The National Institutes of Health has awarded UC Davis Health a $15.85 million grant to support the next phase of a major national study on brain aging in Hispanic-Latino communities. The grant, led by UC Davis Distinguished Professor of Neurology Charles DeCarli, will support the creation of the most comprehensive long-term dataset on Hispanic and Latino brain aging to date.

Immunotherapies have transformed cancer treatment by helping the immune system recognize and attack tumors. They work for only about 20% of patients, though, and doctors still struggle to predict who will benefit.

 

A Rutgers Cancer Institute study in Cell Reports Medicine promises help with both those problems. It identifies a protein that appears to predict drug response, and it shows that pairing immunotherapy with a second type of drug dramatically improves survival in mice.

Fewer people in the United States can reach hospital-based obstetric care within a reasonable drive than a decade ago, according to a new national study led by the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. The study found that from 2010 to 2021, access to obstetric care declined across the country as hospitals closed labor and delivery units, forcing many pregnant people to travel farther for care.

(WASHINGTON — Apr. 1, 2026) — The American Society of Hematology (ASH) released guidelines on the diagnosis and management of severe acquired aplastic anemia, a rare and life-threatening bone marrow failure disorder. The guidelines, developed by a multidisciplinary expert panel including a patient with lived experience, outline evidence-based best practices to improve outcomes for individuals living with the disorder. They were published in Blood Advances.  

A multilingual, voice-enabled AI chatbot developed by researchers at the University of East London could transform how patients learn about retinal detachment, offering personalised, real-time explanations in multiple languages using clinically validated information to improve understanding, accessibility, and patient care.

Autism BrainNet today released new survey findings revealing a significant disconnect between Americans’ strong support of autism research and their limited understanding of the role postmortem brain donation plays in advancing it. The survey found that 70 percent of respondents had never heard of brain donation, despite 92 percent agreeing that analysis of the autistic brain is extremely or very important to advance research.