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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 14-Aug-2025 20:11 ET (15-Aug-2025 00:11 GMT/UTC)

Cranial lesions are signs of compromised immune function

University of California - Santa Barbara
Peer-Reviewed Publication

When trying to understand the health of long-past populations, sometimes you have to rely on nothing but the bones. In anthropology, porous cranial lesions (PCLs) — areas of pitting on the roof of the eye socket (called cribra orbitalia) and on top of the skull (called cribra cranii) — have traditionally been considered tell-tale signs of poor childhood health in past populations, but have rarely been tested.

Journal: Science Advances

ERC Proof of Concept grants: Innovation to benefit green technology, drug development, biomedical imaging, materials science

University of Göttingen
Grant and Award Announcement

University of Göttingen Professors – Lutz Ackermann, Timo Betz and Jörg Enderlein – have each been awarded Proof of Concept (PoC) grants by the European Research Council (ERC). These grants provide top-up funding of €150,000 over 18 months to outstanding researchers, who have already received ERC funding, so that they can build on the innovation potential of their findings. This enables Europe’s top scientists to develop initiatives that boost the economy and society.

Funder: European Research Council

In-body CAR-T cell generation proves effective, safe in mice in Stanford Medicine-led study

Stanford Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

mRNA bundled in lipid nanoparticles trains T cells in mice to eliminate cancer. Coupled with noninvasive imaging, researchers tracked the in situ CAR-T cells to assess their effectiveness and safety.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

$10M PCORI funding award will fuel study of sleep apnea in people with Down syndrome

University of Arizona Health Sciences
Grant and Award Announcement

University of Arizona Health Sciences researchers will take a precision medicine approach to treating obstructive sleep apnea in people with Down syndrome.

Funder: Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

Six-month follow-up results announced from a first-of-its-kind robotic-assisted cerebral aneurysm embolization study

Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery
Reports and Proceedings

The six-month follow-up results from the pioneering trial of robotic-assisted neuroendovascular aneurysm embolization using the CorPath GRX system were presented today by Vitor Pereira, MD on behalf of the investigators at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 22nd Annual Meeting.

Funder: Siemens Healthineers

Interbreeding with Neanderthals may be responsible for modern-day brain condition, SFU study finds

Simon Fraser University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new Simon Fraser University-led study reveals interbreeding between humans and their ancient cousins, Neanderthals, as the likely origin of a neurological condition estimated to impact up to one per cent of people today.

The study, published this week in the journal Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, was led by Kimberly Plomp, a recent postdoctoral fellow at SFU and Mark Collard, the Canada Research Chair in Human Evolutionary Studies and a professor in the Department of Archaeology. Their findings suggest that Chiari Malformation Type 1, a serious and sometimes fatal neurological condition, may be linked to Neanderthal genes that entered the human gene pool through interbreeding tens of thousands of years ago.

Journal: Evolution Medicine and Public Health

Center for BrainHealth receives additional $1 million match gift from Adm. William McRaven (ret.), recipient of Courage & Civility Award

Center for BrainHealth
Grant and Award Announcement

Admiral William McRaven (ret.) and his wife Georgeann have championed Center for BrainHealth causes for years, recently announcing an additional $1 million challenge grant to support Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters. Like last fall's $2 million challenge (which the center met in record time with the help of private philanthropy), this effort invites the public to give and double their impact in supporting brain health among active duty and veteran warriors.

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