BUFFALO, NY — September 16, 2025 — A new review was published in Volume 12 of Oncoscience on September 4, 2025, titled “Prognostic significance of trophoblastic differentiation and β-hCG secretion in somatic malignancies of uterine corpus: A systematic review with survival analysis.”

To solve a problem, we have to see it clearly. Whether it’s an infection by a novel virus or memory-stealing plaques forming in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, visualizing disease processes in the body is the first step toward alleviating human suffering. It’s also often the most difficult and costly. But an artificial intelligence (AI) breakthrough by Virginia Tech computer scientists published Sept. 16 in Cell Systems — a high-impact journal dedicated to biological research — is bringing those fog-bound processes into focus.

Implanting a brain shunt in older adults diagnosed with idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus is effective in improving their symptoms, according to the results of a randomized, double-blinded patient trial. The condition is associated with an enlargement of the ventricles of the brain and with excessive amounts of the fluid that cushions the brain. It can lead to slow gait, difficulty thinking and remembering, and bladder control problems. Treatment with a surgically placed shunt led to faster walking speed, steadier balance and fewer falls, and patients reported greater ease in carrying out the activities of daily life.