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22-Jul-2025

Pitt study uncovers how the immune system fends off gut parasites

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from the University of Pittsburgh reveals how the immune system defends against intestinal parasitic worms, or helminths, one of the most common infections worldwide in communities with limited access to clean water and sanitation.

Journal

Immunity

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation, American Association of Immunologists, Tsinghua University and China Scholarship Council, National Key Research and Development Program of China, University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology

22-Jul-2025

New 3D tissue model may speed better therapies for fibrosis

Tufts University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine have developed lab-grown skin that replicates the complexity of scleroderma. Made from patient-derived cells, the 3D tissue model increases understanding of how this and fibrotic diseases progress.

Journal

Tissue Engineering

Funder

NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Scleroderma Foundation

22-Jul-2025

Study finds key role for non-neural brain cells in processing vision

Picower Institute at MIT
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT researchers employed a novel application of tools and analysis to show that astrocytes ensure neural information processing by maintaining ambient levels of the neurotransmitter chemical GABA.

Journal

eLife

Funder

Freedom Together Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative

21-Jul-2025

“Forever chemicals” linked to higher risk of type 2 diabetes

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Exposure to a class of synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—often called “forever chemicals”—may increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to a new study led by Mount Sinai researchers. The findings were published today in eBioMedicine.

Journal

EBioMedicine

Funder

NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

21-Jul-2025

Research Spotlight: Finding new insights into neurodegeneration from artificial intelligence and brain imaging

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Matthew Leming, PhD, and Hyungsoon Im, PhD of the Center for Systems Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, are the co-corresponding authors of a paper published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, “Differential dementia detection from multimodal brain images in a real-world dataset.”

Journal

Alzheimer s & Dementia

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, NIH Office of the Director