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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 25-Dec-2025 18:11 ET (25-Dec-2025 23:11 GMT/UTC)

8-Oct-2025

Scientists create radiotheranostic approach designed to combat aggressive cancers

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

UCLA scientists, together with a team of international collaborators, have identified a promising new treatment strategy that can detect, kill and reprogram aggressive, treatment-resistant tumors like osteosarcomas and glioblastoma. 

Journal

Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy

Funder

NIH/National Cancer Institute, MIB Agents

8-Oct-2025

New vaccine shows promise against typhoid and invasive salmonella in first human trial

University of Maryland School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health (CVD) have completed a successful Phase 1 clinical trial of a novel vaccine designed to protect against both typhoid fever and invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella--two major causes of illness and death among children in sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal

Nature Medicine

Funder

Wellcome Trust, NIH/National Institutes of Health

7-Oct-2025

How brain myelin damage could lead to seizures in multiple sclerosis

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A preclinical study by biomedical scientists at the University of California, Riverside, has shown why some people with multiple sclerosis also suffer from seizures — a debilitating complication that can worsen cognitive outcomes and accelerate disease progression.

Journal

Neurobiology of Disease

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NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

7-Oct-2025

New imaging tech promises to help doctors better diagnose and treat skin cancers

University of Arizona
Grant and Award Announcement

Fueled by a $2.7 million award from the National Institutes of Health, an interdisciplinary research team is developing non-invasive imaging technology that will help clinicians overcome current challenges of obtaining high-resolution images from deep inside tissue.

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NIH/National Institutes of Health

7-Oct-2025

Questionable lead reporting for drinking water virtually vanished after Flint water crisis, study reveals

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Public water systems in the U.S. were far less likely to report suspiciously rounded lead levels after the Flint, Michigan water crisis drew national outrage and federal scrutiny, according to new research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Journal

American Economic Review Insights

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health