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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 26-Jun-2026 09:16 ET (26-Jun-2026 13:16 GMT/UTC)

26-Mar-2026

Implantable islet cells could control diabetes without insulin injections

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As an alternative to insulin injections, MIT researchers are developing an implantable device that encapsulates islet cells, protecting them from immune rejection. The device also carries an oxygen generator to keep the cells healthy.

Journal: Device
Funder: Breakthrough TID, Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust, Koch Institute Support (core) Grant from the National Cancer Institute

26-Mar-2026

Falls are prevalent concern among people who use wheelchairs, scooters

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Falls are significant problems for wheelchair and mobility scooter users. New research by University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign health and kinesiology professor Laura Rice explored these individuals' concerns about falling as part of the ongoing development of an intervention for fall prevention and management.

Journal: Disability and Health Journal
Funder: Paralyzed Veterans of America, Craig H. Neilsen Foundation

26-Mar-2026

Study shows trauma center placement saves lives

University of Chicago Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Data analysis revealed that the opening of UChicago Medicine's Level 1 trauma center is linked to a nearly 4% decrease in firearm deaths in the surrounding area.

Journal: JAMA Surgery

26-Mar-2026

Staying active throughout middle age cuts women’s risk of premature death in half

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Women who consistently met physical activity guidelines throughout middle age had half the risk of dying from any cause compared to women who remained inactive, according to a new paper publishing March 26^th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine by Binh Nguyen of the University of Sydney, Australia, and colleagues.

Journal: PLOS Medicine

26-Mar-2026

Malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in South America evolving to evade insecticides

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Anopheles darlingi mosquitoes—a major vector of malaria in South America—are evolving in response to insecticides, which may make them harder to kill and malaria more difficult to control, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. It is the first study to sequence a large number (>1000) of complete genomes of Anopheles mosquitoes in the Americas, where there are more than 600,000 cases of malaria annually, mostly in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Journal: Science
Funder: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development

26-Mar-2026

UCF researchers unlock scalable entanglement for next-generation quantum computing

University of Central Florida
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The breakthrough enables larger capacities for quantum information using complex states of light that are less affected by imperfections, paving the way for potential innovations in medicine, materials science, data management and security.

Journal: Science

26-Mar-2026

Single-cell study reveals how immune memory cells remember threats

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Far-reaching findings from experts at Cincinnati Children's explain how rapid immune response functions and may inform vaccine design and treatments for allergy and autoimmune diseases

Journal: Cell Reports

26-Mar-2026

Later sleep and wake times tied to poor diet and sedentary behavior in teens

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from Penn State College of Medicine found that teens who went to sleep later and woke up later were more likely to consume more calories, snack more and be less physically active, suggesting that sleep is a risk factor for cardiometabolic health.

Journal: Sleep Health
Funder: Fundación Seneca-Science and Technology Agency of Murcia

26-Mar-2026

UCLA researchers receive $13.9 million CIRM grant to identify drug targets for autism and schizophrenia using human stem cell models

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

A team of researchers led by UCLA’s Dr. Daniel Geschwind has received a $13.9 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to use human stem cell-based models to uncover the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying autism and schizophrenia and to identify drug targets for both conditions.