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AI-driven smart devices to transform healthcare

University of Technology Sydney
Peer-Reviewed Publication

AI-powered, internet-connected medical devices have the potential to revolutionise healthcare, a new study suggests.

Journal: Results in Engineering

KAIST Develops Retinal Therapy to Restore Lost Vision

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

KAIST researchers have successfully developed a novel drug to restore vision.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: National Research Foundation of Korea, Korea Drug Development Foundation

New research finds novel drug target for acute myeloid leukemia, bringing hope for cancer patients

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A team of scientists from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) has identified a promising new drug target for acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a deadly blood cancer with a five-year survival rate of just 30%, according to the National Cancer Institute. Their study, published in Cell Stem Cell in February, highlights the crucial role of a protein called paraspeckle component 1 (PSPC1) in the progression of AML.

Journal: Cell Stem Cell

Study examines lactation in critically ill patients

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Recent research from the University of Michigan reveals that simple awareness on the part of the care team can help protect the breastfeeding relationship for patients in the ICU.

Journal: CHEST Critical Care

UVA Engineering Dean Jennifer West earns AIMBE’s 2025 Pierre Galletti Award

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
Grant and Award Announcement

The 2025 Pierre Galletti Award, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering’s highest award, was given on March 30 to Jennifer L. West, dean of the UVA School of Engineering and Applied Science.

Blood cancer patients taking Bruton Tyrosine Kinase inhibitors should continue treatment at the time of COVID-19 vaccination, study shows

University of Birmingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Blood cancer patients who receive a type of anti-cancer therapy should continue to take the drug while having COVID-19 vaccinations, a new study published in the Lancet Haematology suggests.

Journal: The Lancet Haematology

ICRAFT breakthrough: Unlocking A20’s dual role in cancer immunotherapy

Peking University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Peking University, March 31, 2025: Professor Zeng Zexian’s team from the Center for Quantitative Biology at the Peking University Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, in collaboration with the Peking University-Tsinghua University Joint Center for Life Sciences, has developed ICRAFT, an innovative computational platform for identifying cancer immunotherapy targets. Their study has been published in Immunity, an immunology research journal.

Journal: Immunity

Preventable pediatric cancer mortality surges in areas of armed conflict, exceeding rates in non-conflict regions

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A collaborative research effort in global childhood cancer has revealed the significant negative impact of living in regions of armed conflict on pediatric cancer outcomes.

Journal: The Lancet Oncology

Awareness grows of cancer risk from alcohol consumption, survey finds

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Reports and Proceedings

Public awareness of the link between drinking alcohol and an elevated risk of cancer has grown since last fall, with 55% of U.S. adults saying that regularly consuming alcohol increases your chances of later developing cancer, according to a survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center.

The experts that can outsmart optical illusions

University of East Anglia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Medical imaging experts are adept at solving common optical illusions, according to UEA research.

The research is the first to show that people can be trained to do better at solving visual illusions, which was previously thought to be near-impossible.

The study shows that medical imaging experts are particularly accurate at judging the size of objects in common optical illusions. In other words, they also literally see better in everyday life!

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: British Academy

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