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28-Sep-2025

Targeting "aged" immune cells: New strategy to boost immunotherapy in solid tumors

Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This study provides valuable insights into the variability of tumor immune microenvironment across individuals and highlights the potential to enhance antitumor efficacy by targeting immunosenescence.

Journal

Nature Medicine

28-Sep-2025

RSV vaccines safe and effective, Cochrane review finds

Cochrane
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Cochrane review demonstrates that vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are both safe and effective in protecting vulnerable groups that are most at risk of serious illness, including older adults and infants. 

Journal

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Funder

European Commission and the European Health and Digital Executive Agency, European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)

28-Sep-2025

RSV vaccines safe and effective, Cochrane review finds

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Vaccines for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) reduce the risk of infection in older adults and infants, according to a new Cochrane review. 

Journal

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Funder

European Health and Digital Executive Agency

28-Sep-2025

Unplanned, premature, out-of-hospital births pose challenges for emergency team

European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM)
Reports and Proceedings

The first detailed analysis of unplanned births that occurred outside the hospital setting in Austria has shown that, although such deliveries are rare, they pose challenges for emergency teams that attend, especially if babies are born prematurely. The study is presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress in Vienna on Monday.

Meeting

European Emergency Medicine Congress (EUSEM 2025)

28-Sep-2025

Hypnosis can make ventilation masks more acceptable to patients with breathing problems

European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM)
Reports and Proceedings

Hypnosis can significantly improve patients’ tolerance of masks to help them breathe when they are suffering from acute respiratory failure, according to a pilot study presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress on Monday.

28-Sep-2025

‘Staggering’ costs of e-scooter injuries are quantified for the first time for hospitals in Ireland

European Society for Emergency Medicine (EUSEM)
Reports and Proceedings

Injuries occurring to people who ride e-scooters cost Irish hospitals an average of €1,726 per patient, and researchers have calculated the total overall cost to one hospital in a single year was €128,650, according to new research presented at the European Emergency Medicine Congress in Vienna.

Meeting

European Emergency Medicine Congress (EUSEM 2025)

28-Sep-2025

Development of a bioinspired soft robotic system for teleoperated endoscopic surgery

Beijing Institute of Technology Press Co., Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research paper by scientists at The University of New South Wales presented a new hydraulic-driven dual soft robotic system featuring a 3 DOF-soft cutting arm (SCA) and a 3-jaw teleoperated soft grasper system (TSGS).

The research paper was published on Jun. 12, 2025 in the journal Cyborg and Bionic Systems.