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Medical News Researchers Point Way to Improved Stem Cell Transplantation Therapies Researchers in Germany have demonstrated that hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) transplants can be improved by treatments that temporarily prevent the stem cells from dying. The approach, which is described in a paper to be published September 7 in <em>T... – The Rockefeller University Press The Journal of Experimental Medicine; DJCLS-R-10/02, DFG-FOR2036, 15017/2015, UNI-0404/1696 Embargo expired on 07-Sep-2017 at 09:00 ET Study Shows Oral Food Challenges are Safe for Diagnosing Food Allergies The best way to find out if someone has a food allergy is through an oral food challenge (OFC) under the supervision of a board-certified allergist. A new study shows that OFCs are extremely safe, with very few people having a reaction of any kind. – American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Embargo expired on 07-Sep-2017 at 00:00 ET Tooth Trouble: Many Middle-Aged Adults Report Dental Pain, Embarrassment and Poor Prevention The dental health of middle-aged Americans faces a lot of problems right now, and an uncertain future to come, according to new national poll results. One in three Americans between the ages of 50 and 64 say they’re embarrassed by the condition of ... – Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan Embargo expired on 07-Sep-2017 at 00:00 ET includes video A Tiny Device Offers Insights to How Cancer Spreads Researchers developed a new type of microfluidic device that can cultivate cells for longer periods of time, better reflecting how cancer cells to change over time. The device allowed them to capture the leader cells that would be first to break away... – Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan Scientific Reports Embargo expired on 07-Sep-2017 at 05:00 ET New Link Established Between a Molecular Driver of Melanoma Progression and Novel Therapeutic Agent Wistar scientists have described a correlation between a key melanoma signaling pathway and a novel class of drugs being tested in the clinic as adjuvant therapy for advanced melanoma, providing useful information for a more effective use of this typ... – Wistar Institute Cancer Research; Melanoma Research Alliance/L’Oréal Paris-USA Women in Science Team Science Award; Adelson Medical Research Foundation; Ira Brind Associate Professorship to Weeraratna... Embargo expired on 07-Sep-2017 at 00:05 ET Children Exposed to Chemicals in 9/11 "Dust" Show Early Signs of Risk of Heart Disease Sixteen years after the collapse of the World Trade Center towers sent a “cloud” of toxic debris across Lower Manhattan, children living nearby who likely breathed in the ash and fumes are showing early signs of risk for future heart disease. – NYU Langone Medical Center Environment International Embargo expired on 07-Sep-2017 at 00:00 ET Unneeded Medical Care is Common and Driven by Fear of Malpractice, Physician Survey Concludes A new national survey of more than 2,000 physicians across multiple specialties finds that physicians believe overtreatment is common and mostly perpetuated by fear of malpractice, as well as patient demand and some profit motives. – Johns Hopkins Medicine PLOS ONE Embargo expired on 06-Sep-2017 at 14:00 ET For Some, Smell Test May Signal Parkinson’s Disease up to 10 Years Before Diagnosis A simple scratch-and-sniff test may one day be able to help identify some people at greater risk of developing Parkinson’s disease up to 10 years before the disease could be diagnosed, according to a new study published in the September 6, 2017, on... – American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Neurology® Embargo expired on 06-Sep-2017 at 16:00 ET New Insights on Chronic Bronchitis: Diagnostic Test and Better Treatments on the horizon Mucin levels – the proteins that make mucus thick – is abnormally high in chronic bronchitis and mucin concentrations are associated with disease severity. This finding could become the first-ever objective marker of chronic bronchitis and lead t... – University of North Carolina Health Care System New England Journal of Medicine Embargo expired on 06-Sep-2017 at 17:00 ET Common Cerebral White Matter Abnormalities Found in Children with Autistic Traits Brain imaging study shows white matter structural changes in children correspond to severity of autistic traits. – NYU Langone Health JAMA Psychiatry Embargo expired on 06-Sep-2017 at 11:00 ET Synthetic Version of Popular Anticoagulant Poised for Clinical Trials A synthetic version of low molecular weight heparin is poised for clinical trials and development as a drug for patients with clotting disorders, and those undergoing procedures such as kidney dialysis, heart bypass surgery, stent implantation, and k... – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Science Translational Medicine Embargo expired on 06-Sep-2017 at 14:00 ET National Pharmacy Practice Survey Finds Nearly All U.S. Hospitals Use EHRs, CPOE Systems Technologies that improve medication use have been adopted by nearly 100% of hospitals across the United States, according to the “ASHP National Survey of Pharmacy Practice in Hospital Settings: Prescribing and Transcribing – 2016.” Implementat... – ASHP (American Society of Health-System Pharmacists) AJHP (American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy) Long-Term Opioid Prescription Use Jumps Threefold Over 16-Year Period, Large-Scale Study Suggests A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that opioid prescription increased significantly between 1999 and 2014, and that much of that increase stemmed from patients who’d been taking their medication for 90 days o... – Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety New Generation Drugs May Hold Key to Alternative Erectile Dysfunction Treatment Close to 70 percent of men with erectile dysfunction (ED) respond to the ED drug sildenafil. However, only about 50 percent of men with diabetes—a population commonly affected by ED—achieve positive results with sildenafil. Researchers from the S... – American Physiological Society (APS) American Journal of Physiology—Cell Physiology Art Courses Could Help Medical Students Become Better Clinical Observers Penn-CHOP Researchers Found that Students Who Took a Course in Art Observation Significantly Improved Clinical Observation and Professional Development Skills – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Ophthalmology Malaria: Drug Candidate May Reduce Spread of the Parasite Scientists have identified a class of compounds that can block transmission of the parasite that causes malaria and reduce resistance to currently available drugs. – Columbia University Medical Center Nature Microbiology, August 14, 2017 Blood Tumor Markers May Warn When Lung Cancer Patients Are Progressing on Targeted Treatments University of Colorado Cancer Center study shows that monitoring levels of blood tumor markers may predict when a lung cancer patient is progressing on targeted treatments. – University of Colorado Cancer Center Journal of Thoracic Oncology New Study Finds Improved Vaccine That Protects against Nine Types of HPV is Highly Effective TAMPA, Fla. – Cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide, with almost 300,000 deaths occurring each year. More than 80 percent of these deaths occur in developing nations. The advent of human papillomavirus (H... – Moffitt Cancer Center The Lancet A Bioactive Molecule May Protect Against Congestive Heart Failure After Heart Attacks A form of the fatty acid-derived bioactive molecule called lipoxin improved heart function after a heart attack, as the lipoxin prompted early activation of the resolving phase of the immune response in mice without altering the acute phase. – University of Alabama at Birmingham Scientific Reports; AT006704 ; HL132989; DK097153 ; POST31000008; 1608728 Honeybees Could Play a Role in Developing New Antibiotics An antimicrobial compound made by honeybees could become the basis for new antibiotics, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago. – University of Illinois at Chicago Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Nine Signs Children May Need an Eye Exam Comprehensive eye exams can detect a variety of eye conditions that, left untreated in a child, could result in partial or complete loss of vision later in life. – University of Alabama at Birmingham Scratch-and-Sniff Test Could Predict Parkinson’s Even Earlier A new study provides further evidence that a simple scratch-and-sniff test could predict Parkinson’s disease even earlier than previously thought. According to Michigan State University researcher Honglei Chen, lead author and professor of epidemio... – Michigan State University Neurology CBD May Protect Against Psychiatric Risk From High-THC Cannabis Strains A study by Indiana University neuroscientists published Sept. 5 finds that a nonpsychoactive compound in cannabis called cannabidiol, or CBD, appears to protect against the long-term negative psychiatric effects of THC, the primary psychoactive ingre... – Indiana University neuroscientists at Indiana University PupilScreen aims to allow parents, coaches, medics to detect concussion, brain injuries with a smartphone University of Washington researchers are developing a smartphone app that is capable of objectively detecting concussion and other traumatic brain injuries in the field, which could provide a new level of screening for athletes or accident victims. ... – University of Washington UbiComp 2017 includes video Employees Not Aware of Prolonged Sitting Risks It is estimated that employees spend more than half their day sitting down. A recent study has found that this could lead to serious health problems such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes. – Leeds Beckett University Artificial Intelligence Thinks Like People with Autism; Being Used to Develop Educational Tools Vanderbilt Assistant Professor of Computer Science Maithilee Kunda figured out how to write code that emulates the kind of image-based thinking many people with autism report. The result is a form of artificial intelligence that allows researchers to... – Vanderbilt University includes video New UC San Diego Master’s Degree Will Train Professionals for Drug Development Careers The Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego now offers a Master of Science in Drug Development and Product Management. This is the pharmacy school’s first master’s degree program. The program is... – University of California San Diego Health Human Genetics Studies Reveal New Targets to Reduce Heart Disease Again and again, it’s the rare among humans that help the rest of us. The exploration of human genetics is revealing new targets to combat heart disease among atypical variants. Mutations in genes that play a role in heart health are the inspiratio... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania The Medical Minute: Helping Children Thrive After Cancer Childhood cancer survivors are at a higher risk of developing physical and emotional difficulties once their treatment is complete. That's why it’s important to connect them with follow-up care and resources. – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Biosimilars Take Center Stage at 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting “Biosimilars: To Switch or Not to Switch?” will be the focus of this year’s Great Debate at the 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting in San Diego. The debate is scheduled for 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 and will feature the perspectives of Dr. Jonathan Kay and... – American College of Rheumatology (ACR) ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, Nov-2017 Care Planning Conversations: Elderly Deserve to Have Their Voices Heard A new $2.7 million Canadian study is aiming to narrow the gap between the care that frail elderly Canadians want and the care that they receive by evaluating ways to improve care planning conversations between patients, families and health profession... Expert Available – McMaster University Concussions in Women: Rates, Symptoms and Recovery Are Different Females tend to report more symptoms—and more severe ones--and may also take longer to recover from brain injuries than their male counterparts. Expert Available – University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences Expert Alert: Mayo Clinic Specialists Address Concussion Injuries There continues to be a lot of discussion about concussions. How much do people really know about how to spot a concussion? What should be done about a concussion? And how are they treated? Many people don’t know how a concussion is caused. Expert Available – Mayo Clinic NCCN Announces First Patient Dosed in NCCN-Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Collaborative Study of Bavituximab An NCCN ORP-funded study, examining effectiveness of bavituximab combination in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastomas, enrolled its first patient at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Massachusetts. – National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) NYU Dentistry’s Lauren Feldman Receives Nearly $1M HRSA Career Development Award Lauren Feldman, DMD, clinical assistant professor in the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry), has received a five-year, nearly $1 million Primary Care Medicine and Dentistry Clinician Educ... – New York University UVA Joins AVIA to Speed Innovation The University of Virginia Health System has joined AVIA, the nation’s leading network of health systems addressing pressing challenges by unlocking the power of digital solutions. – University of Virginia Health System CWRU & University Hospitals physician-researcher Martha Sajatovic, MD Receives International Brain Health Grant, Joins Team in New Diabetes Research Project Martha Sajatovic, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and of Neurology at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Willard Brown Chair in Neurological Outcomes Research and Director of the Neurological and Behavioral Outcomes Research Center at Un... – Case Western Reserve University NIH Fogarty International Center for Health; Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute New Medical Geneticists Join Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research The Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research today announces that Dr. Raymond Kim is its newest scientific lead, guiding efforts at the country’s only clinic devoted to cardiac genomics. – University Health Network (UHN) WVU Biologists Awarded $1.4 Million Air Force Grant to Examine Moths’ Olfactory Systems West Virginia University biologists Kevin Daly and Andrew Dacks are working to uncover the mystery of corollary discharge functions for the sense of smell. Funded by a four year, $1.4 million Air Force grant, Daly and Dacks are studying an animal wit... – West Virginia University Mercy Medical Center's Dr. Armando Sardi Supports Partners for Cancer Care & Prevention with Annual Golf Tournament 8th Annual Chipping for Cancer Care and Prevention Golf Tournament, on Friday, Sept. 15th at the Waverly Woods Golf Club in Marriottsville, MD, supports efforts of Partners for Cancer Care and Prevention non-profit organization. – Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore CHLA Awarded $1.3 Million by NIH for Pediatric Blood and Marrow Transplantation Consortium The grant provides support for an innovative clinical trial that seeks to compare outcomes for young patients with newly diagnosed severe aplastic anemia – comparing the use of unrelated-donor blood and marrow transplant to immune suppression thera... – Children's Hospital Los Angeles Saban Research Institute Science News Beyond Herbicides in the Agricultural Landscape Most people are familiar with antibiotic resistant bacteria – and the same has happened with herbicides. Decades of research has shown that resistant weed varieties have adapted, and other weed-control tools will be necessary. The “Future of Weed... – American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Embargo expired on 07-Sep-2017 at 09:00 ET Mind Tools: How Computer Programming Languages Impact Science and Thought With a $750,000 grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, researchers from the University of Chicago’s Knowledge Lab and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Psychology will study how different programming tools work with our minds to... – Computation Institute Embargo expired on 06-Sep-2017 at 11:00 ET Hidden Inca Treasure: Remarkable New Tree Genus Discovered in the Andes Hidden in plain sight – that’s how researchers describe their discovery of a new genus of large forest tree commonly found, yet previously scientifically unknown, in the tropical Andes. Researchers from the Smithsonian and Wake Forest University ... – Wake Forest University PhytoKeys Earth as Hybrid Planet: New Classification Scheme Places Anthropocene Era in Astrobiological Context A team of researchers including Marina Alberti of the University of Washington has devised a new classification scheme for the evolutionary stages of worlds based on "non-equilibrium thermodynamics" — a planet's energy flow being out of synch, as t... – University of Washington Anthropocene Finding Better Wind Energy Potential with the New European Wind Atlas Over the last 25 years, the world has seen an increased dependency on wind energy that promises to continue growing. This has created an ever-evolving process to develop a method that can accurately assess a region’s wind energy potential. The Euro... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy Sept. 5, 2017 A Touch of ERoS Researchers interested in the evolution of multicellular life were looking for bacteria that stimulate Salpingoeca rosetta, single-cell saltwater dwellers that are the closest living relatives of animals, to form the rosette-shaped colonies that give... – Harvard Medical School Cell; GM099533 includes video Global Climate Trend Since Nov. 16, 1978: +0.13 C Per Decade August 2017 Global Temperature Report – University of Alabama Huntsville Argonne Efforts Accelerate 3-D Printing Journey Argonne scientists’ first glimpse inside additive manufacturing process yields important advancements – Argonne National Laboratory Scientific Reports, Jun-2017 includes video Growing the Future As part of the Center for Bioenergy Innovation led by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Steve DiFazio and Jonathan Cumming received $1.25 million to increase the viability of the bioproducts industry by enhancing trees’ bi... – West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Crystals Grow by Twisting, Aligning and Snapping Together Van der Waals force, which that enables tiny crystals to grow, could be used to design new materials. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Science 356(6336), 434-437 (2017). [DOI: 10.1126/science.aah6902] Related Links Argonne opens call for second cohort of Chain Reaction Innovations Argonne opens call for second cohort of Chain Reaction Innovations. Applications will be accepted from Sept. 5 through Oct. 13. – Argonne National Laboratory Water and Air: Flying Fish UAAV Can Go Anywhere Johns Hopkins APL researchers created a fixed-wing, unmanned vehicle that could autonomously operate underwater and then propel itself fast enough to make the transition into the air, becoming an autonomous flying aerial vehicle. – Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory includes video U.S. Permafrost Expert Selected to Be Lead Author for Global Report on Cryosphere, Dangers of Its Thawing Ecologist Ted Schuur studies the frozen lands in the Arctic that are thawing as the climate warms, releasing previously captured greenhouse gases into the environment and continuing the cycle. Expert Available – Northern Arizona University University of Arkansas Receives $3.2 Million From the Department of Energy The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy has awarded Distinguished Professor Alan Mantooth a total of $3.2 million for two projects that will accelerate the development and deployment of a new class of efficient, lig... – University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Woodruff Named Editor-in-Chief of Endocrinology Teresa K. Woodruff, Ph.D., Associate Provost for Graduation Education, Dean of The Graduate School, and Vice Chair for Research in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Ill., ha... – Endocrine Society State Grant to Fund Bobcat Research at Western Illinois University $100,000 state grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) will provide research opportunities for faculty and students at Western Illinois University to study the bobcat population in west central Illinois. – Western Illinois University DHS S&T Awards $8.6 Million for Five Mobile Application Security R&D Projects DHS S&T has awarded funding to five research and development (R&D) projects that will enhance the secure use of mobile applications (apps) for the federal government. – Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate Carlsten, Nguyen and Sheffield win Free-Electron Laser Prize At an international science conference hosted recently in Santa Fe, N.M., Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists Bruce Carlsten, Dinh Nguyen and Richard Sheffield were awarded the 2017 Free-Electron Laser (FEL) Prize. – Los Alamos National Laboratory Lifestyle & Social Sciences How Do Close Relationships Lead to Longer Life? While recent research has shown that loneliness can play a role in early death, psychologists are also concerned with the mechanisms by which social relationships and close personal ties affect health. A special issue of American Psychologist, the fl... – American Psychological Association (APA) American Psychologist Embargo expired on 07-Sep-2017 at 09:00 ET UNH Researchers Find Campus Sexual Violence Significantly Affects Academics While much needed programs, and past studies, have predominately focused on the mental health effects of such violent acts on students, new research by the University of New Hampshire shows that aggressive sexual acts can also adversely impact school... – University of New Hampshire Journal of Interpersonal Violence ​Why Many Russians Have Gladly Agreed to Online Censorship The Russian government has persuaded many of its citizens to avoid websites and social media platforms that are critical of the government, a new study has found. – Ohio State University Social Science Quarterly, Sept-2017 How Monkey Fights Grow New research finds evidence for a complicated structure behind primate conflict. It is not individuals who control the length of fights, but the relationships between pairs of individuals. – Santa Fe Institute Journal of the Royal Society Interface Southeastern Radio Program ‘Rock School’ Wins Top Honors