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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 25-Jun-2026 09:16 ET (25-Jun-2026 13:16 GMT/UTC)

25-Jun-2026

Long-term hepatitis control efforts dramatically reduce HBV and HCV burden in Japan

Hiroshima University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Hiroshima University researchers use the previous 20 years of data to project what the currently implemented treatment and management strategy does for the HBV and HCV cases in 2050.

Journal: Hepatology Research
Funder: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

25-Jun-2026

Eliminating cancer cells that survive KRAS inhibition: A potential way to prevent relapse

Chiba University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cancers caused by mutations in the KRAS gene are challenging to treat, and current KRAS inhibitor therapies can leave behind reversible drug-tolerant persister (DTP) cells that survive therapy, contributing to tumor regrowth and relapse. Researchers from Chiba University found that these surviving cells adapt by reshaping their metabolism. By targeting these metabolic adaptations, the team succeeded in reducing the survival of DTP cells. The findings may help develop therapies to reduce relapse in KRAS-mutant cancers.

Journal: Communications Biology
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, SGH Foundation, Suzuken Memorial Foundation

25-Jun-2026

How ‘peacemakers’ of the immune system could unlock long-term disease remission

Frontiers
Peer-Reviewed Publication

‘Peacemaker’ immune cells could help treat diseases ranging from type 1 diabetes to neurodegeneration by restoring immune tolerance, according to a new paper in Frontiers in Science.

Journal: Frontiers in Science

25-Jun-2026

Elsevier’s ClinicalKey Student adds StudyFinder AI to quickly connect medical students to trusted, verifiable content for more efficient studying

Elsevier
Reports and Proceedings

The addition of StudyFinder AI and Osmosis AI combines trusted content from books, videos and 3D models with user-centric AI to improve efficiency and productivity in medical education

24-Jun-2026

Obesity inequalities in England have widened since COVID-19 – with steepest increases in new cases in young adults

Health Data Research UK
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Obesity affected nearly a third of adults in England in 2025, new research suggests. The study by researchers from the University of Cambridge, the British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre at Health Data Research UK and The George Institute for Global Health also revealed the most disadvantaged groups are bearing a disproportionate burden of the obesity crisis, and this gap has widened in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Journal: The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
Funder: Wellcome Trust, Health Data Research UK, National Institute for Health and Care Research Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre, Cambridge British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence

24-Jun-2026

UCLA Health study documents successful one-year outcome following first-ever bladder transplant

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

One year after the first human bladder transplant, the patient is thriving and the UCLA Health surgeon who performed the operation already has completed a second successful bladder transplant, laying a solid path for a field of surgery that until now has not been feasible.

Journal: The Lancet

24-Jun-2026

Mary Beth Farrell receives 2026 SNMMI-TS Lifetime Achievement Award for transformative contributions to nuclear medicine technology

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Grant and Award Announcement

Mary Beth Farrell, EdD, CNMT, NCT, FSNMMI-TS, FASNC, has been named the recipient of the 2026 SNMMI-TS Lifetime Achievement Award. Farrell is a nuclear medicine didactic instructor at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts in Concord, California, and director of strategic projects and quality analysis at Molecular Imaging Services. The award was announced at the 2026 SNMMI Annual Meeting.

24-Jun-2026

Dutch kids in schools which implement healthy lunches and more physical activity perform significantly better in math tests, per analysis of the Healthy Primary School of the Future program

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dutch kids in schools which implement healthy lunches and more physical activity perform significantly better in math tests, per analysis of the Healthy Primary School of the Future program

Journal: PLOS One

24-Jun-2026

Declining global acceptability of intimate partner violence tied to declining prevalence

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study of more than 60 countries shows those with faster declines in the social acceptability of intimate partner violence against women also tend to have had faster reductions in rates of such violence, as well as faster human development improvements. Irina Vartanova of the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm, Sweden, and colleagues present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS Global Health.

Journal: PLOS Global Public Health