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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 6-Jul-2025 14:10 ET (6-Jul-2025 18:10 GMT/UTC)

7-Jan-2025

Childhood smoking increases a person’s risk of developing COPD

COPD Foundation
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Childhood smoking before age 15 increases a person’s risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a new study.

Journal

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health

6-Jan-2025

UTHealth Houston study reveals two new genes associated with variants linked to epilepsy, offering new hope for personalized therapies

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research led by UTHealth Houston scientists uncovered two genes associated with variants linked to epilepsy, which showed specific traits that make them promising diagnostic biomarkers. The study was recently published in Nature Communications.

Journal

Nature Communications

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health

6-Jan-2025

New AI tool uses routine blood tests to predict immunotherapy response for many cancers

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers MSK and their collaborators at Mount Sinai have developed an artificial intelligence-based model to predict who will benefit from immune checkpoint inhibitors using only routine blood tests and clinical data.

Journal

Nature Medicine

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Defense

6-Jan-2025

As prevention strategy for sexually transmitted infections rolls out, experts highlight both promise and knowledge gaps

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Peer-Reviewed Publication

DoxyPEP is reducing the rate of syphilis and chlamydia but has had little to no effect on gonorrhea and needs close monitoring for antibiotic resistance.

Journal

JAMA Internal Medicine

Funder

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

6-Jan-2025

Lighting up cancer cells with biolasers

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the University of Michigan have developed a way of detecting circulating tumor cells in the bloodstream of pancreatic cancer and lung cancer patients.

Journal

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Judith Tam ALK Lung Cancer Research Initiative, LUNGevity Foundation, Breast Cancer Research Foundation