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30-Jun-2026

Scientists solve decades-old mystery of how malaria parasites invade human cells

Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Columbia scientists caught a malaria parasite in the act of breaking into a blood cell, revealing a parasite machine that reshapes the cell from the inside. They then designed a mini-protein to jam it.

Journal: Cell

30-Jun-2026

Study: Three-in-one vaccine shows promise against ‘tripledemic’

University at Buffalo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A single-shot vaccine under development at the University at Buffalo could protect against flu, COVID-19 and RSV simultaneously. In a study published Friday (June 26) in Science Advances, the researchers found that their three-in-one vaccine triggered protective immunity against all three respiratory diseases in mice, ferrets and cotton rats.

Journal: Science Advances

30-Jun-2026

Moving toward better tests and treatments for Lyme disease

Tufts University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Lyme disease can be easiest to treat in its earliest stages, but current tests often miss infections during that critical window and cannot tell whether bacteria are still present or were cleared years ago. New research led by Tufts University School of Medicine suggests that a group of immune molecules called anti-lipid antibodies may address these shortcomings.

Journal: Infection and Immunity
Funder: U.S. Department of Defense, Bay Area Lyme Foundation

30-Jun-2026

Financial strain may affect health outcomes for people with COPD

COPD Foundation

The financial cost of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) negatively impacts people’s mental health and leads them to forego medications, delay or avoid medical care, and alter major financial plans, according to a new study in the May 2026 issue of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases: Journal of the COPD Foundation, a peer-reviewed, open access journal.

Journal: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases Journal of the COPD Foundation

30-Jun-2026

Lab-grown retinal cells show promise for new eye therapies

Duke University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to grow specialized blood vessel cells critical to retinal health for the first time.

Journal: Nature Biomedical Engineering
Funder: Translational Research Institute, National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate