Dr. Stephen Ross, co-director of NYU's Center for Psychedelic Medicine, has helped resurrect psychedelic research in psychiatry through landmark clinical trials showing that psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy produces rapid, substantial, and sustained improvements in conditions previously resistant to conventional treatments.

Researchers from the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center developed a new mouse model that shows CDK12 acts as a tumor suppressor to drive high-grade serous carcinoma arising in the mouse oviduct – the equivalent of human fallopian tube. A promising degrader targeting CDK12 and a related gene, CDK13, can destroy these tumors.

Polarized terahertz (THz) waves offer unique advantages for diagnostic medical imaging, but scattering mechanisms in tissue remain unclear. To address this knowledge gap, researchers from Stony Brook University developed a comprehensive model of polarized THz wave scattering from biological structures. Using simulations, tissue phantoms, and porcine skin samples as validation, they showed that microscopic tissue changes can be identified from polarization measurements, offering a promising path for the early detection of cancer.