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Anti-CD320 autoantibodies and central nervous system vitamin B12 deficiency in idiopathic myelopathy

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About the Study: Are novel autoantibodies associated with idiopathic myelopathy? In this case-control study, autoantibodies targeting the transcobalamin receptor (CD320) responsible for cellular transport of vitamin B₁₂ were identified in a portion of individuals with idiopathic myelopathy, especially those whose disease mimicked subacute combined degeneration. Screening for anti-CD320 followed by metabolic confirmation of a central nervous system-restricted vitamin B₁₂ deficiency may be considered in the diagnostic evaluation of myelopathy.

Journal: JAMA Neurology

New guidance encourages GPs and physios to ditch unnecessary shoulder scans

Monash University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Monash University researchers have reviewed existing evidence and concluded that most shoulder problems get better with self-management, education and time, challenging widespread clinical reliance on early imaging and surgical interventions.

Journal: JAMA Internal Medicine

Multi-source data-driven machine learning reshapes the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer

Editorial Office of Opto-Electronic Journals Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This review explores how multi-source data-driven machine learning is transforming lung cancer care, from early screening and diagnosis to personalized treatment and prognosis. It examines imaging, multi-omics, liquid biopsy, pathology, and clinical data, alongside traditional and advanced machine learning approaches. By linking data characteristics with model selection and clinical applications, the review highlights opportunities for precision medicine while addressing challenges in data standardization, multimodal integration, interpretability, and effective clinical translation.

Funder: National Key R&D Program of China

Student contributions lead to new fibroid research at Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Grant and Award Announcement

Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Catherine Whittington is launching a new project to develop laboratory models for the study of uterine fibroids, and before work had even begun, WPI students had already played a critical role.

Wearable smart patch could deliver automatic aid during a fentanyl overdose

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A wearable patch that detects fentanyl and releases naloxone automatically offers a potential new approach to preventing unwitnessed opioid overdose deaths.

Journal: Advanced Science

Mizzou study shows small scheduling change has big health benefits for night-shift physicians

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Missouri researchers have found that a simple scheduling change can improve the health and well-being of physicians working overnight shifts.

Journal: The American Journal of Emergency Medicine

New book reveals how to manage pre-diabetes and type 2 diabetes without drugs, weight loss or supplements

University of Virginia Health System
Book Announcement

Researcher Daniel J. Cox, PhD, not only created the GEM program, he has used it to put his type 2 diabetes in remission for the past 15 years.

UC San Diego receives $12.3 million grant to study the intersection of HIV and methamphetamine use

University of California - San Diego
Grant and Award Announcement

UC San Diego has launched Brain-FRAMe, an innovative program integrating neuroscience and immunology to improve brain health and clinical care for people living with HIV and methamphetamine use disorder.

New research traces the evolution of wastewater and environmental surveillance in carceral settings and analyzes the ethical, medical, legal challenges

Boston University School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Wastewater and environmental surveillance (WES) – the analysis of water and environmental samples like sewage to enable early, non-invasive tracking of biological and chemical markers across a population – is a powerful and increasingly common public health tool. When paired with clinical data, it offers a real-time window into community health that can inform faster, more targeted responses to infectious disease. However, its use in carceral settings like jails and prisons remains ethically underexamined.

In a brief analytic essay in the American Journal of Public Health, a team comprised of Boston University and University of Louisville researchers found that carceral WES is neither fully covered by human subjects protections nor fully accountable to traditional public health guidelines, producing a fragmented regulatory landscape in which some safeguards impede informed and effective research while others fail to prevent misuse or harm to incarcerated individuals and surrounding communities.

Journal: American Journal of Public Health