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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-Nov-2025 19:11 ET (14-Nov-2025 00:11 GMT/UTC)

Being incarcerated and living in areas where more have gone to jail is associated with higher death rates

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mount Sinai study emphasizes the need for health care interventions during and after incarceration and within associated communities

Journal: JAMA Network Open

New insights into long-term dysfunction of edited blood stem cells and how to overcome it

Fondazione Telethon
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at the San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (SR-TIGET, Milan) have found that gene editing using CRISPR-Cas9 in combination with AAV6 vectors can trigger inflammatory and senescence-like responses in blood stem cells, compromising their long-term ability to regenerate the blood system. The study, published in Cell Reports Medicine, outlines new strategies to overcome this hurdle, improving both the safety and efficacy of gene-editing-based therapies for inherited blood disorders.

Journal: Cell Reports Medicine
Funder: Fondazione Telethon, European Research Council, New York Stem Cell Foundation, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme

Individual- and area-level incarceration and mortality

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort study of 3.26 million individuals in the U.S., results highlighted the dual burden of incarceration on health outcomes. Individuals who were incarcerated faced significantly higher risks of death, particularly from overdoses, and elevated county incarceration rates exacerbated individual-level mortality risks. These findings suggest the need for reforms in criminal justice and public health policies to address these elevated risks and their widespread implications.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Researchers use machine learning to improve gene therapy

Stanford University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Stanford’s Gao Lab is leveraging AI to optimize the efficacy and safety of targeted cell and gene therapies.

Journal: Cell Systems

Pennington Biomedical Research Center’s June Small Shifts focus: adding more fruits and vegetables to diets

Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Business Announcement

Pennington Biomedical Research Center announces the June Small Shifts campaign focus is adding more fruits and vegetables to diets. This month’s shift encourages individuals and families to make simple, sustainable changes that can lead to lasting improvements in overall health and wellness.

Carotid plaque may pose danger over time

Radiological Society of North America
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using data from the Rotterdam Study in the Netherlands, researchers have uncovered that carotid artery plaques can undergo potentially dangerous changes over time in patients without symptoms, according to a new study.

Journal: Radiology

Five-year analysis shows immunotherapy plus chemotherapy before lung cancer surgery significantly improves long-term survival

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Adding immunotherapy to chemotherapy before surgery for patients with operable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) — the leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide — improved long-term survival overall compared with chemotherapy alone, according to a landmark study published June 2 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Journal: New England Journal of Medicine
Funder: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Ono Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.