Industry & Policy News

[Nature News] Researchers are closely monitoring the spread of a worrisome strain of avian influenza to cattle — and one person — at farms in six US states.

[Yale Daily News] After receiving a $2 million NIH grant, a team of scientists at the Yale School of Medicine looks to use cells to design a new type of safe, adaptable blood vessel graft for infants born with heart defects.

[Ontario] The Ontario government is connecting communities in Southwestern Ontario to life-saving cardiac care by supporting St. Mary’s General Hospital with the planning, design and implementation of a new Cardiac Catheterization Lab.

[MedCity News] The CAR T-therapies Abecma and Carvykti may now be used in earlier lines of treatment for multiple myeloma. The expanded FDA approvals makes these cell therapies more accessible to more patients, broadening the market for both products.

[Vanderbilt University Medical Center] Dr. Eunyoung Choi is one of three inaugural recipients of an American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)-Debbie’s Dream Foundation Innovation and Discovery Grant. Supported by the $50,000 grant, Dr. Choi and her research team seek to evaluate the potential of aberrant fatty acid metabolism as a novel druggable target for prevention or treatment of gastric cancer.

[Tri-State Livestock News] A collaborative effort between scientists from the USDA’s Agricultural Research Service, Texas Tech University, Kansas State University, and West Texas A&M University work on reliable and repeatable liver abscess models to learn the triggers for this costly condition in cattle that negatively impacts animal well-being.