Medicine & Health

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9-Mar-2025

Walking, moving more may lower risk of cardiovascular death for women with cancer history

American Heart Association
Reports and Proceedings

Increased physical activity including taking more daily steps was linked to a lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease among postmenopausal women with a history of cancer.

Meeting

AHA Scientific Sessions 2024

9-Mar-2025

Study finds immune cell ‘memories’ can increase the risk for blood clots long after inflammation

RCSI
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research from RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has found that white blood cells which ‘remember’ past inflammation events are quick to overreact, raising the risk of blood clots.

Journal

Science Advances

8-Mar-2025

Children poisoned by the synthetic opioid, fentanyl, has risen in the U.S. – eight years of national data shows

Taylor & Francis Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Incidents of children in the U.S. being poisoned by the synthetic opioid fentanyl “increased and became more severe”, a new study reveals.

Journal

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse

7-Mar-2025

USC researchers observe mice may have a form of first aid

University of Southern California
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers discover through happenstance that mice have their own form of ‘first aid’ practices to help other mice in need.

Journal

Science

Funder

NIH/National Institutes of Health

7-Mar-2025

VUMC to develop AI technology for therapeutic antibody discovery

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Grant and Award Announcement

VUMC has been awarded up to $30 million from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to build a massive antibody-antigen atlas, develop AI-based algorithms to engineer antigen-specific antibodies, and apply the AI technology to identify and develop potential therapeutic antibodies.

Funder

Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health

7-Mar-2025

Revolutionizing cancer treatment: targeting EZH2 for a new era of precision medicine

Compuscript Ltd
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The critical role of EZH2, an essential epigenetic regulator, in cancer progression and treatment is underscored in this new review article published in Genes & Diseases. The study highlights the transformative potential of EZH2 inhibition, paving the way for a new generation of targeted therapies aimed at disrupting tumor growth and overcoming treatment resistance.

Journal

Genes & Diseases

Funder

Research Fund for Bajian Talents of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (China), National Natural Science Foundation of China, Foundation for Basic and Applied Research of Guangdong Province, China, Foundation for Basic and Applied Research of Guangdong Province, China, Chinese Medicine Science and Technology Research Project of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine (China), Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (Guangdong, China), Guangzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (Guangdong, China), Key Project of State Key Laboratory of Dampness Syndrome of Chinese Medicine Jointly Built by Province and Ministry (China), Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Chinese Medicine for Prevention and Treatment of Refractory Chronic Diseases (China), Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine Project (China), Guangdong Traditional Chinese Medicine Project (China)

7-Mar-2025

Study reveals widening heart disease disparities in the US

Washington University in St. Louis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The top 20% of high-income, college-educated Americans have far lower rates of cardiovascular disease than the rest of the population, WashU public health researchers find.

Journal

The Lancet Regional Health - Americas

Funder

Rockefeller Foundation