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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 23-Jun-2026 05:16 ET (23-Jun-2026 09:16 GMT/UTC)

Center for BrainHealth honors Dr. Francis Collins with 2026 Dr. Charles L. Branch BrainHealth Award

Center for BrainHealth
Business Announcement

Connecting researchers across the country, the BrainHealth Network launched in February 2026. The groundbreaking collaborative research initiative seeks to leverage advanced MRI imaging and data analysis from one of the most comprehensive multimodal brain imaging datasets ever assembled in order to understand brain health improvement.

New accelerator targets real world adoption of health innovations

American Heart Association
Business Announcement

The American Heart Association is investing in early-stage health innovators and collegiate entrepreneurs working to build solutions designed for adoption, trust, and measurable impact - 2026 EmPOWERED to Serve Business Accelerator™.

The ISSCR urges continued NIH investment in human embryonic stem cell research to sustain scientific progress and therapeutic innovation

International Society for Stem Cell Research
Business Announcement

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has submitted a formal response to a Request for Information (RFI) issued by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) regarding its pause on new submissions to the NIH Human Embryonic Stem Cell (hESC) Registry and considerations to reduce reliance on hESCs in federally supported research.

Anti-vaping advertisements and lung injury news coverage helped reverse trend in teen vaping

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at UC San Diego found that both anti-vaping advertising and widespread news coverage of a 2019 lung-injury outbreak tied to vaping were significantly associated with increased quit attempts among teen vapers and reduced openness to vaping among teens who had never tried it.

Journal: BMC Public Health

Mount Sinai study uses baby teeth and brain imaging to reveal how early-life metal exposures shape brain development and behavior

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

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai report that early-life exposure to common environmental metals may influence brain development and behavioral health more than a decade later. The study, published in Science Advances, is the first to combine naturally shed baby teeth with advanced brain imaging to pinpoint specific weeks during pregnancy and infancy when the developing brain appears most vulnerable to environmental exposures.

Journal: Science Advances

Measuring squishiness and stiffness of cells just got faster, easier and more reliable

Brown University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from Brown University and their collaborators have developed a new way to measure the properties of cells — an important development, they say, because accurate measurements of changes in cell elasticity can be used to better understand diseases, diagnose patient symptoms and provide more accurate prognoses.

Journal: Lab on a Chip

University of Cincinnati works with local paramedics to advance sudden cardiac arrest research

University of Cincinnati
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A University of Cincinnati study demonstrates the feasibility of emergency medicine researchers partnering with community emergency medical services nationwide to investigate the causes of sudden cardiac arrest.

Journal: Prehospital Emergency Care

Immune surveillance structures found in skin hair follicles

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the School of Medicine at the University of California, Riverside have discovered previously unrecognized immune surveillance structures in the skin. Found within hair follicles, the cells resemble M (microfold) cells — specialized epithelial cells traditionally associated with the gut and airway tissues.

Journal: Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology

Unleashing natural killer cells against cancer

McGill University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have developed a strategy to boost the cancer-fighting power of natural killer (NK) cells, part of the immune system’s first line of defence. NK cells can detect and destroy cancer cells, but tumours often create a protective barrier that blocks them, allowing cancer to grow.

Researchers at McGill University’s Rosalind & Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, in collaboration with the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, found that suppressing two specific proteins helps NK cells overcome this blockage, turning them into more potent cancer killers.

Journal: EMBO Reports