Stabilized adaptive states in microbiome–human integrated physiology: reframing health and chronic disease as symbiotic biological states

• by João Francisco Pollo Gaspary, Luis Felipe Dias Lopes, Fernanda Peron Gaspary, Eduarda Grando Lopes, Alfred Lee Edgar, Eduardo Poletti Camara, Antonio Geraldo Camara

• May 14, 2026

LLM-Based Preoperative Patient Communications Alleviate Anxiety, Physician Workload

Researchers from the Department of Urology at Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center evaluated artificial intelligence (AI)–assisted communications in the preoperative setting to assess its impact on...

• by Lisa Astor

• May 13, 2026

• 4 min

Global Review Shows Impact of Exposure to Air Pollution on Cancer Risk and Mortality

A new report released by the Union for International Cancer Control shows that people exposed over the long term to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (such as vehicle exhaust, wildfires, wood burning) h...

• by The ASCO Post Staff

• May 13, 2026

• 6 min

Mass Spec Roundup: Proteins, Lipids, Pitcher Plants, and Coffee

This week’s roundup explores hidden chemistry in the dark proteome, forest soils, lipid binding in cells, and pitcher plant food webs

• May 13, 2026

• 7 min