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UrduHematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are responsible for the constant replenishment of all blood cells throughout life. One of the major challenges in regenerative medicine is to produce tailor-made HSCs to replace the defective ones in patients suffering from blood related…
Month: November 2019
Gene variant may help protect against Alzheimer’s disease
BOSTON–A new study led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), in collaboration with the University of Antioquia, Schepens Eye Research Institute of Mass. Eye and Ear, and Banner Alzheimer’s Institute, provides insights on why some people may be more…
Ancient bone protein reveals which turtles were on the menu in Florida, Caribbean
MANCHESTER, England and GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Thousands of years ago, the inhabitants of modern-day Florida and the Caribbean feasted on sea turtles, leaving behind bones that tell tales of ancient diets and the ocean’s past. An international team of scientists…
Complex society discovered in birds
The first existence of a multilevel society in a non-mammalian animal shows that large brains are not a requirement for complex societies
New research project to tackle emergency natural disaster response problems
A new research project aims to tackle problems and improve natural disaster emergency preparedness and response in countries badly affected by earthquakes, flooding, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis
Science: Sensing magnetism in atomic resolution with just a scanning tunneling microscope
Researchers use single molecule on microscope tip as a sensor to detect magnetic moments with unprecedented spatial resolution
Elusive cancer-related protein captured in flight
Scientists have for the first time seen how the MYC protein, which plays a central role in cancer, binds to a key protein and controls important functions in the cell. The study, published in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology ,…
Emergency department admissions of children for sexual abuse
What The Study Did: This study analyzed emergency department admissions of children for sexual abuse between 2010 and 2016 using a nationwide database of emergency visits and U.S. Census Bureau data. To access the embargoed study: Visit our For The…
EMBL spins the Sleeping Beauty transposase
New possibilities for gene therapies
Evaluating mind-body therapies for opioid-treated pain
What The Study Did: Mind-body therapies include things like meditation, hypnosis, relaxation and cognitive behavioral therapy. This study combined results from dozens of other studies to evaluate how mind-body therapies were associated with pain and opioid-related outcomes among adults using…
How many NCAA team doctors, trainers are women, men?
What The Study Did: Researchers used the NCAA member directory to gather data to determine the distribution of women and men among head physicians and athletic trainers for teams in Divisions I, II and III in the 2018-2019 academic year. To…
Synthetic phages with programmable specificity
Bacteriophages (“phages” for short) are viruses that infect bacteria. Phages are highly host-?specific and will typically only infect and kill an individual species or even subspecies of bacteria. Compared to conventional antibiotics, phages do not indiscriminately kill bacteria. Therefore when…
Investigating childhood stress association with blood indicator of chronic inflammation
What The Study Did: Researchers looked at whether exposure to adverse experiences, stress, and violence among 1,400 children in the United Kingdom was associated at age 18 with elevated levels in the blood of an indicator of chronic inflammation. To…
Extinction of lowland tapir and white-lipped peccary would impair forest diversity
Study suggests these two species of large herbivores have complementary ecological functions, favoring seed dispersal and growth of adult trees.
ISPOR Announces Its Strategic Plan Update 2024
ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research—announced today its Strategic Plan Update 2024.
Predictive Science, Inc. Releases Influenza Predictions
San Diego-based Predictive Science, Inc. this week released their first forecast for the 2019-2020 influenza season, which typically runs from November through March.
Studies Find Nurse-Led Program Improves Care of Older Adults
An analysis of research on the Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE) program finds that it improves older adult care, including preventing falls, improving patient safety and quality of care, reducing potentially inappropriate medications, and helping healthcare providers to care for patients with dementia. The study is published in the journal The Gerontologist.
Personalized and powerful: UK to lead next-generation radiotherapy research
The UK will be transformed into a global hub for radiotherapy research, pioneering the use of the latest techniques such as FLASH radiotherapy and artificial intelligence, with a new £56 million* research network announced by Cancer Research UK today (Monday).…
Pattern of hospital visits offers clue to spotting people at risk of myeloma
Glasgow, UK: A condition that can progress to myeloma could be identified in patients by their unusually frequent hospital visits, according to research presented at the 2019 NCRI Cancer Conference. The study found that people with a pre-cancerous blood condition…
Researchers identify certain gut bacteria that may be involved in causing bowel cancer
Glasgow, UK: People who have a certain type of bacteria in their guts may be at greater risk of developing bowel cancer. In the first study to use a technique called Mendelian randomisation to investigate the causal role played by…
Discriminating diets of meat-eating dinosaurs
A big problem with dinosaurs is that there seem to be too many meat-eaters. From studies of modern animals, there is a feeding pyramid, with plants at the bottom, then plant-eaters, and then meat-eaters at the top. A new study…
New way to date rocks
A new way to date a common mineral could help pinpoint ore deposits and improve mineral exploration globally, according to University of Queensland scientists. The researchers have identified a new reference material and used a state-of-the-art instrument to better date…
New database enhances genomics research collaboration
Sharing datasets that reveal the function of genomic variants in health and disease has become easier, with the launch of a new, open-source database developed by Australian and North American researchers. The MaveDB database is a repository for data from…
Researchers engineer insulin-producing cells activated by light for diabetes
Researchers have transplanted engineered pancreatic beta cells into diabetic mice, then caused the cells to produce more than two to three times the typical level of insulin by exposing them to light. The light-switchable cells are designed to compensate for the lower insulin production or reduced insulin response found in diabetic individuals.
Title VIII Nursing Workforce Bill Passes to Senate Floor
ARN applauds the Senate HELP Committee for advancing the Title VIII Nursing Workforce Reauthorization Act of 2019.
ASTRO supports nomination of Dr. Stephen Hahn to lead U.S. Food and Drug Administration
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today expressed strong support for the nomination of radiation oncologist Stephen Hahn, MD, FASTRO, as Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Dr. Hahn served on the ASTRO Board of Directors from 2014 to 2018.
Selon les chercheurs de la Mayo Clinic, des sous-types de la maladie d’Alzheimer pourraient affecter les traitements futurs
Malgré des décennies d’examen scientifique, les chercheurs qui se consacrent à la maladie d’Alzheimer doivent encore en déterminer la cause ou le traitement. En comprenant les éléments sous-jacents de ses trois sous-types différents, une nouvelle perspective de recherche prometteuse semble se dessiner.
Subtipos de Alzheimer podem afetar futuros tratamentos, segundo pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic
Apesar de décadas de escrutínio científico, os pesquisadores da doença de Alzheimerainda não descobriram sua causa ou tratamento. Compreender no que se baseiam os seus três subtipos distintos é considerado uma nova e promissora via de investigação.
Alzheimer-Subtypen könnten nach Forschern der Mayo Clinic künftig die Art der Behandlung beeinflussen
Trotz jahrzehntelanger wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen haben die Erforscher der Alzheimer-Krankheit deren Ursache und Behandlungsmethoden noch nicht klären können. Zu verstehen, was den drei verschiedenen Subtypen der Krankheit zugrunde liegt, gilt als vielversprechender neuer Forschungsansatz.
A New Approach to Prenatal Care: Moms Getting Together as They Await Baby’s Arrival
The CenteringPregnancy program at the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone has brought groups of expectant mothers together to share their experiences, and learn as much from one another as well as healthcare practitioners.
Harvesting Genes to Improve Watermelons
When many people think of watermelon, they likely think of Citrullus lanatus, the cultivated watermelon with sweet, juicy red fruit enjoyed around the world as a dessert. Indeed, watermelon is one of the world’s most popular fruits, second only to tomato – which many consider a vegetable. But there are six other wild species of watermelon, all of which have pale, hard and bitter fruits.
Los subtipos de la enfermedad de Alzheimer pueden cambiar los futuros tratamientos, descubren científicos de Mayo Clinic
Pese a décadas de escrutinio científico, a los investigadores sobre la enfermedad de Alzheimer todavía les queda por resolver su causa y tratamiento. No obstante, se cree que al entender lo que subyace bajo los tres subtipos distintos, las nuevas investigaciones se enrumbarán por un camino esperanzador.
Laboratorio para Bienestar muestra que el desempeño cognitivo de los oficinistas mejora cuando hay ventanas por donde entra luz del día y ofrecen algún tipo de vista
Los nuevos estudios del Laboratorio para Bienestar, que consiste en una colaboración entre Delos™ y Mayo Clinic, muestran que las oficinas con ventanas que permiten el paso de la luz natural y tienen vista hacia el exterior mejoran tanto el desempeño cognitivo de los empleados como su satisfacción con el ambiente laboral.
Coriell Life Sciences Expands Its Leadership Team, Announces New Roles
Coriell Life Sciences has expanded its leadership team and announced three new roles. Chief Financial Officer William Testa, CPA, started on June 17; Chief Revenue Officer Jennifer Ferrang, MBA, joined the company on September 30; and Director of Precision Medicine Aissa Aifaoui, PharmD, Clinical Pathologist, began on October 15.
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Experts from the Rutgers Tobacco Dependence Program share more about the causes and risk factors for lung cancer, which include smoking. At focus is prevention, including tobacco cessation.
Four Decades of Data Sounds Early Warning on Lake George
Although concentrations of chemicals and pollutants like salt and nutrients have increased in the deep waters of Lake George, they’re still too low to harm the ecosystem at those depths, according to an analysis of nearly 40 years of data published Thursday in Limnology and Oceanography.
Moffitt Researchers Identify a Mechanism Controlling Tumor Cell Recognition by Immune Cells
Immunotherapy has become a standard treatment approach for several types of cancer, including melanoma. However, tumors can escape immune cell detection even with the use of immunotherapies. In a new study published in Cancer Immunology Research, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers, in collaboration with the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, describe a cellular mechanism that controls tumor cell recognition by immune cells.
Living Skin Can Now be 3D-Printed With Blood Vessels Included
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a way to 3D print living skin, complete with blood vessels. The advancement, published online today in Tissue Engineering Part A, is a significant step toward creating grafts that are more like the skin our bodies produce naturally.
New Nursing Leader Named to Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and RWJBarnabas Health
Reaffirming its commitment to continued growth and excellence, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and RWJBarnabas Health welcome Carolyn Hayes, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, as the new Chief Nursing Officer, RWJBarnabas, Oncology Services and Rutgers Cancer Institute.
Nashville Predators to Honor Late CEO of Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt at Hockey Fights Cancer Game
When the Nashville Predators hockey team hits the ice Saturday, Nov. 2, the players will take on an important opponent: childhood cancer.
The Hockey Fights Cancer game against the New York Rangers will raise funds for the 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. The team and the players will also honor one of the hospital’s most passionate advocates, Luke Gregory, chief executive officer for Children’s Hospital, who died Oct. 18 after a battle with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Scientists unveil search-and-replace genome editing
Researchers have designed a more precise and versatile genome editing system, named prime editing, that harnesses the power of CRISPR-Cas9 in combination with another protein, reverse transcriptase, to directly edit DNA in human cells.
Cyp2F2-Mediated Lung Cancer, Rapid Risk Assessment of Color Additives, and More Featured in November 2019 Toxicological Sciences
Toxicological Sciences continues to deliver cutting-edge research in toxicology in the November 2019 issue. This issue features research on computational toxicology and databases, developmental and reproductive toxicology, and more.
American Academy of Dermatology unveils new and improved website
The enhanced site showcases AAD.org’s best-in-class public content and reinforces its status as one of HealthWeb.org’s ‘Highly Recommended’ health sites
Science Snapshots from Berkeley Lab
Gamers designing proteins, raw food changing the gut, and a toxin-absorbing MOF
How our chocolate consumption threatens rare primates
In a recent article, the Washington Post discussed how the growth of the chocolate industry in Western Africa is leading to rapid deforestation. In a 2015 study, an Ohio State University anthropologist and his colleagues documented how illegal cocoa farms…
California fires: Virginia Tech experts on wildfire, smoke, disaster response, post-disaster recovery
Virginia Tech offers several interview opportunities with experts in wildfires, smoke and the impacts on health, resources for optimal disaster response, along with disaster resilience and disaster recovery. Our on-campus broadcast studio is able to connect radio and television via…
Black and Elderly Patients Less Likely to Receive Lung Cancer Treatments
Only about 6 in 10 lung cancer patients in the United States receive the minimal lung cancer treatments recommended by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Magic Therapy Program Helps Reduce Pediatric Patient Anxiety
The experience of stress and fears upon hospitalization is frequent with pediatric patients. A new study of pediatric patients at Stony Brook Children’s Hospital reveals that a program called MagicAid helps significantly reduce both patient and caregiver (parent) anxiety by about 25 percent.