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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 21-Dec-2025 14:11 ET (21-Dec-2025 19:11 GMT/UTC)

Long-term poverty and rising unsecured debt in early adulthood each linked to higher risk of premature death

Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Adults who experience poverty-level family income—whether sustained or intermittent—over two decades spanning young to mid-adulthood face a significantly higher risk of dying prematurely than those who are never in poverty, according to new research led by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging

SwRI-developed bioreactor replicates versatile induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Southwest Research Institute
Business Announcement

SAN ANTONIO — November 10, 2025 — Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has demonstrated a new application for its cell-expansion bioreactor to advance tissue engineering and cell-based therapies for treatment of injuries and diseases.

Blue Zones and American College of Lifestyle Medicine launch new Blue Zones® Certification for Physicians and Health Professionals

American College of Lifestyle Medicine
Business Announcement

The certification integrates Blue Zones' evidence-based roadmap to living better and longer, rooted in their identification of and research from the world's longest-lived and happiest cultures—the blue zones regions—with ACLM's expertise in therapeutic lifestyle interventions.

Innovative Team Science programs at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences will tackle big questions about ageing, sex differences and health

Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory of Medical Sciences
Business Announcement

Innovative Team Science programmes at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences will tackle big questions about ageing, sex differences and health. The transdisciplinary teams will take a 360 view of major health concerns associated with ageing.

Eco-friendly nanoparticles improve cidofovir’s anticancer and antiviral effects

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY – November 10, 2025 – A new research paper was published in Oncotarget (Volume 16) on November 6, 2025, titled “Anti-DNA virus agent cidofovir – loaded green synthesized cerium oxide nanoparticles (Nanoceria): Nucleic acids (DNA and RNA) binding affinity and cytotoxicity effects.”

Journal: Oncotarget

New method makes transgene-free gene editing even more promising

University of Connecticut
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Yi Li, professor of horticultural plant breeding biotechnology in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR), has made advancements in gene editing techniques to reduce the drawbacks of traditional methods.

Although several transgene-free gene editing methods exist, most are technically demanding or time-consuming. Li’s approach offers an efficient and practical alternative. Li’s lab and collaborators have further refined this method to achieve higher efficiency using citrus plants as a model system. These latest findings were published in Horticulture Research, a leading scientific journal in plant science.

Journal: Horticulture Research

Discovery reveals why Alzheimer’s patients forget family, friends

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

One of the most devastating moments for family members of a patient with Alzheimer’s is when their loved one forgets who they are. New findings may explain why that happens and could lead to a way to prevent it.

Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Owens Family Foundation