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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 14-Aug-2025 11:11 ET (14-Aug-2025 15:11 GMT/UTC)

Children exposed to brain-harming chemicals while sleeping

Green Science Policy Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Babies and young children may breathe and absorb plasticizers called phthalates, flame retardants, and other harmful chemicals from their mattresses while they sleep, according to a pair of peer-reviewed studies led by the University of Toronto and published in Environmental Science & Technology and Environmental Science & Technology Letters. These chemicals are linked to neurological and reproductive problems, asthma, hormone disruption, and cancer.

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology

Genome Research publishes a special issue on long-read DNA and RNA sequencing applications in biology and medicine

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Genome Research publishes Part 2 of the Special Issue on Long-read DNA and RNA Sequencing Applications in Biology and Medicine, a diverse collection of research, methods, and review articles offering novel biological and clinical insights gained using long-read DNA and RNA sequencing technologies and other long molecule approaches. Articles in this issue provide advances in multiple areas, including genome assembly and annotation, rare disease diagnostics, structural variation, cancer genomics, transcriptomics, epigenetics, and single-cell sequencing.

Journal: Genome Research

Shelley Berger, PhD, honored by AACR for cancer research

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

Shelley L. Berger, PhD, FAACR, has been recognized for her outstanding contributions to cancer research by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) with the 2025 AACR-Women in Cancer Research Charlotte Friend Lectureship.

Meeting: AACR Annual Meeting 2025

Research Spotlight: Comparison of single-cell profiling methods reveals strengths and limitations

Brigham and Women's Hospital
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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

Journal: Cellular and Molecular Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Funder: Harvard School of Public Health, NIH Loan Repayment Program

Cutting-edge optical genome mapping technology shows promise for diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic options of multiple myeloma

Elsevier
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have demonstrated the potential of the innovative optical genome mapping (OGM) technique for the diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic management of multiple myeloma. This new study in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier, details how this novel method can establish the cytogenomic profile of the tumor on a scale suitable for routine practice in cytogenetics laboratories.

Journal: Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Popular CT scans could account for 5% of all cancer cases a year

University of California - San Francisco
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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.

Journal: JAMA Internal Medicine
Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Projected lifetime cancer risks from current computed tomography imaging

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This study found that at current utilization and radiation dose levels, computed tomography examinations in 2023 were projected to result in approximately 103,000 future cancers over the course of the lifetime of exposed patients. If current practices persist, computed tomography-associated cancer could eventually account for 5% of all new cancer diagnoses annually.

Journal: JAMA Internal Medicine

Incidence of pancreas and colorectal adenocarcinoma in the US

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: The findings of this cohort study suggest that the incidence of pancreatic adenocarcinoma has increased among all age groups, whereas that of colorectal adenocarcinoma has increased among younger age groups. Clinicians should be aware of this trend when evaluating younger patients with relevant symptoms.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Study reveals how inherited genes help shape the course of cancer

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new multicenter study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute-funded Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC) and colleagues around the world, has discovered that the genes we are born with—known as germline genetic variants—play a powerful, underappreciated role in how cancer develops and behaves. Published in the April 14 online issue of Cell [https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2025.03.026], the study is the first to detail how millions of inherited genetic differences influence the activity of thousands of proteins within tumors. Drawing on data from more than 1,000 patients across 10 different cancer types, the research illustrates how a person’s unique genetic makeup can shape the biology of their cancer.

Journal: Cell

Study sheds light on how inherited cancer mutations drive tumor growth

WashU Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

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.

Journal: Cell