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30-Oct-2025

Study links genetic variants to higher 'bad' cholesterol and heart attack risk

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

First-of-its-kind resource to identify those with a genetic risk for elevated ‘bad’ cholesterol can assist clinicians in predicting patient risk for heart attacks and strokes, allowing time for prevention and early treatment.

Journal: Science
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, One Brave Idea Initiative, Canada Foundation for Innovation, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Foundation, The Canada Excellence Research Chairs Program

30-Oct-2025

UC Riverside scientist recognized by American Federation for Aging Research

University of California - Riverside
Grant and Award Announcement

Huimin Zhang, an assistant professor of molecular, cell and systems biology at UC Riverside, has received a 2025 Grant for Junior Faculty awarded by the American Federation for Aging Research.

Funder: American Federation for Aging Research

30-Oct-2025

Tool reveals how your dinner affects the risk of 30,875 species of land-dwelling animal going extinct

University of Cambridge
Peer-Reviewed Publication

If we all ate more vegetables and less meat, and cut down on bananas, chocolate and coffee, we could free up significant areas of land for restoration and save hundreds of the world’s species from extinction, finds a new Cambridge study.

Journal: Nature Food

30-Oct-2025

Meggers Project Award granted to PhET Interactive Simulations

American Institute of Physics
Grant and Award Announcement

AIP has awarded $25,000 to the PhET Interactive Simulations project at the University of Colorado Boulder for the team’s proposed project, “Electricity and Magnetism with PhET Interactive Simulations: A Professional Learning Course and Community for Teachers.” PhET Interactive Simulations is an open educational resource that allows students to simulate science experiments online and hosts more than 170 free interactive simulations in physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, and math.

30-Oct-2025

The kids are smarter than you think

University of Montreal
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using tufts of moss as sponges, improvising play dolls from tree stumps, clipping leaves to signal wanting to be picked up – child chimpanzees are savvy technologists and communicators, a Canadian-led study finds.

Journal: Scientific Reports

30-Oct-2025

Safeguarding fertility: pioneering study investigates key hormone for women with cancer choosing fertility preservation

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Cancer Center at Illinois
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Newly diagnosed female cancer patients of reproductive age have a very short window for storing their eggs and embryos before starting cancer treatment. This is a process known as fertility preservation (FP), which protects patients’ ability to have children in the future after completing cancer treatment. Currently, scientists cannot predict which women will be successful in achieving a pregnancy or a healthy live birth after completing chemotherapy and undergoing FP. In a recent study, researchers identified Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) levels as a prognostic indicator for success rates in fertility treatments.

Journal: Frontiers in Oncology

30-Oct-2025

University of South Florida launches cutting-edge virology institute led by world-renowned scientist Dr. Robert C. Gallo

University of South Florida
Business Announcement

Led by HIV co-discoverer Dr. Robert Gallo, the new USF Health Institute for Translational Virology and Innovation will accelerate breakthroughs in viral disease, cancer biology and pandemic preparedness.