November 2025

Healing the gut after cancer therapy: Immune cells turn damage into repair

November 28, 2025 / Immunology, Research update / InnovateMed Author / cancer therapy

by Clara Stark, University Hospital Regensburg edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Intestines one week after abdominal irradiation, showing proliferating epithelial cells (in brown) Credit: TUM Regulatory T cells (Treg cells), a specialized type of immune cell, are usually seen as “peacekeepers” that prevent excessive immune attacks. Surprisingly, a new study published in Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy shows […]

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Erastin – A Chem-Biological Perspective on a Groundbreaking Small Molecule

November 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / erastin

Over the recent years Erastin has become an interesting small molecule in biomedical studies. Erastin is a chemical known mostly due to its capacity to cause a distinct type of cell death referred to as ferroptosis, which has captured interested among chemists, biologists, and medical researchers alike. Contrary to apoptosis or necrosis, ferroptosis is iron-dependent

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Long COVID symptoms change for 15 months after infection

November 28, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / long covid

By Vijay Kumar MalesuReviewed by Lauren HardakerNov 28 2025 A national RECOVER cohort reveals why Long COVID doesn’t follow a single recovery pattern. Instead, it shows who stays sick, who improves, and who unexpectedly worsens as symptoms evolve long after infection. Study: Long COVID trajectories in the prospectively followed RECOVER-Adult US cohort. Image credit: Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock.com In a recent

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Antibiotics provide no relief for common colds

November 28, 2025 / Patient education / InnovateMed Author / common cold

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D.Reviewed by Benedette Cuffari, M.Sc.Nov 28 2025 A sweeping analysis of more than a thousand patients finds that antibiotics offer no relief for viral colds or purulent nasal discharge, while increasing side effects. Study: Antibiotics for the common cold and acute purulent rhinitis. Image Credit: Dragana Gorgic / Shutterstock.com In a recent study published

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BETTER MRIS MAY BE ON THE WAY

November 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / MRI

NOVEMBER 25TH, 2025POSTED BY MARCY DELUNA-RICE (Credit: Getty Images) SHARE THIS ARTICLE Facebook Twitter Reddit Email You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. TAGS IMAGING TECHNOLOGY MRI UNIVERSITY RICE UNIVERSITY Sharper MRI scans may be on the horizon thanks to a new physics-based model. Researchers at Rice University and Oak Ridge

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Bird Flu Could Trigger Deadlier Crisis Than COVID, French Institute Warns

November 28, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / bird flu

France’s Institut Pasteur warns that the avian influenza spreading through animal populations worldwide might spawn a health emergency surpassing COVID-19 in severity if the pathogen evolves to jump between people. Small chickens in a poultry farm. Image credit: Zoe Richardson via Unsplash, free license The highly pathogenic strain has already forced farmers to destroy hundreds of millions

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Revolutionizing drug discovery with DNA-encoded libraries

November 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / drug discovery

Posted Today Image credit: Bazoom AI DNA-encoded libraries are transforming drug discovery by offering efficiency and precision in identifying new therapeutic compounds. This technology allows researchers to screen vast chemical spaces rapidly, enhancing drug development processes significantly. As pharmaceutical research evolves, the impact of DNA-encoded libraries on modern drug discovery is profound. In recent times, DNA-encoded

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Protein ubiquilin-2 found to promote Parkinson’s-linked α-synuclein aggregation

November 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / parkinson

by Juntendo University edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The exact molecular mechanism via which α-synuclein, the main protein involved in Parkinson’s pathogenesis, aggregates is yet to be understood completely. Credit: Professor Masaya Imoto and Professor Nobutaka Hattori / Juntendo University, Japan Parkinson’s disease (PD) is an age-related, progressive neurodegenerative disorder. The hallmark of

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Simple blood test formula identifies patients at high risk of liver cancer

November 28, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / liver cancer

by National Taiwan University edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes The Steatosis-Associated Fibrosis Estimator (SAFE) score successfully stratifies patients at risk of developing hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), regardless of their underlying liver conditions, such as viral hepatitis, alcoholic liver disease and metabolic dysfunction associated liver disease. Credit: Clinical and Molecular Hepatology A new scoring system using

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Inhibiting a master regulator of aging regenerates joint cartilage in mice

November 28, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / aging

by Stanford University Medical Center edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An injection that blocks the activity of a protein involved in aging reverses naturally occurring cartilage loss in the knee joints of old mice, a Stanford Medicine-led study has found. The treatment also prevented the development of arthritis after

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