December 2, 2025

Families worry as cost of autism therapy comes under state scrutiny

December 2, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / autism

by Nada Hassanein edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors’ notes Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain State Medicaid agencies are struggling to pay for intensive therapy for children with autism—and looming federal Medicaid cuts are likely to make the problem worse. Parents of children and young adults who receive applied behavior analysis, or ABA, worry states’ […]

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Another cancer patient achieves HIV remission after stem cell transplant

December 2, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / cancer patient

by Nature Publishing Group edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Credit: National Cancer Institute Details of a 60-year-old male individual from Germany who achieved sustained HIV remission after a stem cell transplant, the seventh-known case reported to date, are published in Nature this week. This individual received cells with just one copy of a mutated gene for a

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Navigating grief in the aged care system

December 2, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / aged care system

by Flinders University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Grief for families in the aged care system begins long before the death of their loved ones, new research has found, highlighting the need for a systemic rethink of how grief is understood and supported. Led by Dr. Priyanka Vandersman from Flinders University’s

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How circadian rhythms can help boost infection recovery

December 2, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / infection

by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Graphical abstract. Credit: Journal of Clinical Investigation (2025). DOI: 10.1172/jci193133 Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that circadian rhythms—the biological clocks of the body—can influence outcomes related to influenza infections, providing clinicians with insight about how biological processes can be used to optimize

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Blocking Claudin-4 protein may help immune system fight aggressive ovarian cancer

December 2, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / ovarian cancer

by University of Texas at El Paso edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Fabian R. Villagomez, Ph.D., a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Biological Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, is studying high-grade serous carcinoma, an aggressive form of ovarian cancer. His work has helped identify a new target, Claudin-4,

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What your sweat can reveal about your health

December 2, 2025 / Clinical Practice / InnovateMed Author / sweat

by University of Technology, Sydney edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors’ notes Schematic representation of the Gx Sweat Patch (Gatorade, USA) for sweat monitoring. Credit: Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.jpha.2025.101473 Sweat contains a wealth of biological information that, with the help of artificial intelligence and next-generation sensors, could transform how we monitor our health and

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3D-printed cornea restores sight in a legally blind patient for the first time

December 2, 2025 / Research update / InnovateMed Author / 3D printed cornea

By Abhimanyu Ghoshal December 02, 2025 Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit Flipboard Email Damage to the cornea from infections, injury, or genetic disorders can lead to blindness – and often requires a transplant Arteum.ro / Unsplash View 2 Images In a major breakthrough in human tissue replication, for the first time ever a 3D-printed cornea has been

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A drug that was ‘engineered with AI’ enters Phase 3 testing

December 2, 2025 / News update / InnovateMed Author / phase 3 testing

Generate:Biomedicines, an AI-focused drug developer, said yesterday that it will start late-stage trials of its investigational drug for severe asthma. The company said this is a milestone since this is one of the first molecules, if not the first, designed with AI to enter Phase 3 testing. This is a notable development, especially since Generate skipped Phase 2

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