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14-Oct-2025

Common hospice medications linked to higher risk of death in people with dementia

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Medications commonly prescribed to ease dementia symptoms such as agitation, anxiety, and delirium — benzodiazepines and antipsychotics — may carry major unintended risks for people with dementia receiving hospice care, a new study finds.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging

14-Oct-2025

Galvanizing blood vessel cells to expand for organ transplantation

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have discovered a method to induce human endothelial cells from a small biopsy sample to multiply in the laboratory, producing more than enough cells to replace damaged blood vessels or nourish organs for transplantation, according to a preclinical study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Journal: Nature Cardiovascular Research

14-Oct-2025

Tracking infectious disease spread via commuting pattern data

American Institute of Physics
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Many traditional metapopulation models often overlook the spread of infectious disease through commuting, because they are designed primarily for migration, so in the journal Chaos, researchers from South Korea introduce a Commuter Metapopulation Model to include daily mobility patterns. The model was used to simulate the spread of COVID-19 with actual commuting data, revealing it could better capture spatial variety in outbreak patterns.

Journal: Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science

14-Oct-2025

New research: brain cells form 'pneumatic tubes' to spread toxic molecules that may play a role in Alzheimer’s disease

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have shown how mammalian brains create networks of tubes that transport toxins in and out of brain cells, similar to how pneumatic tubes swoosh items back and forth in factories and stores.

Journal: Science
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

14-Oct-2025

Final day of scientific sessions reveals critical insights for clinical practice at AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting and OTO EXPO

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Meeting Announcement

– The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) 2025 Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO concluded its Scientific Oral Presentation program on Tuesday with 85 studies that establish new clinical correlations and provide evidence to optimize patient care across the full spectrum of otolaryngology practice. The final day's research program underscored the specialty's dedication to answering complex clinical questions through rigorous investigation.

14-Oct-2025

MIT researchers develop a new system can dial expression of synthetic genes up or down

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT engineers designed a control mechanism, known as DIAL, that allows them to establish a desired protein level, or set point, for any synthetic gene circuit.

Journal: Nature Biotechnology
Funder: National Institute of General Medical Sciences, U.S. National Science Foundation, Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies

14-Oct-2025

New radiofrequency therapy slows glioblastoma growth and targets tumor stem cells

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY – October 14, 2025 – A new research paper was published in Volume 16 of Oncotarget on October 13, 2025, titled “Treatment of glioblastoma with tumor-specific amplitude-modulated radiofrequency electromagnetic fields.”

Journal: Oncotarget