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21-Jul-2025

GLP-1 drugs fail to provide key long-term health benefit

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Popular GLP-1 drugs help many people drop tremendous amounts of weight, but the drugs fail to provide a key improvement in heart and lung function essential for long-term good health, new research suggests.

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health

21-Jul-2025

UofL researchers create world’s largest database of brain tumor gene expression to speed discovery of new treatments

University of Louisville

A new online tool developed by researchers at the University of Louisville promises to speed up the discovery of treatments for brain and nerve tumors, especially rare ones that have had limited research attention.

Journal

Neuro-Oncology

Funder

Kentucky Pediatric Cancer Research Trust Fund, Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, University of Louisville