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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 7-Oct-2025 21:11 ET (8-Oct-2025 01:11 GMT/UTC)

2-Jul-2025

Scientists uncover immune cells that help prostate cancer resist treatment — and reveal a way to stop them

Scientists have identified a subtype of immune cells that help advanced prostate cancer evade the body’s defenses. In mouse models, blocking a protein produced by those cells made tumors more responsive to immunotherapy, pointing to a potential new treatment approach. The study, with Shenglin Mei of the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute among the corresponding authors, is featured on the July cover of Molecular Cancer Research.

Journal: Molecular Cancer Research
Funder: Prostate Cancer Foundation, Red Gates Foundation

2-Jul-2025

Researchers propose next steps towards fewer animal tests

Technical University of Denmark
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers examine how the use of animal testing to identify endocrine-disrupting substances in the EU can be reduced. Although it is, in principle, possible to identify such substances without using animals, non-animal methods are still rarely applied.

Journal: Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
Funder: Merlon Project

2-Jul-2025

Theatre improves the emotional symptoms of people with Parkinson's

Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC), working with the Hospital Sant Pau in Barcelona, has shown that theatre can improve the emotional well-being of people with Parkinson's disease. The study, "Efficacy of a theatre-based intervention in patients with Parkinson's disease" (2025), which has been published in open access in the journal Arts & Health, has provided the first evaluation of the combined effects of active and passive participation in theatre activities on these patients' emotional and cognitive health and quality of life. The researchers were also supported by the Teatre Lliure.

2-Jul-2025

AI predicts patients likely to die of sudden cardiac arrest

Johns Hopkins University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new AI model is much better than doctors at identifying patients likely to experience cardiac arrest.

The linchpin is the system’s ability to analyze long-underused heart imaging, alongside a full spectrum of medical records, to reveal previously hidden information about a patient’s heart health.

Journal: Nature Cardiovascular Research
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Leducq Foundation

2-Jul-2025

Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf patients

Karolinska Institutet
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Gene therapy can improve hearing in children and adults with congenital deafness or severe hearing impairment, a new study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet reports. Hearing improved in all ten patients, and the treatment was well-tolerated. The study was conducted in collaboration with hospitals and universities in China and is published in the journal Nature Medicine.

Journal: Nature Medicine

2-Jul-2025

Myth busted: Men don’t sleep through baby cries after all

Aarhus University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New study debunks the myth of women's special ability to hear baby crying. Researchers found only minimal differences between men's and women's hearing, but mothers still handle nighttime childcare three times as often as fathers.

Journal: Emotion

2-Jul-2025

Bioengineered tumor model offers new tool in fight against peritoneal cancers

National University of Singapore College of Design and Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers in the College of Design and Engineering (CDE) at the National University of Singapore and the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS) have developed a hydrogel-based platform that extends the survival of patient-derived tumour tissues in the lab. The platform better replicates the tumour’s natural environment, allowing for more accurate evaluation of cancer drugs - particularly for peritoneal metastases, an advanced stage for abdominal and pelvic cancers. The study, published in Advanced Materials, could pave the way for more personalised and effective treatment strategies.

Journal: Advanced Materials