May 29, 2025

HIV discovery could open door to long-sought cure

May 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / HIV

Peer-Reviewed PublicationUniversity of Virginia Health System FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have uncovered a key reason why HIV remains so difficult to cure: Their research shows that small changes in the virus affect how quickly or slowly it replicates, and how easily or stubbornly it can reawaken from hiding. These insights […]

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Researchers say emulsifiers may cause a variety of health problems

May 29, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / emulsifiers

by David Hilzenrath edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain It’s a marvel of food technology: ice cream that resists melting. In a video explaining the science behind it, a seller of food chemicals shows scoops of ice cream holding their shape under hot lights. The super ingredient? Polysorbate 80. Polysorbate 80 is

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Next-gen biobattery shrinks tumor, paving way for drug-free cancer treatments

May 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / cancer treatment

by India Glyde, University of Wollongong edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Scheme of the TME-activated Zn//MnO2 battery for enhancing local electrochemically mediated immunotherapy. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu1647 A pioneering biobattery has been shown to reduce tumor growth in the body and could hold the key to a new drug-free immunotherapy treatment in cancer patients. The

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T cells take up residence in the healthy brain via a gut-fat-brain axis

May 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / gut fat

by Rachel Tompa, Yale School of Medicine edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The brain is a unique place. It is shielded from much of the body by the blood-brain barrier, meaning it’s protected from pathogens and potentially dangerous substances that might be in our blood. And historically, many scientists believed

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

May 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / brain cancer

by Virginia Tech edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Using super-resolution microscopy, Assistant Professor Samy Lamouille discovered an association in the brain cancer glioblastoma between the protein connexin 43, shown in green, and parts of cells called microtubules, in magenta, that helps glioblastoma stem cells survive treatments and spread. Credit: Samy Lamouille/Virginia Tech A lab-designed

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Burden of coexisting hypertension and type 2 diabetes in U.S. adults is increasing, study reveals

May 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / type 2 diabetes

by Columbia University Irving Medical Center edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain U.S. adults with both hypertension and type 2 diabetes (T2D) face a significantly higher risk of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality compared to those with only one of these conditions—or neither, reports a new study from Columbia University Mailman School

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China biotech boom leaves U.S. scrambling

May 29, 2025 / News update / InnovateMed Author / biotech

from AXIOS: China biotech boom leaves U.S. scrambling By Adriel Bettelheim and Maya Goldman Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios China is now setting the pace in life sciences R&D, conducting more clinical trials than the U.S. and licensing new discoveries to American companies. The big picture: Beijing has become a linchpin in global drug development, the result of a decade-long national strategy

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Guillain-Barré Syndrome: When to Suspect, What to Rule Out

May 29, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / GBS

The Task Force of the European Academy of Neurology and the Peripheral Nerve Society published updated guidelines in 2024 on the diagnosis and treatment of Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), which accounts for approximately 100,000 cases annually. This topic was discussed at the French Language Neurology Days Congress, held in Clermont-Ferrand, France, from 15 to 18 April 2025. The

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A common sleep aid blocks neurodegeneration in mice

May 29, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / sleep aid block

by Julia Evangelou Strait, Washington University in St. Louis edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan A new study by WashU Medicine researchers suggests that lemborexant and sleep aids that work the same way could help treat or prevent damage caused by harmful buildup of the protein tau in multiple neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s. Shown are

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Harmful metals in ultrasonic cigarettes may pose significant health risks

May 29, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / cigarette

by Iqbal Pittalwala, University of California – Riverside edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Device design and atomizer components of SURGE u-cigarettes. Credit: Environmental Health Perspectives (2025). DOI: 10.1289/EHP15648 A study by scientists at the University of California, Riverside shows that ultrasonic cigarettes, or u-cigarettes, marketed as a less harmful alternative to traditional e-cigarettes, may pose significant

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