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UrduIn a study that compares rapid antigen and laboratory PCR approaches for COVID-19 serial screening, researchers affiliated with the NIH RADx initiative reported results from 43 people infected with the virus.
Month: June 2021
Reducing Need for Blood Transfusion during Heart Surgery Is Focus of New Practice Guideline
Four leading medical specialty societies released a new clinical practice guideline that includes recommendations for reducing blood loss during heart surgery and improving patient outcomes. The document is a multidisciplinary collaboration among The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology, and Society for the Advancement of Patient Blood Management.
Chula Med Launches Automatic Vending Machines to Sell Chula Medical Innovations
Chula Med has come up with vending machines to provide a convenient way for people to purchase Chula Medical Innovations.
Chula Students Win Prizes in National and International Food Innovation Contests
Three student teams from the Department of Food Technology, Faculty of Science, won prizes from the national and international food innovation concept contests.
Florida condo tragedy a major test of viability of condominium ownership regime
Professor Jack Lynch believes the law is outdated when it comes to condominium ownership and its obligations. This tragic occurrence in Florida tests the viability of the condominium ownership regime in a way in which it has never been tested…
Aalto University joins Swedish WASP research program on AI and autonomous systems
Finland’s Aalto University begins collaboration with Swedish universities in the Wallenberg Artificial Intelligence, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP)
Tile drainage impacts yield and nitrogen
Draining waterlogged farm fields helps crops but can leach nitrogen into waterways. A three-decade-long experiment is helping farmers strike the right balance.
Slowing down grape ripening can improve berry quality for winemaking
Researchers reporting in ACS’ Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry have tweaked growing conditions for Cabernet Sauvignon grapes to slow down their ripening, which increased the levels of compounds associated with wine’s characteristic floral and fruity notes.
The Southern diet – fried foods and sugary drinks – may raise risk of sudden cardiac death
Journal of the American Heart Association Report
Knowledge of nurses for pain management of patients on maintenance hemodialysis
The article by Dr. Eman Khamis Al Nazly and Dr. Husam Al Khatib is published in the journal, The Open Nursing Journal
Keep your friends close, cortisol levels low for life
Researchers at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign determined that communicating with female friends decreases stress hormone levels for women across the lifespan
Reactive oxygen species (ROS): Key components in cancer therapies
The article by Dr. Biswa Mohan Sahoo et al. is published in Anti-Cancer Agents in Medicinal Chemistry, 2021
Study associates organic food intake in childhood with better cognitive development
Analysis of multiple prenatal and childhood environmental risk factors suggests that poor nutrition, house crowding and indoor air pollution are associated with poorer cognitive function
Diaries of infection preventionists give inside look at the unsung heroes of the pandemic
Presenters at the APIC Virtual Conference detail supply issues, raw emotions from early COVID days
Slowing down grape ripening can improve berry quality for winemaking
Wine grapes are particularly finicky when it comes to their environment. For instance, heatwaves and droughts lead to earlier berry ripening and lackluster wine. And these types of episodes are expected to intensify as Earth’s climate changes. Now, researchers reporting…
Small biotechs team up with big partners to manufacture drugs
Many of the most promising new molecules to treat diseases come from smaller biotechnology firms, which often lack resources to scale up production when it’s time for their drugs to go to large-scale clinical trials or the market. Now, a…
Study finds changes in wealth tied to changes in cardiovascular health
Longitudinal study of healthy adults finds upward or downward changes in wealth were associated with respective lower or higher levels of cardiovascular events
Extreme events: Ecosystems offer cost effective protection
Decision-makers around the world are increasingly interested in using ecosystem solutions such as mangroves, coral reefs, sand dunes and forests on steep slopes to help buffer the impacts from hazard events and protect populations. But what evidence exists to show…
Proteins could offer risk markers and therapy targets in diabetic kidney disease
A 7- to 15-year longitudinal study of 358 diabetics has linked 3 proteins in blood with a slower progression of diabetic kidney disease and progressive kidney failure. The results from Zaipul Md Dom and colleagues suggest that the proteins could…
Repairing ‘broken’ hearts — new promising surgical technique for heart attacks
Medical researchers devise a new way to repair the ruptured wall of the heart from a severe heart attack
Digging into the molecules of fossilized dinosaur eggshells
Dinosaurs roamed the Earth more than 65 million years ago, and paleontologists and amateur fossil hunters are still unearthing traces of them today. The minerals in fossilized eggs and shell fragments provide snapshots into these creatures’ early lives, as well…
Computational analyses reveal 200 drugs that could be repurposed to treat COVID-19
Identification of SARS-CoV-2-induced pathways reveals drug repurposing strategies
Autonomous excavators ready for around the clock real-world deployment
Researchers from Baidu Research and the University of Maryland have developed a robotic excavator system that integrates perception, planning, and control capabilities to enable material loading over a long duration with no human intervention
New research moves novel gene therapy for heart failure closer to the clinic
Research at Baylor College of Medicine, the Texas Heart Institute and collaborating institutions is moving a novel promising gene therapy to treat heart failure closer to the clinic. Published in Science Translational Medicine , the study showed that knocking down…
Study: Persistent socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic segregation in US safety-net hospitals
Expanded Medicaid did not lead to changes in the hospitals where patients with lower incomes received care and did not decrease racial and ethnic segregation
RESILIENCE, a project to reduce the prevalence of heart failure in cancer survivors
Over one million European cancer patients suffer from side effects to chemotherapy
National research centre signals cleaner future for heavy industry
Australia’s leading companies in the heavy industrial sector will embark on a program that will enable a step-change in the rate at which they transition toward zero net-carbon emissions through the Heavy Industry Low-carbon Transition Cooperative Research Centre (HILT CRC).
Prevalence of COVID-19 Among Hospitalized Infants Varies with Levels of Community Transmission
How common COVID-19 is among infants may depend on the degree of the pandemic virus circulating in a community, a new study finds.
‘There may not be a conflict after all’ in expanding universe debate
In a new review paper accepted to the Astrophysical Journal, Freedman gives an overview of the most recent observations. Her conclusion: the latest observations are beginning to close the gap. That is, there may not be a conflict after all, and our standard model of the universe does not need to be significantly modified.
Opinion Panel poll finds voters are evenly split over the Northern Ireland Protocol
The LucidTalk poll, conducted for a team of researchers at Queen’s University Belfast has revealed that Northern Ireland voters are evenly split over the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.
Mount Sinai Leaders Discuss Equity, the Impact of the Pandemic on Healthcare, and the Unprecedented Era and Increasing Interest of Psychedelics on Treating Mental Health at the 2021 Aspen Ideas Health and Aspen Ideas Festival
Reflections on the pandemic, developing innovative solutions to address inequities in health and medicine, and the use of psychedelic drugs to help treat psychiatric disorders are among the topics presented at Aspen Ideas Health and the Aspen Ideas Festival from June 27-July 1, 2021, in Aspen, Colorado. Presented by the Aspen Institute and sponsored by the Mount Sinai Health System, the festival is a unique forum for the exchange of ideas.
UC San Diego Health Adopts SMART Health Card for Digital Vaccine Records
UC San Diego Health is now offering a verifiable digital vaccine record to its patients who have or will receive a COVID-19 vaccine. These secure online records, otherwise known as a SMART health card, can be accessed directly from the MyUCSDChart patient portal.
Researchers Create Better Method to Predict Offshore Wind Power
Rutgers researchers have developed a machine learning model using a physics-based simulator and real-world meteorological data to better predict offshore wind power.
College Students Experience Significant Grief Reactions During Global Pandemic
A new study shows that colleges students are experiencing significant grief reactions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grant awarded to help determine if meningitis and sepsis increase a person’s chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease
The role of peripheral and brain infections in the development of Alzheimer’s disease is the focus of new research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), funded with a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Biosciences chief scientist, Corporate Fellow reflects on trailblazing LGBTQIA+ presence at ORNL
In a long career full of scientific accomplishments, Brian Davison counts among his many successes the formation of Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s LGBTQIA+ employee group and helping gay and lesbian staff at the lab navigate a sometimes tricky landscape has been among his most meaningful experiences.
Microbes Use Ancient Metabolism to Cycle Phosphorus
Phosphorus is a building block of all living cells. Most phosphorous occurs in the form of phosphate, but ancient oceans and soils also contained another form, phosphite. Microbes gain energy by converting phosphite to phosphate via phosphorous reduction-oxidation (redox) cycling. A new study suggests that the ability to use phosphite in energy metabolism is surprisingly widespread in nature.
Wellesley Students Recover the Women of the Divine Comedy in a Wikipedia Project
The women in the Divine Comedy, the epic poem by the Italian writer Dante Alighieri, served as symbols and metaphors of political affiliation, intrigue, virtue, scandal, and violence. Centuries later, though, little is known about many of the women Dante included in his seminal work. Laura Ingallinella, a Mellon postdoctoral fellow in Italian studies and English at Wellesley, and her students have worked to change that by writing the women of the Divine Comedy back into history. The project included working with Wikimedia Foundation to use Wikipedia as a pedagogical space. The students researched female characters of their choosing and wrote Wikipedia entries.
The End of the Antitrust Case Against Facebook? Expert from Robert H. Smith School of Business available to discuss the ruling against the FTC and states.
David Kass, clinical professor of finance Kass has served as an economist in senior positions with the Federal Trade Commission, General Accounting Office, Department of Defense, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. He also is active on Twitter (@DrDavidKass) and blogs about Warren Buffett,…
Counties with state prisons had 11% more first-wave COVID-19 cases
MADISON – The presence of a state prison in a county was associated with 11% more COVID-19 cases through July 1, 2020, according to a new study from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Making seawater drinkable in minutes
According to the World Health Organization, about 785 million people around the world lack a clean source of drinking water.
Hotter, more frequent droughts threaten California’s iconic blue oak woodlands
The devastating 2012 – 2016 drought in California triggered widespread tree cover loss and die-offs of a variety of species in the region.
How humans brought change to a tropical paradise
After centuries of human impact on the world’s ecosystems, a new study from Flinders University details an example of how a common native bee species has flourished since the very first land clearances by humans on Fiji.
‘Edge of chaos’ opens pathway to artificial intelligence discoveries
Scientists at the University of Sydney and Japan’s National Institute for Material Science (NIMS) have discovered that an artificial network of nanowires can be tuned to respond in a brain-like way when electrically stimulated.
Clinics retrieving ‘far too many’ eggs from IVF patients
This press release is in support of a presentation by Dr Gulam Bahadur presented online at the 37th Annual Meeting of ESHRE.
Institute of Human Virology Member Joins Scientific Advisory Committee of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced that Alash’le Abimiku, PhD, Professor of Medicine of the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, a Global Virus Network (GVN) Center of Excellence, will join their Scientific Advisory Committee for three-years.
The final dance of mixed neutron star-black hole pairs
Gravitational wave detectors have observed a new type of cataclysmic event in the cosmos: the merger of a neutron star with a black hole.
Using artificial intelligence to overcome mental health stigma
Depression is a worldwide problem, with serious consequences for individual health and the economy, and rapid and effective screening tools are thus urgently needed to counteract its increasing prevalence. Now, researchers from Japan have found that artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect signs of depression.
Success in reversing dementia in mice sets the stage for human clinical trials
Researchers have identified a new treatment candidate that appears to not only halt neurodegenerative symptoms in mouse models of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, but also reverse the effects of the disorders.
Longer-lived lithium-metal battery marks step forward for electric vehicles
Researchers have increased the lifetime of a promising electric vehicle battery to a record level.