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Program announced for NUTRITION 2026 to be held July 25–28

American Society for Nutrition
Meeting Announcement

Complimentary press passes are available for qualifying journalists to attend NUTRITION 2026, the annual flagship meeting of the American Society for Nutrition. Join thousands of nutrition researchers and professionals to examine the latest science shaping national conversations July 25–28 in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C.

Meeting: NUTRITION 2026

Insilico Medicine and Ribo enter strategic collaboration agreement: Leveraging AI platform and automated lab for end-to-end empowerment of RNA interference and oligonucleotide therapeutics development

InSilico Medicine
Business Announcement

Shanghai, China, May 12, 2026 --- Insilico Medicine ("Insilico", 03696.HK), a biotechnology company powered by generative artificial intelligence, today announced that the company has entered a strategic collaboration agreement with Suzhou Ribo Life Science Co., Ltd. ("Ribo", 06938.HK), a globally leading clinical-stage company in oligonucleotide therapeutics. Building upon the automation, intelligence and scalability capabilities of Insilico's LifeStar 2 laboratory, the two parties will further deepen the existing experimental service cooperation, combining the end-to-end R&D capabilities of Insilico's proprietary Pharma.AI platform with Ribo's profound expertise in oligonucleotide therapeutics development, aiming for comprehensive efficiency boost in the oligonucleotide drug R&D cycle.

Korea University’s College of Medicine has been simultaneously selected for the undergraduate and graduate programs of the 2026 Convergence Physician-Scientist Training Project

Korea University College of Medicine
Business Announcement

Korea University's College of Medicine (Dean Pyun Sung-bom) has been simultaneously selected for the undergraduate and graduate programs of the '2026 Convergence Physician-Scientist Training Project' organized by the Korea Health Industry Development Institute.

New position statement highlights the growing role of genicular artery embolization for knee osteoarthritis

Society of Interventional Radiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) position statement provides evidence-based support for the use of genicular artery embolization (GAE) as a minimally invasive treatment option for patients with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (KOA) who have failed conservative therapy and are not candidates for, or wish to delay, total knee arthroplasty.

Journal: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Enjoyment of exercise matters – people with overweight find physical activity less pleasurable

University of Jyväskylä - Jyväskylän yliopisto
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, investigated the emotions evoked by physical activity and what motivates people across different weight groups to exercise. The study found that individuals with obesity experience fewer pleasant emotions during exercise compared with those of normal weight. The researcher recommends that pleasure and enjoyment should be considered in exercise counselling aimed at weight management.

Journal: Obesity Science & Practice

NHS surgery backlogs can’t be fixed by hiring alone study warns

Heriot-Watt University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from some of the UK’s leading academic institutions have warned that simply hiring more NHS staff will not be enough to reduce surgery backlogs, in newly published research.

Funder: the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), Health Data Research UK

3D microscopy: Laser rotates samples contact-free

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Until now, it has been technically nearly impossible to rotate highly sensitive samples in all directions under a microscope without making contact. Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have developed a new laser-based technique that allows microscopic samples such as cells to be rotated contact-free in all three spatial directions. The laser creates tiny temperature differences in the liquid, which trigger gentle fluid flows that move the sample. This protects delicate samples and enables more accurate three-dimensional images—an important step for basic medical research.

Journal: Nature

UMCG studies show: Centuries-old medicine benefits heart failure patients

Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A low dose of digoxin ensures that people with heart failure are hospitalized and die less frequently. This emerges from three studies led by UMCG cardiologists Dirk Jan van Veldhuisen, Kevin Damman, and Peter van der Meer. They expect that these latest insights will lead to changes in heart failure guidelines in the future, allowing many more patients to access this inexpensive medication.

Journal: Nature Medicine
Funder: Hartstichting

Annenberg health and science survey wins AAPOR’s Policy Impact Award

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Grant and Award Announcement

The American Association for Public Opinion Research presented the Annenberg Public Policy Center this month with the 2026 Policy Impact Award for the Annenberg Science and Public Health survey.