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Medical News New Gene Therapy for Vision Loss Proven Safe in Humans In a small and preliminary clinical trial, Johns Hopkins researchers and their collaborators have shown that an experimental gene therapy that uses viruses to introduce a therapeutic gene into the eye is safe and that it may be effective in preservin... – Johns Hopkins Medicine The Lancet Embargo expired on 16-May-2017 at 18:30 ET Study Links Physician Age to Patient Mortality Risk At a glance: Hospitalized patients have a slightly higher risk of dying when treated by older hospitalists—internal medicine specialists who oversee the care of acutely ill hospitalized patients. Physician age made no difference in patient m... – Harvard Medical School Embargo expired on 16-May-2017 at 18:30 ET Patient’s cells used to replicate dire developmental condition A team of scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles have used the cells of AHDS patients to recreate not only the disease, but a mimic of the patient’s blood-brain barrier in the laboratory dish using induc... – University of Wisconsin-Madison Cell Stem Cell May 16, 2017 Embargo expired on 16-May-2017 at 12:00 ET Research Highlights Common Sunscreen Mistakes Sunscreen can be a valuable tool for skin cancer prevention — but only if it’s used correctly. When applying sunscreen, many people make mistakes that could compromise their protection from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet rays, which may increas... – American Academy of Dermatology Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology Embargo expired on 16-May-2017 at 12:00 ET includes video Media Briefing: Blood Test Device Improves Sepsis Detection and Antimicrobial Stewardship In a virtual media briefing next Tuesday, May 16, at 11:30 a.m. EDT, noted infectious disease expert Mark Rupp, M.D. will detail the results of a forthcoming journal publication on a new device. – Dowling & Dennis Public Relations Embargo expired on 17-May-2017 at 00:00 ET Virtual Press Briefing: Novel Device Reduces Blood Sample Contamination, Could Save Billions in Health Care Costs Newswise hosts a virtual live press briefing on upcoming journal study with research results concerning a new blood collection technique that reduces contamination of blood samples and improves treatment outcomes. – Newswise Clinical Infectious Diseases, May 17, 2017; Newswise Live Virtual Press Briefing includes video Study Shows Novel Device Significantly Reduces Blood Draw Contamination, Reduces Risks to Patients A study at the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) found that a novel device can significantly reduce contamination of blood cultures, potentially reducing risky overtreatment and unnecessary use of antibiotics for many patients. This approa... – University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) Clinical Infectious Diseases includes video Three Little Letters That Could Make You A Big Hero At the Beach This Summer: CPR New study shows that bystander CPR is associated with favorable neurological survival for drowning victims in cardiac arrest – Keck Medicine of USC Resuscitation Body Donations, A-Fib Scores, Prostate Cancer Screenings, and More in the Healthcare News Source The latest research, features and announcements in healthcare in the Healthcare News Source – Newswise Researchers Test How to Accurately Assess Use of New Psychoactive Drugs such as “Bath Salts” Researchers surveyed individuals entering NYC EDM parties about their drug usage, with almost one out of ten participants who reported no “bath salt” use as per the gate question then reported use of one or more drugs in this class, such as methy... – New York University The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse; K01DA038800 Complications From Thyroid Cancer Surgery More Common Than Believed, Study Finds As thyroid cancer rates rise, more people are having surgery to remove all or part of their thyroid. A new study suggests complications from these procedures are more common than previously believed. – Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism; AG049684; CA201198; HS024512 NIBIB-Funded Researchers Develop Optical Biopsy Tool to Identify Early Pancreatic Cancer Researchers have developed a new tool for detecting early pancreatic cancer. The tool bounces light off targeted tissue to detect structural changes in the tissue, a method called light-scattering spectroscopy. The researchers performed a series of p... – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering CA205431; EB003473; CA205431 Researchers Find Link Between Donor, Bacterial Infection in Heart, Lung Transplant Recipients Researchers at Mayo Clinic have identified a possible cause for a rare infection in heart and lung transplant recipients: the donor. The way in which heart and lung transplant recipients acquired a specific species of bacteria, Mycoplasma hominis, ha... – Mayo Clinic EBioMedicine New Zika Virus Inhibitor Identified Compound could serve as basis for drugs to prevent neurological complications of Zika – Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Antiviral Research, May-2017; NIH R21NS10047 New Clinical Trial Framework Tests ‘Natural’ Cures for Cancer A University of Colorado Cancer Center clinical trial is now recruiting prostate cancer patients who would otherwise be on a watch-and-wait protocol to test the ability of grape seed extract to slow the rise of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a comm... – University of Colorado Cancer Center Carcinogenesis; Molecular Carcinogenesis; Current Cancer Drug Targets Inflammatory Signature of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease A team of investigators led by Rohit Kohli, MBBS, MS, of Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, has identified key inflammatory cells involved in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. – Childrens Hospital Los Angeles Journal of Hepatology Communications Diagnostic Biomarkers in Saliva Show Promise in Recognizing Early Alzheimer’s Disease Beaumont Research Institute investigators are hopeful that their study involving small molecules in saliva will help identify those at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. – Beaumont Health Journal of Alzheimer's Disease 58(2); PubMed abstract Basis of ‘Leaky’ Brain Blood Vessels in Huntington’s Disease Identified ... – University of California, Irvine Cell Reports, May-2016 Sick Kids Live Longer, but Brain Function May Suffer Hundreds of thousands of children with chronic illnesses who used to die are now surviving their disease and treatment—which is amazing. But their brains are being damaged in the process of keeping them alive. This first ever research quantifies th... – Vanderbilt University American Psychologist includes video Investing in Drug Safety Monitoring Could Avoid Complications—and Save Medical Costs Increased investment in "pharmacovigilance surveillance"—systems to proactively monitor safety problems with new medications—has the potential to avoid harmful drug effects while lowering healthcare costs, according to a study in the June issue o... – Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Medical Care Scientists Show How Defects in Blood-Brain Barrier Could Cause Neurological Disorder Scientists for the first time have assembled a "disease in a dish" model that pinpoints how a defect in the blood-brain barrier can produce an incurable psychomotor disorder, Allan-Herndon-Dudley syndrome. The findings point to a path for treating th... – Cedars-Sinai Cell Stem Call, May 16, 2017 National Clinical Study of TAVR Procedure in Low-Risk Patients Launched The Valley Heart and Vascular Institute has been selected as 1 of just 10 hospitals – and the only hospital in New Jersey – to participate in a nationwide study investigating a minimally invasive aortic valve replacement procedure for individuals... – Valley Health System Social media outreach leads to discovery of biomarker for interstitial cystitis diagnosis Within just two weeks, 454 women and men from 46 states participated in the study, watching a YouTube video and completing an online survey. – Beaumont Health Unlocking the Mystery of Multiple Sclerosis with Tech Recruitment begins for a Keck School of Medicine of USC study of the first smartphone app to combine clinical data, MRI imaging and genetic data for people with multiple sclerosis – Keck Medicine of USC Work by Sanford Health Researcher Published Nationally Paper on immunotherapy for head and neck cancer reports favorable results. – Sanford Health Journal of Clinical Oncology Kinesio Tape Sticking as a Treatment for Athletes and Others Kinesio tape first gained widespread public attention when it was spotted on athletes during the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but it has been around since the 1970s. Expert Available – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center For Parents, ‘Empty Nest’ Is Emotional Challenge While “empty nest syndrome” is not a formal clinical diagnosis, most psychiatrists agree it’s a legitimate emotional moment when a young adult leaves home and the parents are faced with an empty bedroom—and silence. Expert Available – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences The Academy for Eating Disorders Applauds France’s New Law to Protect the Health and Safety of Fashion Models, Address Eating Disorders The Academy for Eating Disorders applauds the stance taken by France to rein in fashion industry pressures on professional models to be extremely thin as a condition of employment. – Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) ATS Rally to Highlight Recent Proposals That Would Significantly Impact Research Funding and Public Health Priorities On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, the American Thoracic Society will lead ATS members, pulmonary clinicians, researchers, and patient advocates in the ATS Rally on Capitol Hill: Lab Coats for Lungs. The rally will bring attention to recent policies that th... – American Thoracic Society (ATS) The ATS 2017 International Conference The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Appoints Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation The Children’s Hospital of Michigan-DMC has announced that Charles Pelshaw, M.D., has been appointed Chief of the Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Services. Dr. Pelshaw, who most recently served as interim chief, also serves as Dire... – Children's Hospital of Michigan Penn Medicine Hospitals Receive $1.35 Million from PA Department of Health to Establish Safe Sleep Program for Infants Penn Medicine’s Pennsylvania Hospital (PAH) and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) have received a three-year, $1.35 million grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Health to design an innovative and replicable program for promo... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania American College of Surgeons Supports Developing a National Trauma Action Plan As Trauma Awareness Month progresses throughout May, the ACS Committee on Trauma today again voiced its strong support for implementing a National Trauma Action Plan to close the gaps in trauma care in the United States. – American College of Surgeons (ACS) App That Tracks Bipolar Manic, Depressive Episodes Wins Award A team led by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, along with collaborators at the University of Michigan and Sage Bionetworks, has won the Mood Challenge for ResearchKit, a contest that called on researchers to come up with new ways... – University of Illinois at Chicago Tulane Team Wins Prestigious International Business Model Competition An interdisciplinary team from Tulane University’s bioinnovation and biomedical engineering departments has won the International Business Model Competition (IBMC) in Mountain View, California. – Tulane University UT Physicians Opens Community Health & Wellness Center in North Houston With the opening of the new UT Physicians Community Health & Wellness Center – Jensen, children and adults living in north Houston can receive high-quality primary care and medical screenings at a multispecialty clinic. It opened May 16. – University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Pediatric Emergency Department Expands Hours 24/7 at Hackensack Meridian Health Jersey Shore University Medical Center The region’s most comprehensive pediatric program enhances access to care with expanded pediatric emergency expertise. – Meridian Health Autoimmune Vasculitis Specialists Presenting at the2017 International Vasculitis Symposium June 23-25 in Chicago Some of the world's leading experts in the field of autoimmune vasculitis research will present at the 2017 International Vasculitis Symposium in Chicago. Sessions will include information about the latest vasculitis research, and treatment and man... – Vasculitis Foundation Saving Lives, Improving Readiness: More Than 330 Military Health Care Professionals to Graduate More than 330 uniformed professionals and their guests will receive their long-deserved medical, graduate nursing, dental and biomedical science, public health and clinical psychology degrees on May 20 – Armed Forces Day – at the Uniformed Servic... – Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) Science News The Secrets Behind T-Rex’s Bone Crushing Bites: Researchers Find T-Rex Could Crush 8,000 Pounds A Florida State- Oklahoma State research team found that T. rex could pulverize bones, chomping down with nearly 8,000 pounds of force. – Florida State University Embargo expired on 17-May-2017 at 05:00 ET Don’t Count on Your Chickens Counting To understand numbers, you need culture, says UC San Diego cognitive scientist Rafael Nunez, arguing against the current conventional wisdom that numerical cognition is biologically endowed. – University of California San Diego Embargo expired on 16-May-2017 at 11:00 ET Engaging Diamond for Next-Era Transistors Most transistors are silicon-based and silicon technology has driven the computer revolution. In some applications, however, silicon has significant limitations. Silicon devices are prone to faltering and failing in difficult environments. Addressin... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Applied Physics Letters Embargo expired on 16-May-2017 at 11:00 ET Polymerases Pause to Help Mediate the Flow of Genetic Information Stop-and-go traffic is typically a source of frustration, an unneccesary hold-up on the path from point A to point B. But when it comes to the molecular machinery that copies our DNA into RNA, a stop right at the beginning of the path may actually be... – Stowers Institute for Medical Research Nature Genetics Research Highlights Ideal Temperature for Spread of Mosquito-Borne Diseases Finding will aid global public health officials as they develop early warning systems for dengue, Zika and chikungunya and find ways to reduce the risk of exposure to disease-carrying mosquitoes. – SUNY Upstate Medical University PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases Managing Stress Helps Transistor Performance A research team in China have developed a new CESL method that introduces tensile stress into both the channel and the drift region, improving overall performance by offering low drift resistance, high cut-off frequency and desirable breakdown charac... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) AIP Advances UK Researchers Identify Macrophages as Key Factor for Regeneration in Mammals The team’s findings, published today in eLife, shed light on how immune cells might be harnessed to someday help stimulate tissue regeneration in humans. – University of Kentucky eLife Scientists Demonstrate New Real-Time Technique for Studying Ionic Liquids at Electrode Interfaces This electron microscope-based imaging technique could help scientists optimize the performance of ionic liquids for batteries and other energy storage devices. – Brookhaven National Laboratory Advaned Materials includes video Tea-Time Means Leopard-Time in India A new WCS study finds that leopards are abundant in tea-garden landscapes in north-eastern India, but that their mere presence does not lead to conflicts with people. – Wildlife Conservation Society PLOSONE Plants Call 911 to Help Their Neighbors A University of Delaware professor teamed with a local high school student on research that found injured plants will send out warning signals to neighboring plants. The signals are sent through airborne chemicals released mainly from leaves, and pla... – University of Delaware Frontiers in Plant Science Green Fleet Technology New research at Penn State addresses the impact delivery trucks have on the environment by providing green solutions that keep costs down without sacrificing efficiency. – Penn State College of Engineering BRI Reports Status of Common Loon Species in Wyoming Biodiversity Research Institute will hold its annual meeting of the Wyoming Loon Working Group in Jackson Hole, Wyoming on May 24. Collaborators from state and federal agencies, nongovernmental research and conservation groups, and local universities... – Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) Strategic Petroleum Reserve Taps Sandia Expertise in Salt Decades of Sandia National Laboratories expertise on how salt domes behave went into a recent report that concluded that the U.S. Department of Energy is justified in extending the life of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. – Sandia National Laboratories Citizen Science Campaign to Aid Disaster Response For the next few weeks researchers are testing a new system to aid disaster damage mapping, providing much-needed real-time data to help communities recover and rebuild after disaster. – International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis Gulf of Mexico Alliance Receives NAS Capacity Building Grants The Gulf of Mexico Alliance is pleased to announce the receipt of two NAS Gulf Research Program capacity-building grants. – Gulf of Mexico Alliance Lifestyle & Social Sciences New Biography Unveils Washington's Most Secretive Man In early 20th century Boston, the path to political power required one of two backgrounds: Yankee Boston or Irish Boston. The former demanded a Pilgrim or Puritan ancestor and a degree from Harvard. The latter called for an Irish-born father, a widow... – University of Vermont After Receiving Bad Advice, Bullying Victims Say They Would Give Same Bad Advice to Others Workplace bullying victims get plenty of advice on how to respond to the situation and make it stop. While well intentioned, much of the advice is impractical or makes the situation worse. Despite the bad advice, most victims said they would tell oth... – Iowa State University Journal of Applied Communication Research Professor Researches Cultural Clashes in the Classroom A Cornell College professor just wrapped up a three-year project to research the story behind one Iowa public school’s struggle to deal with diversity and cultural differences following the initiation of a controversial federal program. – Cornell College Educational Review includes video Cal State Los Angeles Alumni Siblings Continue Legacy at Famed Porto’s Bakery Higher education allowed all three Porto siblings to turn the business their parents created into a flourishing, 21st-century phenomenon. – California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office Good News for Grilling: Black Pepper Helps Limit Cancerous Compounds in Meat, Study Shows A Kansas State University researcher recently discovered that a commonly used spice is a champion at reducing carcinogenic compounds in grilled meats. Expert Available – Kansas State University Composition Expert: “Video Games Can Make You a Better Writer” Can playing video games make you a better writer? Expert Available – New York Institute of Technology SCIREA Journal of Education Honoring Fallen Officers S&T honors the service and remembers the dedication to protecting our communities and upholding our laws of all law enforcement officers especially during Police Week. – Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate UW-Milwaukee Completes 66,000 Service Hours to Celebrate 60th Anniversary The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee turned 60 in September. To celebrate, the university challenged its community of faculty, staff, students and alumni to complete 60,000 hours of service. They exceeded expectations, and will celebrate 66,000 serv... – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Latino Graduation Banquet Honors Grads, Raises Funds at UWM A sold-out graduation banquet and scholarship fundraiser for Latino students at UW-Milwaukee raised more than $32,000, and demonstrates the university's unique commitment to serving Wisconsin's fastest growing population of college-aged students. – University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Commencement 2017: The Ties That Bind “Family is the most important thing to me,” said Khalil Drayton, who hails from Queens, New York. The oldest of seven children raised by a single mother, Drayton initially wanted to stay close to home when it came time to plan for college. It too... – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Business News Great Expectations Force Risky Business Acquisitions A good reputation can be bad for business, according to new research from the University of Georgia. – University of Georgia Strategic Management Journal Wichita State Student Team Wins Koch Innovation Challenge with 'Out Cold' Pillow Design The Wichita State University student innovation team “Out Cold” has won the Koch Innovation Challenge grand championship. “Out Cold” is a customizable pillow with air chambers that helps re