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21-May-2025

Common antidepressants could help the immune system fight cancer, UCLA study finds

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

SSRIs boosted the ability of T cells to kill cancer cells and suppressed tumor growth in both mouse and human tumor models.

Journal: Cell
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Tower Cancer Research Foundation, UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center Rose Hills Foundation Innovator Grant, UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Broad Stem Cell Research Center Ablon Scholars Award

21-May-2025

Scientists design gene delivery systems for cells in the brain and spinal cord

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord with exceptional accuracy. These delivery systems are a significant step toward future precise gene therapy to the brain that could safely control errant brain activity with high precision. In contrast, current therapies for brain disorders mostly treat only symptoms.

Journal: Cell
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

21-May-2025

Newfound mechanism rewires cellular energy processing for drastic weight loss

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

Mice genetically engineered to lack the amino acid cysteine, and fed a cysteine-free diet, lost 30 percent of their body weight in a week.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Blavatnik Family Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, American Cancer Society, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Cancer Research UK

21-May-2025

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers show stem cell transplant offers potentially curative therapy in pediatric patients with monogenic inflammatory bowel disease

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A collaborative team of researchers found that hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a highly effective method for treating patients with monogenic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a more severe form of the illness usually affecting younger patients.

Journal: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Frank R. Wallace Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases, Elizabeth Paige Lavin Endowed Chair

21-May-2025

Cannabis use disorder is increasing rapidly, especially among older adults and people living with HIV

Boston University School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in the Journal of Addiction Medicine found that CUD diagnoses rose substantially across all age, race/ethnicity, and comorbidity subgroups nationwide from 2000 to 2022. These diagnoses were consistently higher among people living with HIV, compared to people living without HIV, and people over 65 experienced the greatest relative increase.

Journal: Journal of Addiction Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse, Boston University School of Public Health