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Medical News Investigational Vaccine Protected Monkeys From HIV-Like Virus Building on insights from an HIV vaccine regimen in humans that had partial success during a phase 3 clinical trial in Thailand, a Duke-led research team used a more-is-better approach in monkeys that appeared to improve vaccine protection from an HI... – Duke Health Nature Communications; UMI-AI100645; OPP1033098 Embargo expired on 08-Jun-2017 at 05:00 ET Predicting Autism: Study Links Infant Brain Connections to Diagnoses at Age 2 In two previous studies, University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues linked infant brain anatomy differences to autism diagnoses at age two. Now they show differences in functional connections between brain regions at 6 months to predict ... – University of North Carolina Health Care System Science Translational Medicine Embargo expired on 07-Jun-2017 at 14:00 ET Mammograms: Are We Overdiagnosing Small Tumors? An analysis of breast cancer data revealed that many small breast cancers have an excellent prognosis because they are inherently slow growing, according to Yale Cancer Center experts. – Yale Cancer Center New England Journal of Medicine Embargo expired on 07-Jun-2017 at 17:00 ET Common Surgical Treatment for Melanoma Does Not Improve Patients’ Overall Survival, Study Shows Patients who receive the standard surgical treatment for melanoma that has spread to one or more key lymph nodes do not live longer, a major new study shows. – Cedars-Sinai New England Journal of Medicine, June 8, 2017 Embargo expired on 07-Jun-2017 at 17:00 ET Does Consuming Low-Fat Dairy Increase the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease? Consuming at least three servings of low-fat dairy a day is associated with a greater risk of developing Parkinson’s disease compared to consuming less than one serving a day, according to a large study published in the June 7, 2017, online issue o... – American Academy of Neurology (AAN) Embargo expired on 07-Jun-2017 at 16:00 ET Breast Cancer Special Report in NEJM Shows Why Women 40-49 Should Get Regular Mammograms Lannin and Wang, published June 8 in the New England Journal of Medicine, showed that younger women of screening age are more likely to develop aggressive breast cancers than older women. This added risk reinforces why women should start annual mammo... – American College of Radiology (ACR) Embargo expired on 07-Jun-2017 at 17:00 ET Innovative Therapy Strategy for Pancreatic Cancer Uses Engineered Exosomes Targeting Mutated KRAS Gene Genetic manipulation of exosomes, virus-sized particles released by all cells, may offer a new therapeutic approach to treating pancreatic cancer, according to a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. – University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Embargo expired on 07-Jun-2017 at 13:00 ET Researchers Identify Gene That May Play a Central Role in Heart Disease Although lifestyle contributes to heart disease, genetics play a major role. This genetic facet has remained largely mysterious. But new research by scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has identified what may be a key player: ... – University of Maryland School of Medicine Science Advances Embargo expired on 07-Jun-2017 at 14:00 ET Encouraging Updated Findings of Pembrolizumab in Gastric and GEJ Cancer Presented Prior to FDA Decision In updated findings from the KEYNOTE-059 trial of pembrolizumab in advanced gastric or gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer, the PD-1 inhibitor maintained signs of its clinical benefit in this patient population. – Yale Cancer Center Regular Brisk Walk May Help Reduce the Risk of Dying From Cancer: Study Walking is probably the simplest, easiest and the most inexpensive way to remain fit. Experts link a bevy of health benefits with regular walking. – Yale Cancer Center New Test Lets UF Scientist and Team Find Zika Faster A University of Florida entomologist is working with other scientists to detect the Zika virus in minutes, rather than days or weeks, allowing for faster and more targeted mosquito control practices and detection in patient samples. – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Dining Hall Intervention Helped College Students Choose Healthier Options As most college students’ diets are low in fruits and vegetables and high in calories, sugar, fat, and sodium, researchers from the University of Toronto and Memorial University of Newfoundland created a cross-sectional study to examine whether mes... – Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Retailers Charging Women More Than Men for Common Hair Loss Medication Women pay an average of 40 percent more than men for minoxidil foams – a hair loss remedy most commonly known as Rogaine – according to a new analysis from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The pric... – Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Centenarians Have Lower Incidence of Chronic Illness, Contributing to Longer Health Span GW researchers studied the life and health span of a group of centenarian World War II veterans at the VA medical center in Washington, D.C. – George Washington University Journal of the American Geriatric Society Eggs Significantly Increase Growth in Young Children Eggs significantly increased growth in young children and reduced their stunting by 47 percent, finds a new study from a leading child-nutrition expert at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. This was a much greater effect than had... – Washington University in St. Louis Pediatrics SLU Researcher Finds Cause and Possible Relief of Cancer Bone Pain Saint Louis University scientist Daniela Salvemini, Ph.D., reports discovering a key pathway that drives cancer-related bone pain while providing a potential solution with a drug that already is on the market. – Saint Louis University Medical Center Vanderbilt-led Study Disputes Link Between Uterine Fibroids and Miscarriage Risk A 10-year study, led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Katherine Hartmann, M.D., Ph.D., disrupts conventional wisdom that uterine fibroids cause miscarriages. – Vanderbilt University Medical Center includes video Review of Appendix Cancer Cases Finds Over Diagnosis Lesions of the appendix are being over diagnosed as invasive cancer, report University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers in a paper published June 7 in the journal <i>PLOS ONE</i>. – University of California San Diego Health PLOS ONE Rush Begins Offering ‘Digital Medicine’ That Supports Medication Adherence Rush University Medical Center has begun to offer “digital medicine.” Called Proteus Discover, it’s an FDA-approved medical “device” that pairs medication with an ingestible sensor the size of a grain of sand, which works together with a we... – Rush University Medical Center ACR Releases Updated Clinical Guideline for the Prevention & Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis The American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) updated clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis is now available online. The guideline provides recommendations on assessing fracture risk and treatment... – American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Making Health Care More Human As West Virginians face the challenges of 21st century health care, scholars at West Virginia University aspire to help students understand this reality. A new minor in medical humanities and health studies teaches the social and cultural contexts of... – West Virginia University - Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Wayne State Receives $3.05M NIH Award to Improve Diabetes Care in Youth A Wayne State University research team will embark on a five-year, multicenter trial focused on helping parents engage in effective parenting to assist their diabetic adolescents complete their daily care. The intervention will be delivered on a tabl... – Wayne State University Division of Research National Institutes of Health, DK110075 Virginia Tech Helmet Lab Announces First Four-Star Rating for New Hockey Helmet A newly released hockey helmet has earned four out of five stars from the Virginia Tech Helmet Ratings, scoring higher than any other helmet since the first hockey ratings were released two years ago. – Virginia Tech includes video The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation and Science Exchange Launch ADDF Access to Advance CNS Research /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF), the only public charity solely focused on funding the development of drugs for Alzheimer's, and Science Exchange today announced the launch of ADDF ACCESS, a first-of-its-ki... – Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation Gift Exceeding $20M to Mass. Eye and Ear Among World’s Largest for Hearing Research Massachusetts Eye and Ear has received an anonymous gift totaling more than $20M to accelerate research at its Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, the world’s largest and most preeminent hearing research center. This gift represents one of the country’s... – Massachusetts Eye and Ear Science News Discovery in Morocco Points to Oldest Homo Sapiens Fossils An international research team has uncovered 300,000 year-old fossil bones of Homo sapiens, a find that represents the oldest reliably dated fossil evidence of our species. – New York University Nature Embargo expired on 07-Jun-2017 at 13:00 ET Hubble Astronomers Develop a New Use for a Century-Old Relativity Experiment to Measure a White Dwarf's Mass Astronomers have used the sharp vision of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to repeat a century-old test of Einstein’s general theory of relativity. The team measured the mass of white dwarf Stein 2051 B, the burned-out remnant of a normal star, by s... – Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) Science, Jun-2017; American Astronomical Society Meeting, Jun-2017 Embargo expired on 07-Jun-2017 at 11:15 ET includes video World’s ‘First Named Dinosaur’ Reveals New Teeth with Scanning Tech Pioneering technology has shed fresh light on the world’s first scientifically-described dinosaur fossil – over 200 years after it was first discovered - thanks to research by WMG at the University of Warwick and the University of Oxford’s Muse... – University of Warwick International Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference Embargo expired on 07-Jun-2017 at 19:05 ET Scientists Discover a 2-D Magnet A team led by the University of Washington and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has for the first time discovered magnetism in the 2-D world of monolayers, or materials that are formed by a single atomic layer. – University of Washington Embargo expired on 07-Jun-2017 at 13:00 ET Could Edible Insects Help Global Food Security? Australian consumers in Adelaide are taking part in a University of Adelaide research study to help realise the potential for edible insects as a food industry. Consumer attitudes are being put to the test with an offering of roasted crickets and... – University of Adelaide X-Ray Study Reveals Way to Control Molecular Vibrations That Transmit Heat Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a new way to track dynamic molecular features in soft materials, including the high-frequency molecular vibrations that transmit waves of heat, sound,... – Brookhaven National Laboratory Reshaping Darwin’s Tree of Life In 1859, Charles Darwin included a novel tree of life in his trailblazing book on the theory of evolution, On the Origin of Species. Now, scientists from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and their collaborators want to reshape Darwin’s tree. – Rutgers University Researchers Image Quasiparticles That Could Lead to Faster Circuits, Higher Bandwidths A research team led by Iowa State University's Zhe Fei has made the first images of half-light, half-matter quasiparticles. The discovery could be an early step to developing nanophotonic circuits that are up to 1 million times faster than current el... – Iowa State University Nature Photonics, 10.1038/nphoton.2017.65 New Driving-Simulator Lab Accelerates Research Into Driver Behavior and Vehicle Technology Investigators in the KU Transportation Engineering Analysis Laboratory are researching driver behavior, psychology and distracted driving, as well as traffic engineering, signal control and the gamut of new technology appearing in modern vehicles. – University of Kansas includes video Waste Not, Want Not Nutritious feed for cattle is complex. As the summer season progresses, grass can become harder to digest. However, researchers found by supplementing with dried distillers’ grains, this effect can be minimized. Dried distillers’ grains are left ... – American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Crop Science, April 20, 2017 S&T Helps Explosive Detection Canine Teams get REDDI DHS S&T has created the Regional Explosives Detection Dog Initiative (REDDI), a series of events aimed at advancing the knowledge and capabilities of the nation’s detection canine teams – Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate ‘Charliecloud’ Simplifies Big Data Supercomputing At Los Alamos National Laboratory, home to more than 100 supercomputers since the dawn of the computing era, elegance and simplicity of programming are highly valued but not always achieved. In the case of a new product, dubbed “Charliecloud,” a ... – Los Alamos National Laboratory Q&A: SLAC’s Vera Lüth Discusses the Search for New Physics In this Q&A, particle physicist Vera Lüth discusses scientific results that potentially hint at physics beyond the Standard Model. The professor emerita of experimental particle physics at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Labor... – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory G. Ciezarek, M. Franco Sevilla, B. Hamilton, R. Kowalewski, T. Kuhr, V. Lüth, Y. Sato, Nature, 08 June 2017 (10.1038/nature22346 Small Climb in Mean Temperatures Linked to Far Higher Chance of Deadly Heat Waves An increase in mean temperature of 0.5 degrees Celsius over half a century may not seem all that serious, but it’s enough to have more than doubled the probability of a heat wave killing in excess of 100 people in India, according to researchers at... – University of California, Irvine Science Advances, June-2017 Sea Urchin Protein Provides Insights Into Self-Assembly of Skeletal Structures Calcium carbonate combined with sea urchin proteins form tiny stacks of ‘bricks’ that creates a structure which provides a tough, exoskeleton defense for the sea creature. NYU Dentistry research studying the protein may enable the development of ... – New York University Every Day Is World Oceans Day for U.S. Coastal Ocean Observing Systems Today, on June 8, ocean lovers worldwide are coming together to celebrate the world’s oceans and recognize the vital role these water bodies play in supporting life on Earth. But for the U.S. Integrated Ocean Observing System— and its 11 regio... – Gulf of Mexico Coastal Ocean Observing System-Regional Association (GCOOS-RA) Business Innovation and Climate Change Initiative Panel Calls for Stronger 'Green Finance' The University of Virginia Darden School of Business Batten Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation launched its Business Innovation and Climate Change Initiative to address one of the most singular global challenges of the 21st century – University of Virginia Darden School of Business Berkeley Lab’s Open-Source Spinoff Serves Science Berkeley Lab's Greg Kurtzer developed Singularity, a solution that allows scientists to use software containers in a high-performance computing (HPC) environment. It has caught on so quickly that Kurtzer has launched SingularityWare LLC, to further d... – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 24 Institutions Commit to Diversity and Inclusion Through 2017 HHMI Inclusive Excellence Initiative HHMI has selected 24 schools in the first round of the Inclusive Excellence initiative, a program that aims to help increase the capacity of colleges and universities to effectively engage all students so that they can be successful in science, espec... – Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Eck Industries Exclusively Licenses Cerium-Aluminum Alloy Co-Developed by ORNL Wisconsin’s Eck Industries has signed an exclusive license for the commercialization of a cerium-aluminum (Ce-Al) alloy co-developed by the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory that is ideal for creating lightweight, strong compon... – Oak Ridge National Laboratory Sensor Detects Shooting at Elephants, Helps Authorities Catch Poachers Kenyan elephants will get more protection from poachers thanks to new Vanderbilt University technology embedded in their tracking collars — ballistic shockwave sensors that send coordinates to authorities immediately after detecting gunshots. – Vanderbilt University includes video New Editor in Chief Appointed to Developmental Dynamics Journal American Association of Anatomists (AAA) is proud to announce the newest Editor-in-Chief of our leading developmental biology journal, Developmental Dynamics. Paul Trainor, Ph.D., Investigator at Stowers Institute for Medical Research was approved by... – American Association of Anatomists (AAA) New Carbon Economy Effort Launched at Arizona State University The Center for Carbon Removal, in partnership with Arizona State University and several other research institutions, launched a new industrial innovation initiative this week with the goal of developing solutions that transform waste carbon dioxide i... – Arizona State University (ASU) Fiji’s Commitment to Marine Managed Areas The Government of Fiji has made a commitment to gazette two large Marine Managed Areas (MMAs) within Fiji’s Vatu-i-Ra Seascape — a highly diverse and productive area vital to both people and wildlife alike. – Wildlife Conservation Society Lifestyle & Social Sciences Mind Changing Can Be Risky When leaders use a moral argument rather than a pragmatic one as the basis for a position, they may be judged harshly if they change that position later. They are perceived as hypocrites, less effective and less worthy of future support, according to... – American Psychological Association (APA) Embargo expired on 08-Jun-2017 at 09:00 ET Muslim Women’s Experiences with Stigma, Discrimination and Abuse Are Associated with Depression in America UAB study examines relationships between stigma, discrimination, abuse and depression in American Muslim women. – University of Alabama at Birmingham Journal of Women's Health, June-2017 NDSU Study Examines Perspectives on State's Oil Development The latest round of oil development in North Dakota’s Bakken region has raised a variety of issues and concerns, according to new research led by Devan McGranahan, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resource Sciences. – North Dakota State University Science of the Total Environment, Dec-2017 Model of Health: FSU Researchers Find Plus-Size Fashion Models Capture More Attention, Improve Women’s Psychological Health Florida State researchers find women are more likely to pay attention to and remember average and plus-size models in the media compared to thin models. – Florida State University CSU Campuses Report Record Numbers of Graduates for the 2016-17 School Year California State University campuses are seeing a record number of graduates for the 2016-17 school year, with 13 campuses having their largest graduating classes to date. – California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office Wichita State Student Makes Big Discovery During Anthropology Dig A Wichita State University anthropology student working on an archaeological site near Arkansas City, Kansas, has discovered an artifact dating back to the 1600s. – Wichita State University Spread of Local Taxes on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Is Likely Since 2014, seven U.S. municipal or county jurisdictions have adopted excise taxes to reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, but no such taxes have been passed at the state or federal level. A new viewpoint evaluates reasons for success... – Tufts University R01HL130735 Chris Watson Named Assistant Vice President for Student Outreach and Dean of Undergraduate Admission Christopher Watson, dean of undergraduate admission at Northwestern University, has been named assistant vice president for student outreach and dean of undergraduate admission, Northwestern President Morton Schapiro announced today (June 7). – Northwestern University CSU Highlights Global Impact at NAFSA The California State University is the country's largest system of senior higher education, but its educational impact stretches far beyond California and even the nation. This international reach was highlighted at the NAFSA conference in Los Angele... – California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office Free Summer Events at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum The National Air and Space Museum’s Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Va., will host family-friendly activities throughout the summer to meet every staycationer’s needs. The popular “Innovations in Flight Family Day and Aviation Display... – Smithsonian Institution Business News UMB, Serenta License Agreement Welcomed in Quest To Combat Deadly Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infections UMB grants licensing rights for new vaccine candidate to Serenta Biotechnology, LLC, whose co-founder, Mark Shirtliff, PhD, professor at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry and the UM School of Medicine. – University of Maryland, Baltimore

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