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Synedgen appoints Dr. Hal J. Oien to its board of directors, leveraging his extensive entrepreneurial experience in biotechnology.

USC's Keck School of Medicine launches a $2.7 million NIH-funded, multi-site study to understand how type 1 diabetes affects brain development in children, aiming to refine clinical guidelines and therapeutic approaches.

Research group at University of Pretoria studies maize and sunflower diseases, aiming for food security. Trials in South Africa show yield loss up to 50% with late maize planting. Sunflowers adapt to heatwaves by releasing pollen earlier, ensuring pollination success. Studies on Sclerotinia head rot suggest aligning flowering with summer's hottest period can control the disease.

Many women stop getting regular mammograms after a false-positive result, with return rates dropping from 77% to 61% after such a result, and to 56% after two consecutive false-positives. Lead investigator Diana Miglioretti emphasizes the importance of continuing regular screenings despite false-positive scares.