New research from the University of Oxford finds that more than one in five children born after 2013 experience poverty for at least half of their childhood (from birth to age ten). The study provides the first comprehensive evidence on trends and drivers in long-term childhood poverty across birth cohorts in Britain. The paper is published in the Journal of Social Policy.

Instead of applying ointment and attaching a bandage, a “smart patch that regulates treatment intensity on its own just by being attached” has appeared. A research team has developed a “self-regulating OLED wound healing patch” that combines light and drugs to pull up the wound recovery speed by about twice. It is expected to develop into an intelligent treatment technology where light regulates drug release according to the patient’s condition in the future.

Knowing whether a child has sustained a concussion is an important matter to clinicians, parents and bystanders alike. However, the signs and symptoms that are most meaningful to look for are not as well defined. A study published last week in JAMA provides important new information that pinpoints the signs and symptoms that strongly indicate that a child has a concussion.

While radiation therapy is an effective tool to destroy cancer cells, a new study from Vanderbilt researchers suggests that in an aggressive form of breast cancer, it may also trigger a protective cellular response that may explain why our current therapies fail some patients. The research was led by Marjan Rafat, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering and biomedical engineering, and is published in Cell Reports.

A Norwegian man has been effectively cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from his brother, doctors announced on Monday.