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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 10-Jun-2025 04:09 ET (10-Jun-2025 08:09 GMT/UTC)

An immune cell may explain how maternal inflammation causes neurodevelopmental disorder

Nagoya University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research group led by Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine in Japan has uncovered a potential mechanism linking maternal inflammation to delayed neurodevelopment in infants. The research suggests the role of CD11c-positive microglia—immune cells in the brain crucial for myelination—during infant brain development. Their findings suggest new strategies to mitigate the long-term neurodevelopmental effects of maternal inflammation.

Journal: Communications Biology

A triangular inverse shell element for efficient structural health monitoring of thin-walled structures

Maximum Academic Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study (https://doi.org/10.1002/msd2.12141) introduces a triangular inverse shell element, referred to as iKS3, offering an accurate yet computationally efficient approach to Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of thin-walled structures.

Journal: International Journal of Mechanical System Dynamics

New options for controlling type 2 diabetes

University of Virginia Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Nearly 40% of patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes imperil their health by stopping their medication within the first year, UVA Health diabetes experts warn in a new paper highlighting a growing array of treatment options.

Omega-6 fatty acid promotes the growth of an aggressive type of breast cancer

Weill Cornell Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Linoleic acid, an omega-6 fatty acid found in seed oils such as soybean and safflower oil, and animal products including pork and eggs, specifically enhances the growth of the hard-to-treat “triple negative” breast cancer subtype, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The discovery could lead to new dietary and pharmaceutical strategies against breast and other cancers.

Journal: Science

First international clinical guidance on breast cancer polygenic risk scores published

Estonian Research Council
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international expert group has published the first evidence-based clinical guidance on the use of polygenic risk scores (PRSs) for breast cancer. Published in the peer-reviewed journal Cancers, the guidance provides concrete recommendations on where to integrate PRS testing into routine healthcare for personalised breast cancer prevention and screening.

Journal: Cancers

Study finds higher cardiac deaths in combined day-night heatwaves

American College of Cardiology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Cardiac deaths increase significantly during compound heatwaves—heatwaves where temperatures are elevated both during the day and overnight—according to a new study in JACC, the flagship journal of the American College of Cardiology. The study also found that some types of heart disease are more sensitive to heatwaves than others and that different types of heatwaves may impact heart health in distinct, nonlinear ways.

Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

NYC, Baltimore research scientists receive grants to study cardiovascular/diabetes connection

American Heart Association
Grant and Award Announcement

A New York City-based physician scientist who explores ways to improve health by looking at the ways in which cells and molecules impact disease and an epidemiologist from Baltimore who has devoted her career to identifying ways to improve screening, diagnosis and patient care for people with diabetes are the most recent American Heart Association Merit Award recipients.