Clinical studies, public health, pharmacology and the biology of disease.
Professor André Carpentier's team found that, regardless of body fat, people with larger belly fat cells took more fat into the heart after meals and stored more in deep belly fat.
Professor Aleksandar Ljubić's team reviews early evidence that combining mesenchymal and blood-forming stem cells may help restore ovarian function in premature ovarian insufficiency, while stressing safety risks.
The anxiety and depression drug flupentixol-melitracen eased hard-to-treat chronic cough more than placebo with short-term use, in a single-hospital trial led by Professor Kefang Lai and the late Professor Zhongmin Qiu.
Dr. Ana Rita González's team reviews precision cancer care in Latin America, concluding it could improve outcomes only if health systems tackle unequal access, low investment, weak registries and regulation.
In rats with Alzheimer's-like damage, a cinnamon leaf extract nanoemulsion developed by Professor Bing-Huei Chen's team improved memory, lowered amyloid-beta and raised dopamine in a movement-related brain region.
In laboratory and computer tests, a team led by Dr. Meixia Yang and Professor Karl Tsim found that gyrophoric acid, a lichen compound, blocks and breaks up amyloid-beta clumps linked to Alzheimer's.
Dr. Yunmeng Liu's team reviews evidence that hormone imbalances in diabetes keep the immune system chronically activated, driving inflammation that may damage blood vessels and the heart.
Dr. Philip Cornish's team reports that placing implanted neuromodulation electrodes with a physics-based framework was strongly linked to patients reporting complete relief from chronic pain, in a retrospective study.
Dr. Nevena Puač's team found that plasma-activated water helped wounds heal faster in diabetic rats, mainly by calming inflammation and preserving collagen, without changing blood sugar.
Professor Fuyuhiko Tamanoi's team showed that tiny, well-dispersed silica nanoparticles built up in tumors grown in chicken eggs and in mice, with fewer reaching healthy organs such as the liver and kidney.
Dr. Yu Sakamoto's team reports a patient whose repeated strokes from a blocked vertebral artery stump stopped after the vessel was sealed off through natural bypass connections.
Healthcare providers described barriers facing Indigenous families of seriously ill children, including long travel, poor coordination and gaps in culturally safe care, in interviews analysed by Dr. Jill Bally's team.
Social factors such as independence in daily life and discharge destination prolonged tuberculosis hospital stays in Japan beyond medical clearance, according to Dr. Hideya Ono's analysis of patient records.
