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Researchers Uncover Key Role for MicroRNA in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
An international team of researchers has discovered that a microRNA produced by certain white blood cells can prevent excessive inflammation in the intestine. The study, “Myeloid-derived miR-223 regulates intestinal inflammation via repression of t...
– The Rockefeller University Press
Journal of Experimental Medicine, June 2017; K01DK106315; CCFA grant 3760; DK097075; HL098294; POI-HL114457; R01-DK082509; R01-HL109233; R01-DK109574...
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One in Five Patients in Eye Clinics Have Depression, Study Suggests
A survey of adult participants seen in an urban eye hospital revealed that one-in-five study participants had clinically significant depressive symptoms. The research is being presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vi...
– Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
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Cell Replacement Could Restore Vision Lost to Neurodegeneration
Scientists have demonstrated the capacity to grow specialized neurons that relay visual data to the brain, creating a source of cells for future treatments of glaucoma and other optic neurodegenerative diseases. The research is being presented during...
– Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
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Augmented Reality May Extend Treatment Window for Adult Lazy Eye
Using augmented-reality (AR) display systems, scientists have restored visual function in the amblyopic (lazy) eyes of patients outside of the currently accepted window for treatment. The research is being presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the ...
– Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
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Cancer Cells Shown to Co-Opt DNA “Repair Crew”
In experiments with human colon cancer cells and mice, a team led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center say they have evidence that cancer arises when a normal part of cells' machinery generally used to repair DNA damage is diverted...
– Johns Hopkins Medicine
Cancer Cell; RO1ES011858, NO.81522031, NO.81272652
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Breast-Feeding Plays Important Role in ‘Seeding’ Infant Microbiome with Beneficial Bacteria
Nearly one-third of beneficial bacteria in baby’s intestinal tract comes directly from mother’s milk, according to study of 107 mother-baby pairs
– University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
JAMA Pediatrics, May-8-2017
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Schoomaker to Give Presidential Keynote on Military Medicine at 2017 AMSSM Annual Meeting
Lieutenant General (Retired) Eric B. Schoomaker, MD, PhD will be the 2017 AMSSM Presidential Keynote Speaker, lecturing on the topic of chronic pain and addition at the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine this week...
– American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
2017 AMSSM Annual Meeting
Performance Physiologist Outlines the Importance of the Kinetic Chain in the Overhead Athlete
Mark Kovacs, PhD, Associate Professor in the sport health science department at Life University, will present “The Role of The Kinetic Chain in Injury Prevention in the Overhead Athlete” at the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society ...
– American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
"Incidental Findings" From Scans Challenge Efforts to Reduce Health Care Costs
In an analysis of medical records gathered from more than 300 hospitalized patients, a team of researchers reports that routine imaging scans used to help diagnose heart attacks generated "incidental findings" (IFs) in more than half of these patient...
– Johns Hopkins Medicine
Journal of Hospital Medicine
Researchers Use Modified Insulin and Red Blood Cells to Regulate Blood Sugar
Researchers have developed a new technique that uses modified insulin and red blood cells to create a glucose-responsive “smart” insulin delivery system. In an animal model study, the new technique effectively reduced blood sugar levels for 48 ho...
– North Carolina State University
Advanced Materials, May 2017
Penn Study Identifies New Target to Fight Prostate, Lung Cancer
A newly identified molecular chain of events in a mouse model of prostate cancer highlights novel targets to treat it and other cancers. A Penn team discovered that the overexpression of a protein called PKCε with the loss of the tumor suppressor Pt...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
R01-CA089202, R01-CA189765, R01-CA196232
Poor Overall Environmental Quality Linked to Elevated Cancer Rates
Nationwide, counties with the poorest quality across five domains – air, water, land, the built environment and sociodemographic – had the highest incidence of cancer, according to a new study published in the journal Cancer.
– University of Illinois at Chicago
Cancer
Policy Statement Urges 'Alternatives to Discipline' for Nurses with Substance Use Disorders
A new position statement on substance use by nurses and nursing students emphasizes "alternative-to-discipline" (ATD) approaches—including specialized treatment and a pathway for return to practice, according to a position paper in the April/June i...
– Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Journal of Addictions Nursing
Fighting Cancer: New Microscopic Technique Could Help Detect, Diagnose Metastatic Melanomas
The fight against skin cancer just got a new weapon. For years, melanoma researchers have studied samples that were considered uniform in size and color, making them easier to examine by more conventional means. But melanomas don’t always come in t...
– University of Missouri Health
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Public Skeptical of Research if Tied to a Company
When it comes to research warning us about the latest health risks or touting the latest cure, a new Michigan State University study indicates that many people won’t trust the findings when an industry partner, even with a good reputation, is invol...
– Michigan State University
PLOS ONE
Biomarker Test for Lou Gehrig’s Disease Useful in Diagnosing Canine Neurodegenerative Disease
In 2009, Joan Coates, a veterinary neurologist, along with other researchers at the University of Missouri and the Broad Institute at MIT/Harvard, found a genetic link between degenerative myelopathy (DM) in dogs and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (AL...
– University of Missouri Health
Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
A Slingshot to Shoot Drugs Onto the Site of an Infection
Chemists from Italy and Canada specializing in nanotechnology create a molecular slingshot that could shoot drugs at precise locations in the human body once triggered by specific disease markers.
– Universite de Montreal
Nature Communications, May 2017; Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro; European Research Council; International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (IRSES); National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada...
Landmark Analysis From Memorial Sloan Kettering Reveals Genomic Tumor Sequence of More Than 10,000 Cancer Patients Using MSK-IMPACT™
Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) has reached a major milestone in bringing personalized treatments to more cancer patients. Michael Berger, PhD, Ahmet Zehir, PhD, and colleagues have reported an in-depth analysis of the first 10,336 patients whose tumo...
– Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Nature Medicine
UTHealth Researchers Identify Genes in Children Linked to Stress, Bipolar Disorder
Genetic alterations that can be modulated by stress have been identified in children at high risk for bipolar disorder, according to a recently published study by researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center...
– University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Virtual Reality for Psychiatric Treatment? Research Shows Promise for VR and Other Technologies in Mental Health Care
A growing body of evidence suggests that virtual reality (VR) technology can be an effective part of treatment for phobias, posttraumatic stress disorder, and other mental health conditions, according to a research review in the May/June issue of the...
– Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Harvard Review of Psychiatry
Inclusive Fitness Coalition to Announce New Effort, Benefits 54 Million with Disabilities
The Inclusive Fitness Coalition (IFC) will announce a new effort to build inclusive health communities that provide equal access and opportunities to 54 million people living with disabilities in the U.S. The announcement coincides with the organizat...
– American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
'Narrative Expressive Writing' Might Protect Against Harmful Health Effects of Divorce-Related Stress
For people going through a divorce, a technique called narrative expressive writing—not just writing about their emotions, but creating a meaningful narrative of their experience—may reduce the harmful cardiovascular effects of stress related to ...
– Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Psychosomatic Medicine
Garden-Enhanced Intervention Improved BMI and Nutrition Knowledge of California Students
The factors that affect rates of childhood obesity are complex. For example, parent feeding practices have been shown to be influential, but that influence has also been shown to change with age. Factors such as access to fruits and vegetables and th...
– Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
ISPOR 22nd Annual International Meeting to Focus on Social and Policy Change in Health Care
ISPOR announced confirmation of the scientific sessions for its upcoming 22nd Annual International Meeting in Boston, MA, USA on May 20-24, 2017. The conference is expected to draw more than 4,000 health care stakeholders including policy makers, pay...
– International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR)
ISPOR Annual International Meeting, May-2017
First-In-Human Clinical Trial Aims to Extend Remission for Children and Young Adults With Leukemia Treated With T-Cell Immunotherapy
After phase 1 results of Seattle Children’s Pediatric Leukemia Adoptive Therapy (PLAT-02) trial have shown T-cell immunotherapy to be effective in getting 93 percent of patients with relapsed or refractory acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) into c...
– Seattle Children's Hospital
New UTHealth Study Focuses on Treatment for Epilepsy Caused by Tuberous Sclerosis
A clinical trial of a drug that researchers hope can prevent or delay the onset of epilepsy in children with tuberous sclerosis has begun at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
– University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Hands-on Chemistry Course Has Students Taking on Rare Cancers
With graduation just around the corner, a few undergraduates finishing up a hands-on chemistry course will be taking very useful skills with them to the next stop on their career and education path. With robotic arms and moving trays to run automated...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
NIH-Funded Clinical Trial Shows Systemic Therapy Outperforms Intraocular Implant for Uveitis
Systemic therapy consisting of corticosteroids and immunosuppressants preserved vision of uveitis patients better – and had fewer adverse outcomes – than a long-lasting corticosteroid intraocular implant, according to a clinical trial funded by t...
– NIH, National Eye Institute (NEI)
JAMA, 2017; U10EY014655, U10EY014660, U10EY014656
What You Need to Know for National Stroke Awareness Month
In recognition of National Stroke Awareness Month in May, Loyola Medicine physicians are raising awareness of stroke signs and symptoms and educating the public on how to prevent strokes.
– Loyola University Health System
As the Weather Warms Up, Know Which Insects to Watch Out For
Mosquitoes can transmit West Nile virus, which is not dangerous to healthy people but can be more serious for the elderly or for those with weakened immune systems,
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– University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
Vasculitis Foundation (VF) Statement on American Health Care Act (AHCA)
The Vasculitis Foundation stands with National Organization of Rare Diseases' (NORD) regarding the American Health Care Act (AHCA) and its potential impact on rare disease patients
– Vasculitis Foundation
FAU Approved for Psychiatry Residency Program
The four-year psychiatry residency program is based at Tenet HealthCare system’s Delray Medical Center, the primary site for the program, South County Mental Health Center in Delray Beach and Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
– Florida Atlantic University
UK Sports Medicine Leader Serves as AMSSM International Visiting Fellow
The Chief Medical Officer for the Rugby Football Union, Simon Kemp, MBBS, MRCGP, MSc (SEM), is serving as the 2017 AMSSM International Visiting Fellow during the 26th Annual Meeting of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine this week in Sa...
– American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
Georgia State Researcher Gets $2.3 Million Grant to Study How to Reduce Tumor Growth in Lung Cancer
Dr. Ming-Hui Zou, director of the Center for Molecular & Translational Medicine and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Molecular Medicine, has received a five-year, $2.3 million federal grant to study how to reduce tumor growth in lung ca...
– Georgia State University
Women’s Heart Fund to Host Heart of Rock and Roll Cocktail Reception in Asbury Park
The Women’s Heart Fund will host its signature event, the Heart of Rock and Roll cocktail reception, on Friday, June 2, from 7-10 p.m. at the Asbury Hotel in Asbury Park, NJ. The Women's Heart Fund Board is excited to announce that this year's eve...
– Meridian Health
AMSSM Announces $300,000 Multi-Site Grant to Address Sports Medicine Research Priorities
As a kickoff to the 26th American Medical Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, the AMSSM Collaborative Research Network announces $300,000 in funding to support one or more quality, multi-site research proposal(s) to address key priority areas...
– American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM)
The Art of the Scarf: Free Workshop Helps Cancer Patients and Survivors
The free Art of the Scarf workshop to teaches women how to tie, wrap or twist scarves for headwear. The workshop at The UNM Cancer Center is open to all patients, survivors with long-term hair loss, and caregivers. It is offered free of charge but re...
– University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center
South African Cave Yields Yet More Fossils of a Newfound Relative
Probing deeper into the South African cave system known as Rising Star, which last year yielded the largest cache of hominin fossils known to science, an international team of researchers has discovered another chamber with more remains of a newfound...
– University of Wisconsin-Madison
eLife May 9, 2017
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Researchers Uncover New Fossil Remains of Recently Discovered Human Relative
A team of researchers has uncovered partial skeletons of Homo naledi, a recently discovered human relative—a finding that offers new insights into this species and human evolution generally.
– New York University
eLife
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New Plutonium Discovery Lights Way for FSU Chemistry Professor’s Work to Clean Up Nuclear Waste
New research by a Florida State University professor reveals that plutonium's electronic properties are more complex than previously thought and that the element operates more like lighter elements such as iron or nickel.
– Florida State University
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To Improve Chronic Pain, Get More Sleep (Coffee Helps Too)
New research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Boston Children’s Hospital shows that chronic sleep loss increases pain sensitivity. It suggests that chronic pain sufferers can get relief by getting more sleep, or, short of that,...
– Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Nature Medicine
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Finding a New Major Gene Expression Regulator in Fungi
Changing a single base in an organism’s genetic code impact its traits. Subtler changes can and do happen: in eukaryotes, one such modification involves adding a methyl group to base 6 of adenine (6mA). Researchers have now found prevalent 6mA mod...
– Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Nature Genetics
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Low Oxygen Reverses Mitochondrial Disease in Mice
Hypoxia reverses brain damage caused by mitochondrial dysfunction, HHMI team finds. The approach might one day point to new therapies for people with Leigh syndrome and other mitochondrial disorders.
– Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2017
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The Evolutionary Story of Birch, Told Through 80 Genomes
A new study sequences the genomes of 80 silver birch trees, a tree that has not been studied much by scientists despite its commercial value for papermaking, construction, furniture-building and more. Researchers identified genetic mutations includi...
– University at Buffalo
Nature Genetics
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Engineered Bone Marrow Could Make Transplants Safer
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed biomimetic bone tissues that could one day provide new bone marrow for patients needing transplants.
– University of California San Diego
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 8 2017; 1 R01 AR063184-01A1; RT2-01889
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Underlying Molecular Mechanism of Bipolar Disorder Revealed
An international collaborative study led by researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), with major participation from Yokohama School of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, and UC San Diego, has identified the molecular mec...
– Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ; RC2MH090011; R21MH093958; R33MH087896 ; R01MH095088
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How Cancer Turns a Good-Guy Protein Into a Double Agent
Under normal conditions, the CHD4 protein is one of the good guys: it stops cells from transcribing faulty DNA, thereby eliminating potential mutation. But in colon cancer and perhaps other kinds of cancer as well, it appears that this protein become...
– University of Maryland School of Medicine
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41 Scientists Selected by Philanthropies as International Research Scholars
HHMI, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Wellcome Trust, and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announce the selection of 41 International Research Scholars, early-career scientists poised to advance biomedical research across the globe.
– Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
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A New Tool to Decipher Evolutionary Biology
A new bioinformatics tool to compare genome data has been developed by teams from the Max F. Perutz Laboratories, a joint venture of the University of Vienna and the Medical University of Vienna, together with researchers from Australia and Canada. T...
– University of Vienna
Nature Methods
A Molecular Rivet for Long-Range Force Transmission – From Isolation to Global Connectivity
Researchers from the Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore at the National University of Singapore have described, for the first time, how plastin, an actin-bundling protein, acts as a molecular rivet, providing global connectivity to the cortex underl...
– National University of Singapore
The Journal of Cell Biology
Physical Keyboards Make Virtual Reality Typing Easier
What's better than a holographic keyboard? A real one, apparently. New research from computer scientists at Michigan Technological University delves into the different ways to type in a virtual reality (VR) space. They're presenting their work at ACM...
– Michigan Technological University
ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computer Systems (CHI 2017)
Scientists Launch Flights to Gather Detailed Data on Aerosols and Clouds
For an intensive period throughout June and July, and again next January and February, scientists from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories will take to the skies in a specially outfitted aircraft to gather data on the properties of aerosols ...
– Brookhaven National Laboratory
Geologists Study the Past to Learn About El Niño's Future
Geologists at Cornell College are trying to discover how El Niño will behave in the future, and they are doing so by looking back in time.
– Cornell College
Geology, May-2017
Open Access and Science Publishing: Keeping Up with the Transformations - From Physics Today
Whether you are a researcher who inveterately reads journals or someone who occasionally glides through the realms of science writing, your looking through scientific publications might well feel like a bumpy flight. Some articles require subscriptio...
– American Institute of Physics (AIP)
Steady, strong growth is expected for open-access journals
Cornell and Adobe Collaboration Creates Tool for Transferring Image Styles Between Photos
Cornell University researchers have released a paper detailing their new Deep Photo Style Transfer. The paper explains how the researchers have augmented style transfer so that it can transfer the look of one photo onto another.
– Cornell University
Attention and Emotional Regulation of Veterans with PTSD Is Subject of Creighton Profs’ Latest Research
Study determined veterans with PTSD exhibit deficits in attention allocation and emotional regulation when processing words specific to combat like “raid” or “seize,” but not when processing neutral words such as “bread” or “pen.”
– Creighton University
Psychological Medicine
Argonne Welcomes Scientists to Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials User Meeting
More than 400 researchers from numerous disciplines will convene at Argonne today for the annual Users’ Meeting for the Advanced Photon Source and Center for Nanoscale Materials.
– Argonne National Laboratory
UCI Establishes Malaria Initiative to Fight Deadly Disease in Africa
University of California, Irvine vector biologist Anthony James will lead a multimillion-dollar effort to cultivate new strains of mosquitoes to fight malaria in Africa.
– University of California, Irvine
NYIT-Vancouver Awarded BC Housing Grant to Promote Smart Home Technologies
NYIT-Vancouver has received funding to establish a lab with the latest energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies.
– New York Institute of Technology
Penn State Wind Energy Club Breezes to Victory in Collegiate Wind Competition
The Penn State Wind Energy Club breezed through the field at the U.S. Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition 2017 Technical Challenge, held April 20-22 at the National Wind Technology Center near Boulder, Colorado—earning its third overal...
– Penn State College of Engineering
DOE HPC4Mfg Program Funds 13 New Projects to Improve U.S. Energy Technologies Through High Performance Computing
A U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) program designed to spur the use of high performance supercomputers to advance U.S. manufacturing is funding 13 new industry projects for a total of $3.9 million.
– Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Symposium Tackles Water Scarcity in the Middle East
An interdisciplinary group of experts will explore the wide-reaching ramifications of water scarcity in the Middle East as well as potential social, political and technological solutions to this critical issue at a public daylong symposium May 24 at ...
– Northwestern University
