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Broad COVID-19 vaccination makes economic sense, especially for older adults, study finds

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As the nation gears up for the rollout of an updated COVID-19 vaccine, a new study shows the economic benefits of continued broad vaccination in adults. In fact, the country would ultimately save more money that it would spend on vaccinating every person over age 65 with a single dose of an updated mRNA vaccine against coronavirus, the study concludes.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Scaffold-free cartilage produced using embryonic-derived mesenchymal stem cell spheroids

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study in the peer-reviewed journal Tissue Engineering, Part A demonstrates the potential to produce cellular spheroids, from a clinically relevant embryonic stem cell derived mesenchymal stem cell (ES-MSC) source, to generate scaffold-free chondrogenic or osteochondrogenic graft tissues.

Journal: Tissue Engineering Part A

PSMA PET/CT prior to salvage radiotherapy improves overall survival for prostate cancer patients: Real-world data from an entire country

Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from Denmark shows for the first time that men with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer who undergo PSMA PET/CT before salvage radiotherapy have improved survival rates compared to those who do not. Using data collected nationwide over a period of eight years, researchers confirmed that PSMA PET/CT is a valuable tool for identifying patients who are likely to benefit from salvage radiotherapy. This research was published in the August issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

Journal: Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Arginine dentifrices significantly reduce childhood caries

International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The International Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (IADR) and the American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR) have announced the publication of a new study in JDR Clinical & Translational Research that demonstrates that arginine dentifrices reduce dental caries in children with active caries as much as, or more than, a sodium fluoride dentifrice, depending on the arginine concentration.

US clinicians are more likely to question credibility of Black than White patients in medical notes

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Clinicians are more likely to indicate doubt or disbelief in the medical records of Black patients than in those of White patients—a pattern that could contribute to ongoing racial disparities in healthcare. That is the conclusion of a new study, analyzing more than 13 million clinical notes, publishing August 13, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Mary Catherine Beach of Johns Hopkins University, U.S.

Journal: PLOS One

Binge gaming was associated with depression, anxiety, and poor sleep, with boys more likely to report binge gaming than girls, in Hong Kong survey of 2,592 children and adolescents

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Binge gaming was associated with depression, anxiety, and poor sleep, with boys more likely to report binge gaming than girls, in Hong Kong survey of 2,592 children and adolescents

Journal: PLOS One

Analyzing the micromovements of recovering alcoholics in response to stimuli, along with their reaction times, might help predict if they will relapse following treatment

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Analyzing the micromovements of recovering alcoholics in response to stimuli, along with their reaction times, might help predict if they will relapse following treatment

Journal: PLOS One