DKMS Opens John Hansen Grant: Nearly €1 Million for Blood Cancer Research
Young Scientists Invited to Advance Cell Therapies and Blood Cancer Treatment Through DKMS Research Grant The next generation of blood cancer researchers is being invited...
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Researchers find waist size strongly predicts future health risks
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...
Pfizer’s Ariel Feldstein to Present at 13th ARDD Meeting in Boston
BOSTON, MA — Aug. 7, 2026 — Ariel Feldstein, chief scientific officer of Internal Medicine at Pfizer, will be a featured speaker at the 13th...
Minnesota Iron Ore May Enable More Sustainable, Affordable Semiconductor Manufacturing
MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL — A low-purity iron ore mined from Minnesota’s Iron Range could become an unexpected source of advanced electronic materials, according to...
3D imaging maps glioma infiltration and tumor boundaries within 30 minutes
Glioma surgery has long been a race against an invisible enemy. Tumor cells can spread microscopically through apparently healthy brain tissue, extending beyond the margins...
Elohax Co-Founder Jacqueline Lam to Present at 13th ARDD Meeting in Boston
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...
Butterfly-Inspired Technology Could Transform Air Quality Monitoring
Respiratory infections and air pollution are often monitored with instruments that depend on pumps, batteries, tubing, and laboratory infrastructure. Those requirements can make airborne sampling...
Deerfield Managing Partner Jim Flynn to Present at 13th ARDD Meeting
BOSTON, Massachusetts—August 14, 2026—Jim Flynn, managing partner of Deerfield, will be a featured speaker at the 13th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting, an event...
As Machines Learn, Are Humans Learning Enough?
Artificial intelligence has moved from the laboratory into the everyday decisions that shape children’s lives, and a new perspective in Pediatric Research asks a question...
Brief firearm safety conversations may encourage storing guns outside the home
A brief, respectful conversation about firearm safety can substantially increase gun owners’ willingness to temporarily store their weapons outside the home during a personal or...
Study links body mass and prediagnosis weight loss to colorectal cancer survival
A new study of patients with colorectal cancer is challenging one of the most counterintuitive observations in cancer epidemiology: the so-called obesity paradox. In many...
Artesunate Targets GBA, Triggering Apoptosis in Liver Cancer Cells
Artesunate, a drug best known for its lifesaving role in malaria treatment, may have a second life as a targeted therapy against hepatocellular carcinoma, the...
Novo Nordisk’s Alejandro Aguayo-Orozco to Present at 13th ARDD Meeting in Boston
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...
Murali Venkatesan to Present at 13th Aging Research and Drug Discovery Meeting
BOSTON, Massachusetts—The global aging-research community is preparing for a major meeting in Boston this fall, where scientists, pharmaceutical executives, biotechnology founders, clinicians, and investors will...
Anti-NMDAR Antibody Testing Offers Hope, but Caution Remains in Pediatric Encephalitis
Encephalitis in children can begin with symptoms that seem psychiatric, behavioral, or nonspecific: sudden anxiety, insomnia, confusion, seizures, abnormal movements, speech loss, or a dramatic...