SANTA CRUZ, California, Feb. 19 -- The University of California Santa Cruz campus issued the following news: * * * Brain organoids can be trained to solve a goal-directed task * * Researchers used brain organoids to solve the cart-pole balancing problem, showing they can process information in real time and learn to respond. * Coaching organoids to improve their performance increased success at the cart-pole problem from a 4.5% success rate for random training to a 46% success rate when usi more PR

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 19 -- Ohio State University issued the following news: * * * Emotional memory region of aged brain is sensitive to processed foods * Past studies in animals have shown that a highly processed diet is linked to memory problems and inflammation in the aged brain - and the effect can happen fast, after just three days of poor eating. A new study suggests another dietary pitfall could have a similar damaging effect in a similarly short amount of time in older adults: a lac more PR

DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 19 -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center posted the following news release: * * * Gene variants help explain why food allergies run in families * DALLAS - Feb. 19, 2026 - People often remark that allergies run in their family, but the genetic causes have remained unclear. Previous food allergy genetic research has relied upon broad but surface-level methods called genome-wide association studies. Now, for the first time, a study at UT Southwestern Medic more PR

HAMILTON, Ontario, Feb. 19 (TNSjou) -- McMaster University issued the following news: * * * McMaster researchers discover genetic 'tipping point' that affects sex and fertility in African clawed frogs New findings can help scientists understand how the genetic underpinning of important traits like sex change over time. By Lisa Polewski Researchers at McMaster have discovered that a sex-related gene in the African clawed frog underwent strikingly different functional dynamics in males vers more PR

DEKALB, Illinois, Feb. 16 (TNSjou) -- Northern Illinois University issued the following commentary by inclusive teaching coordinator Linh Nguyen: * * * Beyond the loudest few: How to get quieter students to participate in your class I recall walking into a lecture hall and disappearing into the crowd in many of my undergraduate courses. Like any hopeful and determined first-generation student, I must succeed in this class to be closer to a degree that ultimately leads to a well-paid job. So,  more PR

RARITAN, New Jersey, Feb. 20 -- Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2026: * * * RYBREVANT FASPRO(TM) (amivantamab and hyaluronidase-lpuj) plus immunotherapy shows strong clinical benefit with 56 percent overall response rate in first-line recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer Ten percent complete response and rapid, durable antitumor activity reported with RYBREVANT FASPRO(TM); results surpass current standards of care * Johnson & Joh more PR