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Scientists Identify Protein Linked to Chronic Heart Failure
Small Non-Profit N of One's Unconventional, VC-Like Approach Offers New Hope for Families with Suramin Autism Trial
Researchers Studying Century-Old Drug in Potential New Approach to Autism
Study Sweetens Connection Between Cancer and Sugar
Heart Device Safety Study Brings Vision of Child-Specific Medical Devices Closer to Reality
Kidneys From Diabetic Donors May Benefit Many Transplant Candidates
Stroke Risk Factors for Pregnant Women with Preeclampsia Uncovered
Zika Infections Could Be Factor in More Pregnancies
Study Provides Better Understanding of How Brain Tumors ‘Feed’
Penn Medicine Researchers Identify Brain Network Organization Changes That Influence Improvements in Executive Function Among Adolescents and Young Adults
Gray Matter Density Increases During Adolescence
"Safe" Drug Consumption, Youth with HIV, Promising Vaccine Research, and More in the AIDS and HIV News Source
Cellular Stress in the Brain May Contribute to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Radiation Therapy Can Enhance Effectiveness of Immunotherapy in People with Advanced Lung Cancer
An Officer and a Physician
Study Implicates Two Genetic Variants in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Development
Aggressive Care at End of Life for Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer Linked to Poorer Outcomes
In Fruit Fly and Human Genetics, Timing Is Everything
Preliminary Study Finds BRCA Variation May Work Alongside COMT Variation to Reduce Breast Cancer Incidence
Why This IndyCar Driver Is Outpacing Diabetes
Kidney Transplants From Diabetic Donors Will Save More Lives, Sooner
New Medicine Shows Potential to Reduce Oral Steroid Use in Severe Asthma Patients
Researchers Find Air Mattresses Present a Growing Safety Risk to Infants, Recommend Changes
Congo Ebola Outbreak: Health Care Providers Should Review Response Plans
Cannabidiol Reduces Seizures in Children with Severe Epilepsy
More Patients with Ankle Arthritis Are Undergoing Ankle Replacement Surgery
ATS 2017 Wrap-Up: Rapid Sepsis Treatment, Predicting Mortality After the ICU and More
Avoid Pain on Your Travels This Summer
FDA Approval Granted to Pediatric Device Used to Treat Esophageal Birth Defect
Penn Medicine’s Irene Hurford Receives Exemplary Psychiatrist Award
NCCN Awards Grants to Investigators at Member Institutions to Study Osimertinib in Lung Cancer
National Institutes of Health $2.3 Million Renewal Grant Funds Study of Enzyme, Molecular Mechanism in Diabetic Vascular Diseases
Cedars-Sinai Kidney Transplant Pioneer Honored for Research Reducing Organ Rejection
First Military Operational and Readiness Precision Medicine Research Conference to Be Held
New Cellular Target May Put the Brakes on Cancer’s Ability to Spread
Atomic-Scale Imaging Improves Dating of Planetary Events
Bioelectricity New Weapon to Fight Dangerous Infection
Researchers Drill Deep to Understand Why the Sumatra Earthquake Was So Severe
Collapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black Hole
Fruit Flies Journey to International Space Station to Study Effects of Zero Gravity on the Heart
The Big Star That Couldn’t Become a Supernova
Water Forms ‘Spine of Hydration’ Around DNA
Government Transparency Limited When It Comes to America’s Conserved Private Lands
Gene Linked to Hormone That Impacts Soybean Nodule Development
Argonne Scientists Make Vanadium Into a Useful Catalyst for Hydrogenation
Concrete for Taller Wind Turbine Towers Passes Tests, Could Help Expand Wind Energy Nationwide
Berkeley Lab Helps California Get to Zero Net Energy Homes
Viticulture Program at Texas Tech Plays Vital Role in Wine Industry Growth
The Global Reach of Argonne’s Nuclear Security Training Team
OICR Launches Five Large-Scale Ontario Research Initiatives to Combat Some of the Most Deadly Cancers
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Joins Energy-Focused National Science Foundation Research Center
New Sally Ride Science Lecture Series Explores Importance of STEAM Education
‘Authentic’ Teachers Are Better at Engaging with Their Students
Federal Budget Cuts, JFK Centennial, Voter ID Laws, and More in the U.S. Politics News Source
OU Researcher Asks Twitter Users to Help with Research
More Than 40 Years After First Arriving at Swarthmore, Charles "Kip" Davis '75 to Graduate
Don’t Be Shocked! Keep Your Family Safe Around Pools and Lakes This Summer
BGSU Receives NEH Grant to Expand Migration Studies
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, Top Democrat on House Intelligence Committee, to Discuss Russian Threat to Democracy
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Scientists Identify Protein Linked to Chronic Heart Failure
Researchers in Japan have identified a receptor protein on the surface of heart cells that promotes chronic heart failure. The study, “Corticotropin releasing hormone receptor 2 exacerbates chronic cardiac dysfunction,” which will be published Ma...
– The Rockefeller University Press
Journal of Experimental Medicine, July 2017
Embargo expired on 26-May-2017 at 09:00 ET
Small Non-Profit N of One's Unconventional, VC-Like Approach Offers New Hope for Families with Suramin Autism Trial
A potential dramatic advance in autism from UCSD School of Medicine using an old drug, suramin, in boys may offer both a new view of what autism is and possibility of the first-ever treatment for its core symptoms.
– N of One: Autism Research Foundation
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, May 26 2017 doi: 10.1002/acn3.424
Embargo expired on 26-May-2017 at 00:00 ET
Researchers Studying Century-Old Drug in Potential New Approach to Autism
In a small, randomized Phase I/II clinical trial (SAT1), researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine say a 100-year-old drug called suramin, originally developed to treat African sleeping sickness, was safely administered to ...
– University of California San Diego Health
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
Embargo expired on 26-May-2017 at 03:00 ET
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Study Sweetens Connection Between Cancer and Sugar
Scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas have found that a protein responsible for transporting glucose — a kind of sugar — into cells is present in significantly higher levels in lung squamous cell carcinoma than in lung adenocarcinoma. ...
– University of Texas at Dallas
Nature Communications, May-2017
Embargo expired on 26-May-2017 at 05:00 ET
Heart Device Safety Study Brings Vision of Child-Specific Medical Devices Closer to Reality
The reduced-size Amplatzer duct occluder II (ADO II), a heart device developed to repair one of the most common congenital heart defects, is safe to use in very small children. That’s according to new research published in the May 2017 issue of Cat...
– University of Chicago Medical Center
Embargo expired on 26-May-2017 at 08:00 ET
Kidneys From Diabetic Donors May Benefit Many Transplant Candidates
• Patients who received kidney transplants from donors with diabetes had better survival compared with those who remained on the waitlist. • Patients at high risk of dying while on the waitlist and those at centers with long wait times may bene...
– American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
doi: 10.2215/CJN.10280916
Embargo expired on 25-May-2017 at 17:00 ET
Stroke Risk Factors for Pregnant Women with Preeclampsia Uncovered
Researchers at Columbia University found that women with preeclampsia have a higher stroke risk during pregnancy and postpartum if they have urinary tract infections, chronic high blood pressure, or blood disorders.
– Columbia University Medical Center
Stroke, March 25, 2017
Embargo expired on 25-May-2017 at 16:00 ET
Zika Infections Could Be Factor in More Pregnancies
Zika virus infection passes efficiently from a pregnant monkey to its fetus, spreading inflammatory damage throughout the tissues that support the fetus and the fetus’s developing nervous system, and suggesting a wider threat in human pregnancies t...
– University of Wisconsin-Madison
PLOS Pathogens May 25, 2017
Embargo expired on 25-May-2017 at 14:00 ET
Study Provides Better Understanding of How Brain Tumors ‘Feed’
All cancer tumors have one thing in common – they must feed themselves to grow and spread, a difficult feat since they are usually in a tumor microenvironment with limited nutrients and oxygen. A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer ...
– University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Embargo expired on 25-May-2017 at 12:00 ET
Penn Medicine Researchers Identify Brain Network Organization Changes That Influence Improvements in Executive Function Among Adolescents and Young Adults
In a new study, published this week in Current Biology, a team of University of Pennsylvania researchers report newly mapped changes in the network organization of the brain that underlie those improvements in executive function. The findings could p...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Current Biology
Embargo expired on 25-May-2017 at 12:00 ET
Gray Matter Density Increases During Adolescence
A new study published by Penn Medicine researchers this month and featured on the cover of the Journal of Neuroscience reveals that while volume indeed decreases from childhood to young adulthood, gray matter density actually increases.
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Journal of Neuroscience, May-2017; MH107235; MH089983; MH096891
"Safe" Drug Consumption, Youth with HIV, Promising Vaccine Research, and More in the AIDS and HIV News Source
The latest research, features, and experts on HIV and AIDS.
– Newswise
Cellular Stress in the Brain May Contribute to Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Research published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight shows that cellular stress in the brain may contribute to development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.
– George Washington University
Radiation Therapy Can Enhance Effectiveness of Immunotherapy in People with Advanced Lung Cancer
A new study by UCLA scientists has found that the breakthrough immunotherapy drug pembrolizumab can be more effective in improving survival in people with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) if they have previously received radiation therapy, compared...
– University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
Lancet Oncology
An Officer and a Physician
Rush University will recognize more than 800 graduating students at its 45th commencement ceremony Thursday, May 25, from 4-6 p.m. at the UIC Pavilion (525 S. Racine Ave., Chicago). Christopher B. Howard, DPhil, MBA, president of Robert Morris Univ...
– Rush University Medical Center
Study Implicates Two Genetic Variants in Bicuspid Aortic Valve Development
Michigan Medicine researchers report a key protein is affected during heart valve formation, in the first genomewide study of bicuspid aortic valve.
– Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
10.1038/NCOMMS15481; Nature Communications, May-17
Aggressive Care at End of Life for Patients with Advanced Lung Cancer Linked to Poorer Outcomes
For patients with advanced cancer, aggressive care — chemotherapy, mechanical ventilation, acute hospitalizations and intensive care unit admissions — at the end of life is commonplace. Yet until now, little is known about the relationship betwee...
– University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Cancer; 1I01HX000956-01
In Fruit Fly and Human Genetics, Timing Is Everything
Every animal starts as a clump of cells, which over time multiply and mature into many different types of cells, tissues, and organs. This is fundamental biology. Yet, the details of this process remain largely mysterious. Now, scientists have begun ...
– University of North Carolina Health Care System
Genes & Development
Preliminary Study Finds BRCA Variation May Work Alongside COMT Variation to Reduce Breast Cancer Incidence
George Washington University researchers, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, find through looking at genetic data sets of presumed cancer-free women who carry BRCA 1/2 variants, the co-occurrence of a rare COMT genetic variant in some ...
– George Washington University
Why This IndyCar Driver Is Outpacing Diabetes
New Michigan State University research is the first to help a professional race car driver with diabetes improve his performance during competition, helping him capture two top-5 finishes at the Indianapolis 500.
– Michigan State University
American College of Sports Medicine annual meeting
Kidney Transplants From Diabetic Donors Will Save More Lives, Sooner
In a study published today in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, have found that the best chance of survival, for older patients, those who l...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
New Medicine Shows Potential to Reduce Oral Steroid Use in Severe Asthma Patients
The results of the trial, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine, demonstrate that patients treated with a potential new medicine and antibody, called benralizumab, were more than four times likely to reduce their usage of oral co...
– McMaster University
Researchers Find Air Mattresses Present a Growing Safety Risk to Infants, Recommend Changes
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and the University of Georgia have found that as air mattresses become increasingly popular, the inflatable beds place infants at great risk for sleep-related death. They call for a greater recogni...
– University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
American Journal of Public Health doi:10.2105/AJPH.2017.303709
Congo Ebola Outbreak: Health Care Providers Should Review Response Plans
With an Ebola outbreak underway in the Democratic Republic of Congo, experts say health care providers should review their Ebola response plans now to avoid repeating past mistakes.
– University of Michigan
Cannabidiol Reduces Seizures in Children with Severe Epilepsy
Results from a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine revealed that children with Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, had fewer seizures after taking a daily oral solution of the cannabis compo...
– Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
New England Journal of Medicine, May 2017
More Patients with Ankle Arthritis Are Undergoing Ankle Replacement Surgery
A growing number of patients who suffer severe ankle arthritis are undergoing ankle replacement surgery, enabling them to walk again without pain. Helping drive the trend are new implants and surgical techniques that are improving outcomes.
– Loyola University Health System
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ATS 2017 Wrap-Up: Rapid Sepsis Treatment, Predicting Mortality After the ICU and More
Thousands of critical care and pulmonology specialists from across the world gathered this week for the American Thoracic Society International Conference in Washington, D.C., to share research, medical developments and best practices for patient car...
– Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
American Thoracic Society International Conference, May 2017
Avoid Pain on Your Travels This Summer
American Chiropractic Association offers tips to avoid muscle soreness when traveling
Expert Available
– American Chiropractic Association
FDA Approval Granted to Pediatric Device Used to Treat Esophageal Birth Defect
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted authorization for a magnetic device used to treat pediatric esophageal atresia, a birth defect that causes abnormal formation of the esophagus. The Flourish™ Pediatric Esophageal Atresia device was ...
Expert Available
– University of Chicago Medical Center
Penn Medicine’s Irene Hurford Receives Exemplary Psychiatrist Award
Irene Hurford, MD, an assistant professor in the department of Psychiatry, has received a 2017 Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI).
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
NCCN Awards Grants to Investigators at Member Institutions to Study Osimertinib in Lung Cancer
These studies were funded through a collaboration with AstraZeneca to evaluate the effectiveness of osimertinib in EGFRm+ non-small cell lung cancer
– National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)
National Institutes of Health $2.3 Million Renewal Grant Funds Study of Enzyme, Molecular Mechanism in Diabetic Vascular Diseases
Dr. Ming-Hui Zou, director of the Center for Molecular & Translational Medicine and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Molecular Medicine, has renewed a four-year, $2.3 million federal grant to study the role of an enzyme in causing diabe...
– Georgia State University
Cedars-Sinai Kidney Transplant Pioneer Honored for Research Reducing Organ Rejection
Stanley C. Jordan, MD, a pioneering kidney transplant researcher, has received the International Society of Nephrology’s highest honor for groundbreaking work that improves the lives of kidney transplant patients while preserving the precious resou...
– Cedars-Sinai
First Military Operational and Readiness Precision Medicine Research Conference to Be Held
The first Military Operational and Readiness Precision Medicine Research Conference will be held May 30-31. The meeting is designed to bring researchers, scientists and policymakers together to present the state of the science related to the most pre...
– Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)
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New Cellular Target May Put the Brakes on Cancer’s Ability to Spread
Researchers have discovered a biochemical signaling process that causes densely packed cancer cells to break away from a tumor and spread the disease elsewhere in the body.
– Johns Hopkins University
Nature Communications, May-26-2017; CA210173-01 ; CA174388
Embargo expired on 26-May-2017 at 05:00 ET
Atomic-Scale Imaging Improves Dating of Planetary Events
Research led by the University of Portsmouth has identified a new way to improve how we measure the age of planetary evolution in our solar system.
– University of Portsmouth
Nature Communications DOI
Embargo expired on 26-May-2017 at 05:00 ET
Bioelectricity New Weapon to Fight Dangerous Infection
Changing natural electrical signaling in non-neural cells improves innate immune response to bacterial infections and injury. Tadpoles that received therapeutics, including those used in humans for other purposes, which depolarized their cells had hi...
– Tufts University
npj Regenerative Medicine; W911NF-11-2-0054; W911NF-16-C-0050; G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Charitable Foundation; W. M. Keck Foundation ; Allen Discovery Center program through The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group...
Embargo expired on 26-May-2017 at 05:00 ET
Researchers Drill Deep to Understand Why the Sumatra Earthquake Was So Severe
An international team of scientists has found evidence suggesting the dehydration of minerals deep below the ocean floor influenced the severity of the Sumatra earthquake, which took place on December 26, 2004.
– University of Southampton
Journal / Science
Embargo expired on 25-May-2017 at 14:00 ET
Collapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black Hole
Astronomers have watched as a massive, dying star was likely reborn as a black hole. It took the combined power of the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), and NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes to go looking for remnants of the vanquished star, ...
– Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
The Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, May-2017
Embargo expired on 25-May-2017 at 13:00 ET
includes video
Fruit Flies Journey to International Space Station to Study Effects of Zero Gravity on the Heart
Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) today announced six boxes of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) will travel to the International Space Station (ISS) to study the impact of weightlessness on the heart. The fr...
– Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Embargo expired on 25-May-2017 at 17:05 ET
includes video
The Big Star That Couldn’t Become a Supernova
For the first time in history, astronomers have been able to watch as a dying star was reborn as a black hole. It went out with a whimper instead of a bang.
– Ohio State University
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
includes video
Water Forms ‘Spine of Hydration’ Around DNA
How water relates to and interacts with biological systems – like DNA, the building block of all living things – is of critical importance, and a Cornell University group has used a relatively new form of spectroscopy to observe a previously unkn...
– Cornell University
Central Science
Government Transparency Limited When It Comes to America’s Conserved Private Lands
A new study led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison examined why private-land conservation data is sometimes inaccessible and found that limited capacity within some federal agencies as well as laws prohibiting others from disclos...
– University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ecology and Society May 25, 2017
Gene Linked to Hormone That Impacts Soybean Nodule Development
Researchers have identified the SUR2 gene as playing a key role in the production of auxin, a hormone that affects soybean nodule development. The work is part of a National Science Foundation project to identify the genetic mechanisms that direct an...
– South Dakota State University
Argonne Scientists Make Vanadium Into a Useful Catalyst for Hydrogenation
In a new study, Argonne chemist Max Delferro boosted and analyzed the unprecedented catalytic activity of an element called vanadium for hydrogenation – a reaction that is used for making everything from vegetable oils to petrochemical products to ...
– Argonne National Laboratory
Chemical Communications, May-2017
Concrete for Taller Wind Turbine Towers Passes Tests, Could Help Expand Wind Energy Nationwide
A research team led by Iowa State's Sri Sritharan has just finished an 18-month, $1 million study of concrete technology for taller wind turbine towers. Sritharan said the taller towers could enable wind energy production in all 50 states.
– Iowa State University
DOE grant, DE-EE0006737
Berkeley Lab Helps California Get to Zero Net Energy Homes
California has established ambitious goals to reduce energy consumption in buildings, including a policy goal for all new residential buildings to be zero net energy (ZNE) by 2020. Now the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laborator...
– Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Viticulture Program at Texas Tech Plays Vital Role in Wine Industry Growth
Education and research are the two areas where the university has helped make the High Plains one of the top grape-growing regions in the U.S.
– Texas Tech University
The Global Reach of Argonne’s Nuclear Security Training Team
For more than 40 years, Argonne has promoted the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and technology through its affiliation with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
– Argonne National Laboratory
OICR Launches Five Large-Scale Ontario Research Initiatives to Combat Some of the Most Deadly Cancers
Funding announcement from the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
– Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Joins Energy-Focused National Science Foundation Research Center
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is joining a National Science Foundation-backed research center that will develop new technologies for storing, controlling and distributing energy that could ward off cybersecurity threats and lower energy bills...
– University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
New Sally Ride Science Lecture Series Explores Importance of STEAM Education
The Sally Ride Science STEAM Series is a quarterly program that will explore the importance of STEAM – short for science, technology, engineering, arts and math – education in preparing students for the jobs of the future. The upcoming panel will...
– University of California San Diego
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‘Authentic’ Teachers Are Better at Engaging with Their Students
Teachers who have an authentic teaching style are more positively received by their students, according to new research published in the National Communication Association’s journal, Communication Education.
– National Communication Association
Federal Budget Cuts, JFK Centennial, Voter ID Laws, and More in the U.S. Politics News Source
Go here for the latest political experts, features and research in U.S. Politics
– Newswise
OU Researcher Asks Twitter Users to Help with Research
Can Twitter help researchers learn more about the spread of disease or pinpoint populations susceptible to health outbreaks? OU researcher Christan Grant thinks it can and is appealing to the Twitterverse to help him investigate. Twitter users can ta...
– University of Oklahoma, Gallogly College of Engineering
More Than 40 Years After First Arriving at Swarthmore, Charles "Kip" Davis '75 to Graduate
Charles “Kip” Davis, who left Swarthmore in 1975 just shy of a degree, has had a mantra throughout the past year. “If not now, when?”
– Swarthmore College
Don’t Be Shocked! Keep Your Family Safe Around Pools and Lakes This Summer
A UAB engineer provides information about the risks and prevention methods associated with electric shock drowning in fresh bodies of water.
Expert Available
– University of Alabama at Birmingham
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BGSU Receives NEH Grant to Expand Migration Studies
Bowling Green State University has been awarded major funding under a new grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. “Understanding Migration: Local and Global Perspectives,” co-authored by Dr. Christina Guenther, world languages and c...
– Bowling Green State University
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff, Top Democrat on House Intelligence Committee, to Discuss Russian Threat to Democracy
UCI’s School of Law hosts U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, who will address Russia’s threat to liberal democracies around the world. Afterward, Erwin Chemerinsky, UCI l...
– University of California, Irvine
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