A new study from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) shows that certain gut bacteria found in one-month-old infants are associated with future development of food sensitivities and the development of food allergies, particularly to eggs, while other types of bacteria are not. The study also found factors that predicted which type of bacteria would be present in the guts of newly born babies. Together, the findings suggest that certain probiotic supplements might be a good early defense for preventing food allergies, especially for at-risk infants. The study was published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

A team of investigators from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Google, and Columbia University have created an artificial intelligence model that can predict which genes are expressed in any type of human cell.

Chen Wang, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oklahoma, has been awarded a fellowship from the Prevent Cancer Foundation to develop an optical coherence tomography (OCT) probe for kidney biopsy imaging. This innovation aims to enhance biopsy navigation, reduce failed procedures and improve tumor detection and surgical outcomes for kidney cancer patients.