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22-Aug-2025

UMass Amherst kinesiologist receives $2 million ‘outstanding researcher’ award from NIH

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Grant and Award Announcement

A University of Massachusetts Amherst kinesiologist has received a five-year, $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to advance his research on how myosin molecules—molecular motors crucial for muscle contraction— work together to drive different processes within cells.

Funder

NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences

22-Aug-2025

Moffitt study finds lymphoma accelerates aging of immune cells and tissues

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study led by a team of researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center reveals that lymphoma can accelerate the biological aging of the immune system and other tissues, providing new insight into how cancer reshapes the body beyond tumor growth.

Journal

Cancer Cell

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NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Florida Department of Health

22-Aug-2025

Genetic study suggests ways to catch blood cancer earlier

WashU Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, WashU Medicine researchers shed light on how newly acquired mutations in blood stem cells interact with mutations passed down by parents to influence a person’s lifetime risk of developing blood cancer.

Journal

Nature Genetics

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NIH/National Institutes of Health

21-Aug-2025

Regular sleep schedule may improve recovery from heart failure, study finds

Oregon Health & Science University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

People recovering from heart failure should consider improving the regularity of their sleep, a study led by Oregon Health & Science University suggests.

Journal

JACC Advances

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NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Nursing Research

21-Aug-2025

Moffitt study uncovers new mechanism of immunotherapy resistance

H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new international study led by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, the Karolinska Institutet and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has uncovered a surprising mechanism of resistance to immunotherapy: cancer’s ability to injure nearby nerves.

Journal

Nature

Funder

NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Cancer Institute