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22-Jul-2025

Misfolded proteins accumulate in the mitochondria of patients with type 2 diabetes

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study published in Nature Metabolism, researchers at the University of Michigan found that mitochondria also accumulate misfolded proteins, which kills β-cells.

Journal

Nature Metabolism

Funder

Breakthrough T1D, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Department of Veterans' Affairs, American Diabetes Association, ADA Pathway to Stop Diabetes Accelerator Award, Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, UKRI MRC Programme grant, Diabetes UK, NIH-NIDDK project grant, CIHR-JDRF Team grant, Innovation Canada John R. Evans Leader Award, Swiss National Science Foundation

22-Jul-2025

AI used for real-time selection of actionable messages for government and public health campaigns

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A PNAS Nexus study suggests that artificial intelligence can facilitate theory- and evidence-based public health message selection.

Journal

PNAS Nexus

Funder

U.S. National Science Foundation, 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

22-Jul-2025

Pitt study uncovers how the immune system fends off gut parasites

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from the University of Pittsburgh reveals how the immune system defends against intestinal parasitic worms, or helminths, one of the most common infections worldwide in communities with limited access to clean water and sanitation.

Journal

Immunity

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation, American Association of Immunologists, Tsinghua University and China Scholarship Council, National Key Research and Development Program of China, University of Pittsburgh Department of Immunology

22-Jul-2025

New 3D tissue model may speed better therapies for fibrosis

Tufts University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine have developed lab-grown skin that replicates the complexity of scleroderma. Made from patient-derived cells, the 3D tissue model increases understanding of how this and fibrotic diseases progress.

Journal

Tissue Engineering

Funder

NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), National Scleroderma Foundation

22-Jul-2025

Study finds key role for non-neural brain cells in processing vision

Picower Institute at MIT
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT researchers employed a novel application of tools and analysis to show that astrocytes ensure neural information processing by maintaining ambient levels of the neurotransmitter chemical GABA.

Journal

eLife

Funder

Freedom Together Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative