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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 25-Jun-2026 02:16 ET (25-Jun-2026 06:16 GMT/UTC)

Scientists discover how key immune cells protect the prostate

La Jolla Institute for Immunology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have discovered that the immune system's T cells can travel to the prostate to provide long-term protection against infections. Their findings suggest we might harness these same disease-fighting cells to treat prostate cancer.

Journal: Immunity
Funder: Cancer Research Institute

Advancing synthetic cells: A more flexible system to replicate cellular functions

Center for Research in Biological Chemistry and Molecular Materials (CiQUS)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

CiQUS researchers introduces an innovative chemical strategy to create biomimetic structures with greater efficiency. The design of more versatile and controllable synthetic cells could unlock new possibilities in biotechnology and regenerative medicine.

Journal: Journal of the American Chemical Society

Veronica Rivera, MD, AGSF honored as AGS Clinician of the Year

American Geriatrics Society
Grant and Award Announcement

Today, the @AmerGeriatrics announced Veronica Rivera, MD, AGSF as the 2026 recipient of the AGS Clinician of the Year award. #AGS26 https://bit.ly/4sdbIHD

Setting standards of care for brain injuries in first responders

Ohio State University
Reports and Proceedings

Researchers will soon publish the first evidence-based guidelines for traumatic brain injury (TBI) recognition and management and return to duty in first responders – a group encompassing law enforcement officers, corrections personnel, firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs). The authors will be the nearly 60 experts who convened at The Ohio State University in late March to pursue consensus on protocols surrounding six frameworks: workplace policies, injury prevention measures, challenges of recognizing injuries, diagnosis and treatment of the injury, mental health monitoring, and steps needed to get a concussed first responder back to work.

Meeting: 1st International Conference on TBI in First Responders

Alliance marks Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Awareness Week

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Business Announcement

Each year, about 85,000 adolescents and young adults (AYA) between the ages of 15 and 39 are diagnosed with cancer in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, this represents about 4% of all new cancer diagnoses.

Depending on age and specific diagnosis, many AYA people with cancer may be treated at either a pediatric cancer center or an adult cancer center. However, often these patients don’t feel comfortable in either setting as they feel too old for settings gear toward young children, but too young in centers where most of the patients are elderly.

This population also must navigate challenges surrounding normal milestones for others their age, such as pursuing an education, establishing a career or creating a family. Additionally, financial instability and lack of insurance coverage often deter AYAs from seeking timely medical attention, further complicating their prognosis.

The Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology and the Alliance Foundation Trials (AFT) have several active trials specifically poised to help the AYA population as well as others open to people in the AYA demographic.

Recent medicaid expansions sharply increased access to treatment for opioid use disorder

Rutgers University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Medicaid insurance expansions between 2017 and 2023 sharply increased access to medication treatment for opioid use disorder in a period when fatal overdoses continued to climb, according to Rutgers Health researchers.

Their study, published in JAMA Network Open, finds that expanded Medicaid coverage saw meaningful population-level increases in the use of buprenorphine, a medication used to treat opioid use disorder.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: National Institute on Drug Abuse, Leadership Education in Adolescent Health Program at Indiana University School of Medicine Division of Adolescent Medicine

Legacy Investment boosts mental health education at University of Houston

University of Houston
Grant and Award Announcement

In one of its final acts after closing, IntraCare North Hospital has made a $1.6 million gift to the University of Houston to help prepare the next generation of behavioral health professionals serving communities in Houston and across Texas.

Parasitic tapeworm — a risk to domestic dogs and humans — found in Washington coyotes

University of Washington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New evidence suggests that a disease-causing tapeworm that has been spreading across the United States and Canada has arrived in the Pacific Northwest. The tapeworm, called Echinococcus multilocularis, was found in one-third of coyotes surveyed from the Puget Sound region.

Journal: PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Funder: University of Washington Hall Conservation Genetics Fund

New Mayo Clinic technique identifies proteins that trigger immune responses in transplants, implants

Mayo Clinic
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new method to identify which proteins are most likely to trigger an immune response — a discovery that could help improve transplant care, regenerative medicine and other areas where the immune system plays a critical role. The results, published in Biomaterials, challenge a common assumption in the field that all proteins are equally likely to provoke immune reactions.

Journal: Biomaterials