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Feb 2026
Lund's new model aims to accelerate patient access to cell and gene therapies
Despite groundbreaking research, many cell and gene therapies do not make it all the way to the patients.
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Feb 2026
Cornell study finds existing drug could boost liver cancer immunotherapy
Immunotherapy – which activates the body's own immune system to kill cancer cells – has not worked well against a rare and fatal liver cancer, but a new Cornell University study finds an existing FDA-approved drug may allow the immunotherapy to fight the cancer as intended, opening the door to a potential treatment.
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Feb 2026
New gene editing approach offers hope for cystic fibrosis patients
UCLA researchers have developed a lipid nanoparticle-based gene-editing approach capable of inserting an entire healthy gene into human airway cells, restoring key biological function in a laboratory model of cystic fibrosis and establishing a potential new path toward mutation-agnostic gene therapy for inherited lung diseases.
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Feb 2026
New AI-based approach detects fatty deposits inside coronary arteries using OCT images
Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence-based approach for detecting fatty deposits inside coronary arteries using optical coherence tomography (OCT) images.
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Feb 2026
Air pollution linked to higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease
People with greater exposure to air pollution face a higher risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study by Yanling Deng of Emory University, U.S.A., and colleagues, published February 17th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.
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Feb 2026
Reducing maternal smoking during pregnancy could lower hypertension rates in children
Maternal smoking during pregnancy may be associated with higher blood pressure and increased risk of hypertension in children, according to a new ECHO Cohort study led by Lyndsey Shorey-Kendrick, PhD, of Oregon Health & Science University and Christine Ladd-Acosta, PhD, of Johns Hopkins University.
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Feb 2026
New study uncovers link between pediatric OSA and higher risk of viral infections
A five-year study has revealed that children with sleep apnea are twice as likely to contract the flu or COVID-19, regardless of their age or weight.
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Feb 2026
Study identifies distinctive feature of tissues from young patients with colorectal cancer
A study co-led by University of Texas at Dallas bioengineers identified a distinctive feature of tissues from young patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer, a disease that typically affects older patients.
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Feb 2026
Study provides guidance for caring children with febrile urinary tract infection
A new study from the Advocate Aurora Research Institute - which is part of Advocate Health - published Tuesday in Hospital Pediatrics provides guidance for families and physicians caring for infants and young children hospitalized with a febrile urinary tract infection (UTI), one of the most common infections in early childhood.
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Feb 2026
New approach better predicts chemotherapy response in patients with triple-negative breast cancer
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new computational approach designed to better account for changes in gene expression within tumors relative to their unique microenvironments.
