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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 22-Dec-2025 11:11 ET (22-Dec-2025 16:11 GMT/UTC)

Population-level trends in ADHD medication prescribing

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: This population-based, repeated cross-sectional study identified increases in stimulant prescribing, accelerating in 2020, particularly among females and individuals ages 18 to 64. The findings are consistent with prior research in commercially insured U.S. populations; however, this population-wide study reveals a broader and more accelerated increase in stimulant prescribing.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Influenza clade K viruses prolong the influenza season in Australia and New Zealand

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Australia observed a record number of more than 450 000 notified influenza cases during an unusually long season which stretched into the southern hemisphere’s summer period. A(H3N2) subclade K viruses emerged during August and September and genomic analysis suggests importation from the United States of America.

Journal: Eurosurveillance
Funder: Australian Government

Illinois Tech biomedical engineering professor Philip R. Troyk elected as Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors

Illinois Institute of Technology
Grant and Award Announcement

Philip R. Troyk, director of the Pritzker Institute of Biomedical Science and Engineering at Illinois Institute of Technology (Illinois Tech), has been elected a 2025 fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). The NAI Fellowship is the highest professional distinction awarded solely to inventors, and Troyk is one of 169 inventors from the United States selected for this distinguished honor this year.

New transporter gene identified as key to fluoride build-up in tea leaves

Nanjing Agricultural University The Academy of Science

Understanding how fluoride moves from the soil into tea leaves is critical for both plant health and consumer safety.

Journal: Horticulture Research

The ISSCR opens sold-out symposium showcasing momentum, innovation, and new clinical data in PSC-derived cell therapies

International Society for Stem Cell Research
Meeting Announcement

The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) today opened its sold-out international symposium, Accelerating PSC-Derived Cell Therapies: Starting with the End in Mind, taking place 11-12 December at the Hyatt Regency Boston Cambridge. The meeting convenes a capacity audience of 360 global experts, alongside an at-capacity roster of biotech and pharma sponsors and exhibitors – underscoring the strength, interest and continued momentum in cell therapy development despite recent industry contraction.

Insilico Medicine and Taigen achieves license agreement to develop and commercialize AI-driven PHD inhibitor for anemia of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)

InSilico Medicine
Business Announcement

Shanghai and Taipei, December 12, 2025 --- Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”), a clinical-stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, and TaiGen Biotechnology, a listed discovery-based and market-focused pharmaceutical company, as well as TaiGen Biopharmaceuticals, its wholly-owned Beijing subsidiary (both referred to as “TaiGen”), today announced an exclusive pipeline out-licensing collaboration.

BU researcher honored for her advocacy on benign prostatic hypertrophy

Boston University School of Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

Lori Lerner, MD, associate professor of urology at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, is the recipient of the 2026 Distinguished Contribution Award from the American Urological Association (AUA).

Lerner, who also is chief of urology and deputy chief of surgical service at the VA Boston Healthcare System, received this honor for advancing novel surgical technologies and education related to benign prostatic hyperplasia, also known as BPH. Each year, the AUA honors the contributions of physician researchers and educators to the field of medicine, the specialty of urology, and the AUA.

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