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20-May-2025

New blood test developed at Mass General Brigham shows superior sensitivity in detecting HPV-associated head and neck cancers

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mass General Brigham head and neck cancer researchers are reporting in a new study in Clinical Cancer Research, on the development and testing of HPV-DeepSeek, a novel liquid biopsy assay. In their new study, HPV-DeepSeek achieved 99% sensitivty and specifity for diagnosing HPV-associated head and neck cancers, outperforming standard of care methods. HPV causes about 70% of oropharyngeal cancers in the U.S., which are increasing in incidence faster than other head and neck cancers.

Journal: Clinical Cancer Research
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

20-May-2025

WVU researchers test AI’s limits in emergency room diagnoses

West Virginia University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Artificial intelligence tools can assist emergency room physicians in accurately predicting disease but only for patients with typical symptoms, West Virginia University scientists have found.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health

20-May-2025

Scientists discover potential new targets for Alzheimer’s drugs

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using a computational strategy that allows them to combine information from many large datasets, MIT researchers have identified several new potential targets for Alzheimer’s disease.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

20-May-2025

Study links residual inflammation in psoriasis patients to obesity and fatty liver disease

Elsevier
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research shows that in patients with psoriasis, even though their skin responds well to treatment with biologics, inflammation can linger, leading to broader health implications such as obesity and cardiovascular and fatty liver disease. The findings of the study in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology (JID), published by Elsevier, could lead to more targeted and effective treatments that address the systemic aspects of psoriasis, beyond just the skin.

Journal: Journal of Investigative Dermatology
Funder: NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain, National Psoriasis Foundation, Psoriasisförbundet

20-May-2025

Majority of youth overdose deaths from 2018 to 2022 were driven by fentanyl alone

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

Fatal drug overdoses among youth aged 15 to 24 in the United States involving synthetic opioids alone—not mixed with other substances—soared by 168 percent over the five-year time period of 2018 to 2022, a new study shows. Publishing online May 20 in the journal Pediatrics, the work also found that youth overdose rates and drug combinations varied significantly across age, sex and race/ethnicity.

Journal: PEDIATRICS
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse