A team from Osaka University has developed scSPOT, a new technique that reveals how immune cells called Tregs simultaneously control the immune system. The team identified key immune cells controlled by Tregs and found that Tregs are targets for the cancer drugs ipilimumab and tazemetostat. They also found that Tregs are indicators of serious viral infection. This valuable technique may accelerate the development of treatments for cancer and other diseases.

University of California, Merced's Nicotine and Cannabis Policy Center has embarked on an innovative partnership with researchers at the university who track an entire community’s health and habits with samples of human sewage.

In a landmark discovery, researchers applied a novel AI model called the max-logistic intelligence classifier to analyze 865,859 CpG methylation sites in early COVID-19 patients' blood samples. They uncovered compelling evidence that COVID-19 most likely originated from the natural synthesis of two rare but serious infectious diseases, glanders and Sennetsu fever, with some common human diseases.