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World Heart Federation honors American Heart Association CEO for lifetime of impact

American Heart Association
Business Announcement

The World Heart Federation (WHF) is set to honor Nancy Brown, chief executive officer of the American Heart Association, with its prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award on Friday, August 29, at the opening ceremony of the European Society of Cardiology Congress together with the World Congress of Cardiology in Madrid.

Pennington Biomedical opens Advanced Endocrinology and Diabetes Clinic

Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Business Announcement

LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center has opened a new Endocrinology and Diabetes Clinic in Baton Rouge. The clinic provides specialized care for patients managing diabetes and endocrine disorders, bringing world-class expertise to the region.

AI reveals how protein modifications link mutations to disease

Baylor College of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that reveals how protein modifications link genetic mutations to disease. The method, called DeepMVP, significantly outperforms previously published models and has implications for the development of novel therapeutics.

Journal: Nature Methods

Researchers test new gene treatment to prevent premature skull fusion in newborns

University of Iowa
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Iowa researchers have successfully tested a gene-treatment technique to prevent craniosynostosis, a condition that causes infants’ skulls to close prematurely. The experiments, conducted in mice, may lead to clinical human trials in the next one to two years. Results published in the journal Science Advances.

Journal: Science Advances
Funder: National Institutes of Health, University of Iowa

Faster biological aging linked to cognitive decline in older adults

Impact Journals LLC
Peer-Reviewed Publication

BUFFALO, NY — August 26, 2025 — A new research paper was published in Volume 17, Issue 7 of Aging (Aging-US) on July 21, 2025, titled “Association of DNA methylation age acceleration with digital clock drawing test performance: the Framingham Heart Study.”

Journal: Aging-US

Adding cell-based vaccine to liver cancer therapy slows cancer progression in patients with liver cancer

University of Birmingham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Patients with intermediate stage primary liver cancer who received a vaccine of dendritic cells saw a longer time without tumour progression in response to standard treatment according to a new study funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research and led by the University of Birmingham.

Journal: Clinical Cancer Research

New ATA management guidelines for adult patients with differentiated thyroid cancer

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The American Thyroid Association has released new guidelines for the management of adult patients with differentiated thyroid cancer (DTC), the most prevalent cancer of the thyroid. The guidelines are published in the peer-reviewed journal Thyroid^®, the official journal of the American Thyroid Association^® (ATA^®).

Journal: Thyroid