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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 18-Jul-2025 23:11 ET (19-Jul-2025 03:11 GMT/UTC)

Innovations in core-shell nanoparticles advancing drug delivery and precision medicine

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new expert review in the peer-reviewed OMICS: A Journal of Integrative Biology, explores how core-shell nanoparticles could revolutionize drug delivery systems and play a key role in advancing personalized and precision medicine.

Journal: OMICS A Journal of Integrative Biology

Study: Vaping does not help US tobacco smokers quit

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from UC San Diego researchers settles a longstanding question: Does vaping help you quit? According to their results, the answer is no.

Journal: JAMA

Secure your future and maximize impact: Free webinar on charitable giving strategies

American Heart Association
Meeting Announcement

American Heart Association webinar explores philanthropic giving and offers legacy planning tools.

Whole Health Consortium at Virginia Tech funds teams to tackle community health challenges

Virginia Tech
Grant and Award Announcement

Five multidisciplinary teams received seed grants to develop community-informed solutions for better health.

NC Healthy Opportunities Program helped reduce Medicaid costs

University of North Carolina Health Care
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A state-run pilot program aimed at helping North Carolina Medicaid recipients address their health-related social needs, such as food insecurity and housing instability, led to less spending over time compared to what would have been expected otherwise.

Journal: Journal of the American Medical Association
Funder: NCDHHS, Division of Health Benefits

Hidden in plain sight: the chemical burden of personal care products

Rutgers University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A Rutgers study reveals average consumers are exposed to hundreds of chemicals daily, but awareness can lead to safer choices.

Journal: Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology

Strategic mate choice in Guinea baboons

Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ)/German Primate Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team led by William O'Hearn from the German Primate Center - Leibniz Institute for Primate Research has found that female Guinea baboons court males more intensively when they show special foraging abilities. Two baboon groups in their natural habitat in Senegal and one group at Nuremberg Zoo were studied. The now published study furthers our understanding of what animals know about the skills and competences of group members and how they use that information to inform their social decisions.

Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences