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7-Nov-2025

Disagreement between two kidney function tests predicts serious health problems

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

A mismatch between two common tests for kidney function may indicate a higher risk for kidney failure, heart disease, and death, a new study shows.

Journal

JAMA

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, National Kidney Foundation

Meeting

ASN Kidney Week

7-Nov-2025

OHSU researchers develop promising drug for aggressive breast cancer

Oregon Health & Science University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new molecule developed by researchers at Oregon Health & Science University offers a promising avenue to treat intractable cases of triple-negative breast cancer — a form of cancer that is notoriously aggressive and lacks effective treatments.

Journal

Cell Reports Medicine

Funder

NIH/National Cancer Institute, National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, U.S. Department of Defense

7-Nov-2025

More Americans are on dialysis. Could more safely wean off it?

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Weaning patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) from dialysis while they are still hospitalized may save them from remaining on the treatment for the rest of their lives, according to a new study led by UC San Francisco.

Journal

JAMA

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health

7-Nov-2025

Keeping engineered cells on script with nature’s playbook

Arizona State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Arizona State University researcher Xiaojun Tian and colleagues demonstrate a technique to protect synthetic gene circuits against cell growith dilution.

Journal

Cell

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, U.S. National Science Foundation

7-Nov-2025

Alternate proteins from the same gene contribute differently to health and rare disease

Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Iain Cheeseman and colleagues reveal the underappreciated role of single genes producing multiple proteins in atypical presentations of rare disease, and present case studies of affected patients through a collaboration with Boston Children’s Hospital. The findings help to identify genetic mutations that may contribute to rare diseases.

Journal

Molecular Cell

Funder

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, U.S. National Science Foundation