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Mouse Study Identifies New Method for Treating Depression
Researchers Identify Potential Treatment for Type of Muscle and Brain Degenerative Disease
Combination Immunotherapy Effective for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Scientists Find Possible Achilles Heel of Treatment Resistant Cancers
Study Underscores Benefit of Smartphone Use to Track Children’s Health
Penn Researchers Discover Test for Earlier Detection of Transplant Rejection
Sanford Burnham Prebys Scientist Joins Forces with Rady Children's for Genomic Medicine to Fight Childhood Brain Cancer
New Research Findings: Health Costs for Children with Cancer Are Higher Than for Adolescents, Adults
Complexity of CRRT Makes Managing Medications a Challenge for Clinicians
Self-Healing Graphene Holds Promise for Artificial Skin in Future Robots
Direct Tumor Vaccination Shown to Induce Anti-Tumor Immunity and Increase Survival in a Murine Model of Pancreatic Cancer
New Research Shows Promise for the Production of Patient-Matched Blood Cells for Therapies, Disease Modeling and Drug Screening
Pembrolizumab Shows Promise in Treatment of Mesothelioma
Researchers Discover Key to Drug Resistance in Common Breast Cancer Treatment
A Simple Fix to Avoid Unnecessary Coronary Stents Is Overlooked by Cardiologists and Current Cardiovascular Guidelines
Gene Editing Technique Helps Find Cancer’s Weak Spots
A Pocket-Sized Retina Camera, No Dilating Required
Researchers Explore a New Method to Study Cholesterol Distribution on Cells
New Program Improves Hearing Aid Use for Older Adults
Study Highlights Risks of Sepsis
Study Unveils Novel Link Between Cell Polarity and Cancer-Associated Inflammation
Parsley and Other Plants Lend Form to Human Stem Cell Scaffolds
Researchers Gain Insight Into Day-to-Day Lives of Parents Raising Children with Autism
Producing Radioisotopes for Medical Imaging and Disease Treatment
Mayo Clinic’s Newly Redesigned Spanish Website Offers Enhanced User Experience, Easier Access to Expert Medical Information
First Patient Cured of Rare Blood Disorder
Katona to Step Down as Pediatrics Chair at ‘America’s Medical School’
Vanderbilt Joins Cutting-Edge Obesity Research Network
Congressman Bobby L. Rush Announces Carolyn and Bobby L. Rush Scholarship at Rush University
‘Flying Saucer’ Quantum Dots Hold Secret to Better, Brighter Lasers
Revised Understanding of Graft-Versus-Host Disease Origins Offers New Direction for Potential Therapies
NUS Engineering Team Develops Novel Nanofibre Solution for Clean, Fresh Air
New Feedback System Could Allow Greater Control Over Fusion Plasma
‘Flying Saucer’ Colloidal Quantum Dots Produce Brighter, Better Lasers
NAU Study Finds Drought-Quenching Bacteria Protects Plants From Climate Stress
People Remain Calm as the World Ends, Video Game Study Suggests
Less Radiation in Inner Van Allen Belt Than Previously Believed
Chicago’s Red-Light Camera Program Has Significant Safety Benefits
Power Partners: Sandia Draws Industry Into Quest for Cheaper, Cleaner Electricity
Research Reveals Students in More Religious Countries Perform Worse in Science and Mathematics
People Afraid of Robots Are Much More Likely to Fear Losing Their Jobs and Suffer Anxiety-Related Mental Health Issues, Baylor Study Finds
Peers, More Than Teachers, Inspire Us to Learn
Spiritual Struggles and Mental Health
Historian Uncovers Untold Story of Early Defense Contractor, Methodist Leader
2017 Economic Forecast: Uncertainty Looms
Orson Welles Plays Starring Role in Creating Brazilian Folklore
Public Health, Tropical Medicine Expert Named as New Preventive Medicine Department Chair for Hebert School of Medicine
Texas Hunger Initiative Receives $3 Million Grant From the Walmart Foundation
ISU Financial Experts: Changes to Credit Reports Will Benefit College Students
DHS Announces $35M Funding Opportunity for New Center of Excellence in Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense
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Mouse Study Identifies New Method for Treating Depression
Standard antidepressant medications don’t work for everyone, and even when they do they are slow to kick in. In an effort to find better depression treatments, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine discovered that inh...
– University of California San Diego Health Sciences
Molecular Psychiatry
Embargo expired on 21-Mar-2017 at 04:00 ET
Researchers Identify Potential Treatment for Type of Muscle and Brain Degenerative Disease
UCLA researchers have discovered the molecular basis of an incurable disease known as inclusion body myopathy, Paget disease with frontotemporal dementia, or IBMPFD. Using both fruit flies and human cells the researchers discovered how IBMPFD mutatio...
– University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
eLife
Embargo expired on 21-Mar-2017 at 05:00 ET
Combination Immunotherapy Effective for Advanced Prostate Cancer
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center developed a novel chimeric mouse model to test the combination therapy using immune checkpoint blockades with therapies targeting myeloid-derived suppressor cells (MDSCs).
– University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Embargo expired on 20-Mar-2017 at 12:00 ET
Scientists Find Possible Achilles Heel of Treatment Resistant Cancers
Scientists identify two signaling proteins in cancer cells that make them resistant to chemotherapy, and show that blocking the proteins along with chemotherapy eliminate human leukemia in mouse models. Reporting results March 20 in Nature Medicine, ...
– Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Nature Medicine March 20, 2017
Embargo expired on 20-Mar-2017 at 12:00 ET
Study Underscores Benefit of Smartphone Use to Track Children’s Health
The research appears in JAMA Pediatrics on March 20. “The take-home message is that a smartphone can help a child be healthier across a number of health care behaviors, like making sure they get vaccines or eat a healthy diet,” said co-author Chr...
– University of Kansas
JAMA Pediatrics
Embargo expired on 20-Mar-2017 at 11:00 ET
Penn Researchers Discover Test for Earlier Detection of Transplant Rejection
Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered a method that appears to provide earlier warning of organ transplant rejection compared to standard methods, and requires only a blood test rather than a...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Journal of Clinical Investigation; R21 AI11010-01; U01 DK070430; UL1 TR000003; P30 DK19525
Embargo expired on 20-Mar-2017 at 16:00 ET
Sanford Burnham Prebys Scientist Joins Forces with Rady Children's for Genomic Medicine to Fight Childhood Brain Cancer
Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM) announced that Robert Wechsler-Reya, Ph.D., has been named program director for the Joseph Clayes III Research Center for Neuro-Oncology and Genomics at RCIGM. Wechsler-Reya, a professor at San...
– Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Embargo expired on 20-Mar-2017 at 11:00 ET
New Research Findings: Health Costs for Children with Cancer Are Higher Than for Adolescents, Adults
ISPOR announced the publication of original research estimating the costs of cancer care in children and adolescents in the March issue of Value in Health.
– International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
Value in Health, Mar-2017
Complexity of CRRT Makes Managing Medications a Challenge for Clinicians
A symposium on continuous renal replacement therapies in AACN Advanced Critical Care includes an article on the multitude of factors that clinicians should incorporate into drug dosing and medication management during CRRT.
– American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)
AACN Advanced Critical Care, Spring 2017
Self-Healing Graphene Holds Promise for Artificial Skin in Future Robots
The study offers a novel solution where a sub-nano sensor uses graphene to sense a crack as soon as it starts nucleation, or after the crack has spread a certain distance. This technology could quickly become viable for use in the next generation of ...
– De Gruyter Open
Direct Tumor Vaccination Shown to Induce Anti-Tumor Immunity and Increase Survival in a Murine Model of Pancreatic Cancer
Building on their previous research focusing on vaccination within a tumor (intratumoral) for the most common form of pancreatic cancer, investigators from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School have sho...
– Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Society of Surgical Oncology Cancer Symposium, Mar-2017
New Research Shows Promise for the Production of Patient-Matched Blood Cells for Therapies, Disease Modeling and Drug Screening
The Galat laboratory at Stanley Manne Children’s Research Institute, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, has developed an elegant system to derive blood cell precursors from human pluripotent stem cells (hPSC). This type of stem...
– Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Stem Cell Research & Therapy, March-2017
Pembrolizumab Shows Promise in Treatment of Mesothelioma
Pembrolizumab, an antibody drug already used to treat other forms of cancer, can be effective in the treatment of the most common form of mesothelioma, according to a new study led by investigators from the Perelman School of Medicine at the Universi...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Researchers Discover Key to Drug Resistance in Common Breast Cancer Treatment
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the University of California (UC), San Diego and the University of Illinois have found that two immune system molecules may be key to the development of drug resistance in e...
– Scripps Research Institute
R01DK091183; R01DK015556; R01CA17390; P30 DK063491
A Simple Fix to Avoid Unnecessary Coronary Stents Is Overlooked by Cardiologists and Current Cardiovascular Guidelines
Physician researchers at Thomas Jefferson University suspect that some cases of coronary artery spasm go unrecognized and are incorrectly treated with stents. The good news – there could be a simple fix to eliminate these unnecessary stenting proce...
– Thomas Jefferson University
Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions, March 2017
Gene Editing Technique Helps Find Cancer’s Weak Spots
Genetic mutations that cause cancer also weaken cancer cells, allowing researchers to develop drugs that will selectively kill them. This is called “synthetic lethality” because the drug is only lethal to mutated (synthetic) cells. Researchers at...
– University of California San Diego Health Sciences
Nature Methods
A Pocket-Sized Retina Camera, No Dilating Required
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine and Massachusetts Eye and Ear/Harvard Medical School have developed a cheap, portable camera that can photograph the retina without the need for pupil-dilating eye drops.
– University of Illinois at Chicago
Journal of Ophthalmology
Researchers Explore a New Method to Study Cholesterol Distribution on Cells
Researchers have developed a new way of visualizing the distribution of cholesterol in cells and tissues. Their research provides insights into the movement of cholesterol into and out of cells and could eventually identify mechanisms linking cholest...
– University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
New Program Improves Hearing Aid Use for Older Adults
More than half of older adults have some form of hearing loss, impacting everyday life and significantly affecting their health and safety if left untreated. Hearing aids are the most common treatment for hearing loss; however, many adults fail to ad...
– University of Missouri Health
Study Highlights Risks of Sepsis
A new study from researchers at UAB analyzing three different methods for characterizing sepsis has helped to illustrate the risk of death or severe illness attributable to the condition. The study is one the most comprehensive studies of the burden ...
– University of Alabama at Birmingham
Lancet Infectious Diseases
Study Unveils Novel Link Between Cell Polarity and Cancer-Associated Inflammation
A new study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer researchers and published in the Journal of Cell Science establishes a novel link between cell polarity and cancer-associated inflammation.
– University of Kentucky
Journal of Cell Science
Parsley and Other Plants Lend Form to Human Stem Cell Scaffolds
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison are using the decellularized husks of plants such as parsley, vanilla and orchids to form three-dimensional scaffolds that can then be primed and seeded with human stem cells to optimize their growth ...
– University of Wisconsin-Madison
Advanced Healthcare Materials March 20 2017
Researchers Gain Insight Into Day-to-Day Lives of Parents Raising Children with Autism
A new study by Waisman Center researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison looks at the daily experiences of the parents of children with autism spectrum disorder to provide a more detailed picture of the strengths and vulnerabilities of couple...
– University of Wisconsin-Madison
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders March 2017
Producing Radioisotopes for Medical Imaging and Disease Treatment
Accelerators built to explore the building blocks of matter help to feed the nation's need for certain critical radioisotopes used to diagnose, track, and treat disease.
– Brookhaven National Laboratory
Mayo Clinic’s Newly Redesigned Spanish Website Offers Enhanced User Experience, Easier Access to Expert Medical Information
As part of ongoing efforts to be the preferred hospital and trusted health care information source for Spanish speakers worldwide, Mayo Clinic has launched its redesigned Spanish website, mayoclinic.org/espanol. The upgraded site offers an enhanced o...
– Mayo Clinic
First Patient Cured of Rare Blood Disorder
Using a technique that avoids the use of high-dose chemotherapy and radiation in preparation for a stem cell transplant, physicians at the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System have documented the first cure of an adult patient wit...
– University of Illinois at Chicago
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Katona to Step Down as Pediatrics Chair at ‘America’s Medical School’
Retired Navy Captain (Dr.) Ildy M. Katona will step down as chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the F. Edward Hebert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) in late May, after more than two decades in the p...
– Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)
Vanderbilt Joins Cutting-Edge Obesity Research Network
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is one of four centers receiving a $15 million, four-year research award from the American Heart Association (AHA) to provide cutting-edge research on obesity as part of its sixth Strategically Focused Rese...
– Vanderbilt University Medical Center
American Heart Association
Congressman Bobby L. Rush Announces Carolyn and Bobby L. Rush Scholarship at Rush University
In honor of his late wife, Congressman Bobby L. Rush has established the Carolyn and Bobby L. Rush Scholarship, which will be awarded to underrepresented minority students interested in pursuing a career in health sciences through the Rush Universi...
– Rush University Medical Center
Science News |
‘Flying Saucer’ Quantum Dots Hold Secret to Better, Brighter Lasers
Vanderbilt University chemists collaborated in research that ‘squashes’ the shape of nanoparticles to create inexpensive lasers that continuously emit light in a customizable rainbow of colors.
– Vanderbilt University
Nature (20Mar2017)
Embargo expired on 20-Mar-2017 at 12:00 ET
Revised Understanding of Graft-Versus-Host Disease Origins Offers New Direction for Potential Therapies
An international research team led by the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute is changing the understanding of the key cellular and molecular events that trigger graft-versus-host disease, an often fatal complication of bone marrow transpl...
– University of Michigan
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Embargo expired on 20-Mar-2017 at 16:00 ET
NUS Engineering Team Develops Novel Nanofibre Solution for Clean, Fresh Air
A research team from the National University of Singapore has successfully concocted a novel nanofibre solution that creates thin, see-through air filters that can remove up to 90 per cent of PM2.5 particles and achieve high air flow of 2.5 times bet...
– National University of Singapore
New Feedback System Could Allow Greater Control Over Fusion Plasma
A physicist has created a new system that will let scientists control the energy and rotation of plasma in real time in a doughnut-shaped machine known as a tokamak.
– Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Physics of Plasmas, Feb-2017
‘Flying Saucer’ Colloidal Quantum Dots Produce Brighter, Better Lasers
A multi-institutional team of researchers from Canada and the US has demonstrated steady state lasing with solution-processed nanoparticles called “colloidal quantum dots,” an important step on the path to improving laser tools for fiber optics, ...
– Los Alamos National Laboratory
NAU Study Finds Drought-Quenching Bacteria Protects Plants From Climate Stress
The study, led by doctoral student Rachel Rubin, determined bacteria could play a significant role in increasing crop yields in the future, even in times of drought
– Northern Arizona University
People Remain Calm as the World Ends, Video Game Study Suggests
As the world ends, will you lock arms and sing “Kumbayah” or embark on a path of law-breaking, anti-social behavior? A new study, based upon the virtual actions of more than 80,000 players of the role-playing video game ArcheAge, suggests you’l...
– University at Buffalo
International World Wide Web Conference
Less Radiation in Inner Van Allen Belt Than Previously Believed
The inner Van Allen belt has less radiation than previously believed, according to a recent study in the Journal of Geophysical Research. Observations from NASA’s Van Allen probes show the fastest, most energetic electrons in the inner radiation be...
– Los Alamos National Laboratory
Journal of Geophysical Research
Chicago’s Red-Light Camera Program Has Significant Safety Benefits
Chicago’s red-light cameras reduce serious injury crashes at intersections where they are placed and also have a measurable “spillover effect” that improves safety at intersections without cameras, according to a Northwestern University Transpo...
– Northwestern University
Power Partners: Sandia Draws Industry Into Quest for Cheaper, Cleaner Electricity
Sandia National Laboratories is working with three industry partners to commercialize a distributed power system that can produce cheaper, cleaner, more efficient electricity.
– Sandia National Laboratories
Lifestyle & Social Sciences |
Research Reveals Students in More Religious Countries Perform Worse in Science and Mathematics
The more religious people are, the lower children in that country perform in science and mathematics, according to new research at Leeds Beckett University.
– Leeds Beckett University
Embargo expired on 21-Mar-2017 at 02:00 ET
People Afraid of Robots Are Much More Likely to Fear Losing Their Jobs and Suffer Anxiety-Related Mental Health Issues, Baylor Study Finds
“Technophobes” — people who fear robots, artificial intelligence and new technology that they don’t understand — are much more likely to be afraid of losing their jobs due to technology and to suffer anxiety-related mental health issues, a ...
– Baylor University
Peers, More Than Teachers, Inspire Us to Learn
“Why do I have to learn this?” It’s a common question among youth, but new research out of Michigan State University suggests students perform much better academically when the answer is provided by their peers rather than their teachers.
– Michigan State University
Spiritual Struggles and Mental Health
Phrases like “spiritual struggle” and “experiential avoidance” might not typically be heard in everyday conversation, but a short chat with Bowling Green State University psychology professor Dr. Kenneth Pargament and alumna Dr. Carmen Oemig ...
– Bowling Green State University
Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science
Historian Uncovers Untold Story of Early Defense Contractor, Methodist Leader
West Virginia University religious studies professor Jane Donovan’s book, “Henry Foxall: Methodist, Industrialist, American” is the untold story of an immigrant who transformed American Methodism from a religious movement to a denomination whil...
– West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
2017 Economic Forecast: Uncertainty Looms
With attention on the Fed’s interest rate increase and projections for the U.S. economy, UVA Darden Professor Alan Beckenstein and Nick Sargen offer their own expert predictions for 2017
– University of Virginia Darden School Foundation
Orson Welles Plays Starring Role in Creating Brazilian Folklore
American filmmaker Orson Welles changed the perception of the Brazilian Northeast when he filmed the story of four campaigning fishermen for an ill-fated and uncompleted movie, a study reveals.
– University of Birmingham
Past and Present, Jan 2017
Public Health, Tropical Medicine Expert Named as New Preventive Medicine Department Chair for Hebert School of Medicine
Bethesda, Md -- Navy Captain (Dr.) Mark S. Riddle, an expert in tropical medicine and public health, was selected to lead the Department of Preventive Medicine and Biostatistics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences’ (USU) F. ...
– Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)
Texas Hunger Initiative Receives $3 Million Grant From the Walmart Foundation
The Texas Hunger Initiative at Baylor University has received a $3 million grant from the Walmart Foundation to continue its work to end hunger in Texas, including conducting university-based research and expanding projects to find long-term, communi...
– Baylor University
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