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The tumor's lipid fingerprint: How cholesteryl ester buildup predicts fertility-preserving treatment success in young women with endometrioid endometrial carcinoma

Science China Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Progesterone insensitive has long hindered fertility-preserving treatment for endometrial cancer. Now in Science Bulletin, researchers from Peking University People's Hospital and Peking University, in collaboration with Beihang University show that cholesteryl ester accumulation in the tumor microenvironment predicts response. Adding statins to standard therapy reverses progesterone insensitivity, significantly increasing the likelihood of both achieving endometrial cancer remission and preserving future fertility.

Journal: Science Bulletin

Algae microbots take aim at bladder cancer

University of Edinburgh
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tiny algae-based robots guided by magnets could improve bladder cancer treatment by boosting delivery of chemotherapy drugs into tumours, researchers say.

Journal: Nature Nanotechnology

New gene-network approach prioritizes more than 600 schizophrenia-associated genes

Lieber Institute for Brain Development
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists have long known that schizophrenia runs in families, but pinpointing exactly which genes contribute to risk has been like searching for needles in a haystack. Now, researchers at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development and a consortium of collaborators from the University of Bari, Italy, and over 60 psychiatric hospitals all over the world, have developed a groundbreaking approach that looks beyond individual genes. They have uncovered how networks of genes communicate across the brain — revealing 641 previously unrecognized genes associated with schizophrenia.

Journal: Nature Genetics

Does drinking juice, soda during childhood increase the risk of high blood pressure?

American Heart Association
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Drinking fruit juice and sugar-sweetened beverages from childhood through adulthood may be linked to an increased risk of developing high blood pressure as an adult, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association’s flagship journal Circulation.

Journal: Circulation

Are certain demographic, birth, and parental characteristics linked to an increased risk of early-onset colorectal cancer?

Wiley
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study published by Wiley online in CANCER found that factors such as a person’s birthweight, sex, ethnicity, and father’s age may affect the risk of being diagnosed with colorectal cancer at a young age.

Journal: Cancer

Cats age like humans – could studying their brains reveal healthy ageing secrets?

University of Bath
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Domestic cats age in remarkably similar ways to humans and show comparable age-related patterns of brain deterioration, according to an international collaboration between the University of Bath in the UK, Auburn College of Veterinary Medicine in the US and École Nationale Vétérinaire de Toulouse in France. This research offers new opportunities for studying human ageing and age-related diseases.

Journal: Biology Open

Dermatology AI 2.0: Paradigm shift to causal reasoning and autonomous care transforms skin health

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A comprehensive review published in Skin outlines the emergence of “Dermatology AI 2.0”, a fundamental transition from pattern recognition to cognitive and actionable intelligence. Built on four core pillars—causal inference, skin digital twins, predictive intervention, and distributed autonomous networks—this new paradigm enables AI to diagnose rare diseases 30% more accurately, predict disease flares with >90% accuracy, and deliver full-lifecycle skin health management. The review emphasizes that AI will not replace clinicians but will automate routine tasks, allowing physicians to focus on complex cases and patient care.

Data standardization unlocks integrated Chinese-Western medicine research for psoriasis

Higher Education Press
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This study establishes a comprehensive three-level data standardization framework for integrating Western medicine (WM) and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) electronic medical records in psoriasis research. It resolves the “data-rich, information-poor” paradox in dermatology and enables real-world evidence generation and AI-assisted clinical decision support for integrated therapies.

Hantavirus and Ebola virus disease: 10 things to know

Canadian Medical Association Journal
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Two deadly infectious diseases, Ebola https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.260834 and hantavirus https://www.cmaj.ca/lookup/doi/10.1503/cmaj.260789, have made headlines in recent weeks as they pose serious threats to public health. They both require rigorous infection and prevention control (IPAC) practices and often present with similar early symptoms.

Journal: Canadian Medical Association Journal

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