With childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), speech difficulties can persist into adolescence and young adulthood, often requiring intensive therapy. A new study finds when speech is practiced may matter as much as how it is practiced. A study of participants ages 12 to 21, found that those with typical speech performed slightly better after evening training, while those with CAS performed better after morning training. The findings could help make speech therapy more effective without adding treatment hours.

University of Virginia researchers have received the first $4 million tranche of an award worth up to $12 million from the National Institutes of Health to develop a digital model showing how hormonal differences between men and women can impact the effectiveness of some medications. 

Researchers at City of Hope^®, one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the country, led the development of a new, investigational blood test that could detect pancreatic cancer at its earliest stages, when the disease is more treatable and potentially curable.

One reason pancreatic cancer remains so deadly is because it’s usually discovered late, after it has spread. A large, international study, published in Nature Medicine today, found that this liquid biopsy, called PANXEON*, was highly sensitive in detecting stage 1 and 2 pancreatic cancer and had a low rate of false positives. The experimental test was also able to identify high-grade dysplasia, a precancerous condition of the pancreas, potentially enabling intervention before cancer develops.