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ARPA-H project awarded at UC San Diego aims to end liver transplant shortage with 3D bioprinting

University of California - San Diego
Grant and Award Announcement

Using 3D bioprinting, researchers at UC San Diego, in collaboration with Allele Biotechnology, are developing transplantable human livers (derived from a patient's own cells) in a new project aiming to tackle the critical shortage of donor organs. The project is funded by up to $25.8 million by the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H).

Funder: Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health

Home fingertip oxygen monitors less accurate for people with darker skin tones

BMJ Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fingertip monitors known as pulse oximeters that can be used at home to detect low blood oxygen levels (hypoxaemia) give higher readings for patients with darker than lighter skin tones, finds the largest study on this topic published by The BMJ today.

Journal: The BMJ
Funder: National Institute for Health Research

Precautionary approach to alcohol-free and low alcohol drinks needed to protect public health, say experts

BMJ Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Alcohol-free and low alcohol (“nolo”) drinks have the potential to improve public health, but experts in The BMJ today call for a precautionary approach that maximises potential benefits (eg. increased substitution of alcoholic drinks with nolo alternatives) while minimising risks (eg. preventing encroachment of nolo drinks into alcohol-free spaces).

Journal: The BMJ

TB and HIV treatments are not enough for a full recovery

Texas Biomedical Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Texas Biomed researchers find that existing treatments control TB and HIV, but the immune system does not revert to normal, helping explain why people living with HIV remain susceptible to infections and underscoring the need for host-directed therapies.

Journal: Nature Communications

A new study reveals how cholera virulence is activated

Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study led by IRB Barcelona and the IBMB-CSIC, reveals how the bacterium that causes cholera activates its virulence programme, uncovering a single amino acid as a critical contact point. The study opens new avenues for future therapies.

Using cryo-electron microscopy, researchers have solved five structures of the V. cholerae activation complex, revealing how virulence gene expression is triggered once the bacterium reaches the human intestine.

Researchers at IRB Barcelona and the IBMB-CSIC, in collaboration with EMBL Heidelberg and partners in the United States, mapped the infection process with unprecedented detail, unveiling how the cell’s transcription machinery is recruited to the DNA and virulence genes are transcribed.

Journal: Science Advances

Expert panel highlights opportunities for improving cancer studies

Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
Reports and Proceedings

The results of the Cancer Medicines Forum workshop have been published in an article in the Journal of Cancer Policy.

Severe weather is deadly for vulnerable older adults long after the storm ends, study finds

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Older adults who were exposed to heavy rainfall after Hurricane Harvey in 2017 faced a 3% increase in the risk of death within the following year, a new University of Michigan study found.

Journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Funder: National Institute on Aging

Gut bacteria molecule boosts lung cancer treatment response

University of Florida
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UF researchers are uncovering new insights into the complex relationship between the collection of microorganisms that live in the gut — known as the gut microbiota — and our health and immune system.

Journal: Cell Reports Medicine

Kennesaw State University’s Jerry Mack named Paul “Bear” Bryant Newcomer Coach of the Year

American Heart Association
Grant and Award Announcement

Kennesaw State University’s Jerry Mack has been named as the recipient of the American Heart Association’s 2025 Paul “Bear” Bryant Newcomer Coach of the Year Award.