Researchers led by the Greenwood Genetic Center have identified an unexpected connection between variants in the IDUA gene and inherited retinal disease. The international study found that individuals with changes in both copies of IDUA developed retinitis pigmentosa without many of the broader health problems typically associated with MPS I. Functional studies at GGC suggest that residual enzyme activity may help explain this unusual presentation, highlighting the importance of combining genetic testing with functional studies to improve diagnosis of inherited blindness.

Urinary catheters used by hospitals can lead to UTIs, bladder infections and bloodstream infections, yet hospital infection prevention efforts lag even after 20 years of effort, a new study shows. The team behind the study has developed many tools used in catheter quality improvement worldwide and offers them on a free website.

BUFFALO, NY — October 6, 2026 — A new research paper was recently published in Volume 18 of Aging, titled “Spatially fractionated mini-GRID radiotherapy differentially modulates radiation-induced senescence in murine glioma and normal cells.”

Dr. Olivier Elemento, the director of the Englander Institute for Precision Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been awarded an NIH Director's Pioneer Award to build an artificial intelligence (AI) tool to accelerate cancer research, starting with lung cancer.

Dr. Michael Taylor, a Texas Children’s pediatric neurosurgeon and researcher whose work has advanced understanding of childhood brain tumors, is among the first four grantees to receive a Texans Conquer Cancer Award from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT).

The NIH’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences has awarded the BU Clinical & Translational Science Institute $41 million in new funding.