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Decoding a molecular dialogue: How arginine methylation and ubiquitination shape cancer

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A review published in Genes & Diseases highlights the complex interplay between protein arginine methylation and ubiquitination, two forms of protein modification that can profoundly influence cancer development, progression and treatment response. The article brings together current understanding of how these interconnected molecular processes regulate proteins involved in cancer and identifies opportunities for future therapeutic approaches.

NYU Langone welcomes top orthopedic surgeons to lead key treatment centers for hip and knee conditions

NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Business Announcement

NYU Langone Orthopedics has appointed three leaders in sports medicine to head key orthopedic centers, including a new center that treats knee injuries causing pain and deterioration. Sabrina M. Strickland, MD, who will lead the new Center for Patellofemoral Disorders, Andreas H. Gomoll, MD, who will co-direct the Knee Preservation Center, and F. Winston Gwathmey, MD, who will direct the Hip Preservation and Hip Arthroscopy Center, will start on October 1.

Rethinking triple-negative breast cancer treatment through EGFR co-targeting and nanotechnology

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) remains one of the most challenging forms of breast cancer to treat because it lacks the estrogen, progesterone and HER2 receptors that enable targeted treatment in other breast cancer subtypes. A review published in Genes & Diseases examines how targeting the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) alongside other molecular targets, supported by nanocarrier-based delivery, could offer new possibilities for more precise TNBC treatment.

MSU AI innovation supports 2.2M US workers exposed to toxic dust

Michigan State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Millions of U.S. workers are exposed to hazardous airborne dust while on the job. They need regular chest X-rays to monitor their health because inhaling this dust can cause permanent lung damage.

Right now, the U.S. has only 200 physicians who are certified to read X-rays for dust-related disease, which is not enough.

MSU researchers have developed an artificial intelligence system to assist with more timely and accurate interpretation of X-ray images.

Journal: Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Cow manure transformed into biodegradable mulch film: 30% fertilizer reduction still maintains yield, while improving soil and reducing pollution

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

China’s agriculture has long faced three major problems: excessive chemical fertilizer application, residual mulch film pollution, and low utilization rates of livestock and poultry manure. Excessive fertilizer input leads to soil acidification and compaction, and nutrient use efficiency continues to decline. Traditional polyethylene (PE) mulch film is difficult to degrade, and its year-by-year accumulation forms microplastic pollution, damaging soil microbial communities and arable land health. At the same time, livestock waste such as cow manure is large in volume and widely distributed, but its resource utilization pathways are limited, and crop-livestock cycling is not smooth. The green transformation of agriculture urgently needs integrated technologies that simultaneously ensure stable yields, reduce fertilizer use, reduce plastic pollution, and improve soil fertility.

Study reveals complex, nonlinear process of health behavior change among women with polycystic ovary syndrome

Elsevier
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB), published by Elsevier, provides new insight into how women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) adopt and maintain healthy eating and physical activity behaviors. Researchers found that behavior change is a nonlinear process shaped by factors that can either support progress or lead to disengagement.

Journal: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Funder: Health High-level Talent Support Program of Hunan Province of China

Novel CAR-T therapy shows promising safety and durable responses in hard-to-treat multiple myeloma

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A phase 1 clinical trial led by investigators at Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute and the University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that an investigational CAR-T therapy can lead to deep and durable responses in people with relapsed/refractory multiple myeloma. Results are published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

Journal: New England Journal of Medicine
Funder: John and Ashley Ranelli Endowed Scholar in Innovation, The phase 1 clinical study design and protocol were jointly developed by Arcellx, Inc., and the academic authors, with additional funding and support by Kite, a Gilead Company

Kaddurah-Daouk named inaugural chair of Precision Behavioral Health

University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Business Announcement

Rima Kaddurah-Daouk, PhD, has been named the inaugural chair of the Department of Precision Behavioral Health, the first department established at the UTHealth Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences, the university’s newest school.

New cell-collection device could improve early cancer detection

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT researchers developed a handheld device that can gently collect living cells from specific locations to test for ovarian and other cancers. The technique could be used to catch cancers earlier and more effectively, and to create personalized treatments.

Journal: Device
Funder: Break Through Cancer Foundation