After One Dose of Gene Therapy, Hemophilia B Patients Maintain Near-Normal Levels of Clotting Factor
Researchers are reporting the highest and most sustained levels to date of an essential blood-clotting factor IX in patients with the inherited bleeding disorder hemophilia B. After receiving a single dose of an experimental gene therapy in a clinica...
– Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
American Society of Hematology 2016 Annual Meeting
Embargo expired on 03-Dec-2016 at 11:00 ET
Rainbow Babies & Children’s Experts to Present Pediatric Focused Data at 58th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
Ashish Gupta, MBBS, MPH, a pediatric hematology fellow, will share results from one of the largest quality controlled retrospective studies of children with acquired aplastic anemia. The data makes a compelling case for the pediatric hematology commu...
– University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
ASH Annual Meeting, Dec. 3-6, 2016
Embargo expired on 03-Dec-2016 at 17:30 ET
CD19-Targeting CAR T-Cell Immunotherapy Yields High Responses in Treatment-Resistant CLL
In a small, early phase trial, a high percentage of patients who had exhausted most traditional treatments for chronic lymphocytic leukemia saw their tumors shrink or even disappear after an infusion of a highly targeted, experimental CAR T-cell immu...
– Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
NCI (National Cancer Institute) R01 CA136551; NIDDK (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases) P30 DK56465; NCI P30 CA15704; Life Science Discovery Fund...
Embargo expired on 03-Dec-2016 at 12:00 ET
In Clinical Trials, CAR T Cell Immunotherapy Continues to Yield Complete Responses in Children & Young Adults with Relapsed and Refractory Leukemia
A highly innovative, personalized cell-based treatment for a high-risk form of the most common childhood cancer continues to move through clinical trials. Pediatric oncologists from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today reported new resu...
– Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
American Society of Hematology, annual meeting
Embargo expired on 03-Dec-2016 at 19:00 ET
Filling Need for Fast and Accurate Assessment of Blood’s Ability to Clot
Case Western Reserve University researchers have developed a portable sensor that can assess the clotting ability of a person’s blood 95 times faster than current methods—using only a single drop of blood.
– Case Western Reserve University
Embargo expired on 03-Dec-2016 at 15:00 ET
Evaluation of Scientific Rigor in Animal Research
The “reproducibility crisis” in biomedical research has led to questions about the scientific rigor in animal research, and thus the ethical justification of animal experiments. In research publishing in the Open Access journals PLOS Biology and ...
– PLOS
PLOS Biology; PLOS ONE
Embargo expired on 02-Dec-2016 at 14:00 ET
Research Shows Patients Ineligible for Studies May Benefit From Trial Participation
Patients who potentially could benefit most from participation in clinical trials due to poor prognoses often are not included based on eligibility criteria, such as existing medical illnesses.
– University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Embargo expired on 03-Dec-2016 at 18:30 ET
'Shock and Kill' Strategy for Curing HIV May Endanger Patients' Brains
Combination drug treatments have become successful at long-term control of HIV infection, but the goal of totally wiping out the virus and curing patients has so far been stymied by HIV's ability to hide out in cells and become dormant for long perio...
– Johns Hopkins Medicine
AIDS; P01MH070306-01, U19A1076113, P40OD013117, P51OD011106, RR15459-01, RR020141-0, FRS-FNRSBELGIUM
CBD Oil May Reduce Frequency and Severity of Epileptic Seizures, According to UAB Findings
Cannabidiol oil, also known as CBD oil, reduces the frequency and severity of seizures in children and adults with severe, intractable epilepsy, according to findings presented by researchers from UAB at the American Epilepsy Society 70th Annual Meet...
– University of Alabama at Birmingham
Epilepsy Society Meeting, Dec. 2016
CPX-351 Improves Survival Following Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplant in Older High-Risk Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients, Says Moffitt Cancer Center Physician
Analysis of a phase 3 trial shows that older patients with high-risk or secondary AML, who received initial treatment with CPX-351, had improved survival following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplant, when compared with patients who received sta...
– Moffitt Cancer Center
American Society of Hematology Conference Annual Meeting
Moffitt Cancer Center Study Shows Improved Response Rates in Myelodysplastic Syndromes Patients Treated with Lenalidomide and Epoetin Alpha
Patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) suffer from a reduction in the number of different types of blood cells, including red blood cells leading to the development of anemia. Many patients with lower-risk MDS benefit from treatment with recom...
– Moffitt Cancer Center
American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting
Alpha Blockers More Effective for Large Kidney Stones
For the two-thirds of kidney stone patients who need more than just extra hydration to pass their stones, physicians are eager to find non-surgical ways to help. Now, a new review of the medical literature suggests alpha blockers may be useful in som...
– University of Michigan Health System
The BMJ, Dec. 1-2016
Cataracts Linked to Increased Odds of Depression in Older Adults
Older adults with cataracts are more likely to have symptoms of depression, reports a study in the December issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer.
– Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Optometry and Vision Science
Treatment Significantly Reduces Chemotherapy-Induced Hearing Loss in Children
Investigators from Children’s Hospital Los Angeles and 37 other Children’s Oncology Group hospitals in the U.S. and Canada have determined that sodium thiosulfate prevents cisplatin-induced hearing loss in children and adolescents with cancer. Re...
– Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Lancet Oncology, Dec 2016
New Drug for Patients with Late-Stage Lung Cancer
A new drug has been approved by the FDA in the fight against lung cancer. Tecentriq is being used by patients like Cornelius Bresnan, who had late-stage cancer.
– Yale Cancer Center
Preventing Zika From Blood Transfusion—Steps to Reduce Transfusion Needs Will Also Lower Zika Risk
As the Zika epidemic spreads to the United States, the potential for contracting the disease via blood transfusion has emerged as a serious concern. The problem of transfusion-related Zika virus transmission—and recommended strategies to reduce tha...
– International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS)
Anesthesia & Analgesia
American Cancer Society Approves New Research and Training Grants at Yale University
The American Cancer Society (ACS), the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding for three new research grants totaling over $1.7 million to investigators at Yale University.
– Yale Cancer Center
New Method Improves Stability, Extends Shelf Life of Protein Drugs
Matthew Webber, University of Notre Dame professor, tested a novel route for non-covalent protein modification and results reveal a new way to improve the stability of common protein drugs and extend shelf-life.
– University of Notre Dame
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Hearing Deficits in Schizophrenia Tied to Specific Brain Receptor
Columbia University researchers reported that people with schizophrenia who have difficulty hearing subtle changes in pitch may be helped with auditory training exercises and a drug that targets NMDA receptors in the brain.
– Columbia University Medical Center
Brain, December 2, 2016
Abusive Behavior in the Operating Room?
A new study has found that healthcare workers in operating rooms are at a risk of witnessing physical and psychological abuse.
– University of Manitoba
Canadian Journal of Anesthesia
Fast, Efficient Sperm Tails Inspire Nanobiotechnology
Just like workers in a factory, enzymes can create a final product more efficiently if they are stuck together in one place and pass the raw material from enzyme to enzyme, assembly line-style. That’s according to scientists at Cornell’s Baker In...
– Cornell University
Penn Medicine and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers to Present Findings of Personalized Cellular Therapies
Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) will present the latest advances from their studies of personalized cellular therapies for blood cancers during th...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
New Tool Uses UV Light to Control Inflammation
Cornell researchers have developed a chemical tool to control inflammation that is activated by ultraviolet (UV) light.
– Cornell University
NYU Researchers Identify Stress-Hormone Differences Among Gay Men
Increased stigma and discrimination can affect circadian HPA-axis functioning; the majority of previous studies have been conducted among white heterosexuals, with very little research examining HPA-axis functioning between different minorities. Ind...
– New York University
Tablet-Based Tool Helps Epilepsy Patients Learn Self-Management Skills
Epilepsy patients who want to learn how to manage their own unique symptoms can now get individualized information via tablet computer through a research project at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
– University of Illinois at Chicago
Partial Knee Replacement Enables World Traveler to Resume Active Lifestyle
World travel is an important part of David's job, but knee pain was slowing him down. After consulting with a number of doctors, he decided to travel to Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, where he learned he was a candidate for a partial ...
– Hospital for Special Surgery
The Promise of Regenerative Medicine the Focus of Upcoming Live Webcast
In a live webcast December 7, Molly Shoichet will discuss new research that holds the potential to stop diseases – including cancer, blindness, and strokes – and reverse their effects.
Expert Available
– Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
ISPOR Announces New 2017 Health Economics and Outcomes Research Training Programs
The International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research announced its upcoming health economics and outcomes research (HEOR) in-person training programs scheduled for early 2017.
– International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
Meridian Health Affiliated Foundations’ Hosts Record-Breaking Gala Raising $1 Million
The Nineteenth Annual Meridian Health Affiliated Foundations’ Gala, Innovation Has No Boundaries, was held on November 19 at the Ocean Place Resort & Spa in Long Branch and raised more than $1 million, a record for the event’s 19-year history. Th...
– Meridian Health
Landmark Autism Genetic Study Seeking Participants
Families with a loved one on the autism spectrum now have an opportunity to participate in a landmark study researching the genetics of autism. The national study is the largest autism research project to date.
– Rush University Medical Center
Seeking Full-Time Editor/Writer
USC Keck Medicine in Los Angeles seeks a full-time Editor/Writer in its PR & Marketing office to perform general media relations duties with an emphasis on writing and editing press releases.
– Keck Medicine of USC
Job Posting; Application Link
Schlesinger Fund for Global Health Entrepreneurship at Babson College to Host Haitian Entrepreneur Pitch Event
The Schlesinger Fund for Global Health Entrepreneurship at Babson College is partnering with the National Association for the Advancement of Haitian Professionals, USAID, and other partner organizations to host Haiti, Entrepreneurship, and Global Hea...
– Babson College
"Baby Boomers” on Dope: Recreational Marijuana Use Is on the Rise Among Adults Over 50
There is a common misperception that widespread marijuana use is limited to younger generations. However, the Baby Boomer generation has reported higher rates of substance use than any preceding generation.
– New York University
NIH (K01 DA-038800, PI: Palamar).
Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 00:05 ET
What Makes Your Voice Yours?
What are the characteristics of the way you say, “hello,” (or anything else for that matter) that makes you recognizable over the phone? Despite the increasing amount of literature on personal voice quality, very little is actually known about ho...
– Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
The 172nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America
Embargo expired on 02-Dec-2016 at 13:00 ET
Biomarker May Predict Which Formerly Treated Cancer Patients Will Develop Highly Fatal Form of Leukemia
Patients successfully treated for breast, colon and other cancers can go on to develop an often-fatal form of leukemia, sometimes years after completion of treatment, due to a genetic mutation leading to secondary malignancies known as therapy-relate...
– University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Embargo expired on 03-Dec-2016 at 10:45 ET
Three New ASCB Celldance Video Awards Take You Inside Living Cells
Riding a wave of powerful new imaging technologies, three ASCB member labs will take you inside the world of living cells with the release of three short 2016 Celldance videos at the ASCB Annual Meeting in San Francisco
– American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
Embargo expired on 05-Dec-2016 at 09:00 ET
Exotic Insulator May Hold Clue to Key Mystery of Modern Physics
Experiments using laser light and pieces of gray material the size of fingernail clippings may offer clues to a fundamental scientific riddle: What is the relationship between the everyday world of classical physics and the hidden quantum realm that ...
– Johns Hopkins University
Science, Dec-2-2016; W911NF-15-1-0560; GBMF2628
Research Points to Orb2 as a Physical Substrate for Memory Strength, Retention
How do you remember what happened today in the weeks and months that follow? Researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have answered a piece of that question in a recent study.
– Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Current Biology Dec 5, 2016
Ames Laboratory Awarded $5 Million to Improve Metal Powders for Advanced Manufacturing
Ames Laboratory and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been awarded $5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO) to improve the production and composition of metal alloy powders used in additive manufacturing....
– Ames Laboratory
New Study Reveals Relationships Between Chemicals Found on Comets
A new study has revealed similarities and relationships between certain types of chemicals found on 30 different comets, which vary widely in their overall composition compared to one another. The research is part of ongoing investigations into these...
– Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Icarus
Cooling Technique Helps Researchers “Target” a Major Component for a New Collider
Researchers at Argonne have recently developed a new ultra-low-friction sliding contact mechanism that uses chilled water to remove heat from a key component of a next-generation collider.
– Argonne National Laboratory
Perimeter Particle Physicist Awarded New Horizons Prize
Asimina Arvanitaki will share the New Horizons in Physics Prize from the Breakthrough Foundation – a $100,000 award that recognizes exceptionally promising young researchers.
– Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
New Study Abroad Program Focuses on Post-Conflict Mental Health
A new Northwestern study abroad program will allow students to study the psychological impact of war in post-Soviet countries Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
– Northwestern University
Federal Grants to Support UIC-Led Community Policing Programs
The Center for Public Safety and Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago has received two new federal grants to lead training in community policing and procedural justice.
– University of Illinois at Chicago
Gonzaga Senior Allie Burgett Fulfills Dream to Sing National Anthem at National Finals Rodeo
SPOKANE, Wash. – Allie Burgett, a Gonzaga University senior from Brewster, Wash., has been chosen by fans to sing the national anthem at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas at 7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 9. For Burgett, who is majoring in poli...
– Gonzaga University
Leading Researcher Bruce McCandliss to Address Brain Science and Educational Success at Seattle Event on December 6
Dr. Bruce McCandliss, a renowned scholar on developmental cognitive neuroscience, will deliver a lecture titled “Early Education and the Brain: Making Novel Connections” as part of the American Educational Research Association’s Centennial Lect...
– American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Electronically Picking Your Brain -- for Market Research
A researcher at Missouri University of Science and Technology wants to scrap the traditional electronic and paper survey approaches to gathering marketing and information systems data in favor of scanning your brainwaves.
– Missouri University of Science and Technology
Journal of Database Management (JDM) 27(1)
UChicago Endowment to Invest in Startups with Roots on Campus
The University of Chicago is designating $25 million from its endowment to invest alongside established venture funds in startups led by faculty, students, staff and alumni, expanding a commitment to grow entrepreneurship and research commercializati...
– University of Chicago
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