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4-Jun-2026

 

Topical gel helps burn wounds heal faster using an existing FDA-approved drug

Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Los Angeles, CA – June 4, 2026 – Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation and University of Arizona College of Medicine, have developed a topical gel formulation with 4-aminopyridine (4-AP), to treat burn wounds, achieving near-complete closure in 21 days.

Journal

Biomaterials

Funder

National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Defense

4-Jun-2026

Irregular sleep in preschool-age children is associated with lower verbal and memory performance

American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

A new study to be presented at the SLEEP 2026 annual meeting found that irregular sleep — including variability in sleep timing and duration — was associated with lower receptive vocabulary and visuospatial memory scores in preschool-age children, even after accounting for total sleep duration.

Journal

SLEEP

Meeting

SLEEP 2026

3-Jun-2026

 

How new discoveries about 'ground plans' for neurons could simplify brain, behavior research

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

"Instead of studying all 8,000 kinds of neurons, we can instead understand how circuits work by studying these 200 modular elements that are wired together in various ways for different functions."

Journal

Nature

Funder

Pew Charitable Trusts, McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience

3-Jun-2026

 

UCF scientist leads research to break through harmful bacterial “fortresses”

UCF College of Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

College of Medicine Assistant Professor Renee Fleeman continues to refine a powerful therapy for drug-resistant bacteria that pierces the gooey coating that anchors and protects such germs from the drugs we take to kill them. 

3-Jun-2026

Air pollution may be harming your brain’s ‘encyclopedia’

University of California - Davis Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study finds higher long-term exposure to fine air pollution (PM2.5) is linked to lower semantic memory — the type of memory used for facts, words and general knowledge.

Journal

Alzheimer s & Dementia Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging