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Innovative surgery relieves chronic leg and arm swelling

Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Business Announcement

Advances in cancer treatment mean more people are living longer after a cancer diagnosis. But some survivors develop lymphedema—long-term swelling in the arms, hands, legs or feet that can cause pain, limit movement and raise the risk of serious infections. The condition can also affect body image and mental health.

Mount Sinai researchers publish landmark cell review defining the “hallmarks of liver cancer”

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new review from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Hospital Clínic de Barcelona provides one of the clearest roadmaps to date for understanding and treating liver cancer, one of the deadliest cancers worldwide.

Journal: Cell

Progress in stem cell therapy for type 1 diabetes

Karolinska Institutet
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden have developed an improved method for creating insulin-producing cells from human stem cells. The results, published in Stem Cell Reports, demonstrate that these cells effectively regulate blood sugar levels in laboratory tests and can reverse diabetes in mice.

Journal: Stem Cell Reports

New mapping model can help cities efficiently deploy blood resources to patients most in need

American College of Surgeons
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using data from hospitals and emergency medical service providers to map out areas with the greatest need for trauma care and prehospital whole blood transfusions can enable hospital systems to deploy scarce blood resources quickly and minimize waste, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS).

Journal: Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Fat cells play key role in avoidance learning

University of Bonn
Peer-Reviewed Publication

If humans or animals eat something that causes them to feel unwell, they subsequently avoid this food source. Until now, it has been unclear precisely how this avoidance learning takes place. A new study shows that communication between the brain cells and fat cells could play a crucial role here. The participants from the Universities of Bonn and Tohoku (Japan) and University Hospital Bonn have revealed the previously unknown mechanism in the fruit fly Drosophila. It may also exist in a similar form in mammals and even in humans. The results have now been published in the journal Neuron.

Journal: Neuron

Rare scalp reaction identified in lung cancer patient receiving amivantamab after radiotherapy

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — April 16, 2026 — A new case report was published in Volume 13 of Oncoscience on March 11, 2026, titled “Erosive pustular dermatosis–like scalp reaction following cranial radiotherapy in a patient with EGFR-mutant NSCLC treated with amivantamab.”

Journal: Oncoscience

The path to precision in IOL calculation for Asian populations: Clinical evaluation of sum-of-segments biometry

Eye Discovery
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As cataract surgery evolves toward a precision refractive paradigm, the accuracy of postoperative refractive prediction for intraocular lenses (IOLs) has become a core metric for surgical success. Axial Length (AL) measurement precision is the primary factor determining IOL power prediction error (PE). However, traditional optical biometers often employ a calculation model based on a single average refractive index for the entire eye. This "one-size-fits-all" estimation method frequently introduces systemic biases when dealing with anatomically complex eyes, such as those with extreme axial lengths. A clinical study recently published in Eye Discovery (2026), titled "Accuracy of intraocular lens formulas using a sum-of-segments axial length biometer in an Asian population," addresses this gap. Conducted by the ophthalmology team at Tan Tock Seng Hospital in Singapore, the research provides a systematic evaluation of the novel Argos biometer within an Asian cohort.

Journal: Eye Discovery

UC Irvine-led study achieves brain-controlled walking with artificial sensory feedback

University of California - Irvine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An interdisciplinary, multi-institution team of researchers from the University of California, Irvine, Caltech, and the Keck School of Medicine of USC is the first to use a bidirectional brain-computer interface to control the gait of a walking exoskeleton. The system enables patients suffering spinal cord impairments to regain both the ability to walk and the associated sensation, which results in safer, more realistic movement. The project was funded by the National Science Foundation.

Journal: Brain Stimulation

Newly recognized pollutant widely present in atmosphere

Utrecht University, Faculty of Science
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study shows that a specific type of silicone, the so-called methylsiloxanes, are widely present in the atmosphere across diverse environments. Also, concentrations appear to be much higher than expected. According to the researchers, this raises concerns about their potential, yet poorly understood, effects on human health and the climate. Methylsiloxanes, are commonly used in industry, transportation, cosmetics and household products. The study was supervised by Utrecht University and the University of Groningen, and the results were published today in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Journal: Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics