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UofL pediatrics researcher uncovers new signaling mechanism related to anxiety and overgrooming

University of Louisville
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study led by a University of Louisville School of Medicine pediatrics and child neurology researcher reveals how a specific signaling mechanism in microglia, the brain immune cell, can regulate anxiety and grooming behaviors. These behaviors are core symptoms of autism and obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorders.

Journal: Molecular Psychiatry
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Mayo Clinic study finds 1 in 8 adults carries hidden genetic risk — and reveals what it takes to act on it

Mayo Clinic
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When Mayo Clinic researchers sequenced the genomes of 484 seemingly healthy adults, they found that about 13% carried a serious, previously unrecognized genetic risk — conditions those patients did not know about and that standard care would likely miss.

Journal: Genetics in Medicine

Steroid use falls, but creatine use climbs rapidly

University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

U.S. teens report far less anabolic steroid use than they did two decades ago, but creatine use has risen rapidly in recent years, according to a new University of Michigan study.

Journal: Annals of Epidemiology

Ai-driven multi-omics integration yields new aging clock gtAge

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Want to know your true biological age? A new study in Engineering introduces gtAge, an innovative aging clock built by combining IgG N-glycome and blood transcriptome data with a deep reinforcement learning tool called AlphaSnake. It predicts age more accurately than single-omics models and links biological aging to key health markers like cholesterol and blood sugar, offering a clearer view of how our bodies really age over time.

Journal: Engineering

American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) to host Annual Meeting in Boston, September 26-30

American Society for Radiation Oncology
Meeting Announcement

Registration opens today for the 68^th American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meeting, the leading global conference in radiation oncology. The conference will be held at the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, September 26-30, 2026. Complimentary media registration is available for qualified journalists.

Adverse pregnancy outcomes and cardiovascular health among offspring in early adulthood

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this longitudinal cohort study of mother-child dyads enrolled at the child’s birth, exposure to adverse pregnancy outcomes during gestation, particularly hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, was associated with suboptimal cardiovascular health and arterial injury among offspring in early adulthood. The findings suggest optimizing pregnancy health may support offspring cardiovascular health into early adulthood.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Exposure to air pollutants and Lewy body and Parkinson disease–related dementias

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this case-control study, exposures to ambient particulate matter with a diameter less than 2.5 μm or nitrogen dioxide were each associated with increased risks of dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson disease–related dementia, with a greater magnitude of association for risk of dementia with Lewy bodies. These findings warrant concern about the impact of air pollution on brain health.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Stanford Medicine researchers link human molecular, microbial diversity with geography, ethnicity

Stanford Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Profiling of 322 individuals from three continents suggests that ethnicity and geography may influence human biology, aging and disease risk.

Journal: Cell

Treatment shift needed for brittle bone disease, drug trial finds

University of Edinburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Increasing bone density in patients with a rare genetic condition that causes bones to break easily does not prevent fractures, a large clinical trial has found.

Journal: JAMA