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Medical News Study Offers Insights on How to Decrease the Discard Rate of Donated Organs • From 2008-2015, the number of kidneys donated after circulatory death that were obtained by the country’s 58 donor service areas varied substantially. • The outcomes associated with these organs were generally excellent. • The use of thes... – American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Journal of the American Society of Nephrology Embargo expired on 05-Oct-2017 at 17:00 ET New Findings On Mechanisms For Body Temperature Regulation By Fat Tissue New discoveries about the mechanism responsible for heat generation in the body related to fat tissue oppose classical views in the field and could lead to new ways to fight metabolic disorders associated with obesity, according to a study led by Geo... – Georgia State University Cell Metabolism Embargo expired on 05-Oct-2017 at 12:00 ET Fight Against Top Killer, Clogged Arteries, Garners Acclaimed NIH Award No disorder appears to kill more people than atherosclerosis, and hopeful experimental treatments with "good cholesterols" have failed. New research reapproaches them with carefully designed cholesterols in an organ-on-a-chip in highly reproducible e... – Georgia Institute of Technology DP2 HL142050 Embargo expired on 05-Oct-2017 at 10:00 ET Study Highlights 10 Most Unnecessary and Overused Medical Tests and Treatments Unnecessary medication. Tests that don’t reveal the problem, or uncover a “problem” that isn’t really there. Procedures that have more risk than benefit. A new study highlights some of the most egregious examples of medical overuse in America... – University of Maryland School of Medicine JAMA Internal Medicine 'Khamisiyah Plume' Linked to Brain and Memory Effects in Gulf War Vets Gulf War veterans with low-level exposure to chemical weapons show lasting adverse effects on brain structure and memory function, reports a study in the October Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. – Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Scientists Develop “Body-on- a-Chip” System to Accelerate Testing of New Drugs Being able to test new drugs in a 3-D model of the body has the potential to speed up drug discovery and also to reduce the use of testing in animals. – Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Scientific Reports (Nature) Scientists Find New RNA Class in Kidneys Is Linked to Hypertension Researchers from the University of Toledo (Ohio) College of Medicine and Life Sciences have discovered more than 12,000 different types of noncoding RNA (circRNAs) in the kidney tissue of rats. This type of genetic material, previously thought to hav... – American Physiological Society (APS) Physiological Genomics Researchers Identify Genetic Drivers of Most Common Form of Lymphoma An international research effort led by Duke Cancer Institute scientists has been working to better understand the genetic underpinnings of the most prevalent form of this cancer -- diffuse large B cell lymphoma – and how those genes might play a r... – Duke Health Cell New Research on Sperm Stem Cells has Implications for Male Infertility and Cancer New research from scientists at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah and collaborators at University of Utah Health (U of U Health) sheds light on the complex process that occurs in the development of human sperm stem cells. – Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah Cell Stem Cell; P30 CA042014 Identifying Ways to Minimize the Harm of Energy Drinks Because many countries allow the sale of energy drinks to young people, identifying ways to minimize potential harm from energy drinks is critical. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior provided unique insights into... – Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Good-Guy Bacteria May Help Cancer Immunotherapies Do Their Job Individuals with certain types of bacteria in their gut may be more likely to respond well to cancer immunotherapy, researchers at the Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center found in a study of patients with metastatic melanoma. – UT Southwestern Medical Center Neoplasia, Oct-2017 Discovery Advances Understanding of Inflammatory Bowel Disease The findings could help guide doctors to determine how best to treat patients with Crohn's disease. – SUNY Upstate Medical University PLOS One Sensory Loss Can Be a Warning Sign of Poor Health Outcomes, Including Death A long-term study spanning five years and including more than 3,000 nationally-representative older US adults has found that a natural decline of the five classical senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch) can predict a number of poor health ... – University of Chicago Medical Center Journal of the American Geriatrics Society CRI Study Challenges Long-Standing Concept in Cancer Metabolism Scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered that lactate provides a fuel for growing tumors, challenging a nearly century-old observation known as the Warburg effect. – UT Southwestern Medical Center Cell, Oct-2017 Regenerative Medicine Restores Movement After Paralysis Four of six people with paralyzing spinal cord injuries who were treated with a new cell therapy have recovered two or more motor levels on at least one side, new study results show. – Rush University Medical Center New Insights on the Addictions of Tumors Stromal tissue may provide novel targets to disrupt tumor supply lines – Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Cell Metabolism, Oct 2017 First Whole-Brain Map of Inhibitory Neurons Reveals Surprises Researchers at Penn State College of Medicine have collaborated on the first-ever quantitative whole-brain map of inhibitory interneurons in the mouse brain. – Penn State College of Medicine Cell The Medical Minute: Scoliosis Screening Key to Timely Treatment One out of every 25 children will develop scoliosis, or curvature of the spine. While some are babies or toddlers when diagnosed, most cases occur during the pre-teen years. – Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center includes video Many Happy Returns One-year-old Elias will never remember all the doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals who took care of him for the first five months of his life, but his parents, Gabriela and Rogelio Ramirez, will never forget them. – UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Care Could Improve for Dialysis Patients with Development of Bionanomatrix Gel with $2 Million Grant A university spinoff has received a stage two grant to test a potential solution for malfunctioning vascular access. – University of Alabama at Birmingham Clearing the Air of Confusion About Mammography Guidelines Published mammography guidelines differ on this and similar topics. With 1 in 8 U.S. women developing invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetimes, knowing when to have this potentially lifesaving screening is critical. – Beaumont Health Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Studying Drug's Potential to Prevent Alzheimer's A researcher at the University of Kentucky is exploring whether low doses of Rapamycin, a drug commonly used as an immunosuppressant for organ transplant recipients, can restore brain function before the disease changes in the brain affect a person's... – University of Kentucky includes video Want To Help A Loved One Coping With Cancer? Stay Positive San Diego State University Professor Dr. Wayne Beach explains how positive, frequent communication by family members can truly help cancer patients. Expert Available – California State University (CSU) Chancellor's Office Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Receives Grant to Administer Area Health Education Center Programs Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine has been awarded the first of a five-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to administer three Area Health Education Center programs. When completed, funding for the award wil... – Rowan University Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center Foundation to Host Second Annual Benefit for Bayshore Oktoberfest Celebration Hackensack Meridian Health Bayshore Medical Center Foundation will host the second annual Benefit for Bayshore Oktoberfest Community Celebration on Friday, October 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. and invites all members of the community to register t... – Hackensack Meridian Health Cancer Immunologist Andrea Schietinger of Sloan Kettering Institute Honored with Prestigious NIH Director’s New Innovator Award Cancer immunologist Andrea Schietinger, PhD, of the Sloan Kettering Institute (SKI) at Memorial Sloan Kettering (MSK) has been honored with the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award. – Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center NIH Grant Number: DP2-CA-225212 SNEB Announces Winners of the Inaugural Korean Society of Community Nutrition and Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior International Awards SNEB announces the 2017 award recipients. – Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior Harvard Medical School Scientists Receive NIH Director's Awards Four Harvard Medical School scientists are among 86 recipients nationwide honored by the National Institutes of Health High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program. – Harvard Medical School GW Researcher Receives More Than $2.3 Million to Study Cocaine’s Influence on HIV Following studies showing that cocaine influences the transcription and replication of HIV, Mudit Tyagi, PhD, at GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, will lead a team researching the underlying mechanisms of that influence. – George Washington University 1R01DA041746-01 NIH Awards Wayne State $2M to Analyze 20 Years of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Data The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism of the National Institutes of Health has awarded Wayne State University $2,063,188 for a new study that will analyze longitudinal data spanning 20 years collected from five U.S. cohorts, includin... – Wayne State University Division of Research National Institutes of Health, AA025905 College of American Pathologists (CAP) Recognizes Doctors for Dedicated Service Northfield, Ill.—The College of American Pathologists (CAP), the world’s largest organization of board-certified pathologists, will honor five physicians for their service to the CAP organization that helps ensure safety and accuracy within the m... – College of American Pathologists (CAP) Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Receives Prestigious Magnet® Recognition for Clinical Excellence For The Third Time For the third consecutive time, the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) has bestowed Magnet® recognition for clinical excellence to Children’s Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). – Childrens Hospital Los Angeles NIH Selects Wistar Scientist Kavitha Sarma, Ph.D., for New Innovator Award The Wistar Institute, an international leader in biomedical research in the fields of cancer, immunology and infectious diseases, announces Kavitha Sarma, Ph.D., assistant professor in Wistar’s Gene Expression and Regulation Program, has been award... – Wistar Institute Ministry of Health and Prevention of the United Arab Emirates and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Partner on Visiting Specialty Consultant Program The Ministry of Health and Prevention of the United Arab Emirates (MOHAP) and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today entered into a memorandum of understanding regarding a pediatric specialty consultation program to provide clinical and e... – Children's Hospital of Philadelphia First Randomized Trial to Determine Most Effective, Least Toxic Treatment for Babies with SCID Investigators plan to determine the lowest dose of chemotherapy needed for babies with severe combined immunodeficiency undergoing bone marrow transplant. The goal is to restore the immune system safely and effectively with less toxicity than the hig... – Children's Hospital Los Angeles Saban Research Institute U01AI126612 Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Nurse to be Inducted as American Academy of Nursing Fellow Long-time Seattle Cancer Care Alliance oncology nurse will be inducted as a Fellow by the American Academy of Nursing on October 7. – Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Science News Columbia Engineers Invent Breakthrough Millimeter-Wave Circulator IC Researchers at Columbia Engineering and UT-Austin continue to break new ground in developing magnet-free non-reciprocal components in modern semiconductor processes. They have built the first magnet-free non-reciprocal circulator on a silicon chip th... – Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science Nature Communications 6 October 2017 Embargo expired on 06-Oct-2017 at 05:00 ET includes video Lack of Compatibility in Admixtures Could Harm Concrete Durability Test results show that interactions between admixtures can reduce air-void stability, contributing to lowered freezing-and-thawing durability and scaling resistance. – American Concrete Institute (ACI) ACI Materials Journal, September/October 2017 Embargo expired on 05-Oct-2017 at 15:00 ET Liverwort Genes and Land Plant Evolution An international team including DOE Joint Genome Institute researchers analyzed the genome sequence of the common liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha) to identify genes and gene families deemed crucial to plant evolution and have been conserved over mil... – Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Cell Embargo expired on 05-Oct-2017 at 12:00 ET Decision to Rescind Waters of the United States Rule Based on Flawed Analysis, Virginia Tech Economist Finds New evidence suggests that the Trump Administration’s proposal to rescind the 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule that would limit the scope of the Clean Water Act inappropriately overlooks wetlands-related values. – Virginia Tech Science Embargo expired on 05-Oct-2017 at 14:00 ET Mineral Content of Soils Key to Physical and Chemical Behavior Many aspects of the physical and chemical behavior of soils are directly related to the minerals present. The “Soil Mineralogy” symposium at the Managing Global Resources for a Secure Future ASA, CSSA, SSSA International Annual Meeting in Tampa, ... – American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Embargo expired on 06-Oct-2017 at 09:00 ET WVU Awarded $1 Million Grant From NSF for New High Performance Computing Cluster A three-year National Science Foundation grant totaling nearly $1 million will let West Virginia University develop its next-generation High Performance Computing, or HPC, cluster to advance computationally intensive research in a wide array of field... – West Virginia University Embargo expired on 06-Oct-2017 at 09:00 ET Story Tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 2017 A method developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory could protect connected and autonomous vehicles from possible network intrusion. A new ORNL technique makes ultrafast measurements using atomic force microscopy. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory New ‘Molecular Trap’ Cleans More Radioactive Waste From Nuclear Fuel Rods A new method for capturing radioactive waste from nuclear power plants is cheaper and more effective than current methods, a potential boon for the energy industry, according to new research published in the journal Nature Communications. – Wake Forest University Nature Communications Paper-Based Supercapacitor Uses Metal Nanoparticles to Boost Energy Density Using a simple layer-by-layer coating technique, researchers from the U.S. and Korea have developed a paper-based flexible supercapacitor that could be used to help power wearable devices. The device uses metallic nanoparticles to coat cellulose fibe... – Georgia Institute of Technology Nature Communications Researchers Get Straight to the Heart of Piezoelectric Tissues While some studies have supported the idea that the walls of the aorta are piezoelectric or ferroelectric, the most recent research finds no evidence of these properties. Researchers investigated by testing samples of pig aorta using a traditional se... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Applied Physics Letters Old Faithful’s Geological Heart Revealed University of Utah scientists have mapped the near-surface geology around Old Faithful, revealing the reservoir of heated water that feeds the geyser’s surface vent and how the ground shaking behaves in between eruptions. The map was made possible ... – University of Utah Geophysical Research Letters; YELL-2015-SCI-0114; CyberSEES-1442665; OCRF-2014-CRG3-2300 Segregation-induced ordered superstructures at general grain boundaries in a Ni-Bi alloy A team of researchers found that randomly selected, high-angle, general grain boundaries in a nickel-bismuth (Ni-Bi) polycrystalline alloy can undergo interfacial reconstruction to form ordered superstructures, a discovery that enriches the theories ... – University of California San Diego Science Bringing Visual “Magic” to Light Scientists create widely controllable ultrathin optical components that allow virtual objects to be projected in real environments. – Department of Energy, Office of Science Scientific Reports 7 (2286), 1-8 (2017). [DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-02167-4] S&T Testing Provides a Better Understanding of How Chlorine Spreads The results of these tests can help emergency managers better prepare for different scenarios depending on the direction of chlorine release. – Homeland Security's Science & Technology Directorate New Technology Uses Mouth Gestures to Interact in Virtual Reality Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have developed a new technology that allows users to interact in a virtual reality environment using only mouth gestures. – Binghamton University, State University of New York 2017 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo, July-2017 Myopia: A Close Look at Efforts to Turn Back a Growing Problem Several studies indicate that the prevalence of myopia is increasing in the U.S. and worldwide, and researchers project that the trend will continue in the coming decades. Otherwise known as nearsightedness, myopia occurs when the eye grows too long ... – NIH, National Eye Institute (NEI) U10 EY023204, U10 EY023210, R01 EY003611, U10 EY023208 Professor on NMSU-UCLA Team Working on Augmented Reality, New Networks A New Mexico State University professor is working with researchers from UCLA to integrate augmented reality into new wireless edge networks thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation and Intel Corporation. Satyajayant Misra, NMSU associa... – New Mexico State University (NMSU) World-Leading Expert on Humanitarian Logistics From Rensselaer To Discuss Puerto Rico’s Supply Chain Struggles To Disperse Aid Two weeks after Hurricane Maria wrecked devastation on Puerto Rico, destroying the power grid and leaving millions without access to necessities, distributing aid remains an issue. Extreme events pose serious logistical challenges to emergency and ai... Expert Available – Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) UC San Diego Scientists Garner National High-Risk, High-Reward Awards Emma Farley, an assistant professor at UC San Diego’s Division of Biological Sciences and School of Medicine, has been awarded the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. Melissa Gymrek, an assistant professor in the School of Medicine and Department... Expert Available – University of California San Diego Missouri S&T Metallurgical Engineer Named ASM International Fellow A Missouri S&T professor known for both his teaching acumen and research portfolio has been named an ASM International fellow, a top honor in materials science and engineering. Dr. David Van Aken, a Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor of ... – Missouri University of Science and Technology MTRAC Awards Spark Biomedical Innovation at Wayne State University Three Wayne State University (WSU) research teams were recently awarded funding from Wayne State’s Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) program. The goal is to accelerate the translation and commercialization of their innov... – Wayne State University Division of Research Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization Program Jefferson Lab Completes 12 GeV Upgrade Nuclear physicists are now poised to embark on a new journey of discovery into the fundamental building blocks of the nucleus of the atom. The completion of the 12 GeV Upgrade Project of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at th... – Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility Sustainable Financing of Conservation Just Got a Major Boost The Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) announced today that the French Facility for Global Environment / Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM) and the MAVA Foundation have jointly awarded 701,114 Euros (822,315 USD) to support CFA. – Wildlife Conservation Society Entrepreneurial Fellows Announced in New New Ppostdoctoral tTraining pProgram Four postdoctoral researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have been named Entrepreneurial Fellows as part of a new joint initiative of the University of California and Los Alamos. – Los Alamos National Laboratory Matthew Latimer Receives 2017 Lytle Award A staff member at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Acceleratory Laboratory, Matthew Latimer is in charge of seven spectroscopy beamlines at SSRL. He was recently selected for the 2017 Farrel W. Lytle Award, established by the SSRL Users’ ... – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Lifestyle & Social Sciences Beyond Bullying: Study Shows Damaging Affects of Multiple Forms of Victimization On School Climate School officials focused exclusively on bullying prevention efforts might want to consider the findings of a new study showing the highly damaging effects of multiple forms of victimization on school climate. – University of Vermont Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma ​Perpetrators of Genocide Say They’re ‘Good People’ The men who were tried for their role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide that killed up to 1 million people want you to know that they’re actually very good people. That’s the most common way accused men try to account for their actions in testimony be... – Ohio State University Social Problems UA Researcher: Changes Needed to News Coverage of Mass Shooters Criminology researchers suggest news media refrain from publishing names and images of mass shooters to possibly deter future offenders who seek the fame and notoriety many rampage shooters admit to seeking. – University of Alabama American Behavioral Scientist, Sept.-2017 Interpreting Hurricane Forecast Displays Can Be Difficult for General Public The 2017 hurricane season has highlighted the critical need to communicate a storm's impact path and intensity accurately, but new research from the University of Utah shows sig