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Medical News Researchers Develop DNA Sunscreen That Gets Better the Longer You Wear It Why use regular sunscreen when you can apply a DNA film to your skin? Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a coating made out of DNA that gets better at protecting skin from Ultraviolet light the more you ... – Binghamton University, State University of New York Scientific Reports, July-2017 Embargo expired on 26-Jul-2017 at 05:00 ET Diet Quality Matters Not Just Quantity in Mid-to-Late-Adulthood A new study in Obesity investigated the impact of diet quality in mid-to-late-adulthood on visceral and liver fat not solely relying on Body Mass Index (BMI). Four different measures of diet quality were used to evaluate dietary intake of the multie... – Obesity Society Obesity Journal- August Issue 2017 Embargo expired on 26-Jul-2017 at 00:05 ET Study Points to Penile Microbiome as a Risk Factor for HIV in Men Uncircumcised men with high levels of anaerobic penile bacteria at higher risk for HIV – George Washington University Embargo expired on 25-Jul-2017 at 10:00 ET How Do People Decide: Should I Go, Stay, Drink? Many studies of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) use tasks that involve monetary rewards or losses to examine individual decision-making vis-à-vis alcohol and other substance use. Yet drinking typically occurs in specific social and incentive contexts t... – Research Society on Alcoholism Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research Embargo expired on 25-Jul-2017 at 17:00 ET Penile Microbiome Study, Latent HIV, Autoimmune Disease Barrier, and More in the AIDS and HIV News Source The latest research, features, and experts on HIV and AIDS. – Newswise Are Doctors Prescribing Antibiotics Too Often for Sinus Infections? Sinus infections are one of the most common reasons patients walk out of the doctor’s office with an antibiotic prescription in hand. The problem is that bacteria causes only about one-third of sinus infections, which means most patients are inappr... – University of Georgia What Is Real-World Data?: A Review of Definitions ... – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Value in Health, Jul-Aug-2017 Randomized Clinical Trials Shown to Accurately Predict Real-World Overall Survival Value in Health, the official journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR), announced today the publication of new research examining the relationship between the efficacy of randomized controlled trials an... – International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Value in Health, Jul-Aug-2017 Future Doctors Spend ‘A Day in the Life’ of a Skin Cancer Patient All too frequently doctors are faced with the challenge of breaking bad news to patients. A new research study by Queen’s University Belfast suggests that techniques allowing medical students to ‘walk in the shoes’ of a patient may better prepa... – Queen's University Belfast Winning Star Trek Tricorder Device to Be Presented to Experts at the 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press can register here to livestream this special session through Newswise Live on Monday, July 31 at 7:30 PM EDT. The winner of the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE competition will present DxtER—a real-life tricorder—at the 69th AACC Annual Scientifi... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting, Jul-Aug 2017; Live Stream of Expert Panel - Press Register Here to Attend; All Meeting News on Newswise Could Aggressive Blood Pressure Treatment Lead to Kidney Damage? Aggressive combination treatments for high blood pressure that are intended to protect the kidneys may actually be damaging the organs. – University of Virginia Health System Hypertension; R37 HL-066242; RO1 HL-096735; RO1 DK-091330; P50 DK096373 Wolters Kluwer and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Publish Postoperative Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Wolters Kluwer, a leading global provider of information and point of care solutions for the healthcare industry, announces the release of Postoperative Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, a new book published in partnership with the American Academy of Orth... – Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Postoperative Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Clinical Data Confirms Efficacy of Pre-Surgery Chemo in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Researchers analyzed data confirming the improved outcomes in both short- and long-term survival in patients that underwent neoadjuvant chemotherapy prior to surgery for triple-negative breast cancer. The study included 213 patients at 8 Italian canc... – Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO) Journal of Cellular Physiology Autism Severity Detected with Brain Activity Test Children with autism have a tell-tale difference on brain tests compared with other children – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences European Journal of Neuroscience Scientists Identify Gene Mutations in Smoking-Related Cancers African-Americans typically have worse outcomes from smoking-related cancers than Caucasians, but the reasons for this remain elusive. However, scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have taken a big step toward solving this puzzle. – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Theranostics, July-2017 Risk Analysis Releases Special Issue Supporting Global Measles and Rubella Elimination Today, Risk Analysis, an International Journal, published Part 2 of a special issue focused on modeling global measles and rubella health and financial costs (following the publication of Part I in July 2016). The special issue outlines the tools us... – Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) Risk Analysis, an International Journal CU Cancer Center Study May Explain Failure of Retinoic Acid Trials Against Breast Cancer University of Colorado Cancer Center study published online ahead of print in the journal Oncogene offers compelling evidence explaining failure of retinoic acid trials against breast cancer and offers a possible strategy for their use. – University of Colorado Cancer Center Oncogene Born Into Drug Addiction, Boy Overcomes Hepatitis C and Finds a Forever Home Talon, 11, contracted hepatitis C from his birth mother's opioid addiction. After enrolling into a clinical drug trial offered at Seattle Children's, Talon is now free of both the virus and social stigma. – Seattle Children's Hospital Journal of Hepatology, 2016 What Do Women Need to Know About Heart Disease? Did you know that heart disease impacts men and women differently? Research has shown that gender differences exist not only in the way disease affects the heart, but also in the symptoms and the way it is diagnosed. And, in combating this No. 1 kill... – Valley Health System Concussion Expert Can Discuss News That CTE Found in Most Deceased NFL Players' Brains University of Delaware researcher Tom Buckley can discuss findings that chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, was found in 99 percent of deceased NFL players' brains. Expert Available – University of Delaware Pharmacist Group Strongly Opposes Proposed Changes to Medicare Reimbursement ASHP Opposes CMS Cuts to 340B Reimbursement – ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) $450K in Fellowship Grants Awarded to Rutgers Cancer Institute Investigators Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey investigators have received $450,000 in funding to support research projects in immunotherapy and basic science research that could impact pancreatic, breast and other cancers. The Pre- and Post-Doctoral Fellows... – Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey Endocrine Society Opens Nominations for Inaugural Baxter Prize Scientists and healthcare providers who have demonstrated innovation and entrepreneurship by leveraging endocrine research to improve patient care can now apply for the inaugural John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship, the Endocrine Society announ... – Endocrine Society NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Named One of the Best Workplaces in New York by Fortune NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital is one of the top 25 Best Large Workplaces in New York, according to research and consulting firm Great Place to Work and Fortune. – New York-Presbyterian Hospital Addcare Fully Automated Blood Grouping System Addcare fully automated blood grouping system using microcolumn gel card method, simple operation, high sensitivity, can detect low levels of antigen antibody, the results clearly feasible, easy to save, and meet a variety of data management require... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Addcare AIW ELISA Workstations Addcare's range of ELISA workstations are designed to increase productivity and quality of immunoassay processing in your lab. They combine all functions required to process microplate based immunoassays on an efficient and flexible platform. A varie... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Addcare Intelligent Automation Platforms Addcares liquid handling and assay processing platforms are designed to efficiently automate routine sample preparation, other liquid handling task and a variety of assays in your laboratory. They are an indispensable tool to increase efficiency, thr... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Addcare Innovative Technology Addcare applies state of the state of the art technology, know-how and processes to provide high quality systems which perfectly integrate into your laboratory environment. – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Addcare DNA Extraction Workstation Based on our proven sample processing technology, Addcare has developed an automated DNA Extraction Workstation, increasing safety and throughput of complex and time consuming preparation of DNA amplification procedures. The system incorporates a hig... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting AIM LAB to Launch New Compact Pre-Analytical Workstation At the AACC Expo 2017, the Australian designer and manufacturer of lab automation systems, Aim Lab Automation Technologies Pty Ltd, will unveil its latest PathFinder automation platform – the PathFinder 350D - for automating the de-capping and sort... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Artel Launches Next Generation PCS Pipette Calibration System At the 68th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Artel, the technology leader in liquid handling quality assurance, will unveil the next generation PCS® (pipette calibration system) designed to optimize p... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Artel Develops New PCS Software to Improve Pipette Calibration Workflow and Operator Assessments Artel, the technology leader in liquid handling quality assurance, today announced the release of its new PCS® Software. Fully compatible with Artel’s current PCS instruments, the software will also be integrated with the latest generation of the ... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Bio-Rad To Acquire RainDance Technologies and Droplet Intellectual Property Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase RainDance Technologies, Inc. The terms of the ac... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Illumina and Bio-Rad Launch Solution for Single-Cell Genomic Sequencing to Enable Robust Study of Complex Diseases Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ: ILMN) and Bio Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO)(NYSE: BIOb) today announced the launch of the Illumina® Bio-Rad® Single-Cell Sequencing Solution at the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, San Francisco. The comprehensive sol... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn Welcomes New Chief of Surgery Prashant Sinha, MD, an expert in minimally invasive surgery and a leader in quality improvement initiatives, has been named the new chief of surgery at NYU Langone Hospital – Brooklyn. – NYU Langone Hospital - Brooklyn Childhood Cancer Research at UAB Continues with Grants From St. Baldrick’s Foundation Pediatric neurosurgeons, oncologists and molecular imaging physicians continue to work toward better diagnoses, treatments and cures for childhood cancer. – University of Alabama at Birmingham Bio-Rad Launches Amplichek I Quality Control, the Second in a Series of Controls for the Molecular Diagnostics Testing Market Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced its continued expansion into the molecular diagnostics testing market with the launch of Amplichek™ I qual... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Bio-Rad Introduces its IH-1000 Blood Typing System for the U.S. Market Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its IH-1000 blood typing... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Bio-Rad Announces FDA Clearance of its BioPlex 2200 Syphilis Total & RPR Assay, a Novel Syphilis Testing Method Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIOb), a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced it has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for its BioPlex® 2200 Syphilis Total & RP... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind Forms Advisory Council The UCLA Health Sound Body Sound Mind program, which fights childhood obesity by installing comprehensive fitness programs in middle and high schools, has formed an academic advisory council of leading experts in physical education, fitness and welln... – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences Clippard DR-2 Precision Diaphragm Regulators When Clippard invented miniature regulators in 1962, the MAR Series became very popular as a simple, robust, and cost-effective regulator in a small package with exceptionally long life. As regulator applications continue to increase, Clippard is me... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting APA Again Urges Senate Defeat of 'Repeal and Replace' Bills The American Psychological Association and its affiliated APA Practice Organization called on the Senate today to defeat any health care legislation that results in fewer Americans having health insurance. – American Psychological Association (APA) Penn Medicine Cardiology Researcher Wins American Heart Association Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award Benjamin L. Prosser, PhD, an assistant professor of Physiology, in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has received the Outstanding Early Career Investigator Award from the American Heart Association’s Council on Basi... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Opposes Repeal of Affordable Care Act The Academy continues to urge the U.S. Senate to reject the American Health Care Act after the upper chamber on July 25 narrowly passed a procedural vote to open debate on overturning the 2010 Affordable Care Act. – Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Bio-Rad Announces the Addition of Analytes for Liquichek Tumor Marker Control Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. a global provider of life science research and clinical diagnostic products, today announced the addition of four new analytes to the company’s Liquichek Tumor Marker Control. – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program All Meeting News on Newswise Science News When Shallow Defects Align, Diamonds Shine for Unprecedented Quantum Sensitivity Imagine a sensor so sensitive it can detect changes in the proton concentration of a single protein, within a single cell. This level of insight would reveal elusive quantum-scale dynamics of that protein’s function, potentially even in real time, ... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Embargo expired on 25-Jul-2017 at 11:00 ET A Bar Magnet Creates Chaos in Plasma Placing a magnet on your refrigerator might hold up your calendar, but researchers from India’s Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics found that placing one outside a plasma chamber causes a localized, fireball-like structure. This work may help unders... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Embargo expired on 25-Jul-2017 at 11:00 ET A New Optimization Model Could Bring Higher Solar-Power Integration With numerous installations of solar power systems for residential homes at or near the distribution site, there is a challenge to balance supply and demand to make these intermittent energy sources reliable. Demand response is one promising way to i... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Embargo expired on 25-Jul-2017 at 11:00 ET Queen’s University Belfast Researcher Turning Dirty Tinfoil Into Biofuel Catalyst A researcher at Queen’s University Belfast has discovered a way to convert dirty aluminium foil into a biofuel catalyst, which could help to solve global waste and energy problems. – Queen's University Belfast Phobos in the Picture, Eclipse Watching Advise, Crystals in Space, and More in the Space News Source The latest in space and astronomy in the Space News Source – Newswise Netherlands-U.S. Cybersecurity R&D Partnership is Thriving S&T has established active partnerships with cybersecurity organizations in 13 countries—including the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Singapore and Israel—and an international body—the European Union. – Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate Cosmologists Produce New Maps of Dark Matter Dynamics New maps of dark matter dynamics in the Universe have been produced by a team of international cosmologists. – University of Portsmouth Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Volume 2017, June 2017 Could Spraying Particles Into Marine Clouds Help Cool the Planet? A first test of humans’ ability to modify clouds would help explain the behavior of clouds and aerosols, while also testing a possible future climate emergency measure. – University of Washington Earth's Future On Track Towards a Zika Virus Vaccine Antibody’s molecular structure reveals how it recognizes the Zika virus – Department of Energy, Office of Science Cell 169, 597 (2017). [DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2017.04.024] National Research Council Team with USCG and DHS to Advance Icebreaking Technology Today, the National Research Council of Canada hosted dignitaries from USCG, DHS S&T, and U.S. Navy to discuss and showcase progress made on the testing and evaluation of design models for the U.S. heavy polar icebreaker acquisition program. – Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate Kansas State University Researchers Contribute to DUNE, the World's Biggest Neutrino Experiment Several Kansas State University scientists are involved in the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment, or DUNE, a large international collaboration that is detecting and studying neutrinos to understand dark matter, black holes and the origins of the u... – Kansas State University Institutional Partners Announced for CUR Transformations Project CUR announces the 12 higher education institutions selected for its Transformations Project (funded by the National Science Foundation) – Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) 1625354 NYIT Engineering Professor Is Part of Team Developing Technology for NASA Fang Li, Ph.D., assistant professor of Mechanical Engineering at NYIT, is partnering with X-wave Innovations, Inc. (XII), a research and development firm specializing in the defense, homeland security, transportation, and energy fields, to develop an... – New York Institute of Technology Qubitekk Licenses ORNL Single-Photon Source Approach for Quantum Encryption Qubitekk has non-exclusively licensed an Oak Ridge National Laboratory-developed method to produce quantum light particles, known as photons, in a controlled, deterministic manner that promises improved speed and security when sharing encrypted data.... – Oak Ridge National Laboratory Olympus to Exhibit Imaging Solutions at 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo Olympus, a global technology leader in imaging solutions, will have its experts available for product demonstrations at the 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo July 30 - August 3 in San Diego. The Olympus booth (#3433) will be exh... – 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program 69th AACC Annual Scientific Meeting CSU Joins Effort to Drive Clean Energy Innovation The California State University (CSU) has partnered with the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI) to develop the next generation of clean energy entrepreneurs. – California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office DOE User Facilities Join Forces to Tackle Biology’s Big Data Through the “Facilities Integrating Collaborations for User Science” (FICUS) initiative, 6 proposals have been selected to participate in a new partnership between the DOE Joint Genome Institute and the National Energy Research Scientific Computi... – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Spotlight Shines on Ground-Breaking Technologies Quantum-cybersecurity expert Ray Newell received the 2016 Richard P. Feynman Innovation Prize at a July 20 ceremony celebrating the “Super Power of the Entrepreneur.” – Los Alamos National Laboratory Festo to Showcase Laboratory Automation Innovations at AACC 2017 Festo showcases automation that helps bring laboratory equipment to market faster with unique capabilities – American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Lifestyle & Social Sciences Talking to Yourself in the Third Person Can Help You Control Emotions The simple act of silently talking to yourself in the third person during stressful times may help you control emotions without any additional mental effort than what you would use for first-person self-talk – the way people normally talk to themse... – Michigan State University Nature Mind-Body Therapies Immediately Reduce Unmanageable Pain in Hospital Patients, New Study Finds After participating in a single, 15-minute session of one of these mind-body therapies, patients reported an immediate decrease in pain levels similar to what one might expect from an opioid painkiller. This study is the first to compare the effects ... – University of Utah Journal of General Internal Medicine