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In a study published in 2006, scientists at UT Health San Antonio, an academic health center at the University of Texas at San Antonio, discovered a link between bacteria in the gut microbiome, or ecosystem, and lupus, which could lead to more effective treatments for the disease. nature communications.Systemic lupus erythematosus is the most common form of lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that affects approximately 1.5 million Americans. There is no cure for this disease, and current treatments only manage symptoms and prevent organ damage. Symptoms of lupus can vary, and many people visit different doctors over the years in…

Researchers at the University of Arizona R. Ken Coit School of Pharmacy have developed a new strategy that helps the immune system more effectively recognize and attack lung cancer tumors. By packaging chemotherapy drugs and RNA molecules into small lipid carriers, the researchers boosted the immune response, slowed tumor growth, and increased the effectiveness of immunotherapy. The survey results are nature communicationsdescribe a nanotechnology-based platform that combines the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel with gene-silencing molecules known as siRNAs. Lipid packaging improves the delivery of both therapies to lung tumor cells. This approach enhances a process called immunogenic cell death (ICD). ICD…

A rare strain of Ebola that began spreading undetected in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in early April 2026 is now confirmed to be infected in Uganda and could reach South Sudan, according to a new modeling study published by the World Health Organization (WHO). lancet infection journal.The current outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo Ebola virus was officially declared on May 15, 2026. As of June 22, 2026, 1,048 laboratory-confirmed cases and 267 confirmed deaths have been recorded across the affected health areas of the DRC. The initial number of suspected cases peaked at 1,077 on May 26, 2026,…

Oracle Health is working with health tech company Theator to integrate artificial intelligence-powered operating room analytics into its platform. Founded in 2018, Theator provides surgical intelligence solutions that capture surgical video footage, analyze it using AI, and cross-reference it with electronic health record (EHR) data. Surgical teams will benefit from automated reports that are more clinically accurate, optimized for billing, and customized to individual preferences, eliminating the need for transcription or dictation, company executives said. Surgical documentation is largely manual and retrospective, often created from memory hours or days after surgery. A peer-reviewed study published in the Journal of the…

Unusual high-energy phenomena detected deep in space are giving astronomers a rare opportunity to study some of the universe’s most extreme phenomena. On July 2, 2025, the Chinese-led Einstein Probe (EP) space telescope discovered an extremely bright X-ray source during a routine survey of the sky. The object’s brightness changed rapidly, quickly making it stand out from typical cosmic X-ray sources. This unusual detection triggered follow-up observations by observatories around the world. The research was coordinated by the EP Science Center of the National Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC), and scientists from research institutions in China…

New research published in Alzheimer’s disease and dementia We provide evidence that genetic variations related to brain fluid movement interact with sleep quality and influence memory and brain structure in older adults. The findings suggest that the influence of a particular genetic profile on Alzheimer’s disease risk may be highly dependent on a person’s sleep quality. This points to sleep as a potential focus for protecting long-term brain health in individuals with certain genetic vulnerabilities. Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological disease characterized by the gradual accumulation of a toxic protein called amyloid beta in the brain. Over time, this…

Children who are continuously exposed to high levels of naturally occurring radon gas in their homes may experience changes in the way their brains develop important attention and problem-solving skills. A recent study published in NeuroImage found that young people with high levels of chronic radon exposure showed changes in their brain wave patterns when completing tasks that required high levels of concentration. These electrical changes also affect how accurately children perform behavioral tasks, suggesting that typical brain maturation may be disrupted by common environmental toxins. Radon is a colorless and odorless gas produced by the natural decomposition of radioactive…

A new research collaboration reports the discovery and application of novel therapeutic strategies that selectively target EGFR and other kinases with controlled release in the tumor microenvironment to improve therapeutic efficacy, with promising results. The result is bioorganic chemistry. The study was carried out by researchers from the University of Eastern Finland, as well as North Carolina State University in the US, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the US, and the University of Oslo in Norway. Tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) are clinically limited by unwanted inhibition of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and other kinases in…

A new charter for the committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine use significantly refocuses the committee’s responsibilities, downplaying its role in recommending the use of new vaccines and giving it responsibility for evaluating alternatives for disease prevention. Previous committee charters emphasized the importance of experience related to vaccine research in selecting members, but the new version posted on the CDC website on Thursday only specifies that the entire committee “represents a balanced range of scientific, clinical, and public health expertise relevant to the committee’s mission,” a broad framework that could conceivably fit even those…

For the immune system to effectively fight pathogens, antibody responses must be precisely controlled. So-called follicular regulatory T cells (Tfr cells) play a key role in this process by limiting excessive immune responses and helping maintain immune tolerance. Researchers at the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn have developed a powerful experimental method that allows them to generate Tfr cells from progenitor cells and study them in a targeted manner. The results were recently published in the journal Cellular & Molecular Immunology. Tfr cells control the development and function of so-called germinal centers in lymphoid organs such…