New research from UBC's Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics and BC Children's Hospital Research Institute explains why some people with Huntington disease develop symptoms a decade earlier and points to a promising treatment target.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called forever chemicals because of their long-lasting presence in humans and the environment, are commonly found in consumer and industrial products. When Brown University researchers examined PFAS levels in the blood serum of United States military veterans, they found that younger veterans had higher PFAS concentrations and a higher prevalence of elevated PFAS compared with civilians of similar ages.

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz have discovered that small particles in the blood called exosomes are the likely culprit behind why some people with shingles experience lingering pain long after virus has cleared their body.

The Kraft Center for Community Health at Mass General Brigham announced that Oben Health has been selected as the winner of the Kraft Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Community Health, a national award recognizing organizations and innovators driving measurable improvements in community health through scalable, real-world solutions. Oben Health was selected for the $100,000 prize for its technology-enabled model to bring preventive cardiovascular care into trusted community settings.

Chao Zhang, PhD, assistant professor of medicine/computational biomedicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, has received a four-year, $3.2M R01 grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases for his project, “Enhanced AI-Driven Transmission Electron Microscopy Image Analysis for Simplified Kidney Biopsy Pathology Diagnosis.”