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		<title>Genome-wide skin pQTL map reveals genetic regulators and mechanisms underlying skin disorders</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new study published in Nature Communications presents a genome-wide map of the genetic signals that influence protein levels in human skin, offering a more detailed view of how inherited DNA variation may shape skin biology and contribute to disease. Led by Y. Sun, W. Li, Z. Wang and colleagues, the research focuses on protein [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Levistilide A Drives Ferroptosis via RNF40-HSP90α Axis, Suppressing Colorectal Cancer Lung Metastasis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Colorectal cancer is often treatable when detected early, yet its danger changes dramatically once malignant cells escape the intestine and establish colonies in distant organs. The lungs are among the most common destinations for this spread, or metastasis, and patients with colorectal cancer lung metastases face fewer effective treatment options and a substantially worse prognosis. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sintilimab, IBI305, and Chemotherapy Show Promise in First-Line Advanced Gastric and GEJ Adenocarcinoma</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 17:20:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancers are receiving renewed attention after researchers reported a clinical study testing a three-part first-line treatment strategy that combines immunotherapy, targeted anti-angiogenic therapy and chemotherapy. The study, led by Cheng, Zhang, Hu and colleagues, investigates sintilimab together with IBI305, a biosimilar version of bevacizumab, and conventional chemotherapy in patients with [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mercury Detected in New York City Skin-Lightening and Skincare Products, 2009–2022</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mercury, a metal associated with industrial pollution, neurological damage and kidney disease, has resurfaced in an unexpected place: products sold for brighter, smoother-looking skin. A study published in the Journal of Exposure Science &#038; Environmental Epidemiology has examined skin-lightening and skin-care products purchased in New York City over a 13-year period, from 2009 through 2022. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Study maps early follicle oocyte proteins and cisplatin-induced changes in mice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new proteomic study in mice is opening a detailed window onto one of the least visible stages of reproductive biology: the earliest period of oocyte development inside ovarian follicles. Published in Nature Communications, the research by Jiang, Bi, Wu and colleagues uses in vivo labeling to track proteins in early follicle oocytes and to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Air Pollution Linked to COVID-19 Pneumonia, Especially in Those With Heart Disease</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new study from New York City reports that short-term exposure to air pollution may be linked to a greater risk of COVID-19 pneumonia, with the strongest associations observed among people who already have cardiovascular disease. The findings add to evidence that respiratory viruses do not act in isolation: the health effects of infection can [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Decoding clinical masking in SAA-positive Parkinson’s disease with a peripheral diagnostic panel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Parkinson’s disease may be biologically present long before it becomes clinically obvious, and a new study is drawing attention to a problem that could complicate diagnosis even after laboratory testing has identified the disease-associated protein. In a paper published in npj Parkinson’s Disease, C. Zuo, W. Li, W. Chen and colleagues examine what they describe [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Blocking PHGDH overcomes dabrafenib resistance through metabolic rewiring in thyroid cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An unexpected metabolic vulnerability may offer a new way to outmaneuver one of the most aggressive forms of thyroid cancer. In a study published in Cell Death Discovery, researchers S.Y. Kim and M.H. You report that blocking the enzyme phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase, or PHGDH, can overcome resistance to dabrafenib in BRAF V600E anaplastic thyroid carcinoma. Their [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Theta Stimulation Boosts Cognition in Parkinson’s Patients with Cognitive Impairment</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new study is challenging one of the most stubborn assumptions in Parkinson’s disease: that deep-brain stimulation can relieve movement symptoms but has little to offer when memory, attention, and mental flexibility begin to fail. Researchers report that tuning electrical stimulation to the brain’s theta rhythm improved cognitive performance in Parkinson’s patients with cognitive impairments, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lipid-loaded reactive microglia drive retinal degeneration in mice through CD36-NLRP3-IL-1β signaling</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new study in mice has identified a potentially important chain of events linking lipid accumulation in immune cells of the retina to progressive vision loss. The research, published in Nature Communications, reports that CD36—a protein involved in the uptake of fatty acids and other lipids—drives the buildup of fat-like molecules inside reactive microglia. These [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Blood Gene Signature Tied to Cognitive Impairment and Freezing Gait in Parkinson’s</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Parkinson’s disease may leave a molecular trail in the bloodstream long before its most disabling symptoms become impossible to miss. A study published in npj Parkinson’s Disease reports that patterns of gene activity in peripheral blood are associated with two clinically important features of the disorder: cognitive impairment and freezing of gait. The work, by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DUSP4 Boosts Antitumor CD8+ T Cells, CAR-T Efficacy in Colorectal Cancer Mice</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 10:23:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Colorectal cancer has become a proving ground for a new generation of cancer treatments, but one of the most promising approaches, engineered T-cell therapy, still faces a stubborn biological problem: immune cells that are powerful in principle can lose their strength inside a solid tumor. A study by Li, Koh, Zhang and colleagues, published in [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Loneliness and Physical Multimorbidity Linked Both Ways, With Social Inactivity Mediating</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new study published in Nature Communications is drawing attention to a potentially self-reinforcing health cycle: loneliness may increase the likelihood of developing multiple physical illnesses, while living with several chronic conditions may, in turn, deepen loneliness. Led by Y. Zhou, S. Zhu, J. Holt-Lunstad and colleagues, the research examines the bidirectional relationship between loneliness [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Journal of Nuclear Medicine Ahead-of-Print Research Highlights: August 14, 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Reston, Virginia—New research published ahead of print in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine is highlighting how molecular imaging can reveal disease biology earlier, predict treatment response more precisely, and potentially distinguish infection from sterile inflammation. Across five studies involving Alzheimer disease, metastatic prostate cancer, brain imaging, and bacterial infection, researchers used positron emission tomography (PET), [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AKR1C2 Drives Cervical Cancer Lymph Node Metastasis Through Noncanonical Nuclear Activity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Cervical cancer has long been understood as a disease in which malignant cells gradually acquire the ability to escape the primary tumor, invade surrounding tissue and travel through the lymphatic system. A new study published in Cell Death Discovery identifies a previously underappreciated driver of that process: the enzyme aldo-keto reductase family 1 member C2, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Researchers find waist size strongly predicts future health risks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:49:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Measuring the waist may be one of the simplest ways to reveal hidden health risks linked to excess body fat, according to a new analysis by Rutgers Health researchers. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, suggests that clinicians may not need a complicated series of body measurements to identify adults whose fat distribution places [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elohax Co-Founder Jacqueline Lam to Present at 13th ARDD Meeting in Boston</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BOSTON, Massachusetts—August 14, 2026—Aging science is moving rapidly from the laboratory into pharmaceutical development, and one of the field’s most prominent international gatherings is preparing to showcase that transition. Insilico Medicine and the organizing committee of the Aging Research &#038; Drug Discovery Meeting have announced that Jacqueline C.K. Lam, Ph.D., chief operating officer and co-founder [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Novo Nordisk’s Alejandro Aguayo-Orozco to Present at 13th ARDD Meeting in Boston</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BOSTON, Massachusetts—August 14, 2026—Aging research is moving rapidly from a largely academic pursuit into one of the most consequential frontiers in drug development, and the organizers of the 13th Aging Research &#038; Drug Discovery (ARDD) Meeting say the field’s next phase will be defined by translation: converting discoveries about the biology of aging into medicines [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Boosting autophagy limits FUS aggregates and early synaptic dysfunction in ALS model</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[A cellular recycling system has emerged as a potential early intervention point in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to a study reporting that autophagy induction reduced the formation of abnormal FUS protein aggregates and limited early synaptic dysfunction in a FUS-ALS model. The work, published in Cell Death Discovery, focuses on the neuromuscular junction (NMJ), [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Mammalian Cells Regulate Mitophagy and Why It Matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mitochondria are often described as the cell’s power plants, but that familiar image captures only part of their importance. These organelles also regulate calcium, redox balance, innate immune signalling, metabolism and cell survival. Because they are continuously exposed to metabolic and environmental stress, damaged mitochondria can rapidly become dangerous. They may generate excessive reactive oxygen [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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