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UC San Diego researcher wins $5.6M NIH Avant Garde Award to prevent HIV, hepatitis C and overdose

University of California - San Diego
Grant and Award Announcement

Innovative project will use AI-powered “digital twins” to help public health agencies better prevent HIV, hepatitis C and overdose among people who use drugs.

New research shows how AI may help avoid unnecessary chemotherapy for breast cancer patients

RCSI
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Research led by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and University College Dublin (UCD) has identified immune markers that could help doctors more accurately determine which breast cancer patients are unlikely to benefit from chemotherapy, potentially sparing some patients from unnecessary treatment.

Journal: Nature Communications

New framework renders AI trustworthy for cancer subtyping

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Reported June 23 in Nature Biomedical Engineering, researchers at Vanderbilt Health and centers in Hong Kong have created a versatile uncertainty-aware AI framework broadly adaptable as a wrapper for digital pathology AI systems. (An AI wrapper acts as an interface layer that customizes, formats and automates how users interact with the underlying intelligence.) They demonstrate their wrapper, called TRUECAM, primarily with reference to non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) subtyping using whole-slide images.

Journal: Nature Biomedical Engineering

Can scientists learn cells' language? UCLA-led team aims to decode cellular conversations

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UCLA scientists are calling for a large-scale initiative to understand how human cells influence one another — a missing layer of biology that could reveal how cellular interactions drive disease and inform new therapies.

Journal: Nature Biotechnology

Rise in colorectal cancer among young adults in Germany as well — but below US levels

German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Colorectal cancer is generally considered a disease of older adults. However, a new analysis of German cancer registries shows that the number of new colorectal cancer cases among younger adults has risen slightly over the past two decades. Those most affected are people between the ages of 20 and 39. The findings are based on data from ten German cancer registries and cover the period from 2003 to 2023.

Journal: International Journal of Cancer

Digital pathology + deep learning: Can it precisely predict lymph node metastasis risk in T1b gastric cancer?

Science China Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A deep learning system (DL-T1b) leveraging digital pathology achieved strong performance (AUC 0.910) for predicting lymph node metastasis in T1b gastric cancer. Integration with six clinical risk factors into a nomogram further boosted predictive accuracy, offering a precise tool for personalized treatment decisions. This study establishes proof-of-concept for deep learning-based pathomics in early gastric cancer risk stratification.

Journal: Medicine Plus

Three ERC Advanced Grants for LMU researchers

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Grant and Award Announcement

The philosophy of the quantum world, treatment options for multiple sclerosis, and a new class of RNA molecules: the European Research Council awards three prestigious grants to projects at LMU.

Research highlighting estrogen link could explain why women are more likely to suffer from Crohn’s

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the University of Bath (UK) have used a zebrafish model showing estrogen signalling is linked to gut disfunction associated with inflammatory bowel diseases.

Journal: PLOS Biology
Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Cancer Research Institute of Northern Alberta

Promising single-dose malaria treatment advances toward pan-African clinical trial

German Center for Infection Research
Business Announcement

Researchers at the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) have developed a promising single-dose malaria treatment that could help address growing drug resistance and simplify treatment for patients. The four-drug combination treatment, known as SPAP, is now being prepared for large-scale clinical testing across Africa. Prof. Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma, who was named to the 2026 TIME100 Health list in recognition of his contributions to global health research, is co-leading the project.

Journal: Malaria Journal