A nanosensor measured nitric oxide from patient-derived stem cells. Autism patients produced ~6nM, intellectual disability patients ~11nM, and healthy individuals ~65nM, despite sharing the same genetic mutation. This differential production suggests nitric oxide levels can distinguish autism from other neurodevelopmental disorders with overlapping causes, offering a potential biomarker for more precise diagnosis.

Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) has secured £4.8 million from NHS England to continue delivering the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP), which helps National Health Service staff develop innovations alongside their day jobs.

Since launching with ARU in 2016, CEP has supported the creation of 691 businesses that address real-world healthcare challenges and helped raise more than £1.27 billion of investment.

When viruses travel through the air in tiny droplets, they can quickly start to dry out. Yet many viruses remain infectious after rehydration — something that is still not fully understood. Now, an international team led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) in Hamburg has directly observed how the protein shells of viruses can change shape during dehydration, offering new clues to viral resilience and opening new possibilities for virology research. The results, published in Light: Science & Applications, lay the groundwork for potential applications in virology and public health, and can for instance help develop antiviral strategies.

Data from the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study — a national initiative tracking the epidemiology of the disease in the United States — shows a significant increase in annual diagnoses for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in individuals under age 20 between 2002 and 2018.

BUFFALO, NY — June 29, 2026 — A new review was published in Volume 18 of Aging on May 30, 2026, titled “The love and hate relationship between cellular senescence and stemness.”