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28-Apr-2025

Drug combination reduces breast cancer risk and improves metabolic health in rats

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study published in JCI Insight, researchers investigated the combined effects of bazedoxifene and conjugated estrogens in rat models as an alternative to tamoxifen.

Journal

JCI Insight

Funder

Breast Cancer Research Foundation, NIH/National Cancer Institute, U.S. Department of Defense

28-Apr-2025

Hospital-based outbreak detection system saves lives

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An infectious diseases detection platform developed by University of Pittsburgh scientists working with UPMC infection preventionists proved over a two-year trial that it stops outbreaks, saves lives and cuts costs, making the case for development of a national early outbreak detection database.

Journal

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Funder

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

27-Apr-2025

Moffitt study uncovers a way to boost treatment for aggressive melanoma

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center shows that blocking a chemical process called nitrosylation could make one of the most aggressive forms of melanoma more treatable.

Journal

Cancer Research

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health

Meeting

AACR Annual Meeting 2025

25-Apr-2025

Are ‘zombie’ skin cells harmful or helpful? The answer may be in their shapes

Johns Hopkins University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have identified three subtypes of senescent skin cells with distinct shapes, biomarkers, and functions—an advance that could equip scientists with the ability to target and kill the harmful types while leaving the helpful ones intact. 

Journal

Science Advances

Funder

American Federation for Aging Research, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Salisbury Family and Center for Innovative Medicine

25-Apr-2025

Lung immune cell type “quietly” controls inflammation in COVID-19

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A rare cell type in the lungs is essential to survival from the COVID-19 virus, a new study shows.

Journal

Immunity

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health