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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 28-Dec-2025 20:11 ET (29-Dec-2025 01:11 GMT/UTC)

15-Oct-2025

Mount Sinai receives $4.5 million NIH award to launch a pioneering women’s environmental health research training program

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has received a prestigious $4.5 million, five-year K12 award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to establish a pioneering program that will train the next generation of leaders in women’s health research.

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NIH/National Institutes of Health

15-Oct-2025

Where you live may affect your brain health, new study finds 

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study found that individuals living in neighborhoods with higher levels of social vulnerability, environmental injustice and socioeconomic disadvantage showed measurable differences in brain structure and function. 

Journal

Alzheimer s & Dementia Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging

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NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, American Heart Association

14-Oct-2025

Why does losing the Y chromosome make some cancers worse? New $6.5 million NIH grant could provide clues

University of Arizona, Office of Research and Partnerships
Grant and Award Announcement

U of A Comprehensive Cancer Center Director Dr. Dan Theodorescu plans to study loss of Y chromosome biology and investigate potential therapies for bladder and other cancers.

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NIH/National Cancer Institute

14-Oct-2025

New AI tool makes medical imaging process 90% more efficient

Rice University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rice researchers developed an AI tool that makes medical imaging process 90% more efficient.

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NIH/National Institutes of Health, Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, U.S. National Science Foundation

14-Oct-2025

Cellular railroad switches: how brain cells route supplies to build memories

Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Discovery shows how two different Rab proteins direct the delivery of key components needed for memory formation

Journal

eLife

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NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health