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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 27-Jun-2025 09:10 ET (27-Jun-2025 13:10 GMT/UTC)

Risk of thyroid cancer among GLP1-RA users

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study found no evidence that glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonist (GLP1-RA) use is associated with an increased risk of thyroid cancer. The study is published in the peer-reviewed journal Thyroid^®, the official journal of the American Thyroid Association^® (ATA^®).

Journal: Thyroid

UTA becomes one of largest natural history libraries

University of Texas at Arlington
Grant and Award Announcement

Thanks to in-kind donations of tens of thousands of rare books, scientific journals, and articles, and reports over the past two years, The University of Texas at Arlington’s Amphibian and Reptile Diversity Research Center (ARDRC) has become one of the largest publicly accessible herpetology libraries in the world.

Countering the next phase of antivaccine activism

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a recent essay, pediatrician-scientist Peter Hotez proposes a focus on local data, improved benefit-risk communications, actively countering health disinformation, and state-level action to address antivaccine sentiment in the U.S.

Journal: PLOS Global Public Health

Study links gene regulating brain circuit formation to autism and seizures

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study led by neuroscientist Viji Santhakumar at the University of California, Riverside, and collaborators at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, offers insights into how the gene neuropilin2 contributes to the development of behavioral changes associated with autism spectrum disorder and epilepsy.

Journal: Molecular Psychiatry

Cost-effectiveness of a polypill for cardiovascular disease prevention in an underserved population

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: The results of this economic evaluation suggest that cardiovascular polypill treatment (single pill containing a statin and 3 half-standard dose antihypertensives) could be a high value intervention for a low-income, majority Black population with limited access to health care services. It could additionally reduce health disparities.

Journal: JAMA Cardiology

LSU and Pennington Biomedical’s Stephania Cormier serves as Frontiers in Immunology Topic Editor on “How RSV Outsmarts the Host”

Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

LSU and Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s Dr. Stephania Cormier joined colleagues Dr. Lawrence Kauvar of Trellis Bioscience Inc. and Dr. Ralph Tripp of the University of Georgia as topic editors on the Frontiers in Immunology research collaboration, “How RSV Outsmarts the Host,” focusing on challenges surrounding Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV.

RSV is a respiratory pathogen that causes respiratory tract disease in approximately 64 million people worldwide and results in 160,000 deaths annually.

Journal: Frontiers in Immunology
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Georgia Research Alliance

Exposure to aircraft noise linked to worse heart function

American College of Cardiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People who live close to airports and are exposed to high aircraft noise levels could be at greater risk of poor heart function, increasing the likelihood of heart attacks, life-threatening heart rhythms and strokes, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology