Q&A: Gene editing is coming for common diseases. Cardiologists discuss if we are ready
Gene therapy is no longer the future of medicine—it's reality. Treatments that replace, silence or edit genes are already changing clinical care.
Oct 20, 2026
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Routine liver cancer checks could extend lives below current screening thresholds for alcohol-related cirrhosis
A new study led by investigators from Mass General Brigham found routine liver cancer screening to be cost-effective and life-extending for individuals with alcohol-associated cirrhosis, even when their annual risk of developing ...
Oct 20, 2026
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New PET imaging approach detects almost all lesions in common form of kidney cancer
A new PET imaging approach detected 97.9% of lesions in clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC), potentially giving clinicians a more complete picture of the location and extent of a patient's disease, according to research ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Harnessing the heart's natural defense against heart attack damage
Researchers are investigating whether the body's built-in response to low oxygen can be harnessed to reduce heart damage during heart attacks and surgery, using drugs that are already available.
Oct 20, 2026
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Research team develops novel nanobody targeting tumor-fueling fluid to treat late-stage cancer of abdominal lining
Peritoneal metastases, a form of late-stage cancer that has spread to the lining of the abdominal cavity, carry a median survival of under nine months and currently have few effective treatments. A buildup of fluid in the ...
Oct 20, 2026
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AI is helping pathologists find harmful lesions the eye can't see
As a pathologist, Dr. Christopher Owens has spent his career trying to improve his methods of catching precancerous colorectal polyps in patients. If he could catch cases earlier, fewer people would develop colorectal cancer, ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Combination therapy reveals potential vulnerability in aggressive osteosarcoma
Scientists co-led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have identified a potential therapeutic vulnerability in some forms of osteosarcoma. A combination approach described today in the Journal of Experimental Medicine ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Faster, fairer COVID-19 vaccine rollout could have saved millions of lives, modeling reveals
Beginning the global COVID-19 vaccine rollout 100 days after the virus was sequenced could have saved more than 8 million lives by the end of 2021, most of them in lower-middle-income countries, according to modeling evidence ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Machine learning spots hidden risk of functional decline after heart failure
For older adults with heart failure (HF), leaving the hospital alive does not always mean returning to an independent life. Loss of independence can reduce quality of life, increase caregiver burden and raise care needs. ...
Oct 20, 2026
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Social transition for trans young people an evolving process
Social transition for trans young people is an evolving process involving changes in names, pronouns and appearance, according to new research. The research, led by Murdoch Children's Research Institute (MCRI), reinforces ...
Oct 20, 2026
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