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Vaccine shows promise against aggressive breast cancer

WashU Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A small clinical trial shows promising results for patients with triple-negative breast cancer who received an investigational vaccine designed to prevent recurrence of tumors. Conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis with a therapy designed by WashU Medicine researchers, the trial is the first to report results for this type of vaccine — known as a neoantigen DNA vaccine — for breast cancer patients.

Journal: Genome Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

Huntington’s disease gene also enhances early brain development and intelligence

University of Iowa Health Care
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The Huntington’s disease (HD) mutation eventually causes a fatal brain disease in adulthood, but a University of Iowa study finds that early in life, children with the HD mutation have bigger brains and higher IQ than children without the mutation.

Journal: Annals of Neurology
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, CHDI Foundation

In 10 seconds, an AI model detects cancerous brain tumor often missed during surgery 

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers have developed an AI powered model that — in 10 seconds — can determine during surgery if any part of a cancerous brain tumor that could be removed remains, a study published in Nature suggests. The technology, called FastGlioma, outperformed conventional methods for identifying what remains of a tumor by a wide margin. Researchers say it has the potential to change the field of neurosurgery by immediately improving comprehensive management of patients with diffuse gliomas.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Mark Trauner Brain Research Fund, Zenkel Family Foundation, Ian's Friends Foundation, Stanley and Judith Frankel Institute for Heart and Brain Health

Physicians at Le Bonheur and UT Health Science Center participate in $3 million NIH grant on childhood interstitial lung disease

University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Grant and Award Announcement

Le Bonheur and University of Tennessee Health Science Center physicians Jonathan D. Finder, MD, and Terri Finkel, MD, PhD, were recently named co-principal investigators of a five-year, $3 million National Institutes of Health research project (R01) grant, “Integrative Genomics of Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease.”

Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

On the origin of life: How the first cell membranes came to exist

University of California - San Diego
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural membranes necessary for cells to thrive and assemble into complex organisms? New research from UC San Diego has uncovered a plausible explanation involving the reaction between two simple molecules.

Journal: Nature Chemistry
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health