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  • Parents say daughter, 15, ‘let down by NHS’ after meningitis death

    Parents say daughter, 15, ‘let down by NHS’ after meningitis death

    George TorrBBC News, East Midlands

    Family handout Image of Zara. She has brown hair. Family handout

    Zara Cheesman was described as “intelligent, kind and caring”

    The parents of an “intelligent, kind and caring” 15-year-old girl told an inquest into her death two NHS trusts “missed opportunities” to treat her for bacterial meningitis.

    Zara Cheesman, from Nottingham, died at the Queen’s Medical Centre (QMC) on 23 December 2024, several days after she started to feel unwell.

    Her parents Mark and Judith said Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust and East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) “let her down” after medics she saw before she died thought she had a virus.

    In a statement read at her inquest, her parents said: “We are certain she would have survived if she was given antibiotics.”

    Judith read out a tribute to her daughter at Nottingham Coroner’s Court on Wednesday, in which she described Zara as an “A* student” who loved literature and drama, as well as being a huge fan of Taylor Swift.

    “Zara was kind and was loyal to all she cared for,” she said.

    “There is no doubt she would have gone on to achieve her dreams… now this is all lost. This was cruelly snapped away from us at the tender age of 15.”

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    Zara died at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham on 23 December

    Meningitis is an infection of the protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord (meninges).

    It can affect anyone, but is most common in babies, young children, teenagers and young adults.

    Symptoms develop suddenly and can include a high temperature (fever), being sick, a headache, a rash that does not fade when a glass is rolled over it (but a rash will not always develop) and a stiff neck.

    The inquest heard Zara came home from school on 19 December feeling unwell and began to vomit, which continued throughout the night into the following morning.

    Her parents rang 111 and were advised to attend A&E with Zara, who complained of achy limbs and a stiff neck and shoulders “so painful she couldn’t lift her arms”, the inquest heard.

    Zara was triaged and assessed by trainee advanced nurse practitioner Alexandra Spedding.

    In written testimony, she said there were “no immediate clinical concerns” and the vomiting was “likely viral”.

    As a trainee, all of her patients would be examined, she added, and, in Zara’s case, this was done by Dr Derek Huffadine, a registrar who later discharged her.

    Outside of Nottingham Council House

    The inquest is being heard at Nottingham Council House

    Giving evidence at the hearing, Dr Huffadine said: “I feel at that time it was difficult to say she had meningitis – it was in early form in terms of the presentation.

    “What I wish I could change was the communication – there should have been some written information.

    “I honestly did not think she had meningitis. I’m more careful about giving general guidance; if you don’t think your child is well or something has changed, come back.

    “If I thought she had meningitis, I would err on the side of caution and give antibiotics.”

    But he added her symptoms were a “typical presentation of someone who had a virus”.

    ‘Made us feel guilty’

    The inquest heard Zara deteriorated further with a severe headache, a high temperature and was up in the night showing signs of confusion.

    Her parents again called 111, who asked EMAS to attend on 21 December.

    The inquest heard Zara’s parents thought two paramedics had attended, but they were later told they were ambulance technicians.

    The parents, in their statement, said the paramedics “ignored” the symptoms they told them about and “perceived” the callout was “less severe”.

    Zara’s parents also said one of the technicians “complained at length” about the 111 service and was “not focused on Zara”.

    They added one of the technicians “made us feel guilty” for calling 111 and decided she would not be admitted.

    “We believe they decided she had norovirus. We were asked about if she had a learning disability, which angers us,” the statement said.

    “If she was taken into hospital then, we believe she would have probably survived.”

    The inquest heard Zara collapsed at about 04:30 GMT on 22 December. She was described as “really limp” and was put in the recovery position before her parents called 999.

    A number of paramedics attended the family home and said she had “gone into respiratory arrest”. She was sedated and sent to the QMC under blue lights.

    Zara died the following day on 23 December.

    The inquest continues.

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  • Study: Minority groups receive fewer economic and social opportunities at work, despite ‘colorblind’ argument: For Journalists

    Study: Minority groups receive fewer economic and social opportunities at work, despite ‘colorblind’ argument: For Journalists

    CHICAGO — The 2023 landmark Supreme Court decision effectively banning race-conscious affirmative action — along with the subsequent challenges to diversity, equity and inclusion in major corporations and military admissions — has brought back the decades-old argument for “merit-based” or “colorblind” policies.

    New research conducted by Chika Okafor, an assistant professor of law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law and fellow at the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern, shows that social network discrimination — the phenomenon in which minorities suffer disadvantages in economic and social opportunities simply because their social group is smaller — occurs because people tend to form social connections with others who resemble, behave and hail from a similar background.

    The study, “Seeing through Color Blindness: Social Networks as a Mechanism for Discrimination,” was published today (September 10) in the Journal of Law & Economics.

    “If we care about fairness and about true equality of opportunity, we should care about this work,” Okafor said. “This paper mathematically disproves a proposition that colorblindness inherently promotes merit. We need to have more open and honest conversations about how to truly advance our society in light of the implications of social network discrimination.

    “I grounded my paper in economic theory,” said Okafor, who’s an economist. “This allowed me to distill from a mathematical perspective a new and important driver of disparities between majority and minority groups. With these insights, one can then incorporate historical, sociological and even legal perspectives to better explore the implications of my findings not only for American society — but also for other communities around the world.” 

    ‘Social networks play a huge role in labor markets’

    Okafor found that minorities are less likely to be referred for a job because they form fewer social connections with existing employees, particularly in a setting with colorblind hiring when characteristics of the groups are fully equal except for group size.

    “Social networks play a huge role in labor markets,” Okafor said. “Despite initial equality in ability, employment, wages and network structure, minorities receive disproportionately fewer jobs through referrals and lower expected wages, simply because their social group is smaller.”

    Okafor’s research also found that minorities can expect lower wages. He used real-world data to estimate that the minimum difference in expected wages caused by social network discrimination is at least 3.2%, disadvantaging minority workers. He described this as the minimum difference between groups because it is based purely on differences in group size.  His estimate does not incorporate other important factors that would increase the wage gap between majority and minority workers in the U.S., such as historical discrimination, prejudice and inequality. 

    Okafor added that his research adds critical elements to the ongoing debate about colorblindness, diversity and merit.  

    “Much of the arguments we have heard for decades promote the view that colorblind policies inherently promote individual merit and move us closer to a meritocracy,” he said. “My mathematical findings show that even if we hypothetically lived in a seemingly utopian world where everyone was starting off on equal footing and there were colorblind policies, minorities would still face disadvantages in social and economic opportunities over time because of social network dynamics arising from their group size being smaller. My findings do not only relate to hiring, but to any setting in which social networks matter — from company boardrooms to college classrooms. This complicates the commonplace narrative for colorblind polices.”

    As his research evolves, Okafor wants to dig deeper into how society can respond to social network discrimination, particularly to identify interventions that can help promote true equality of opportunity across America.

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  • IOC PRESIDENT COVENTRY WELCOMES IFSC PRESIDENT SCOLARIS AT THE OLYMPIC HOUSE

    IOC PRESIDENT COVENTRY WELCOMES IFSC PRESIDENT SCOLARIS AT THE OLYMPIC HOUSE

    IFSC President Marco Scolaris and IFSC General Secretary Piero Rebaudengo were received on 8 September in Lausanne by the President of the IOC Kirsty Coventry, who welcomed them at the Olympic House together with IOC Director General Christophe De Kepper and IOC Sports Director Pierre Ducrey.

    It was the first official meeting between the leaders of the IFSC and the newly elected IOC President. In the friendly meeting, the main aspects of the development of climbing worldwide were discussed, debating the objectives and highlights of the two Olympic participations for climbing at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024, the next steps ahead of LA28, and the decision regarding the programme of Brisbane 2032.

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  • WCH Tokyo 25 preview: women’s javelin | News | Tokyo 25

    WCH Tokyo 25 preview: women’s javelin | News | Tokyo 25

    • World and Olympic and champion Haruka Kitaguchi defends her title in front of a home crowd
    • Austria’s European champion Victoria Hudson heads the 2025 world list
    • Serbia’s Adriana Vilagos, Norway’s Sigrid Borge and Greece’s Elina Tzengko arrive in Tokyo with season best form

    Few athletes head to the World Athletics Championships Tokyo 25 with the weight of expectation that Haruka Kitaguchi will be feeling.

    The 27-year-old from Hokkaido has made history in recent years, becoming the first Japanese woman to win a senior global medal in a throwing discipline, taking bronze in 2022, followed by gold in 2023. As if that didn’t raise her profile enough, she went on to win Olympic gold in Paris in 2024, earning Japan’s only athletics title of the Games and becoming the first woman from her country to win an Olympic title in a field event.

    Unsurprisingly, she is currently the best-known athlete on the host nation’s team heading into the World Championships, but she also enters the event carrying a right elbow injury.

    After taking a break from competing for almost two months, she returned to action at the Diamond League meeting in Lausanne in late August and threw 50.93m. But she showed significant improvement at the recent Diamond League Final in Zurich, where she throw 60.72m – a solid step on the road back towards her season’s best of 64.63m, set when winning in Oslo before her injury.

    Austria’s Victoria Hudson leads the 2025 world list followed by Serbia’s Adriana Vilagos, with both athletes having set national records this year.

    Hudson’s throw of 67.76m at the European Team Championships in Maribor added almost two metres to her previous best. The 29-year-old won the European title in Rome last year, but then failed to make the final at the Olympic Games, so she’ll be keen to make amends in Tokyo.

    Vilagos, who claimed European silver behind Hudson last year, has improved to 67.22m this year. The European U23 champion achieved a 62.96m second-place finish at the Diamond League Final, underlining her medal potential in Tokyo.

    Greece’s Elina Tzengko won the Diamond League title with 64.57m, having also won in Rabat, Xiamen and Keqiao earlier in the season, each time throwing beyond 64 metres. Winner of the 2022 European title while still a teenager, the 23-year-old is now keen to win her first senior global title.

    Norway’s Sigrid Borge sits one place ahead of Tzengko on this year’s world list with her season’s best of 65.66m, set in the same competition where Hudson produced her world-leading throw. The 29-year-old will be hopeful of making her first global championships final.

    Colombia’s Flor Denis Ruiz was one of the surprise medallists of the last World Championships, coming away from Budapest with the silver medal after leading for most of the early stages of the final. She heads to Tokyo with a season’s best of 62.04m.

    Jo-Ane Du Plesis is another surprise recent global medallist, taking Olympic silver last year. The South African has a best this season of 62.77m.

    Australian hopes rest with 2023 bronze medallist Mackenzie Little and her teammate Lianna Davidson. Others to look out for include Uruguay’s Manuela Rotundo and Chinese duo Dai Qianqian and Su Lingdan.

    Andjela Cegar for World Athletics

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  • History: Finland punch ticket to EuroBasket Semi-Finals

    History: Finland punch ticket to EuroBasket Semi-Finals

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    RIGA (Latvia) – The battle of Cinderella stories unfolded on Wednesday in Arena Riga, where Finland and Georgia faced off after stunning Quarter-Final upsets over Serbia and France, respectively.

    With a place in history on the line, Finland prevailed, earning their first ever trip to the Semi-Finals with a 93-79 win.

    On Friday, they will play the winner of the Germany vs Slovenia matchup.

    Turning Point

    It was always going to be a clash of styles, with coach Aleksandar Dzikic and Georgia hoping for a slower paced game and more post ups, and coach Lassi Tuovi telling the Finnish players to keep pushing the tempo.

    They were trading blows through the first six minutes, but a late first quarter run saw Finland go from 12-12 to 28-15 in a hurry, capped by Mikael Jantunen’s buzzer beating three-pointer.

    With the gap quickly ballooning to 20 points, Georgia lost a lot of energy trying to come back, and they did make it interesting with a Sandro Mamukelashvili dunk to cut it to -6 with seven minutes to play.

    However, Miro Little knocked down a deep three-pointer, then Goga Bitadze committed an unsportsmanlike foul, and two possessions later, Finland were back up by 81-67 after Olivier Nkamhoua’s triple.

    More than enough to seal the deal.

    TCL Player of the Game

    While Lauri Markkanen had another inspiring performance (17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 blocks), it was Mikael Jantunen who was the game hero for Finland.

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Productive offensive day for Mikael Jantunen

    Against Serbia, he was impressive on the defensive end, taking over the duties of guarding Nikola Jokic, and this time around, it was his offense making the difference.

    Jantunen knocked down three three-pointers early on, finishing the game with 19 points and 5 rebounds. Finland were a +12 team with him on the floor.

    It was the second time Jantunen scored 19 points in this EuroBasket, previously setting his career-high in this event against Lithuania.

    Stats Don’t Lie

    Not a lot any team can do when Finland knock down 10-of-15 three-pointers in the first half alone.

    This was their fourth time scoring more than 50 points in first halves of EuroBasket games since Lassi Tuovi took over in 2022.

    Before that, they had only one EuroBasket game with more than 50 points in the first half, against England in 1955.

    Bottom Line

    Backed by 5,000 traveling fans, Finland did not feel the pressure of the moment. Instead, they played a nearly perfect half of basketball, forcing the crowd to sing “Suomi! Suomi!” on repeat.

    Everybody contributed, with Sasu Salin and Edon Maxhuni coming up big off the bench, combining for 29 points on 6-of-8 shooting from deep.

    Sasu Salin celebrating

    Finland were the upset package of the Quarter-Finals in 2022, but nobody should be surprised that they are now a top four European team, as this result was palpable for the past 10 years.

    They were 16th in 2015, then improved to 11th in 2017, and 7th in 2022. Now, they are just two wins away from lifting the trophy.

    Georgia, meanwhile, had already made history by reaching the Quarter-Finals for the first time ever.

    Coach Dzikic and his men were greeted with ovations from 1,000 of their fans behind the bench, making the nation proud by not giving up even when they were down by 20.

    Tornike Shengelia signed out with 18 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds, but was ejected after an unsportsmanlike foul on Maxhuni and a technical foul with 3:30 to play.

    They Said

    “This should give hope for all sports in Finland.” – Finland head coach Lassi Tuovi

    “It’s been the same group for a long time, and we got just one new guy who wasn’t there for the last EuroBasket. It’s a very tight group, like coming back and playing with your friends. That’s the kind of basketball culture in Finland.” – Mikael Jantunen, Finland

    “He’s capable to make those shots, and even more important, he knows the guys have the confidence in him to make it.” – Tuovi, describing Elias Valtonen’s two big threes in the fourth quarter

    “I’m extremely excited to play do-or-die games with this crew.” – Tuovi, not settling for just an appearance in the Semi-Finals, he wants it all

    For quotes, tune in to the official post-game press conference!

    FIBA

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  • Scientists Begin Testing Bird Flu Vaccine in Seals | The Transmission

    Scientists Begin Testing Bird Flu Vaccine in Seals | The Transmission

    NYT If the results are promising, veterinarians hope to give the shots to wild Hawaiian monk seals, which are endangered. Wildlife veterinarians have begun testing bird flu vaccines in marine mammals, which have suffered enormous losses in the ongoing global outbreak. The first trial, which began in July, is tiny, enrolling just six northern elephant seals that were already being rehabilitated at the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif.

    But if the results are promising, the researchers hope to quickly begin vaccinating wild Hawaiian monk seals, an endangered species that they fear could be wiped out by the virus.

    Just 1,600 of the seals remain in the wild, living primarily around a remote chain of Hawaiian islands. Over the coming weeks, scores of migrating birds will arrive in the Aloha State, potentially bringing the virus with them.

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    Iron-respiring microbes could have a role in sulfur cycling

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  • NBA Fantasy: 6 Sleeper Picks – Centers in 2025-26

    NBA Fantasy: 6 Sleeper Picks – Centers in 2025-26

    Donovan Clingan averaged 7.9 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.6 steals and 2.1 blocks in 24.5 minutes per game in 37 starts. 

    Finding value at center is often the difference between building a balanced fantasy roster and scrambling for rebounds and blocks off the waiver wire. While elite big men come with steep draft-day price tags, the position also offers hidden upside in players who may not be household names but can deliver efficient scoring, boards, and defensive stats when given the opportunity.

    Identifying these sleepers requires looking past surface-level box scores and focusing on team context, roster turnover, and playing-time trends. With several frontcourts around the league in transition, there’s a clear path for under-the-radar centers to carve out meaningful roles, and potentially swing fantasy matchups in your favor. Here are some of my favorite sleepers at the center position:

    Onyeka Okongwu, Hawks

     

     

    72nd in Top 150 Fantasy Rankings

    Everyone seems to be panicking about how the addition of Kristaps Porziņģis will impact Okongwu, and I understand their frustration. After years of Okongwu battling Clint Capela for the starting job, the Hawks went out and replaced Capela with an even bigger roadblock for Okongwu. There are plenty of reasons to still be optimistic, however. First of all, Porziņģis has a long injury history, and he couldn’t stay on the floor late in the 2024-25 season with Boston. Just how healthy Porziņģis truly is will be something to monitor closely. Next, Okongwu is the only true center on the roster, with Porziņģis preferring to step out on the perimeter. The Hawks will be getting a healthy Jalen Johnson back this season, who projects to be the No. 2 option on offense behind Trae Young, and it’s unclear how the frontcourt rotation will shape up. Okongwu was a fifth-round fantasy talent in standard nine-category leagues in 2024-25 in just 27.8 minutes per game, and I think that is entirely repeatable. 

    Isaiah Jackson, Pacers

     

     

    With the Pacers losing out on Myles Turner, the center situation in Indiana is pretty murky right now. Head coach Rick Carlisle has already mentioned using a “center-by-committee” approach, while also indicating that his starting centers could be matchup-dependent. A lot of fantasy managers are eyeing Jay Huff, and while I too like Huff as a flier, I believe that Jackson has the most pure upside among Huff, James Wiseman and Tony Bradley. Jackson is kind of a forgotten man right now after an Achilles injury limited him to five games in 2024-25. But Carlisle hasn’t forgotten about him, as the head coach has been raving about his defensive abilities. Entering his fifth season, Jackson is just scratching the surface and already holds career per-36 minute averages of 17.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 1.4 steals and 3.2 blocks. So even if his role ends up being modest, his per-minute production will make him a solid addition to any fantasy roster. 

    Donovan Clingan, Trail Blazers

     

     

    81st in Top 150 Fantasy Rankings

    The Trail Blazers selected Yang Hansen with the No. 16 overall pick, and he looks like an intriguing talent, but Clingan is set up to be the starter on Opening Night, and likely for the season, for that matter. The Blazers moved on from Deandre Ayton, meaning a ton of minutes are suddenly falling into Clingan’s lap. He nearly cracked the top 150 in nine-category leagues in 2024-25 despite seeing 19.8 minutes per game, but he showcased what he could do in 37 starts with 7.9 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 0.6 steals and 2.1 blocks in 24.5 minutes per game. When you factor in a possible second-year developmental jump for Clingan, as well as improved guard play with Jrue Holiday in town, it’s easy to make a bull case for this young center. 

    Neemias Queta, Celtics

     

     

    137th in Yahoo Fantasy Rankings

    Queta profiles as one of the more under-the-radar center sleepers this season, but this one is more about opportunity rather than sheer talent. His per-minute efficiency has always been a strength, and last year he reinforced that by shooting 65.0 percent from the field while providing rebounds and rim protection in a limited role. When asked to step into the starting lineup, he responded with near double-double-level output, showing that his game scales effectively with minutes. In six total starts, he posted 9.8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 1.2 assists and 1.3 blocks in 24.7 minutes. Now, with Boston’s frontcourt significantly thinned after the departures of Kristaps Porziņģis and Luke Kornet, Queta has a legitimate path to starting duties with Chris Boucher and Luka Garza brought in to compete with him. For fantasy managers, that combination of proven per-minute production and a suddenly expanded opportunity makes him a classic late-round sleeper who could return strong value in categories like FG%, rebounds, and blocks.

    Adem Bona, 76ers

     

     

    Admittedly, this one is a deep sleeper. Bona has two things going for him. First off, he’s actually a sneaky good fantasy producer. Last season in 11 starts, Bona put up 14.8 points, 8.4 rebounds, 2.4 blocks and 1.2 steals in 30.5 minutes. Secondly, the health of Joel Embiid is a major question mark heading into 2025-26. Not to mention, Embiid has played a total of 58 games over the past two seasons. The 76ers did bring back Andre Drummond for some frontcourt insurance, but I think it’s clear that Bona will enter the season as the No. 2 center on the depth chart. So if you take Bona late in drafts, you could get some mild standalone value with minutes in the teens, and a potential stud if Embiid misses time. 

    Kel’el Ware, Heat

     

     

    80th in Top 150 Fantasy Rankings

    Ware enters 2025-26 as one of the more intriguing late-round centers, especially for managers in category formats. Last season, when the Heat moved him into the starting lineup alongside Bam Adebayo, Ware showcased his ability to impact the game in limited minutes, averaging 10.8 points, 10.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists, 1.3 blocks and 0.7 steals while shooting 53.6 percent from the field in 28.4 minutes per game. That combination of rim protection, rebounding, and efficient finishing made him a productive piece alongside a high-usage star. With his size, defensive instincts, and emerging offensive touch, Ware carries strong per-minute upside, and if Miami continues to trust him with starter-level minutes, he could quickly emerge as a fantasy gem capable of swinging blocks, field-goal percentage and boards in fantasy matchups.

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  • Lung cancer cells in the brain form electrical connections with neurons that spur tumor growth

    Lung cancer cells in the brain form electrical connections with neurons that spur tumor growth

    “We saw a profound effect on the tumor burden in the animals,” Venkatesh said, “from the initiation of the tumor and its spread.”

    Blocking the function of the vagus nerve after tumors had formed slowed the growth of early-stage tumors but had little effect on more advanced cancers — suggesting that the impact of nerve signaling is most important during disease initiation and development and less important for tumor maintenance.

    The researchers, including postdoctoral scholar Fangfei Qu, PhD, then investigated the growth of mouse and human small cell lung cancers implanted into the brains of laboratory mice. They found that tumors arising from cancer cells implanted near neurons became infiltrated with neurons and were dividing more quickly than tumors with less neuronal involvement. Studies of brain biopsies from nine patients with metastatic small cell lung cancer showed similar results: Neuronal axons were intermingled with cancer cells, and those cells were replicating more quickly than those in axon-free regions of the tumor.

    The researchers then used a technique called optogenetics to stimulate neurons in the cortex of living animals. Optogenetics was developed by Karl Deisseroth, MD, PhD, the D.H. Chen Professor, professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.

    “When we stimulated these neurons, the lung cancer placed in the cortex grew much larger and invaded more,” Venkatesh said. “Further investigation showed part of this growth is mediated by growth factors secreted by the neurons in response to stimulation, but a large part of it is mediated by these functional synapses between cancer cells and neurons.”

    Growing the cells together in a laboratory dish showed that a drug that blocks the ability of the neurons to send electrical signals slowed the rate of growth of the cancer cells. Furthermore, genes expressed by cancer cells growing in tandem with neurons encoded proteins involved in synapse development, which was confirmed in tumor biopsies from the brains of small cell lung cancer patients.

    Finally, electron microscopy clearly showed that the cancer cells structurally participate in synapses with neurons, and electrophysiological studies confirmed that a subpopulation of cancer cells generate an electrical current across their membranes in response to signaling by their partner neurons. An anti-seizure drug that interferes with signaling across synapses significantly reduced cancer cell growth and tumor burden in mice with small cell lung cancers as compared with control animals.

    “It’s humbling, as a clinician, to think about all of the ways that the cancer is taking advantage of the patient, and how much of this pathophysiology we have yet to understand,” Monje said. “The electrical communication that drives this membrane depolarization is triggering some form of voltage sensitive signaling and promoting growth in a way that as oncologists, we haven’t been thinking about enough. But now we know an important direction we need to pursue to achieve effective therapies for these currently intractable cancers.”

    Researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute contributed to the work.

    The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health (grants R00CA252001, DP2CA290968, R01NS092597, DP1NS111132; P50CA165962, R01CA258384, U19CA264504, CA231997, R37NS046579, R37CA258829, R01CA266446, R01CA280414, U54CA274506 and P30CA013696), the Glaucoma Research Foundation, the Charles Hood Foundation, the Sontag Foundation, the McKnight Foundation, the Kinship Foundation, the Damon Runyon Foundation, the V Foundation, the Pew Foundation, ChadTough Defeat DIPG, the Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Fund for Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK, the Robert J. Kleberg Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Foundation, the McKenna Claire Foundation, the Gatsby Charitable Foundation, a Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation fellowship, the Stanford Medical Scholars Research Program, and the Pershing Square Sohn Cancer Research Alliance Prize. This work was additionally supported by the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and Columbia University’s Molecular Pathology Shared Resource and Human Immune Monitoring Core.

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  • Johnson Controls increases quarterly dividend

    Johnson Controls increases quarterly dividend

    CORK, Ireland, Sept. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Johnson Controls International plc (NYSE: JCI), the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.40 per share of common stock, payable on Oct. 17, 2025, to shareholders of record at the close of business on Sept. 22, 2025. This represents a $0.03 cent increase over the previous quarterly dividend. Johnson Controls has paid a consecutive dividend since 1887.

    About Johnson Controls
    At Johnson Controls (NYSE:JCI), we transform the environments where people live, work, learn and play. As the global leader in smart, healthy and sustainable buildings, our mission is to reimagine the performance of buildings to serve people, places and the planet.

    Building on a proud history of nearly 140 years of innovation, we deliver the blueprint of the future for industries such as healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing and beyond through OpenBlue, our comprehensive digital offering.

    Today, with a global team of experts, Johnson Controls offers the world`s largest portfolio of building technology and software as well as service solutions from some of the most trusted names in the industry.

    Visit johnsoncontrols.com for more information and follow @Johnsoncontrols on social platforms.

     

     

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