Academic medical centers could transform patient care by adopting principles from learning health systems principles, according to researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of California, San Diego.

Veronique Dartois, Ph.D., a member of the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI), authored the publication entitled, “Strategies for Shortening Tuberculosis Treatment”–with funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation–which shares a vision to personalize TB treatment for better patient care and more expedient curative outcomes.

In experiments with healthy volunteers undergoing functional MRI imaging, scientists have found increased activity in two areas of the brain that work together to react to, and possibly regulate, the brain when it’s “feeling” tired and either quits or continues exerting mental effort. 

A new method for the non-invasive monitoring of sodium levels in real time could enhance the management of dehydration, neurological disorders, and other health conditions

A research team led by Associate Professor Ayako Okado-Matsumoto from the Toho University’s Department of Biology, has made an important breakthrough in understanding Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB), in collaboration with Professor Ryuji Sakakibara from the Department of Neurology, Sakura Medical Center, and Professors Hitoshi Nukada and Soroku Yagihashi from the Department of Exploratory Medicine on Nature, Life and Man, Toho University The teamdiscovered something remarkable about a specific protein in patient’s blood. The researchers found that people with DLB have significantly lower amount of a protein called α-synuclein (alpha synuclein) in their red blood cells compared to healthy people and those with other brain diseases like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's disease. α-synuclein is a protein that becomes problematic when it builds up abnormally in brain cells, contributing to various neurological conditions.

Two anonymous $25 million estate gifts are building momentum for UVA's Paul and Diane Manning Institute of Biotechnology. The gifts also enabled UVA Health to top its $1 billion fundraising goal in UVA's Honor the Future campaign.

The grant will launch a community-led queen conch aquaculture facility in Eleuthera, The Bahamas, in partnership with The Island School’s Cape Eleuthera Institute. Focused on restoring declining queen conch populations—vital to Caribbean ecosystems and coastal food economies—the project is part of a larger mission to transform food systems and strengthen coastal resilience through sustainable aquaculture. It builds on the Queen Conch Lab’s growing network of 10 community-based farms across the Caribbean, underscoring the species’ importance to ocean health, food security, and cultural identity.