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24-Apr-2025

Prostate cancer discovery opens door to more tailored treatments

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Prostate cancer has distinct genetic properties in different groups of men that could be targeted to improve patient outcomes, new research suggests.

Journal: iMeta
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute

24-Apr-2025

Drug targets identified for pancreatic cancer

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a recent paper, published in Nature, researchers from the University of Michigan have discovered that simultaneously targeting PIKfyve and KRAS-MAPK can eliminate tumors in preclinical human and mouse models.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke, U.S. Department of Defense, CRUK Scotland Institute

24-Apr-2025

Exercise boosts brain health — even when energy is low

University of Missouri-Columbia
Peer-Reviewed Publication

We know exercise is good for our body, but what about our brains? A new study from the University of Missouri suggests that exercise plays a crucial role in keeping our minds sharp, even when one of the brain’s key energy sources isn’t available.

The study, led by Mizzou researchers Taylor Kelty and R. Scott Rector, offers fresh insight into brain health and suggests that exercise could play a bigger role in preventing cognitive decline than previously thought.

Journal: The Journal of Physiology
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

24-Apr-2025

Artificial intelligence tool helps predict relapse of pediatric brain cancer

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mass General Brigham researchers trained and validated a deep learning model that can detect subtle changes across post-treatment brain scans and forecast glioma recurrence with up to 89 percent accuracy

Journal: NEJM AI
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, Botha-Chan Low Grade Glioma Consortium

24-Apr-2025

Awkward. Humans are still better than AI at reading the room

Johns Hopkins University
Reports and Proceedings

Humans are better than current AI models at interpreting social interactions and understanding social dynamics in moving scenes. Researchers believe this is because AI neural networks were inspired by the infrastructure of the part of the brain that processes static images, which is different from the area of the brain that processes dynamic social scenes.

Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, U.S. National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
Meeting: International Conference on Learning Representations