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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 30-Oct-2026 04:16 ET (30-Oct-2026 08:16 GMT/UTC)

And you thought a smart ring was discreet

Tufts University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Imagine using a wearable device that is so thin and discreet that you’d hardly be aware that you were wearing it. Tufts engineers have now made thread-based integrated circuits that can bend, coil, stretch, and conform to the body’s contours and movements, the devices are designed to exist in free form, sewn into clothing or wrapped around curved and moveable surfaces.

Funder: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research

Depoliticization weakens AIDS activism in Brazil

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

After decades of playing a leading role in health policy, the social movement against the disease is fragmenting and losing momentum.

Journal: Sociology of Health & Illness
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Crown Bioscience joins C-Path’s New Approach Methodologies Developer Coalition

Critical Path Institute (C-Path)
Business Announcement

Critical Path Institute’s New Approach Methodologies Developer Coalition today announced the addition of Crown Bioscience as its ninth member, bringing expertise in patient-derived models and biomarker analysis to the coalition’s efforts to advance the adoption, validation, and qualification of new approach methodologies for drug discovery and development. Crown Bioscience joins existing members CN Bio, Curi Bio, Emulate, InSphero, Modelus, Myhre Syndrome Foundation, Revalia Bio, and VivoSphere, alongside a growing community of developers, end users, and regulatory colleagues working to close the gap between NAM development and regulatory acceptance.

Tiny molecules, big possibilities: Researchers explore a new way to slow lung cancer

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cancer develops when the body’s systems for controlling cell growth break down, allowing cells to multiply unchecked. Texas A&M researchers have identified two naturally occurring molecules that appear to help restore those controls, offering a potential new strategy for slowing the progression of lung cancer.

In a recent study, researchers from the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences (VMBS) and the College of Education and Human Development found that microRNA-15a and microRNA-16 — small molecules that help regulate protein production within cells — can significantly reduce the growth and protein synthesis of non-small cell lung cancer cells.

The findings add to a growing body of research suggesting that these microRNAs play an important role in maintaining cellular balance and could someday serve as targets for therapies designed to slow cancer progression.

Journal: FASEB BioAdvances
Funder: Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Program Award

Cancer survivors and providers differ in views on medical cannabis, study finds

Virginia Commonwealth University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

For many cancer survivors, cannabis has become part of how they manage symptoms such as pain, nausea and anxiety. A new study from VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center surveyed 395 cancer survivors and 62 cancer care providers It found that while survivors and providers agreed on many aspects of medical cannabis, they differed in their awareness of potential risks and their comfort discussing it.

Journal: Journal of Cancer Education
Funder: American Cancer Society

Research spotlight: A new model reveals hidden disease signatures and predicts health outcomes

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a new study, Mass General Brigham researchers unveil ALADYNOULLI, a generative model that identifies hidden disease signatures, predicts future health outcomes and helps reveal the biology underlying human disease.

Journal: Nature

Lancet landmark Commission reports on global female health: takes lifespan approach to menstruation and bleeding disorders

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Lancet Haematology today published its Commission on Global Female Health and Haematology, a multidisciplinary international collaboration that examines the unique hematologic health challenges faced by women and girls around the world and outlines recommendations for improving outcomes. Marni Sommer, DrPh, RN, professor of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, is a co-author of the report by the Commission.

Journal: The Lancet Haematology

Venture capital investments increasingly shaping innovation in radiology

American College of Radiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new JACR study, Venture Capital Investments in Radiology from 2000-2023, found a total of $11.4 billion was invested across 646 companies, with funding especially concentrated in medical devices, artificial intelligence health care software, and biotechnology and drug discovery, and reflects radiology’s growing role as a hub for new technologies that can change how imaging is performed, interpreted, and integrated into patient care.

Journal: Journal of the American College of Radiology

NIH awards OU College of Medicine $10.7 million to advance sensory biology research

University of Oklahoma
Grant and Award Announcement

The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine has been awarded a five-year, $10.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to create the Oklahoma Center for Biomedical Research Excellence in Sensory Biology. The center will serve as a hub for research into how cells sense and respond to their environment and the diseases that can occur when that process malfunctions.