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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 4-May-2025 03:09 ET (4-May-2025 07:09 GMT/UTC)

Key influenza-severity risk factor found hiding in plain sight on our antibodies

Stanford Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Why do some people develop severe flu symptoms? A Stanford Medicine study points the finger at an unsung portion of the antibodies our immune systems generate to fend off invading pathogens.

Journal: Immunology

Discontinuation of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Article: This Viewpoint discusses the health benefits of glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs); summarizes the clinical, policy, and equity implications of GLP-1 RA discontinuation; and calls for the identification and implementation of strategies to improve long-term adherence to GLP-1 RA therapy.

Journal: JAMA

Cell therapy fights lethal childhood brain cancer in Stanford Medicine trial

Stanford Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

CAR-T cells show promise against pediatric diffuse midline gliomas, brain and spinal cord tumors that are among the deadliest cancers, a Stanford Medicine trial found.

Journal: Nature

Psychedelic use linked to increased risk of schizophrenia, study finds

Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Individuals with emergency department visits involving hallucinogen use are at high risk of developing schizophrenia, according to a new study.

Journal: JAMA Psychiatry

Physicians at Le Bonheur and UT Health Science Center participate in $3 million NIH grant on childhood interstitial lung disease

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Grant and Award Announcement

Le Bonheur and University of Tennessee Health Science Center physicians Jonathan D. Finder, MD, and Terri Finkel, MD, PhD, were recently named co-principal investigators of a five-year, $3 million National Institutes of Health research project (R01) grant, “Integrative Genomics of Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease.”

Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

Association for Molecular Pathology publishes joint consensus report on SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance for hospitals and public health laboratories

Association for Molecular Pathology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Association for Molecular Pathology published a joint consensus report with the Association of Public Health Laboratories that reviews and summarizes standard concepts and best practices for next-generation sequencing methods for SARS-CoV-2 genomic surveillance.

Journal: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Collaborative of prominent academic institutions launches groundbreaking healthcare AI challenge

Mass General Brigham
Business Announcement

Mass General Brigham, in partnership with Emory Healthcare; the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health; the University of Washington School of Medicine; and the American College of Radiology, are launching a first-of-its kind interactive Healthcare AI Challenge. This virtual series of events enables healthcare professionals to explore and assess the latest AI healthcare technologies in real-world healthcare scenarios in a data-rich environment. Health care profesional users then rank the foundation models’ responses, which contributes to a publicly available rankings leaderboard.