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Childhood cancer researcher named Researcher of the Year

Curtin University
Grant and Award Announcement

A leading Western Australian cancer researcher has been named the Cure Cancer 2026 Researcher of the Year for his groundbreaking work in paediatric leukaemia.

KAIST's advanced oocyte and embryo analysis technology to improve IVF success recognized at leading global conference

The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
Reports and Proceedings

- Postdoctoral researcher Chungha Lee from Professor YongKeun Park’s research group in the Department of Physics receives the Basic Science Award for poster presentation at ESHRE 2026, the world’s largest reproductive medicine meeting

- Joint research by KAIST, CHA Bundang Medical Center, the UK-based fertility clinic Avenues, and Tomocube enables non-invasive, quantitative 3D analysis of live oocytes and embryos to predict their developmental potential at an early stage

Funder: National Research Foundation of Korea, Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology

Research suggests more patients with pre-existing disabilities could benefit from thrombectomy

Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery
Reports and Proceedings

Patients with moderate-to-severe disabilities before a stroke are frequently excluded from endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), despite representing a substantial proportion of patients with large vessel occlusion stroke. New research presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s 23rd Annual Meeting suggests that carefully selected patients with pre-existing disabilities may still benefit from the procedure. Researchers found that successful restoration of blood flow was associated with less functional decline, greater odds of improvement from baseline and lower mortality among these patients.

Around the world, road injuries remain a leading, preventable cause of death among young people

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In 2023, nearly 51 million people were injured and 1.34 million died from road injuries, making road injuries one of the leading global causes of premature death and disability, according to a new study published today in The Lancet Public Health. While age-standardized rates of road injury incidence and mortality have declined over the past three decades, progress has been highly uneven, with the greatest burden continuing to fall on low- and middle-income countries.

Journal: The Lancet Public Health

Study maps breastfeeding rates in the United States

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study by University of California, Riverside, public policy scholars that maps US breastfeeding rates suggests that locally tailored infant health strategies to increase breastfeeding rates may be more effective than a one-size-fits-all national effort.

Journal: PLOS Global Public Health

Female ER physicians order more tests and admit more patients than male physicians, UCLA Health study shows

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new UCLA Health study examining more than 1.5 million emergency department (ED) visits found that female physicians request more imaging and laboratory tests and admit more patients to the hospital than their male counterparts working alongside them. But the added testing was just as likely to uncover important findings, suggesting the additional care may have been clinically appropriate.

Journal: JAMA Internal Medicine

University of Minnesota researchers find new strategy to help immune system fight pancreatic cancer

University of Minnesota Medical School
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL (07/20/2026) — Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School have identified why pancreatic cancer is difficult for the immune system to recognize and attack, paving the way for a new approach to improve immunotherapy. The findings were published in Science ImmunologyExternal link that opens in the same window.

Journal: Science Immunology
Funder: American Cancer Society, U.S. Department of Defense, AACR-Pancreatic Action Network

What wastewater says about what we eat and who we are

Duke University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study suggests what’s flushed down the drain can offer a real-time snapshot of what communities are eating.

Researchers at Duke University School of Medicine and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed tiny fragments of plant and animal DNA from wastewater samples across 19 North Carolina communities representing 2.1 million people to reveal how economics, immigration, and geography influence what's on our plates.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The ISSCR recognizes Outstanding Poster Award Winners at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting in Montreal

International Society for Stem Cell Research
Grant and Award Announcement

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) has recognized five outstanding scientists with Poster Awards at the ISSCR 2026 Annual Meeting, honoring innovative research spanning developmental biology, disease modeling, regenerative medicine, and functional genomics.

Selected from more than 1,300 scientific posters presented during the meeting, the awards recognize exceptional research and scientific communication. Winning posters were evaluated by senior stem cell scientists attending the meeting, underscoring the rigor and peer recognition behind the awards.

Meeting: ISSCR 2026