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Wildfire smoke may be more harmful than other air pollution, two Mount Sinai studies find

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

As climate change drives more frequent and intense wildfires, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have published two large-scale studies showing that wildfire smoke may pose greater health risks than other sources of air pollution, with higher risks of hospitalization for cardiovascular and respiratory disease and poorer survival among patients with lung cancer.

Scientists find that the body's warmth sensor is secretly a pain switch

University of Warwick
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Warwick scientists have found that a sensor in our nerve endings that detects warm temperatures also plays a direct role in switching on chronic pain signals, a discovery that could lead to better treatments for conditions that affect millions of people.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Medical Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

Nanodiamonds by laser shock

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nanodiamonds are tiny diamond particles that usually measure mere millionths of a millimeter. They are extremely hard, stable, and heat-resistant and highly adaptable for various purposes in medicine, new materials, catalysis, and energy technology. By compressing plastic with lasers, researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) and the University of Rostock are now able to systematically produce high-purity, ultra-small diamonds of narrow size distribution. This is impossible to achieve with conventional methods such as explosions. As a scalable technology, laser compression offers great potential for improved, clean and sustainable production of ultra-small nanodiamonds.

Journal: Diamond and Related Materials

The anthropological dimensions of sari-sari stores as liminal community pharmacies

Ateneo de Manila University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Ateneo de Manila University study finds sari-sari stores quietly fill medicine-access gaps in remote communities, while exposing the limits of informal care.

Journal: Acta Medica Philippina

Vaccination: why don’t we all experience the same side effects?

Université de Genève
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Redness and pain at the injection site, fever, fatigue or headaches: vaccines can cause side effects, but their frequency and severity vary considerably from person to person. Why? A team from the Center for Vaccinology at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and Geneva University Hospital (HUG) has found that, even before vaccination, some people’s innate immune systems are more reactive than others, showing a heightened response to interferons, key molecules involved in antiviral defence naturally produced by the body. The stronger this response, the more likely individuals are to experience these transient symptoms. These findings have been published in Science Translational Medicine.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine

Study finds irritability long after concussions in veterans is linked to PTSD, chronic pain and hearing difficulties

University of Colorado Anschutz
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from the CU Anschutz Marcus Institute for Brain Health shows that irritability is strongly associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, chronic pain and difficulty understanding speech in noisy environments among military veterans with chronic mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion.

Journal: Journal of Neuropsychiatry

Oral chiral nanozyme protects the heart during chemotherapy by reshaping the gut-heart axis

Science China Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have developed an orally administered chirality-engineered nanozyme that protects the heart from chemotherapy-induced damage by targeting the gut rather than the heart itself. The nanozyme reshapes gut microbiota and host metabolism through the gut-heart axis, significantly alleviating doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity while preserving the anticancer efficacy of doxorubicin. The study highlights stereochemical engineering as a promising strategy for designing next-generation nanozyme therapeutics.

Journal: Science Bulletin

SKKU cracks the genetic code behind psoriasis through big data analysis of 1.1 million people

Sungkyunkwan University External Affairs Division (PR team)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Combining large-scale genetic data with single-cell analysis, the team pinpoints the key cells and genes driving psoriasis

Journal: Nature Communications

Insilico Medicine strengthens its middle east presence with potential blood cancer treatment, generated by AI, first of its kind in the UAE

InSilico Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Insilico Medicine highlighted novel BTK degraders discovered by its UAE team as part of its growing research presence in the Middle East. First published online in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (a premier international journal in medicinal chemistry) on August 14, 2026, the study represents a scientific milestone for Insilico Medicine UAE and demonstrates its capabilities in targeted protein degradation.

Journal: Journal of Medicinal Chemistry