A new white paper, recently in Chemical Senses, summarizes recommendations on the need for increased chemosensory testing; barriers to its broad implementation, along with opportunities for addressing them; and priorities for making chemosensory testing a common part of everyday health care. Conference co-organizing institutions with the host, the Monell Chemical Senses Center were the Massachusetts General Hospital, The Ohio State University, and the University of Florida.

Nancy A. Speck, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania, has been named the 2025 recipient of the E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize from the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

"This T cell immunity could be a marker for early Parkinson's treatment, even before people show symptoms."

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) was awarded nearly $3.4 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT), to target hard-to-treat cancers with technologies not currently available in the state and boosting vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) that leads to cancer.

A new paper introduces a scientific framework for understanding the biological foundation of health—what the researchers term Intrinsic Health. Published in Science Advances, the study lays the groundwork for measuring and promoting health itself, rather than merely treating disease.