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Nerves in skin can slow melanoma growth

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nerve fibers within melanomas can slow the growth of these tumors, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The findings help clarify the emerging field of cancer neuroscience and may inform future therapeutic strategies.

Journal: Neuron

Landmark study improves adolescent mental health in India’s urban slums

George Institute for Global Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a significant breakthrough for adolescent mental health in India, The George Institute for Global Health India, has successfully demonstrated a scalable, community‑based care model through Project ARTEMIS—the country’s first large‑scale study focused on adolescents living in urban slums—showing measurable reductions in depression, self‑harm and suicide risk across 60 slum communities in Delhi and Vijayawada.

Journal: JAMA Psychiatry
Funder: The Wellcome Trust DBT India Alliance, National Health and Medical Research Council

How eating primes immune cells for future responses

University of Pittsburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study published today in Nature, a University of Pittsburgh team found that eating creates a temporary metabolic state that influences the function of T cells – immune cells that help the body detect and fight infection and disease, including cancer. In experiments in mice and humans, T cells collected after a meal showed a metabolic and functional advantage over those collected after fasting. The findings suggest that eating can have a lasting effect on how immune cells respond when they are activated – a factor that could be relevant for T cell–based immunotherapies, such as CAR‑T cell therapy, as well as for responses to infection.

Journal: Nature

New high-risk form of diabetic kidney disease linked to immune cells revealed

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A detailed new map of the human kidney revealed a previously unrecognized form of diabetic kidney disease (DKD) marked by clusters of immune cells—specifically B cells—that are linked to faster disease progression. The findings could help guide more targeted treatments in the future, according to study results led by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and published today in Nature.

Plant-based eating may reduce inflammation, new research suggests

University of Warwick
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Consuming a plant-based diet may help lower levels of a key marker of inflammation in the body, according to analysis of clinical trials led by University of Warwick researchers.

Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine team discovers gene pattern that could help doctors identify Ebola faster and more accurately

Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Findings could help identify Ebola and, ultimately, save lives.

Johns Hopkins researchers deepen understanding of asthma airway inflammation

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have identified molecular pathways controlled by the protein RhoA in club cells — a specialized population of epithelial cells that exclusively lines the inner and outer surfaces of the lung’s small airways, with known roles in immune regulation and airway repair — during allergen-induced airway inflammation. Through a series of translational mouse and cell culture experiments, the research team has demonstrated how RhoA can be selectively targeted to potentially prevent asthma-related complications.

Journal: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Optimizing exercise, nutrition before surgery boosts patient outcomes

American College of Surgeons
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Providing patients with structured exercise and nutrition support before surgery can reduce complications and shorten hospital stays, according to a new review published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.

Journal: Journal of the American College of Surgeons

AHA and West Health launch national accelerator to scale technology-enabled patient care solutions

West Health Institute
Business Announcement

The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the West Health Institute today announced a new three-year initiative to help hospitals and health systems operationalize and scale proven technologies across care environments to improve patient outcomes and support care teams.