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26-Jun-2025

Feeling mental exhaustion? These two areas of the brain may control whether people give up or persevere

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In experiments with healthy volunteers undergoing functional MRI imaging, scientists have found increased activity in two areas of the brain that work together to react to, and possibly regulate, the brain when it’s “feeling” tired and either quits or continues exerting mental effort.

Journal: JNeurosci
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

26-Jun-2025

WSU-led study identifies associations between prenatal factors and childhood obesity

Washington State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When a team of scientists led by a Washington State University researcher examined the way that more than 9,400 children grew from toddlers to pre-adolescents, two distinct trajectories emerged--one of which showed kids on the path to obesity at a young age.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

25-Jun-2025

In sub-Saharan Africa, 1 in 6 cancer medications found to be defective

University of Notre Dame
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Serious quality defects were found in a significant number of cancer medications from sub-Saharan Africa, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame.

Journal: The Lancet Global Health
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute

25-Jun-2025

Olympians' hearts in focus: groundbreaking study reveals elite rowers' surprising AFib risk

Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study involving 121 former elite rowers from Australia has revealed one in five develops atrial fibrillation (AFib).

This common heart rhythm condition can lead to stroke and heart failure in some individuals, but the researchers identified new genetic and clinical tools that enable early preventive strategies.

Journal: European Heart Journal
Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council, NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Cancer Institute, National Health and Medical Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council, National Heart Foundation of Australia

25-Jun-2025

Liver organoid breakthrough: Generating organ-specific blood vessels

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Major step forward in liver organoid technology could lead to new ways to help people living with hemophilia and other coagulation disorders while also taking another step closer to producing transplantable repair tissues for people with damaged livers.

Journal: Nature Biomedical Engineering
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Mitsubishi Foundation, Japan Science and Technology Agency