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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 5-Nov-2025 17:11 ET (5-Nov-2025 22:11 GMT/UTC)

How a tiny RNA modification helps control cell stress responses

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A tiny chemical modification commonly found on messenger RNAs plays a surprisingly large role in how cells respond to stress, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Journal: Cell

AI could help improve early detection of interval breast cancers

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

A new study led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center suggests that artificial intelligence (AI) could help detect interval breast cancers before they become more advanced and harder to treat.

Journal: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Cancer Institute, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Early Diagnostics Inc

Consumption of ultra-processed foods by children up to one year old favors harmful bacteria in the gut

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Analysis of the gut microbiota of more than 700 babies also showed that breastfeeding was a protective factor, mitigating the problem in those who consumed industrialized products. The study underscores the importance of breastfeeding and avoiding foods high in sugar, saturated fat, salt and chemical additives.

Journal: Clinical Nutrition
Funder: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo

Cancer studies present at Digestive Disease Week

Digestive Disease Week
Reports and Proceedings

Reporters note: The following briefs highlight selected cancer-related studies being presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2025 in San Diego. You are welcome to use these items as-is, incorporate them into broader coverage, or use them as story starters for your own reporting. Reach out to Tware@thereisgroup.com to get more information or to connect with researchers for interviews.

Embargo: Each brief is embargoed until 12:01 a.m. PDT the day of its presentation, as listed at the end of each item. Alternatively, the entire package may be published after 12:01 a.m. PDT on May 5, 2025.

Meeting: Digestive Disease Week

Liver cancer survival rates reflect income disparities

University of Gothenburg
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The risk of dying from the most common form of primary liver cancer is about 30 percent higher for patients with low household income compared to those with middle or high household income, according to a study at the University of Gothenburg.

Journal: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe