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22-Jul-2025

Like humans, AI can jump to conclusions, Mount Sinai study finds

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study by investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with colleagues from Rabin Medical Center in Israel and other collaborators, suggests that even the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models can make surprisingly simple mistakes when faced with complex medical ethics scenarios. The findings, which raise important questions about how and when to rely on large language models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, in health care settings, were reported in the July 22 online issue of NPJ Digital Medicine.

Journal: npj Digital Medicine

22-Jul-2025

Stem cell transplant without toxic preparation successfully treats genetic disease

Stanford Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An antibody developed at Stanford Medicine can prepare patients for stem cell transplantation, sparing them toxic side effects, a phase 1 clinical trial found.

Journal: Nature Medicine

22-Jul-2025

Radiation therapy overcomes immunotherapy resistance in some cancers

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By sparking the immune system into action, radiation therapy makes certain tumors that resist immunotherapy susceptible to the treatment, leading to positive outcomes for patients, according to new research by investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy and the Netherlands Cancer Institute. The work was supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Journal: Nature Cancer
Funder: The Johns Hopkins University from AstraZeneca, LabCorp/Personal Genome Diagnostics, Delfi Diagnostics, Bristol-Myers Squibb

22-Jul-2025

Gender-fair job titles don’t shift teen career aspirations in healthcare, study finds

De Gruyter
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study published in Open Psychology finds that changing how healthcare professions are labeled — whether through gender-fair pair forms (e.g., “female and male nurses”), the traditional masculine generic, or omitting the title entirely — does not significantly influence adolescents’ reported career interest or their anticipated sense of belonging in these roles.

Journal: Open Psychology
Funder: Swiss National Science Foundation

22-Jul-2025

Novel one-two punch treatment strategy shows promise in preclinical models of advanced prostate cancer

Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Results of a study led by VHIO’s Prostate Cancer Group suggest that treatment with CDK4/6 inhibitors followed by senloytic therapies and PARP inhibitors could improve outcomes and combat cancer drug resistance in advanced prostate cancer.

Journal: Molecular Cancer Therapeutics

22-Jul-2025

Mount Sinai researcher decodes brain and body communication that drives aging and depression

Genomic Press
Reports and Proceedings

Dr. Hamilton Se-Hwee Oh at Mount Sinai in New York pioneers research linking differential organ aging to depression and Alzheimer's disease. His Stanford PhD work yielded breakthrough Nature publications showing organs age at different rates. Now investigating how psychological stress accelerates aging and how peripheral signals rewire brain circuits affecting mood and cognition.

Journal: Brain Medicine

22-Jul-2025

Respiratory related ER visits decreased 20 percent after coal-processing plant closure

American Thoracic Society
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by NYU Langone Health researchers found that the shutdown of a significant fossil fuel pollution source near Pittsburgh, PA, resulted in immediate improvements in respiratory health. The study is available online starting July 22 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, a journal of the American Thoracic Society.

Journal: American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine