WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- The Center for European Policy Analysis issued the following commentary on Feb. 18, 2026, by non-resident senior fellow David J. Kostelancik: * * * Time to Embrace the Western Balkans Both Europe and the US will benefit once the six Western Balkan candidates join the EU. * Accelerating European Union (EU) membership for the Western Balkans would be a clear demonstration of the continent's strength at a moment when transatlantic relations are being recalibrated. Enlar more PR

GLASGOW, Scotland, Feb. 18 -- The University of Glasgow posted the following news: * * * Debilitating virus can spread in cool weather, increasing health risk in Europe * Chikungunya virus, a debilitating tropical disease caused by infected mosquito bites, poses a greater health threat in Europe than previously thought because it can be spread when air temperatures are as low as 13 degrees Celsius. That is the finding of researchers at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and the Universit more PR

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Feb. 19 (TNSjou) -- The University of Tennessee Health Science Center issued the following news: * * * Research from UT Health Sciences Adds Insight to FDA Nutrition Label Proposal Written by Lee Ferguson When Yuru Huang, PhD, an assistant professor in the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, talks about nutrition policy, she doesn't start with statistics or regulatory language. She starts with the grocery store. Picture more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Feb. 19 (TNSjou) -- The UCLA Health issued the following news release: * * * UCLA researchers use CRISPR to "unlock" immune cells' power against solid tumors In a mouse study, researchers found they can use CRISPR to delete a gene called FLI1 to enhance human killer cell survival after tumor infiltration * A UCLA-led research team has identified a genetic "brake" that prevents the body's natural defense system from attacking solid tumors. By using CRISPR technology  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Feb. 18 (TNSjou) -- Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Basic Sciences issued the following news: * * * Study challenges traditional assumptions about gut inflammation and Crohn's disease Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology Ken Lau and his lab published new research that challenges a longstanding assumption about Crohn's disease: that all regions of the gut respond similarly to inflammation and treatment. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Inves more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 18 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Insights & Outcomes: Methanol, mitochondria, and new science at CERN Yale researchers find a new way to convert methane into methanol, discern patterns in the placement of mitochondria in the brain, and offer new guidelines for managing functional seizures. Meanwhile, a Yale astrophysicist is part of the Impact 100 list of influential Indian Americans. * This month's "Insights & Outcomes" clears a  more PR