August 5, 2025

Fecal transplant may cut infections in long-term care patients

August 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / fecal transplant

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D.Reviewed by Lauren HardakerAug 5, 2025 Doctors tested fecal transplants from donor gut bacteria in frail hospital patients. Could this be the next tool to fight deadly drug-resistant infections? Study: Microbiota Transplantation Among Patients Receiving Long-Term Care. Image credit: 3dMediSphere/Shutterstock.com A non-randomized clinical trial examining the safety and acceptability of fecal microbiota transplantation […]

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How Smart Algorithms Are Changing Personalized Healthcare

August 5, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / health care

Smart algorithms in healthcare offer a new level of care. Indeed, the latest tools simplify complex processes while making treatments unique to each person’s needs. Of course, automation isn’t without challenges. Misdiagnoses and data breaches can pose risks too significant to ignore. Stick around to learn how these systems reshape care delivery while addressing their

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Researchers debunk long-standing concern about flu treatment in children

August 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / flu treatment

by Vanderbilt University Medical Center edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from Pexels For decades, medical professionals debated whether a common antiviral medication used to treat flu in children caused neuropsychiatric events or if the infection itself was the culprit. Now researchers at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt have debunked a

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Bacterial duo eliminates tumors without immune system help in new cancer therapy

August 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / cancer therapy

by Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Schematic illustration of A-gyo and UN-gyo. Credit: Eijiro Miyako / JAIST A joint research team led by Professor Eijiro Miyako of the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), in collaboration with Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. and University of Tsukuba, has

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Stem cells created from ALS patients point to potential new target for treatment

August 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / ALS PATIENT

by Case Western Reserve University edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Helen Cristina Miranda. Credit: Case Western Reserve University Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, is an incurable neurological disorder affecting motor neurons—nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control voluntary muscle movement and breathing. Many ALS clinical trials, including those testing

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Metabolic signals in neurons determine whether axons degrade or resist neurodegeneration, study finds

August 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / neurodegeneration

by University of Michigan edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Graphical abstract. Credit: Molecular Metabolism (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2025.102187 Unlike most cells in the human body, neurons—the functional cells of our nervous system—cannot typically replace themselves with healthy copies after being damaged. Rather, after an injury from something like a stroke, concussion or neurodegenerative disease, neurons and their axons,

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Key protein Gfi1 found to regulate exhausted T cells in cancer and infection

August 5, 2025 / Cancer, Research update / InnovateMed Author / cancer, infection

by University of Alabama at Birmingham edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: CC0 Public Domain Killer immune cells destroy cancer cells and cells infected by virus. These CD8+ T cells are activated after detection of viral infection or growth of “non-self” tumor cells. However, in chronic viral infection and cancer, the killer cells often lapse into

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New study reveals simple peptides can mimic nature’s protein protection strategy

August 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / protein protection

Breakthrough from CUNY ASRC Nanoscience researchers could lead to refrigeration-free storage of therapeutic proteins Peer-Reviewed PublicationAdvanced Science Research Center, GC/CUNY image: Photo Caption: Electron microscopy image showing a mixture of porous spheres and half-dome particles formed by evaporation of a peptide solution. view more Credit: Sheng Zhang, PHD NEW YORK, August 5, 2025 — A new study

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New technique uses focused sound waves and holograms to control brain circuits

August 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / hologram, sound waves

Peer-Reviewed Publication NYU Langone Health / NYU Grossman School of Medicine A new study provides the first visual evidence showing that brain circuits in living animals can be activated by ultrasound waves projected into specific patterns (holograms). Led by scientists at NYU Langone Health and at the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich in Switzerland,

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Eating earlier linked to long-term weight-loss success

August 5, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / Weight loss

by Justin Jackson, Phys.org edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Graphical abstract. Credit: Obesity (2025). DOI: 10.1002/oby.24319 Complutense University of Madrid-led researchers report that eating earlier in the day blunts the weight gain ordinarily predicted by a high genetic score for obesity. Meal timing has drawn attention for associated effects on metabolism, energy expenditure, and circadian alignment. Zeitgeber,

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