Latest news releases from NIH-funded organizations

Funded Research News

Updates every hour. Last Updated: 16-Jun-2025 13:09 ET (16-Jun-2025 17:09 GMT/UTC)

6-Jun-2025

Genetic link found between iron deficiency and Crohn’s disease

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study led by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine shows how a genetic mutation associated with Crohn’s disease can worsen iron deficiency and anemia — one of the most common complications experienced by patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Journal

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, Swiss National Science Foundation, City of Hope-UC Riverside Biomedical Research Initiative

6-Jun-2025

Molecule linked to metabolism found to boost plant growth

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have completed the first comprehensive exploration of itaconate, a natural compound involved in metabolism, in plants. The researchers found that itaconate helps plants grow, a finding that offers new possibilities for maximizing crop growth to support growing global populations.

Journal

Science Advances

Funder

U.S. National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Hellman Foundation, Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, National Key Research and Development Projects

6-Jun-2025

Improving T cell responses to vaccines

University of Pennsylvania
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Penn Vet and Penn Medicine researchers have modified mRNA vaccines to include the cytokine IL-12 and improve T cell responses which could improve the body’s ability to fight infections.

Journal

Science Immunology

Funder

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Basser Cancer Interception Institute, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Abramson Cancer Center

6-Jun-2025

Uncovering how cells allocate space to make way for new growth

Washington University in St. Louis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Physicists used a new technique to simultaneously visualize how six major organelles within a cell change as the cell grows. The work has implications for how cells regulate metabolism and growth, which is important in both health and disease.

Journal

Cell Systems

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health

6-Jun-2025

Fecal transplants: Promising treatment or potential health risk?

University of Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) have been touted as a potential treatment for a variety of conditions, from inflammatory bowel diseases, obesity, and type 2 diabetes to autism. New research from the University of Chicago, however, cautions against widespread use of FMT because of the potential for long-lasting, unintended health consequences for recipients.

Journal

Cell

Funder

NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases