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Apr 2026
ELRIG announces inaugural US drug discovery conference
ELRIG, a not-for-profit, volunteer-led organization dedicated to the global drug discovery community, today announced the launch of Drug Discovery USA 2026.
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15
Apr 2026
OBN rebrands to BioUK in alignment with its mission to
OBN (UK) Ltd., the not-for-profit membership organization focused on catalyzing success UK life sciences, today announced that it is changing its name to BioUK® .
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Apr 2026
New biomarker predicts prognosis and treatment response in colorectal cancer
Determining the presence of a protein in non-tumor cells within the cancer microenvironment could be one of the keys to establishing prognosis in patients with colon and rectal cancer.
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Apr 2026
Ultrasensitive assay uncovers hidden burden of tuberculosis disease
Researchers at Boston University have discovered an unexpectedly high prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA (TB DNA) in patients hospitalized in Boston, suggesting that tuberculosis disease may be significantly underdiagnosed in the United States.
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Apr 2026
Waist-to-height ratio outperforms BMI in predicting hypertension risk
New waist-to-height cut-offs to assess fat mass and obesity predicted the risk of hypertension better than body mass index, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University in the US.
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Apr 2026
Experimental drug shows survival benefit in pancreatic cancer trial
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest cancers and among the hardest to treat, with most patients surviving less than a year after diagnosis.
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Apr 2026
Study identifies new genes linked to severe pregnancy sickness
The USC research team that recently identified the hormone-encoding gene GDF15 as a key driver of pregnancy sickness has identified 9 additional genes linked to its most severe form, hyperemesis gravidarum (HG).
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Apr 2026
Behavioral design project aims to reduce benzodiazepine overuse
The widespread use of benzodiazepines - better known as sleeping pills or anxiety medication - among the population has become a serious public health issue.
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Apr 2026
Study reveals interhemispheric brain circuit crucial for spatial memory
A team led by the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), has identified a brain circuit essential for spatial memory.
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Apr 2026
Study finds long COVID leaves a distinct immune signature in the blood
Researchers identified a small panel of inflammatory and neurology-related blood proteins that may help distinguish long COVID from recovery or no prior infection, while also showing that booster vaccination did not appear to worsen these protein responses in this cohort. The study also found that immune responses after reinfection differed from those seen after the first SARS-CoV-2 infection, suggesting altered long-term immune behavior in some previously infected individuals.
