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Innovative card deck by Case Western Reserve professor empowers kids to tackle stress head-on

Case Western Reserve University
Book Announcement

A Case Western Reserve University professor has developed an innovative card deck designed to help children manage stress and build emotional resilience in today’s challenging world.

Pigs and grizzlies, not monkeys, hold clues to youthful human skin

Washington State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The secret to youthful appearance and repairing scars may lie in a microscopic skin structure humans share with pigs and grizzly bears — but, surprisingly, not monkeys. While it had been thought these ridge and valley-like skin microstructures — called rete ridges — form during fetal growth, researchers at Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine found they actually develop shortly after birth and identified a key molecular signal that drives their development.

Journal: Nature

Initiation of hormone therapy after age 65 remains risky but still works for some women

The Menopause Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

CLEVELAND, Ohio (Feb 4, 2026)—Hormone therapy (HT) has proven effective for managing hot flashes and other common menopause symptoms, but questions remain about long-term safety, especially in women aged older than 65 years. A new study evaluated the health outcomes of HT in women aged 65 years and older, including women who initiated therapy after age 65 years. Results of the study are published online today in Menopause, the journal of The Menopause Society.

Journal: Menopause

Decoding environmental toxicity: a network-based view of chemical harm

Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Environmental exposure to thousands of synthetic chemicals poses a growing challenge for public health, largely because their biological effects are complex, multiscale, and poorly characterized.

Journal: Environmental Science and Ecotechnology

A digital serious game improves the mathematical performance of children with dyscalculia

University of Barcelona
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dyscalculia, characterized by deficits in number sense and calculation skills, affects approximately 5–7% of the population and often persists into adulthood. A team from the University of Barcelona and the University of Vic – Central University of Catalonia (UVic-UCC) has developed and validated a digital serious game to address mathematical difficulties in children with this disorder in the early and middle stages of primary education.

Journal: Applied Neuropsychology Child

New line of bovine embryonic stem cells shows promise for lab-grown meat, biomedical applications

University of Connecticut
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers in UConn's College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources have developed a novel line of bovine embryonic stem cells, which have significant potential for a variety of new innovations, from lab-grown meat to models for human tissue replacement.

This work, led by Xiuchun “Cindy” Tian, professor of biotechnology in the Department of Animal Science, and her former and current graduate students Yue Su, Jiaxi Liu, and Ruifeng Zhao, was published in Stem Cells.

Journal: Stem Cells

Thriving as the key to high-quality, sustainable aged care

Abo Akademi University
Reports and Proceedings

Recent research at Åbo Akademi University highlights that promoting thriving is essential for older persons in care homes and constitutes a cornerstone of high-quality aged care.

NCCN commemorates World Cancer Day with new commitment to update patient resources

National Comprehensive Cancer Network
Business Announcement

On World Cancer Day, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) pledges to update robust information resources for cancer patients and caregivers on an annual basis in both English and Spanish.

How a common immunosuppressive drug “ATG” injures liver blood vessels

Institute of Science Tokyo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Leveraging human organoid-based mechanistic investigation, researchers reveal how an immunosuppressive drug, antithymocyte globulin (ATG), induces injury to blood vessels in the liver. According to the study, ATG first triggers rapid clotting through a complement activation system and later causes inflammation by activating the TGF-β pathway. This discovery explains why some patients experience severe liver-related side effects following organ transplantation and aid in developing safer immunosuppressive regimen.

Journal: Cell Reports Medicine
Funder: Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan Science and Technology Agency, World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI), MEXT, Japan, Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation, National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA, Dr. Ralph and Marian C. Falk Medical Research Trust, Takeda CiRA Joint Program from Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.