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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Sep-2025 00:11 ET (7-Sep-2025 04:11 GMT/UTC)

25-Aug-2025

Mediterranean diet may offset genetic risk of Alzheimer's

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers found dietary changes may help improve cognitive health and stave off dementia

Journal

Nature Medicine

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health

22-Aug-2025

Speed isn’t everything when it comes to covalent inhibitor drugs, study finds

University at Buffalo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University at Buffalo esearchers found that an increased inactivation efficiency rate was linked to greater drug potency, but only to a certain point.

Journal

ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health

22-Aug-2025

UMass Amherst kinesiologist receives $2 million ‘outstanding researcher’ award from NIH

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Grant and Award Announcement

A University of Massachusetts Amherst kinesiologist has received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance his research on how myosin molecules—molecular motors crucial for muscle contraction— work together to drive different processes within cells.

Funder

NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

22-Aug-2025

Moffitt study finds lymphoma accelerates aging of immune cells and tissues

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by a team of researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center reveals that lymphoma can accelerate the biological aging of the immune system and other tissues, providing new insight into how cancer reshapes the body beyond tumor growth.

Journal

Cancer Cell

Funder

NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Florida Department of Health

22-Aug-2025

Genetic study suggests ways to catch blood cancer earlier

WashU Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, WashU Medicine researchers shed light on how newly acquired mutations in blood stem cells interact with mutations passed down by parents to influence a person’s lifetime risk of developing blood cancer.

Journal

Nature Genetics

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health