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31-Jul-2025

This artificial sweetener could make cancer treatment less effective

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Patients with melanoma and non-small cell lung cancer who consumed high levels of sucralose had worse response to immunotherapy and poorer survival than those with diets low in the artificial sweetener.

Journal

Cancer Discovery

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, Gateway for Cancer Research

31-Jul-2025

Study identifies function behind mysterious variants for gene linked to colon cancer

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Recent research from U-M Medical School uncovers more clues about the risk conferred by variants in a gene linked to colon cancer, called MUTYH, the normal function of which is to repair DNA.

Journal

The American Journal of Human Genetics

Funder

NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

31-Jul-2025

Heavy drinking raises the risk of undesired pregnancy; cannabis use does not

Society for the Study of Addiction
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study has found that, among women with a high desire to avoid becoming pregnant, those who drank heavily had a 50% higher risk of becoming pregnant than those who drank moderately or not at all.  In contrast, participants who used cannabis were no more likely to have an undesired pregnancy than participants who did not use cannabis.

Journal

Addiction

Funder

NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation

30-Jul-2025

Large study uncovers specific impacts of flooding on older adult health

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research examining 17 years of data from Medicare hospitalization claims and major flooding events finds increased rates of skin diseases, nervous system diseases, and injuries or poisonings among adults aged 65 and older following major floods.

Journal

The Lancet Planetary Health

Funder

Harvard Data Science Initiative, Harvard Graduate Prize Fellowship, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health

30-Jul-2025

$5.5 million federal grant to help researchers build tools for FXTAS treatment trials

University of California - Davis Health
Grant and Award Announcement

UC Davis researchers are helping lead major new research to support clinical trials to treat the genetic condition fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome.

Funder

NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke