In a new National Institutes of Health-funded study led by scientists at the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say they have determined that low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, may promote a breakdown of the blood-retinal barrier, an important boundary that regulates the flow of nutrients, waste and water in and out of the retina.

Investigators of the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology’s (VHIO) Radiomics Group, led by Raquel Perez-Lopez, have developed SALSA (System for Automatic Liver tumor Segmentation And detection), a fully automated deep learning-driven tool for the precise and completely automated detection and monitoring of liver tumors (hepatocellular carcinoma). Results of this work have been published as an open access article in Cell Reports Medicine.

Researchers have created a comprehensive spatiotemporal atlas of the developing mouse lung, providing unprecedented insights into the molecular and cellular processes that shape this vital organ. The study, published in Science Bulletin, offers a detailed map of gene expression across different stages of lung development, from embryonic day 12.5 (E12.5) to postnatal day 0 (P0).