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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-May-2026 05:16 ET (21-May-2026 09:16 GMT/UTC)

Transformational Utah investment in artificial intelligence and computing to advance health and discovery

Huntsman Cancer Institute
Meeting Announcement

Utah’s $33 million investment fuels AI, advanced computing, and secure data innovation—strengthening health research and discovery statewide through leadership at the University of Utah and Huntsman Cancer Institute.

Study finds people wait an average of 50 days to see a neurologist for the first time

American Academy of Neurology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People with insurance through an employer or another commercial plan experienced an average wait time of 50 days for their first visit with a neurology provider, according to a study published April 29, 2026, in Neurology^®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Wait times were influenced by factors such as demographics, insurance coverage, geographic location and the eventual neurological diagnosis—while the number of neurologists available per person in an area appeared to have little impact on wait times.

Journal: Neurology

Biomonitoring the Anthropocene: NY's East River becomes a living biosensor

Programme for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A year-long environmental DNA study of New York City’s East River involving single liter water samples revealed an unexpectedly detailed snapshot of life in and around the city, from weekly and seasonal shifts in fish species and abundance to urban wildlife activity and even New Yorkers’ diets.

The findings suggest that urban waterways anywhere could become continuous biosensors, tracking biodiversity, habitat restoration outcomes, and human impacts in real time.

Journal: PLOS One

Placental contractions may occur in 6 in 10 healthy pregnancies

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The placenta contracts independently of the rest of the uterine wall, as seen in around 60% of 36 MRI-scanned healthy pregnancies, according to a new study published April 29, 2026 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Louise Dewick of the University of Nottingham, U.K., and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS One

A 10-minute daily exercise program done lying down improved participants' balance, flexibility and agility within just two weeks, per new clinical trial

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A 10-minute daily exercise program done lying down improved participants' balance, flexibility and agility within just two weeks, per new clinical trial

Journal: PLOS One

Your nose is a battlefield

La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have discovered that the influenza vaccine FluMist can stimulate immunity in the upper airways of adults. This is the first time researchers have tracked how immune cells in the upper airways respond to an intranasal vaccine (given via a spray in the nose). The new study gives scientists a guide for measuring the effectiveness of new intranasal vaccines against RSV, COVID-19, and other respiratory diseases.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine
Funder: Collaborative Center for Human Immunology

Translational experiments advance efforts to restore vision with transplanted neurons

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have successfully demonstrated that disrupting an eye structure long suspected of blocking the growth and survival of transplanted nerve cells may help restore vision in people with optic nerve damage.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine
Funder: National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Health (K08EY031801, R21EDepartment of Defense Focused Translational Team Science Award, Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award and Unrestricted Grant,, BrightFocus Foundation National Glaucoma Research Award, Zenkel Family Foundation Research Award, Zenkel FGlaucoma Foundation Rajen Savjani and Joe Rosen Grant Awards

Stage-specific gene expression changes reveal early triggers of cellular aging

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — April 29, 2026 — A new research paper was published in Volume 18 of Aging-US on April 10, 2026, titled “Stage-dependent transcriptomic changes in human dermal fibroblast senescence model.”

Journal: Aging-US

Stealthing survivors grapple with a “gray area” of sexual violation

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Study examines how survivors of stealthing - nonconsensual removal of a condom by an intimate partner - process and communicate the experience to confidants and health care workers. A traumatic experience for survivors.

Journal: Communication Monographs
Funder: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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