July 2025

AI-assisted technique offers effective and painless breast imaging alternative

July 1, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / breast imaging

by Kimm Fesenmaier, California Institute of Technology edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Patient breast PACT workflow. Credit: Nature Biomedical Engineering (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41551-025-01435-3 A Caltech-led team has developed a safe, effective, and painless breast imaging technique that incorporates machine learning to help differentiate between suspicious and healthy tissue. The method has now been tested on patients and […]

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Neuroscientists remain steadfastly uncertain about how the brain encodes memory

July 1, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / brain

by Justin Jackson, Phys.org edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Researchers from Monash University, in collaboration with the European Biostasis Foundation and Apex Neuroscience, have revealed that although most neuroscientists agree that long-term memories depend primarily on neuronal connectivity patterns, significant uncertainties persist regarding precisely how these memories are structurally encoded. Brains

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How a common herpes virus evades the immune system: Study tackles a leading cause of birth defects

July 1, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / herpes virus

by University of Pittsburgh edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan Cytomegalovirus. Credit: CDC/Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr. (PHIL #958), 1982. New research from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and La Jolla Institute for Immunology, published today in Nature Microbiology, reveals an opportunity for developing a therapy against cytomegalovirus (CMV), the leading infectious cause of birth defects

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Overlooked cells go on the offensive: Researchers discover antitumor potential of CD4 T lymphocytes

July 1, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / antitumor

by the University of Geneva edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Schematic of experimental strategy to generate NY-ESO-1/TCR–transduced human CD4 T cells. KO, knockout. Credit: Science Advances (2025). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adu5754. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu5754 In the fight against cancer, immunotherapy—which aims to boost the body’s natural defenses against cancer—is experiencing remarkable growth. Most of these treatments are based on CD8

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AI model spots gastric cancer on routine CT scans with high accuracy, outperforming radiologists

July 1, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / gastric cancer

by Justin Jackson, Phys.org edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan The GRAPE model and its interpretability analysis. Credit: Nature Medicine (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41591-025-03785-6 A collaboration of leading Chinese research institutions has developed an artificial intelligence-based method called GRAPE, demonstrating high accuracy in detecting gastric cancer from routine noncontrast CT scans. Gastric cancer ranks among the most lethal

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Heart attacks are no longer the leading cause of death in the US

July 1, 2025 / Cardiovascular health, Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / heart attack

Since 1970, heart attack deaths have fallen almost 90 per cent in the US, though deaths from chronic heart conditions have significantly risen By Grace Wade 25 June 2025 Bystander CPR training may have contributed to fewer heart attack deaths in the past five decades piyamas dulmunsumphun / Alamy Stock Photo Deaths from heart attacks have plummeted in

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A neural brain implant provides near instantaneous speech

July 1, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / Brain implant

A neural brain implant provides near instantaneous speech Focusing on sound production instead of word choice makes for a flexible system. Jacek Krywko – Jun 29, 2025 4:00 AM | 66 The participant’s implant gets hooked up for testing. Credit: UC Regents Stephen Hawking, a British physicist and arguably the most famous man suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), communicated

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People Are Being Committed After Spiraling Into ‘ChatGPT Psychosis’

July 1, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / psychosis

Posted by EditorDavid on Saturday June 28, 2025 @06:39PM from the seeking-asylum dept. “I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but something is very bad — I’m very scared, and I need to go to the hospital,” a man told his wife, after experiencing what Futurism calls a “ten-day descent into AI-fueled delusion” and “a frightening break with reality.” And a San

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