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Review finds no direct link between aluminium adjuvanted vaccines and serious or long term health conditions

BMJ Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Current evidence does not support direct (causal) associations between aluminium adjuvanted vaccines and serious or long term health outcomes, including autism, diabetes and asthma, finds a review of the latest data published by The BMJ today.

Journal: The BMJ
Funder: Public Health Agency of Canada

Controlled peanut intake may reduce allergies in toddlers

Karolinska Institutet
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have successfully treated children aged 1–3 years with peanut allergies. The children slowly became accustomed to eating peanuts by consuming small amounts of them daily, which were gradually increased over time. The results are presented in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe.

Journal: The Lancet Regional Health - Europe

Mount Sinai study identifies new strategy to overcome immunotherapy resistance in colorectal cancer

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

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Mount Sinai Tisch Cancer Center have identified a promising new strategy to overcome resistance to immunotherapy in colorectal cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. The findings, published in Cell Reports Medicine (10.1016/j.xcrm.2026.102786 ), reveal that restoring communication between key immune cells can dramatically improve the body’s ability to eliminate tumors.

Journal: Cell Reports Medicine

ASCO 2026 Tip Sheet - Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Reports and Proceedings

Research findings from Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center , part of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, will be presented at ASCO 2026 – the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting in Chicago, May 29-June 2. This tip sheet includes titles and links for 70-plus oral, rapid oral and poster presentations in which Sylvester researchers are involved.

A new kind of cold sensor

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

All life forms need to continuously adapt to temperature changes to survive. Now, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators studying a bacterial protein have identified a new mechanism of sensing cold temperatures. The finding points to the possibility that this same type of mechanism exists in other organisms, including humans, and may have relevance for disorders involving faulty temperature regulation.

Journal: Nature Communications

Head impacts associated with altered gut microbiome in football players

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Non-concussive head impacts—hits to the head that don’t cause clinically detectable symptoms—are correlated with subsequent changes to the gut microbiome in a small sample of US collegiate football players, according to a new study published May 6, 2026, in the open-access journal PLOS One by Ahmet Ay and Kenneth Douglas Belanger of Colgate University, USA, and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS One

Mayo Clinic and Stanford researchers develop first blood test to map tumor “neighborhoods,” improving prediction of therapy response

Mayo Clinic
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mayo Clinic and Stanford Medicine researchers have developed the first blood test to map the complex ecosystem surrounding cancer cells, offering a more accurate way to predict which patients will benefit from immunotherapy.

Journal: Nature

New study suggests ‘freedom framing’ more effective than mandates for vaccine-hesitant Americans

University of Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Houston researchers are applying the principles of marketing science to public health, proposing that the way vaccines are “framed” could be a factor in overcoming hesitancy.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

New MRI technology provides a comprehensive view of the human brain

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New multiplexed imaging technology using standard clinical MRI systems can simultaneously map more than 20 biomarkers in high resolution, providing a comprehensive view of the brain with a single scan. Researchers demonstrated the multiplexed MRI technology, or MRx, by characterizing brain tumors and multiple sclerosis lesions — revealing different structural, physiological and molecular changes within the diseases.

Journal: Nature