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25-Feb-2025

NBA and NBA G League Player Ambassadors urge fans to learn lifesaving CPR in 90 seconds

American Heart Association
Business Announcement

To save more lives, the American Heart Association and National Basketball Association/NBA G League players are working to educate about CPR, a lifesaving skill.

25-Feb-2025

New Study Raises Alarm Over Alzheimer's Blood Tests

Rutgers University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Rutgers Health researchers find that the diagnostic tools can be unreliable, particularly for Black patients.

Journal: Alzheimer s & Dementia

25-Feb-2025

Switching between defense and attack – immune cells with dual role

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peer-Reviewed Publication

LMU researchers have shown that a particular type of immune cell acts more flexibly than previously thought – with potential for new therapeutic approaches.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

25-Feb-2025

Atherosclerosis: How immune cells migrate into plaques

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Peer-Reviewed Publication

CD8+ T cells accumulate in atherosclerotic plaques. LMU researchers identify a crucial signaling pathway – with therapeutic potential.

Journal: Circulation

25-Feb-2025

Press passes available for NUTRITION 2025 to be held May 31–June 3

American Society for Nutrition
Meeting Announcement

Complimentary press passes are now available for NUTRITION 2025, the annual flagship meeting of the American Society for Nutrition, to be held May 31–June 3 in Orlando.

Meeting: NUTRITION 2025

25-Feb-2025

Insilico Medicine successfully delivered milestone in collaboration with Therasid Bioscience for AI-driven MASH therapeutics

InSilico Medicine
Business Announcement

Insilico achieved preclinical milestone in its collaboration with Therasid Bioscience, a South Korean based biotechnology company focuses on developing innovative first-in-class drugs for treatment for metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH).

25-Feb-2025

Breakthrough in high-sensitivity quantum sensors with diamond heteroepitaxy

Institute of Science Tokyo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Heteroepitaxial growth technology has made it possible to create larger diamond substrates, opening new opportunities for industrial-scale production of diamond quantum sensors. A research team led by Institute of Science Tokyo in collaboration with Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, successfully fabricated large-area (111)-orientated diamond crystal substrates on heterogeneous (non-diamond) substrates, demonstrating the potential for industrialization of precise, noise-resistant current measurements for electric vehicle battery monitoring.

Journal: Advanced Quantum Technologies
Funder: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology