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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 24-Jul-2025 22:11 ET (25-Jul-2025 02:11 GMT/UTC)

20-Mar-2025

Duke-NUS and NUS Medicine join forces to launch Systems Metabolomics Center for precision medicine

National University of Singapore, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine
Business Announcement

First-ever collaborative centre between Singapore’s two leading medical schools

Centre will focus on advanced metabolomics research to revolutionise disease detection and treatment

20-Mar-2025

Green recipe: Engineered yeast boosts D-lactic acid production

Osaka Metropolitan University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have engineered yeast to efficiently convert methanol into D-lactic acid, a key compound for biodegradable plastics and pharmaceuticals. By optimizing gene and promoter combinations, they achieved the highest reported yield to date, offering a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based production. Their findings advance eco-friendly chemical manufacturing.

Journal: Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

20-Mar-2025

Sensory t-shirt collects patient data and enables shorter postoperative hospital stay

European Association of Urology
Reports and Proceedings

A t-shirt that monitors a patient’s vitals after urological surgery for cancer could help people return from hospital sooner to recover at home. The device, worn for around two weeks under clothes for three-hour windows each day, enabled patients to feel safer and more reassured than a control group in a pilot study of 70 individuals.

Meeting: EAU25 European Association of Urology Congress

20-Mar-2025

Almost half of children with complicated appendicitis can recover from surgery at home

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Almost half of children who require surgery for complicated appendicitis can safely complete their recovery at home, according to a new study from Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI).

Journal: Journal of Pediatric Surgery
Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council, Victorian Infrastructure Support Program, Royal Children's Hospital Foundation, Australian Medical Research Futures Fund

20-Mar-2025

Computational drug discovery: Exploring natural products targeting SARS-CoV-2

Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the need for effective antiviral therapies that go beyond prevention. In a recent study, researchers from Japan used computational methods to screen natural compounds for their ability to inhibit the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. They identified 11 promising candidates, including caffeine, which exhibited strong binding affinity and stability. Their findings highlight the potential of natural products as antiviral drugs and pave the way for the development of therapeutics and further experimental validation.

Journal: Scientific Reports
Funder: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, KDDI Foundation

20-Mar-2025

Registration for TCT 2025 now open

Cardiovascular Research Foundation
Meeting Announcement

The Cardiovascular Research Foundation^®(CRF^®) is pleased to announce that registration is now open for TCT^® 2025 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics^®), the world’s premier educational symposium in interventional cardiovascular medicine. TCT^® 2025 will take place October 25-28, 2025, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

Meeting: TCT 2025: Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics

20-Mar-2025

Genomic screening is important in identifying disease risk, study finds

Geisinger Health System
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Genetic information collected through research studies like Geisinger’s MyCode Community Health Initiative can provide important—and previously unknown—information to participants about their risk for disease.

Journal: JAMA Network Open