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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 10-Jul-2025 14:10 ET (10-Jul-2025 18:10 GMT/UTC)

8-Jul-2025

Common autoimmune drug may help reverse immunotherapy-induced diabetes, UCLA study finds

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UCLA scientists have identified a potential new strategy to prevent, and even reverse, immune checkpoint inhibitor–induced type 1 diabetes, a rare but life-threatening side effect of cancer immunotherapy, using an existing class of autoimmune drugs.

Journal

JCI Insight

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Aramont Charitable Foundation, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy

8-Jul-2025

Gut length driven by ‘sexual conflict’ in fish species

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study that looked at gut length variation between cichlid fish species found that some of the genetic loci for the trait are sex-specific even though males and females of the same species have the same gut length. 

Journal

Genetics

Funder

U.S. National Science Foundation, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, NIH/National Institutes of Health

8-Jul-2025

Study identifies postoperative delirium as preventable “acute brain failure” with major health and financial implications

University of Rochester Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new large-scale study spotlights postoperative delirium as a preventable and high-impact complication, which is driven by patient frailty and surgical stress—and one that can be addressed through low-cost, evidence-based interventions.

Journal

JAMA Network Open

Funder

NIH/National Institute on Aging, National Institute of Nursing Research

8-Jul-2025

Innovative liquid biopsy test uses RNA to detect early-stage cancer

University of Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Chicago have developed a more sensitive liquid biopsy test that uses RNA instead of DNA for detecting cancer. Using blood samples from patients with colorectal cancer, the test was able to detect the earliest stages of the disease with 95% accuracy, vastly improving on current, commercially available, non-invasive testing methods.

Journal

Nature Biotechnology

Funder

Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Hong Kong Research Grants Council, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

8-Jul-2025

Gene networks decode human brain architecture from health to glioma

Genomic Press
Reports and Proceedings

Dr. Michael C. Oldham's innovative gene coexpression analysis methods have transformed our understanding of brain cell diversity. His work spans from mapping cellular signatures in healthy brains to identifying therapeutic targets in gliomas, while addressing critical challenges in research reproducibility.

Journal

Brain Medicine

Funder

University of California, San Francisco, Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, NIH/National Cancer Institute