June 5, 2025

Philippine islands had technologically advanced maritime culture 35,000 years ago

June 5, 2025 / News update / InnovateMed Author / maritime culture

Peer-Reviewed Publication Ateneo de Manila University FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail image: A map of Island Southeast Asia (ISEA) and the Sunda region as it appeared roughly 25,000 years ago at the height of the last Ice Age, with locations of archaeological sites surveyed by the Mindoro Archaeology Project. The sites yielded artifacts with remarkably similar characteristics despite separation […]

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Excessive oleic acid, found in olive oil, shown to drive fat cell growth

June 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / oleic acid

by University of Oklahoma edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: CC0 Public Domain Eating a high-fat diet containing a large amount of oleic acid—a type of fatty acid commonly found in olive oil—could drive obesity more than other types of dietary fats, according to a study published in the journal Cell Reports. The study found that oleic

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How a synthetic lipoprotein targets tumor metabolism to trigger cancer cell death

June 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / cancer cell death

by Olivia Dimmer, Northwestern University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Intermediate magnification micrograph of a low malignant potential (LMP) mucinous ovarian tumor. H&E stain. The micrograph shows: Simple mucinous epithelium (right) and mucinous epithelium that pseudo-stratifies (left – diagnostic of a LMP tumor). Epithelium in a frond-like architecture is seen at the top of

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A ‘handbook’ to fast-track breakthroughs in scarring research

June 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / scarring

by Duke-NUS Medical School edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Spatiotemporally controlled macrophages in fibrosis. Credit: Nature Reviews Immunology (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41577-025-01186-x Pinpointing the precise culprits behind harmful biological processes—such as excessive scarring (fibrosis) in organs like the kidneys and lungs—has long remained challenging even though this affects almost a billion people worldwide. But thanks to the

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US self-reported race and ethnicity are poor proxies of genetic ancestry, research suggests

June 5, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / genetic

by Cell Press edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Genetic ancestry is much more complicated than how people report their race and ethnicity. New research, using data from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) “All of Us” Research Program, finds that people who identify as being from the same race or

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New Robotic Models from Hugging Face Can Run on a MacBook

June 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / hugging face

Home robotics just became more accessible. Hugging Face rolled out SmolVLA this week—an artificial intelligence model that transforms ordinary MacBooks into robotics control centers. A robotic model – artistic impression. Image credit: Alius Noreika / AI The 450-million-parameter model punches above its weight class. SmolVLA outperforms bulkier competitors in both simulated environments and real-world robotics tasks, according

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Eating only during the daytime could protect people from heart risks of shift work

June 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / heart risk

A new study involving the University of Southampton suggests that, when it comes to cardiovascular health, food timing could be a big risk factor. Cardiovascular health – illustrative photo. Image credit: Pixabay (Free Pixabay license) Numerous studies have shown that working night shifts is associated with serious health risks, including to the heart. Now a new study,

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New hope for patients with Werner syndrome

June 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / werner syndrome

Researchers reported that nicotinamide riboside, vitamin B3 derivative, enhances cardiovascular, skin, and kidney health in patients with progeroid disease Peer-Reviewed PublicationChiba University FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail image: The picture on the left depicts a patient with Werner syndrome at 15 years old. The picture on the right depicts the same person at 48 years old. view more Credit: Department

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Evaluating infectious disease immune protection using one drop of fingertip blood

June 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / immune protection

Peer-Reviewed Publication Tsinghua University Press FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail Researchers from the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT), Chinese Academy of Sciences, along with multiple collaborators, have developed a compact diagnostic platform that can evaluate antibody protection against COVID-19 using only a single microliter of fingertip blood. Known as the Tip Optofluidic Immunoassay (TOI), the system delivers a comprehensive

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Cancer diagnosis on your laptop? New artificial intelligence model makes it possible!

June 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / cancer diagnosis

An ultra-lightweight AI model that runs without a GPU breaks barriers in lung cancer diagnosis Reports and Proceedings Institute of Science Tokyo FacebookXLinkedInWeChatBlueskyMessageWhatsAppEmail image: Schematic representation of the ultra-lightweight artificial intelligence model architecture and training process based on a massive-training artificial neural network (MTANN). view more Credit: Kenji Suzuki from Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan Imagine

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