David A. Drew, PhD, of the Clinical & Translational Epidemiology Unit and Division of Gastroenterology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the corresponding author of a paper published in Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology, “Droplet vs. Picowell: Considerations for single-cell transcriptomic profiling of human colon biopsies

CT scans may account for 5% of all cancers annually, according to a new study out of UC San Francisco that cautions against overusing and overdosing CTs.  

The danger is greatest for infants, followed by children and adolescents. But adults also are at risk, since they are the most likely to get scans.  

Most cancer genome studies have focused on mutations in the tumor itself and how such gene variants allow a tumor to grow unchecked. A new study, led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, takes a deep dive into inherited cancer mutations measured in a healthy blood sample and reports how those mutations might take a toll on the body’s cells starting at birth, perhaps predisposing a person to develop cancers at various stages of life.

A new study in Nature Human Behavior by neuroscientists at Baylor University and the University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School reveals that digital technologies actually are associated with reduced cognitive decline versus the assumed correlation to dementia.