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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 24-Oct-2026 02:15 ET (24-Oct-2026 06:15 GMT/UTC)

Jennifer Lewis elected to National Academy of Medicine

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

Harvard professor recognized for work in soft and living materials

Gustave Roussy at the ESMO 2026 Congress

Comprehensive Cancer Centre Gustave Roussy
Meeting Announcement

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) is holding its annual congress from 23 to 27 October in Madrid, Spain. This major international event provides oncologists and researchers from around the world with an opportunity to present the latest findings from clinical studies aimed at improving cancer care and deepening our understanding of the disease. Once again, this year, physicians and researchers from Gustave Roussy have contributed to several dozen studies that will be presented during the five-day congress.

Meeting: ESMO Congress 2026

Chinese Neurosurgical Journal study highlights fatty acid metabolism as a target in glioma treatment

Chinese Neurosurgical Journal
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Glioma, particularly glioblastoma, remains difficult to treat because tumor cells can resist conventional therapies. A review from the Chinese Neurosurgical Journal examines how altered fatty acid metabolism supports tumor growth, stem cell properties, immune suppression, and resistance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. The researchers highlight emerging targets and combination strategies, while emphasizing that most approaches require further validation and must overcome challenges involving normal brain metabolism and drug delivery across the blood–brain barrier.

Journal: Chinese Neurosurgical Journal
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China, Beijing Natural Science Foundation, Capital Medical University, Beijing Hospitals Authority

Researchers warn of growing threats to sleep health across Europe

Nottingham Trent University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Sleep is being increasingly impacted by climate change, urban living, digital misinformation and modern working patterns, according to an international team of sleep researchers.

Journal: Journal of Sleep Research

Protein-probing nanobodies could unlock disease treatments

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

Supported by a National Institutes of Health Pioneer Award, Harvard professor Mo Khalil and team will lead the development of a new biotechnology involving synthetic probes that can precisely alter individual protein activity. The technology should enable large-scale experiments similar to genetic screens, but focused on proteins, rather than genes.

Living "railway tracks" bioprinted inside artificial conduits match gold-standard nerve repair

International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In the International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing, Prof. Jun Yin at Zhejiang University and his co-workers have engineered a triple-layered artificial nerve conduit embedded with living cells that steers nerve regrowth across deep gaps, achieving functional recovery in rats that rivals a natural graft.

Journal: International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing

Fitness program for transplant candidates linked to lower mortality

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When transplant candidates become frail, doctors often worry that they are too weak to survive transplantation. But according to a new study from Northwestern Medicine and the University of Pittsburgh, frailty can be significantly improved with the right personalized, physician-led fitness program.

Journal: Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

National Academy of Medicine elects Kennedy Krieger's CEO and president; chief science officer to its membership

Kennedy Krieger Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

Bradley L. Schlaggar, MD, PhD, CEO and president of Kennedy Krieger, has been elected to the National Academy of Medicine, along with Amy Bastian, PhD, PT, chief science officer and founder of the Institute’s Center for Movement Studies.

Mount Sinai to lead national trial of targeted therapy for infants with noonan syndrome and severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

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

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will lead a new national clinical trial evaluating a precision medicine approach for infants with Noonan syndrome and related conditions who develop severe hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, a potentially life-threatening condition in which the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick.

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