Jennifer Guida, Ph.D., a former program director and researcher for the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), is the newly appointed director of HonorHealth Research Institute’s new Division of Institutional Research.

A blood-test analysis developed at Stanford Medicine can determine the “biological ages” of 11 separate organ systems in individuals’ bodies and predict the health consequences.

MIT engineers developed a tiny ingestible sensor that can send continuous temperature updates from the GI tract.

 

 

UC San Francisco researchers have developed a new form of deep brain stimulation (DBS) that adjusts in real time as a person walks, helping improve gait and reduce falls in people with Parkinson’s disease. The study, publishing June 15 in Nature Medicine, demonstrates for the first time that an implanted brain stimulator can detect neural signals associated with each step and automatically adjust stimulation within fractions of a second. 

WashU Medicine researchers Ali Ellebedy, PhD, and Hanover Matz, PhD, have found that Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine that is currently under review by the FDA triggers an immune response against a wide array of flu strains, potentially offering stronger and longer-lasting protection.

A research team from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has shown that a one-time administration of a gene therapy expressing  the metabolic factor FGF21 can prolong health span in old mice. The 27-month pharmacology study, published in Molecular Therapy, shows sustained beneficial effects across multiple endpoints associated with aging and health span.

 

Food safety explained in a child-friendly way: the BfR children's book “Luis’ and Maya’s adventure in the shrinking lab: searching for clues in the kitchen” is now also available in Spanish. Following the great success of the German and English version, Spanish-speaking children can now also embark on a journey of discovery. With large illustrations and entertaining texts, Luis and Maya, together with the friendly germ Fred, dive into the world of bacteria and viruses. They learn why it is important to wash their hands regularly, how bacteria spread in the kitchen and how to store food properly in the refrigerator. “In Germany, around 100,000 cases of disease are reported each year that may have been caused by microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses or parasites in food – the actual number is likely much higher. For children especially it can be very dangerous as their immune systems are not yet fully developed. Our children’s book intends to make these topics accessible to even very young children and thus help them to protect themselves from foodborne diseases,” says Professor Andreas Hensel, President of the BfR. “While the children do detective work, they learn in a playful way why kitchen hygiene is so important.”