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UC San Diego Health joins national research for maternal-fetal care

University of California - San Diego
Business Announcement

Region’s only academic medical center is now part of the NICHD Maternal-Fetal Care Network, expanding clinical trial access for patients in Southern California.

Study finds early imaging after pediatric UTIs may do more harm than good

Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from the Advocate Aurora Research Institute — which is part of Advocate Health — published Tuesday in Hospital Pediatrics provides guidance for families and physicians caring for infants and young children hospitalized with a febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), one of the most common infections in early childhood.

Journal: Hospital Pediatrics

Insilico Medicine initiates AI driven collaboration with leading global cancer center to identify novel targets for gastroesophageal cancers

InSilico Medicine
Business Announcement

Cambridge, MA, February 17, 2025 — Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”, 3696.HK), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) have entered into a collaborative research agreement aimed at discovering new therapeutic targets for gastroesophageal malignancies. The initiative builds on MSK’s global leadership in this field under the direction of Yelena Y. Janjigian, MD, Carroll and Milton Petrie Chair; Chief, GI Oncology; and Founding Director of the MSK GEC Therapeutics Accelerator, whose group has delivered multiple practice-changing advances in gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers. Patrick Evans, BS, MBA, Senior Project Manager in the Janjigian Lab, will serve as the MSK project lead, supporting integration of scientific, operational, and translational efforts across teams.

New guidelines from NCCN detail fundamental differences in cancer in children compared to adults

National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Business Announcement

New NCCN Guidelines for Pediatric Soft Tissue Sarcoma is now available for free at NCCN.org. It focuses on a subtype called rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) which is the most common type of soft tissue sarcoma in people under 20 and represents nearly 5% of all childhood cancers.

Scientists develop first-of-its-kind antibody to block Epstein Barr virus

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fred Hutch Cancer Center scientists reached a crucial milestone in blocking Epstein Barr virus (EBV), a pathogen estimated to infect 95% of the global population that is linked to multiple types of cancer, neurodegenerative diseases and other chronic health conditions.

Journal: Cell Reports Medicine
Funder: Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

With the right prompts, AI chatbots analyze big data accurately

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In an early test of how AI can be used to decipher large amounts of health data, researchers at UC San Francisco and Wayne State University found that generative AI tools could perform orders of magnitude faster — and in some cases better than computer science teams that had spent months poring over the data.

Journal: Cell Reports Medicine
Funder: March of Dimes Prematurity Research Center at UCSF, ImmPort, Pregnancy Research Branch of the NICHD

Leisure-time physical activity and cancer mortality among cancer survivors

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In this analysis of 6 pooled cohorts, higher levels of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) after a cancer diagnosis were associated with lower risk of cancer mortality among people previously diagnosed with 1 of 7 cancers not commonly studied for their association with MVPA. These findings suggest that it is important for health care professionals to promote physical activity for longevity and overall health among people living with and beyond cancer.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

New AI model could cut the costs of developing protein drugs

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Biology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT chemical engineers used AI to optimize the selection of codon sequences for protein drugs produced by yeast, which could reduce the costs of developing and manufacturing these drugs.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: Daniel I.C. Wang Faculty Research Innovation Fund at MIT, MIT AltHost Research Consortium, Mazumdar-Shaw International Oncology Fellowship, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research

Expanded Affordable Care Act subsidies — now expired — drove major increases in marketplace health insurance enrollment across key groups

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Subsidies enacted a year into the COVID-19 pandemic to expand eligibility and offset premium costs of insurance purchased on Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces led to significant enrollment gains among eligible children ages 18 and under, Black and Hispanic individuals, and residents of rural areas, according to a new study by a researcher at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.