8-May-2026 Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia researchers find diagnostic delays are common for US pediatric patients with malaria Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Peer-Reviewed Publication Researchers found that more than one in four pediatric patients treated for malaria in the United States had a delay in their initial diagnosis, increasing the risk of more severe infection. Journal PEDIATRICS Funder Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society-St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Fellowship Award in Basic and Translational Science, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Stanley and Susan Plotkin and Sanofi Pasteur Fellowship Award, Thrasher Research Fund, CHOP Foerderer Award, Doris Duke Foundation Paragon of Research Excellence Award, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
7-May-2026 Child abuse may be connected to changes in development, body regulation Penn State Peer-Reviewed Publication Child maltreatment is linked to disrupted development and decreased ability to maintain stable body systems based on measures of platelet counts, cholesterol levels, blood pressure, heart rate and other body systems. Journal Molecular Psychiatry
7-May-2026 This anti-CRISPR stops the protein assembly line in bacteria University of California - San Francisco Peer-Reviewed Publication Bacteria fend off invading viruses with molecular scissors that slice up viral DNA — a system called CRISPR that’s become indispensable to gene editing. Journal Nature Funder Vallee Foundation, Searle Scholars Program, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Germany)
7-May-2026 Earliest signs of neurodegeneration in Down syndrome detected shortly after birth University of Wisconsin-Madison Peer-Reviewed Publication Signs of neurodegeneration in individuals with Down syndrome may start as early as birth, a critical stage of brain development, according to investigators at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Waisman Center. The research provides an atlas of early brain development in Down syndrome that could inform potential targeted treatments to address the developmental and degenerative aspects of the condition. Journal Science
7-May-2026 Postpartum diabetes care falls short as many women skip essential A1C testing Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health Peer-Reviewed Publication Few women with postpartum-onset diabetes meet recommended A1C monitoring guidelines, highlighting a need to improve routine diabetes care—particularly among Black women—according to new research at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. Journal The BMJ