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Gallbladder cancer could soon be detected in blood, study finds

University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Tezpur University in Assam, India, working with scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, have identified distinct chemical signatures in blood that could help detect gallbladder cancer earlier. This is important in cancer patients with and without gallstones, two groups that often require different diagnostic approaches.

Journal: Journal of Proteome Research

As health care goes digital, patients are being left behind

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Patients are now expected to navigate much of their care online — from seeing their doctor on a screen to booking appointments, refilling prescriptions, and checking test results through health care portals. 

Journal: JMIR Formative Research
Funder: UCSF Population Health and Health Equity Funding, California Health Care Foundation

Next-generation CAR-T designs that could transform cancer treatment

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY – February 25, 2026 – A new editorial perspective was published in Volume 17 of Oncotarget on February 20, 2026, titled “CAR-T therapy: Trailblazing CAR(ing) in cancer treatment.”

Journal: Oncotarget

Discovery linking gut bacteria to cancer treatment wins the Bial Award in Biomedicine and earns €350,000 prize

BIAL Foundation
Grant and Award Announcement

An international consortium of 48 researchers from institutions in France, Sweden, and the United States has won the 2025 edition of the Bial Award in Biomedicine, a €350,000 prize promoted by the Bial Foundation to recognise a published work of exceptional quality and scientific relevance in the field of biomedicine.

Funder: Fundação Bial

Qiliang (Andy) Ding, PhD, named recipient of the 2026 ACMG Foundation Rising Scholar Trainee Award

American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics
Grant and Award Announcement

The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine (ACMGF), in partnership with Genetics in Medicine Open (GIM Open), is pleased to announce Qiliang (Andy) Ding, PhD, as the inaugural recipient of the 2026 Rising Scholar Trainee Award. This new annual award recognizes the most outstanding research publication by a trainee published in Genetics in Medicine Open during the preceding calendar year.

In vitro antibacterial activity of crude extracts from Tithonia diversifolia (asteraceae) and Solanum torvum (solanaceae) against selected shigella species

Xia & He Publishing Inc.
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Infectious diarrhea is a gastrointestinal illness that results in around 1.7 billion cases and 525,000 deaths annually, particularly among children under five, according to the World Health Organization. While some Cameroonian medicinal plants show promise for treating diarrhea, many plants are used without established scientific evidence of their efficacy. These plants include Tithonia diversifolia (T. diversifolia) and Solanum torvum (S. torvum), which are traditionally used to treat diarrheal symptoms. This study sought to investigate the anti-Shigella activity of leaf extracts from T. diversifolia and S. torvum.

Journal: Journal of Exploratory Research in Pharmacology

Study finds no evidence of persistent tick-borne infection in people who link chronic illness to ticks

Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When researchers studied Norwegians who thought tick bites caused their chronic health problems, they found no objective evidence linking the symptoms to ticks.

Journal: BMC Infectious Diseases

Greenwood Genetic Center awarded $1.1 million in federal funding for Alzheimer’s research

Greenwood Genetic Center
Grant and Award Announcement

The Greenwood Genetic Center (GGC) has received $1,106,000 through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support advanced research equipment for the Carroll A. Campbell Jr. Alzheimer’s Initiative. This collaborative effort between GGC, MitoSense, and the US Veteran’s Administration aims to develop innovative treatments using Mitochondria Organelle Transplantation (MOT^TM) for Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Funder: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Researchers develop a high-efficiency photocatalyst using iron instead of rare metals

Nagoya University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers in Japan developed a high-efficiency iron-based photocatalyst as a cheaper alternative to rare metals like ruthenium and iridium. This catalyst works with blue LED light, significantly reduces the use of chiral ligands, and enables the first synthesis of both enantiomers of heitziamide A, a natural medicine compound that suppresses respiratory bursts.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society
Funder: JSPS KAKENHI