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Medicine & Health

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10-Jun-2026

Ultrasensitive blood test predicts recurrence and survival after treatment for head and neck cancer

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by investigators from Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute found that an ultrasensitive blood test called HPV-DeepSeek could help identify which people with HPV-associated head and neck cancer still had cancer cells in their bodies after surgery and may benefit the most from additional treatments. Their results are published in Science Translational Medicine.

10-Jun-2026

Innovative systematic review, analyzing evidence on exercise, heart health, and quality of life, will be conducted by members of the public in "The People's Review", to help them understand this research tool

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Innovative systematic review, analyzing evidence on exercise, heart health, and quality of life, will be conducted by members of the public in "The People's Review", to help them understand this research tool

Journal: PLOS One

10-Jun-2026

Vitamin C levels in blood plasma linked with brain connectivity and volume in older adults

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A study of 2,044 older Japanese adults found that those with lower vitamin C levels in their blood plasma tended to have a lower volume of gray matter in their brains, as well as lower connectivity amongst a collection of brain regions known as the default mode network. Haruka Nagaya of Hirosaki University, Japan, and colleagues present these findings in the open access journal PLOS One on June 10, 2026.

Journal: PLOS One

10-Jun-2026

Understanding Rett syndrome before symptoms appear

Baylor College of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

To better understand what drives the emergence of symptoms in Rett syndrome, researchers took a closer look at brain cells in mice modeling Rett syndrome before symptoms appeared. They identified a set of dysfunctional genes and specific cell types that are vulnerable early on to genetic changes.

Journal: Science Advances

10-Jun-2026

Skipping meals to selling assets: COVID-19 and coping strategies of vulnerable Indian households

Lancaster University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The study documents how vulnerable families in India coped with food insecurity during the pandemic. It highlights how interviewed families sometimes went without food, medicine, and other essentials to cope with the fallout of the pandemic.

Journal: PLOS One

10-Jun-2026

3D-printed devices could streamline the production of drug-delivery microparticles

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT researchers demonstrated 3D-printed triaxial electrospray emitters, devices that generate precise, three-layer microdroplets at scale. These tiny devices could be used to manufacture time-release drug delivery capsules or self-healing materials.

Journal: Virtual and Physical Prototyping
Funder: Tecnológico de Monterrey – MIT Nanotechnology Program

10-Jun-2026

C-Path appoints biotechnology leader and veteran life-science attorney Yalonda Howze to Board of Directors

Critical Path Institute (C-Path)
Business Announcement

Critical Path Institute today announced the appointment of Yalonda Howze, J.D., to its Board of Directors. Howze brings nearly two decades of executive leadership and legal experience across the biotechnology and life-science sectors, including her most recent current service as interim chief executive officer and president of Generation Bio

10-Jun-2026

A hidden DNA genome protector may explain why health and aging differ between men and women

Massachusetts General Hospital
Peer-Reviewed Publication

How diseases develop and how the body ages can differ between females and males, but the biological reasons for these differences are not fully understood. Researchers are studying the role of sex chromosomes to better understand what may be driving these differences.

Journal: Nature

10-Jun-2026

Hurricane rainfall and landslide risk on the rise in Southern California

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Climate change could make historically rare tropical cyclones more common in Southern California, significantly expanding landslide risk across the region by 2050.

Journal: Nature Climate Change
Funder: Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability