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May 2026
Targeting a key protein reduces injury in steatotic liver transplantation
Steatotic donor livers are highly susceptible to post-transplant dysfunction; however, the underlying mechanisms remain incompletely understood.
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May 2026
Scientists urge advocacy to protect vital global vaccine research
Scientists and physicians should advocate to protect the vaccine research infrastructure that has saved an estimated 154 million lives over the past 50 years, according to a new commentary by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of Washington.
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May 2026
Brain scans find no evidence of widespread inflammation in long COVID
A new brain imaging study has found no evidence of widespread brain inflammation in patients suffering from prolonged symptoms after COVID-19 infection. Instead, the most severe long COVID symptoms were associated with increased brain activity in regions involved in mood and emotion.
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May 2026
Semaglutide helps patients who gain weight after bariatric surgery
New UCL research supports use of the weight loss drug semaglutide for patients who do not get enough benefit from bariatric surgery.
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May 2026
NIH researchers discover how weight-loss drugs alter brain cells
A team of researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have unveiled new details about the events GLP-1 receptor agonists trigger within neurons, which have been largely unexplored until now.
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May 2026
Boston Children's scientists create new booster-free mRNA vaccine strategy
In a new study published in Nature Immunology, researchers at Boston Children's Hospital demonstrated that pairing the original COVID-19 mRNA vaccine with an immune system enhancer, known as an adjuvant, extended the duration of the vaccine's protection in mice from a few months up to two years.
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May 2026
Cincinnati scientists grow larger gut organoids with self-developing nerve cells
Thanks to special 3D-printed scaffolding trays designed by experts at Cincinnati Children's, researchers can now produce larger versions of functional human gut organoids twice as fast as previous methods-and these organoids grow their own nerve cells.
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May 2026
New psychological scales measure personal attitudes toward cosmetic procedures
As non-surgical cosmetic procedures grow in popularity, accessibility and affordability, new Griffith University research has created two new measures to assess people's attitudes and motivations towards cosmetic procedures.
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May 2026
Second-career nursing candidates help solve national staffing shortages
While the usual conversation about our national nursing shortage focuses on how to recruit young people, there is another potential pipeline: people in their 40s and 50s—often pursuing a second career—who are also, in many ways, exactly the nurses that NYU Langone Health needs.
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May 2026
Lab-grown brain models reveal how epilepsy drug alters fetal development
It is known that the antiepileptic drug valproate increases the risk of developmental disorders in unborn children.
