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30-Jul-2026

Alliance QUANTUM trial to study bispecific immunotherapy for rare leukemia

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Business Announcement

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology today announced the activation of The QUANTUM Trial (Alliance A062401), a clinical study designed to test a novel, immune-targeting approach for patients newly diagnosed with primary plasma cell leukemia (PCL).

Funder: Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology Foundation

30-Jul-2026

New NIH grant could lead to better research tools and less reliance on animal testing

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science
Grant and Award Announcement

UVA Engineering researcher Steven Caliari will use a new federal grant to develop advanced tools for understanding cellular behaviors, aiming for better science and less animal testing.

30-Jul-2026

Bioactive metabolite reverses gut dysfunction and boosts HIV treatment response

University of California - Davis Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the UC Davis School of Medicine have identified a metabolite that repairs gut damage caused by HIV infection and improves the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy in an animal model of the disease.

Journal: Nature Microbiology

30-Jul-2026

Why some nitrogen-processing enzymes are more efficient than others

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Two new studies explain why certain nitrogenases are the most efficient at converting nitrogen gas into ammonia. The findings could help guide the engineering of enzymes or catalysts that can convert nitrogen gas to ammonia.

Journal: Chem
Funder: U.S. Department of Energy

30-Jul-2026

Newly discovered mitochondrial microprotein linked to Type 2 diabetes — and shows early promise as a precision treatment

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A previously unknown microprotein hidden within the human mitochondrial genome may help explain certain forms of Type 2 diabetes and could point toward a new, precision-medicine approach to treating it, according to a new USC study.

Journal: Theranostics
Funder: Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Hanson-Thorell Family Research Award, Hinrich Foundation, Hevolution Foundation, Hinrich Endowment for Mitochondrial Genetics, USC Leonard Davis School