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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 13-Nov-2025 01:11 ET (13-Nov-2025 06:11 GMT/UTC)

29-May-2025

Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Raising awareness and changing the name led by experts, health professionals and those with lived experience

Monash University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Most experts and those experiencing the potentially debilitating features of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), which affects one in eight women, want greater awareness and a name change to improve care and outcomes. A new Monash University-led research paper reveals those involved are keen to overcome the misleading implication that it is only an ovarian or gynaecological condition.

Journal: EClinicalMedicine
Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

29-May-2025

Menopause drug Duavee may help prevent invasive breast cancer, clinical trial finds

Northwestern University
Reports and Proceedings

A drug already approved by the FDA to treat menopause symptoms may also help prevent invasive breast cancer, according to new findings from a multi-center phase 2 clinical trial led by Northwestern Medicine.

Meeting: 2025 ASCO Annual Meeting

29-May-2025

Earlier measles vaccine could help curb global outbreak

Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The global measles outbreak must trigger an urgent debate into whether a vaccine should be recommended earlier to better protect against the highly contagious disease during infancy, a new review states.

Journal: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Funder: Victorian Government’s Operational Infrastructure Support Program

29-May-2025

Wyss Institute at Harvard University announces appointment of Natalie Artzi, Ph.D., to Associate Institute Director

Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard
Business Announcement

The Wyss Institute at Harvard University, its Board of Directors, and Executive Leadership are pleased to announce that Natalie Artzi, Ph.D. has been appointed to a newly created position as Associate Institute Director of the Wyss Institute.

29-May-2025

Two WCM scientists receive inaugural Pershing Square Foundation Ovarian Cancer Challenge Grant

Weill Cornell Medicine
Grant and Award Announcement

Dr. Juan R. Cubillos-Ruiz, the William J. Ledger, M.D. Distinguished Associate Professor of Infection and Immunology in Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Dr. David Lyden, the Stavros S. Niarchos Professor in Pediatric Cardiology, both from Weill Cornell Medicine, have been named inaugural recipients of the Pershing Square Foundation’s 2025 Ovarian Cancer Challenge Grant.

29-May-2025

Researchers find promise in a new peptide drug to combat a deadly brain cancer

Virginia Tech
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A lab-designed molecule developed and extensively studied by scientists with Virginia Tech’s Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC could represent a breakthrough in slowing tumor recurrence in glioblastoma, an aggressive and deadly form of brain cancer.

Journal: Cell Death and Disease
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

29-May-2025

Latest Nature Communications study: AI-enabled development of next-generation ENPP1 inhibitors for innate immune modulation by Insilico Medicine

InSilico Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Insilico Medicine recently unveiled a groundbreaking study developing small molecule inhibitors targeting ENPP1 to effectively modulate the STING pathway and enhance tumor immunity. Published in Nature Communications, the study showcases Insilico's advanced generative AI platform and integrated workflow which identified and validated ENPP1 as a critical immune checkpoint among multiple solid tumors and assisted in developing a highly specific oral ENPP1 inhibitor, ISM5939.

Journal: Nature Communications