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Month: August 2021
The Wistar Institute Appoints Italo Tempera, Ph.D., as Associate Director for Cancer Research Career Enhancement of Its Cancer Center
Wistar announces the appointment of Italo Tempera, Ph.D., as Associate Director for Cancer Research Career Enhancement at the Institute’s Cancer Center.
Researcher receives $2.5 million grant to develop lung cancer treatment
A researcher at the Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Comprehensive Cancer Center received a five-year, $2.5 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to develop a novel therapy to treat lung cancer.
$1.3 million in NIH grants to enable research into antibody-mediated drug delivery technology
Two National Institute of Health (NIH) grants totaling over $1.3 million will enable research into antibody-mediated drug delivery technology for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune disorders. L. Nathan Tumey, assistant professor of pharmaceutical sciences, is the Principal Investigator on both grants — $1.2 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and $150,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Penn Medicine and Wharton Social Impact Initiative Launch $5 Million Investment Fund for Health Equity
“Fund for Health” announced first round of funding for companies that aim to strengthen social determinants of health
7th International Conference Lifelong Learning for All 2021: Teaching and Learning for Out-of-School Children and Older Adult Learners in the Covid-19 Crisis and Beyond
Timed to coincide with International Literacy Day 2021, the Department of Lifelong Education, Faculty of Education, Chulalongkorn University, has collaborated with the Faculty of Education’s R&D Center for Lifelong Learning for Active Aging, Research Center for Children and Youth Development (CYD), and DVV International, to organize the 7th International Conference on Lifelong Learning for All 2021 (LLL 2021). For this year, the topic is “Teaching and Learning for Out-of-School Children and Older Adult Learners in the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond”.
Older Adults Need More Than Clichés Like ‘Exercise is Good for You’ to Stay Active
More than 80 percent of adults get the recommended 150 minutes of moderate intensity or 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity per week. Moreover, 40 percent of Americans 75 and older are entirely inactive. Little is known about factors associated with increasing, sustaining, or declining physical activity levels over time. A study explored what drives older adults from diverse backgrounds to start or sustain physical activity and what stops them. The bottom line: knowledge and old clichés alone aren’t enough to keep them moving.
FAU Kicks Off Fall 2021 Virtual ‘Research in Action’ Series
“Research in Action” is a virtual weekly talk series on Zoom. Each week, participants can listen to experts in their fields as they present their latest research and participate in question-and-answer sessions.
Groundbreaking ideas from women scientists get less attention
Scientists are less likely to adopt important new ideas in biomedicine introduced by women researchers, a new study has found.
Insights into how a stroke affects reading could help with rehabilitation
Georgetown University researchers, looking at the ability of people to sound out words after a stroke, found that knowing which region of the brain was impacted by the stroke could have important implications for helping target rehabilitation efforts.
4 in 1 blood pressure pill: safe and much more effective than usual hypertension treatment
The first large-scale, long-term trial of a new strategy using combinations of very low-doses in one capsule, has demonstrated significantly improved control of high blood pressure – the leading cause of heart attack and stroke.
Edoxaban May Be Effective Treatment for Atrial Fibrillation After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Mount Sinai study is first to compare this anticoagulant with the standard of care in large randomized clinical trial
Postponed retirement slows cognitive decline
Postponing retirement is protective against cognitive decline.
Reducing sugar in packaged foods can prevent disease in millions
Cutting 20% of sugar from packaged foods and 40% from beverages could prevent 2.48 million cardiovascular disease events
How disorderly young galaxies grow up and mature
Using a supercomputer simulation, a research team at Lund University in Sweden has succeeded in following the development of a galaxy over a span of 13.8 billion years.
Maternal voice reduces pain in premature babies
A baby born prematurely often has to be separated from its parents and placed in an incubator in intensive care.
Simple safety measures reduce musical COVID-19 transmission
As the COVID-19 pandemic swept the globe in 2020, musicians around the world were desperate for the answers to two pressing questions: Can playing musical instruments transmit COVID-19? And if so, what can be done?
Carbon neutrality – a new policy brief for municipalities world wide
How to design efficient demo areas for urban carbon sequestration? In the latest policy brief research groups from the University of Helsinki and Aalto University focus on the main principles of urban demonstration areas using biochars for carbon sequestration.
妙佑医疗国际问与答：肩袖损伤和手术
尊敬的妙佑医疗国际(Mayo Clinic)：我今年48岁，打网球很多年了。我还会定期去游泳。但在最近，每次上球场打球和在家里尝试提举物体时，我的右肩都会感到疼痛。我要如何知道我的肩袖是不是撕裂了？我可以有哪些治疗选择？我还有可能回球场打球吗？
Preguntas y respuestas de Mayo Clinic: Lesiones del manguito rotador y cirugía
Tengo 48 años, juego tenis desde hace años y nado con regularidad. Últimamente, siento dolor en el hombro izquierdo cada vez que salgo a la cancha o cuando intento levantar algún objeto en casa. ¿Cómo puedo saber si me desgarré el manguito rotador? ¿Qué alternativas de tratamiento hay y puedo volver a jugar?
Perguntas e respostas da Mayo Clinic: lesões do manguito rotador e cirurgia
tenho 48 anos e jogo tênis há muitos anos. Eu também nado regularmente. Recentemente, passei a sentir dores no meu ombro direito sempre que entro em quadra e quando tento levantar objetos em casa. Como posso saber se rompi o meu manguito rotador? Quais são as opções de tratamento e posso voltar a jogar?
أسئلة وإجابات مايو كلينك: إصابات الكُفة المدوّرة والجراحة
السادة الأعزاء في مايو كلينك: أبلغ من العمر 48 عامًا، وألعب التنس منذ سنوات. كما أنني أسبح بانتظام. في الآونة الأخيرة، كنت أعاني من ألمٍ في كتفي الأيمن في كل مرة أذهب إلى الملعب للّعب، وعندما أحاول رفع الأشياء في المنزل. كيف أعرف أنني مزقت الكُفة المدوّرة لدي؟ ما هي خيارات العلاج وهل يمكنني العودة إلى اللعب؟
Biomedical engineers show potential of new peptide for fighting Alzheimer’s disease and COVID-19
NYU Tandon professors Mary Cowman and Jin Ryoun Kim recently published a paper describing a novel peptide with broad therapeutic potential to combat chronic inflammation in multiple diseases.
New study shows rundown neighborhoods not slated to go into a steep decline
Scholars and criminologists have examined the relationship between urban decay and violent crime for decades.
Cruel twist: Exercise reduces calories burned at rest in individuals with obesity
Exercise reduces the amount of calories burned at rest in people with obesity, according to a new study by researchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Roehampton.
Researchers Develop Novel Analog Processor for High Performance Computing
Analog photonic solutions offer unique opportunities to address complex computational tasks with unprecedented performance in terms of energy dissipation and speeds, overcoming current limitations of modern computing architectures based on electron flows and digital approaches. In a new study published…
Rush Accountable Care Organization Achieves Record Medicare Savings
Rush Health, Rush University System for Health’s clinically integrated provider network, generated $19.8 million in cost savings for the Medicare program in the care it provided for more than 30,000 Medicare beneficiaries in the greater Chicago area in 2020, a record achievement for an Illinois academic health system. Rush Health earns a percentage of the Medicare dollars it helps the U.S. government save through the Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP).
Robot-assisted therapy can help treat stroke survivors, study finds
Exoskeleton-assisted rehabilitation can be beneficial in treating stroke survivors, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
Research finally reveals ancient universal equation for the shape of an egg
Researchers from the University of Kent, the Research Institute for Environment Treatment and Vita-Market Ltd have discovered the universal mathematical formula that can describe any bird’s egg existing in nature, a feat which has been unsuccessful until now.
Delivery for hospitalized pregnant women improves recovery outcome, study finds
Pregnant women hospitalized with COVID-19 had improved recovery outcomes after delivering their babies early, according to new research from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).
Hover to play key role in Surfside collapse investigation
Cornell professor part of the NIST team that will investigate the June collapse of the condominium in Surfside, Florida.
‘Women’s Health Issues’ Addresses Research, Policy Opportunities for Military Women’s Health
A new supplement to the peer-reviewed journal Women’s Health Issues will provide overviews of existing research on topics important to military women’s health, ranging from sleep to sexual and reproductive health concerns.
Geophysicist sprints to monitor quake aftershocks in Alaska
Cornell professor and collaborators collect data that could provide new insight into the mechanics of crustal faults and possibly help researchers understand and anticipate future earthquake clusters.
Mind over matter? Recognizing your hunger cues
Two nutrition researchers at UAB claim that hunger cues go well beyond your stomach’s rumbling and grumbling — it has more to do with your overall mindfulness.
Why Poison Ingestion Among Children Is Rising—and How to Protect Your Kids
The pandemic has produced a surge in emergency room visits at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles due to the accidental consumption of toxic substances. Our injury prevention expert tells parents what safeguards to put in place.
Computers Help Scientists Understand the Particles that Make Up Atoms
To reduce the need for computer power, researchers typically simulate how quarks combine to make up larger particles by simulating quarks heavier than quarks found in nature. Now, using the Summit supercomputer, a team simulated much lighter quarks than possible in the past. This produced more realistic results that will help scientists investigate the Higgs boson.
Penn mRNA Researchers Drew Weissman and Katalin Karikó Awarded the 2021 Albany Prize
PHILADELPHIA – For their landmark research that set a foundation for the mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, Drew Weissman, MD, PhD, the Roberts Family Professor of Vaccine Research, and Katalin Karikó;, PhD, an adjunct professor of Neurosurgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a senior vice president at BioNTech, have been selected to receive the 2021 Albany Prize.
Conservation Leadership Programme Awardees Help Establish New Management Plan for Brazil’s Largest Coastal Marine Protected Area
A team of conservationists in Brazil funded by the Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP), of which WCS is a partner, has assisted in the creation and recent publication of a new government-executed management plan to conserve threatened coral reefs in Brazil’s largest federal coastal marine conservation unit, the Costa dos Corais.
Canisius Study Examines Short-term Effects of Covid-19 Stay-at-Home Restrictions on Youth with ASD
Researchers from the Institute for Autism Research (IAR) at Canisius College assessed the potential short-term effects of COVID-19 stay-at-home restrictions on ratings of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and comorbid symptoms severity and adaptive functioning of 69 youth, ages 8–16 years with ASD (without intellectual disability).
Countdown to launch: Cornell scientists play key roles in James Webb Space Telescope
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope — the largest and most powerful space science observatory ever built — is designed to give astronomers unprecedented insight into the mysteries of the cosmos. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its…
UM School of Medicine Study Finds Mobile Telemedicine Unit as Effective as Traditional Clinics to Treat Opioid Addiction in Rural Areas
Rural regions in the U.S. have been disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic, while also having the fewest number of programs to treat opioid use disorder.
Kabul bombings indicate fragile American position in Afghanistan
As evacuations continue from Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed that two suicide bombers detonated in Kabul today, killing at least 12 U.S. service members. David Silbey, associate professor of history at Cornell University, studies wars of the 20th…
Burnout a ‘growing problem’ for physician assistants, reports JAAPA
More than one-third of physician assistants (PAs) meet criteria for burnout, suggests a study in the September issue of JAAPA, Journal of the American Academy of PAs (AAPA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Klara Announces Interface with modmed® Pay to Help Practices Process Credit Card Payments & Store “Cards on File”
Klara, the leader in patient engagement solutions, announced its interface with modmed® Pay, the innovative processing solution from Modernizing Medicine® that streamlines the payment process by connecting patients, providers and financial institutions.
Motiva Enterprises LLC Joins the Gulf of Mexico Alliance Gulf Star Program
The Gulf of Mexico Alliance is pleased to announce a new partnership with Motiva Enterprises LLC as they become the most recent organization to join the Alliance’s Gulf Star Program. Funding from Motiva will support marine debris work in the Gulf Coast region over the next four years.
Chula Virtual International Graduate Open House Academic Year 2021-2022
Join us at our Virtual Graduate Open House (International) to find out about the diverse range of international programs available and the benefits of studying at Chula. Organized by the Office of International Affairs and Global Network (OIA), during August 31 – September 3, 2021, at 1.00 – 4.00 PM (GMT +7) via Zoom webinars and Facebook Live, the event is an ideal way to explore the graduate programs, connect with faculty and staff, get answers to your questions about graduate school, and get details on deadlines, funding, career paths, specific requirements, and much more.
LED Material Shines Under Strain
A team led by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and UC Berkeley has demonstrated an approach for achieving LEDs with near 100% light-emission efficiency at all brightness levels.
UT Southwestern Orthopedic Surgeon First in Texas to Use AR Shoulder Replacement Surgery
UT Southwestern Medical Center is one of just 15 surgical centers in the world using next-generation augmented reality (AR) in the operating room for shoulder arthroplasty. Shoulder specialist Michael Khazzam M.D., Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, became the first orthopedic surgeon in Texas to use the Food and Drug Administration-approved technique while operating to restore shoulder function.
Blood test detects serious placental disorder
Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) disorder occurs when the placenta remains attached to the uterus after childbirth. Now researchers have developed a blood test to identify this condition, enabling early intervention by high-risk pregnancy specialists.
AANA Urges Department of Veterans Affairs to Establish National Standards of Practice
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) encouraged the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to develop national standards of practice for healthcare professionals to ensure its facilities provide the highest quality of care for the nation’s veterans.