Children ages two to eight years across 11 Pacific jurisdictions are not meeting daily recommended intakes for key micronutrients, either consuming too much or too little. The research team that made the discovery also found associations between children’s micronutrient intake, obesity, and presence of acanthosis nigricans, a skin condition that is linked to insulin resistance.

Pancreatic cancer that spreads to the liver is especially difficult to treat because the liver naturally suppresses immune responses, creating an environment where cancer can evade detection and thrive.

UCLA researchers have developed a nanoparticle that carries a combination treatment with an mRNA vaccine and a small immune-boosting molecule to the liver, reprogramming it to attack pancreatic cancer.

Lab studies showed the therapy shrank tumors that spread to the liver, prevented new ones and activated immune memory cells that could help stop pancreatic cancer from coming back.