at forefront of improving head and neck surgery with fluorescence imaging to ‘light up’ nerves

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For the first time, a fluorescent-guided nerve imaging agent shows promise for use in humans, according to a paper published in Nature Communications. The study sought to evaluate the safety of bevonescein, a synthetic peptide-dye conjugate thought to be applicable for intraoperative nerve-specific fluorescence imaging.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

9-Jul-2025

Branching out: Tomato genes point to new medicines

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Peer-Reviewed Publication

CSHL’s Lippman and McCandlish labs have discovered how interactions between cryptic genetic mutations can increase or decrease the number of reproductive branches on tomato plants. The scientists’ findings could lead to new and improved plant breeding techniques and clinical therapeutics.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Israel Science Foundation, Simons Center for Quantitative Biology, U.S. National Science Foundation, Plant Genome Research Program, Gatsby Charitable Foundation, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

9-Jul-2025

Gut microbes key to understanding how exercise boosts cancer immunity

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from the University of Pittsburgh shows for the first time how exercise improves cancer outcomes and enhances response to immunotherapy in mice by reshaping the gut microbiome.

Journal: Cell
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation, Kansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence

9-Jul-2025

Experimental compound offers potential treatment for rare, often fatal childhood disease

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

The value of a recent biochemical discovery can be seen in the case of an 8-year-old boy, who was playing typical sports in August 2023, but by November needed a wheelchair because of a rare disease that caused worsening paralysis. As part of a new study, neurologists at NYU Langone Health treated the boy with an experimental compound that partially reversed his rapid decline. Two months after beginning treatment, he was able to walk long distances again and even run.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Perlmutter Cancer Center, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, Dale Frey Breakthrough Award, Tara Miller Melanoma Foundation, American Cancer Society, Harry J. Lloyd Charitable Trust, Irma T. Hirschl Trust, Concern Foundation

9-Jul-2025

ADA Forsyth announces Version 4 update to Human Oral Microbiome Database, including expanded whole-genome sequence information

Forsyth Institute
Reports and Proceedings

Scientists at the ADA Forsyth Institute have updated the Human Oral Microbiome Database (HOMD), a resource for the global scientific community to study microorganisms common to the oral cavity. The update includes full genome sequencing, opening new pathways for exploring microbial contributions to oral and systemic health.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research