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UrduA new record has been set by researchers at the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences for calculating the energy distribution function, or “density of states,” for over 100,000 silicon atoms, a first in computational materials science.
Month: July 2022
Beyond the blood-brain barrier: HIV research at Texas Biomed gets NIH funding boost
Texas Biomed has received a $3.9 million NIH grant to explore how gene-editing technology may help eradicate HIV in the brain.
Working memory depends on reciprocal interactions across the brain
How does the brain keep in mind a phone number before dialling? Working memory is an essential component of cognition, allowing the brain to remember information temporarily and use it to guide future behaviour.
MD Anderson Research Highlights for July 27, 2022
Clinical advances include treating hematologic cancers with effective targeted therapies, circulating tumor DNA as a biomarker for recurrence with colorectal liver metastases, and using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to guide surgical decisions for patients with lateral pelvic lymph node metastases in rectal cancer. Laboratory findings offer new understanding of the pancreatic cancer immune microenvironment, melanoma cell states, TP53 mutation status in acute myeloid leukemia (AML), and potential targets for metastatic prostate cancer and GNAS-mutant colorectal cancer.
Single vs. multiple architectural distortion on digital breast tomosynthesis
According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), for patients with multiple architectural distortion (AD) identified on digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT), biopsy of all areas may be warranted, given the variation of pathologic diagnoses across AD in individual patients.
Quantum cryptography: Hacking futile
The Internet is teeming with highly sensitive information. Sophisticated encryption techniques generally ensure that such content cannot be intercepted and read.
Sylvester Leads Study on New Treatment Option for Brain Tumor that Relapses or Fails to Respond to Standard of Care
Taken twice daily, oral olutasidenib helped to stabilize relapsed or refractory gliomas in heavily pretreated patients with less toxicity than standard of care treatment, according to a study led by Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami School…
CellaVision® launches a complete workflow solution for low-volume hematology laboratories
DIFF-Line™ by CellaVision is a new, comprehensive solution for small labs. It consists of three instruments for smearing, staining, and analyzing peripheral blood smears: CellaVision® DC-1, RAL® SmearBox, and RAL® StainBox.
New Public-Private Partnership to Upgrade Tool That Estimates Costs of Power Interruptions
Berkeley Lab has initiated a national public-private partnership to update and upgrade the Interruption Cost Estimate (ICE) Calculator – a publicly available, online tool – which estimates the economic consequences of power interruptions.
Bacterial Bullseye
The study findings suggest possibilities for developing new drugs that replicate or build on A. muciniphila’s immuno-modulatory activity.
The work provides a model for using traditional techniques to pinpoint how other members of the gut microbiome act on the body.
Famine and disease drove the evolution of lactose tolerance in Europe
Prehistoric people in Europe were consuming milk thousands of years before humans evolved the genetic trait allowing us to digest the milk sugar lactose as adults, finds a new study.
Rutgers to Host Free Virtual Monkeypox Information Session
The Rutgers School of Public Health will be virtually hosting leading public health scientists, clinicians, and community leaders on Friday, August 5, 2022, at 11:00 a.m., to discuss the current monkeypox outbreak in the United States.
Intravesical chemotherapy combination provides effective treatment alternative for high-risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
A combination of two intravesical chemotherapy drugs – gemcitabine and docetaxel – yields high response rates with good tolerability in patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), reports a study in The Journal of Urology®, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Leadership program prepares professionals to respond to public health crises in Puerto Rico
A program called “Advancing Leadership in Times of Crisis” (ALTC) has helped to increase leadership skills and knowledge among public health professionals in Puerto Rico – preparing them to adapt and respond to the challenges posed by a series of public health emergencies, reports a study in a supplement to the September/October issue of the Journal of Public Health Management and Practice (JPHMP). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.
Vitamin B5 May Help Weight Loss by Turning on Brown Fat
Pantothenate acid, also known as vitamin B5, stimulated the production of brown fat in both cell cultures and mice, a new study finds. “[B5] has therapeutic potential for treating obesity and type II diabetes,” researchers conclude. The study was chosen as an APSselect article for July.
How to Effectively Market Influencers “Kollective”: An Innovation that Responds to Business Needs by Chula’s Start-Up
Chula alumni team in cooperation with the CU Innovation Hub has come up with the idea of “Kollective” a new start-up that provides the tools and services for full-scale marketing of influencers. With the analysis using big data, the best influencers are chosen to increase sales volumes in your business.
Vircell launches Amplirun® Monkeypox Virus DNA Control, an independent molecular control to combat the current outbreak
Vircell, leading provider of independent external run controls for nucleic acid testing, announces the launch of a new independent molecular control which will help laboratories all over the world to combat the current outbreak
Penn State lends statistical expertise to nearly $31 million asthma clinical trial
Penn State College of Medicine, in partnership with the American Academy of Family Physicians and DARTNet Institute, will receive a nearly $31 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to conduct a large-scale, comparative study on asthma therapies for patients 12 and older.
NCCN Publishes New Patient Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis Emphasizing Annual Mammograms for All Average-Risk Women Over 40
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has published new NCCN Guidelines for Patients: Breast Cancer Screening and Diagnosis to help people understand their personal risk for breast cancer, when they should begin screening, and how often to screen—in order to detect cancer earlier, for more treatment options and better outcomes.
Shedding light on more efficient ways to breed cassava
Hand-hand spectrometer found to accurately predict root dry matter content
People respond differently to psychedelic drugs — genetics could be the reason
Psychedelic drugs have shown benefits as treatments for cluster headaches, anxiety and depression in clinical studies, but not for everyone. Now, in ACS Chemical Neuroscience, researchers report that one reason could be common genetic variations in one serotonin receptor.
Sports help kids develop important trait linked to adult success
Here’s another good reason for kids to participate in organized sports: They can develop the “grit” that helps them overcome challenges as adults, a new study suggests.
EVIK Dx Innovations is Expanding
EVIK is expanding personnel and equipment capacity of both R & D and production. We are adding to our expertise of reagent formulation to continue to improve our Lyophilization success.
IFCC Task Force on Outcome Studies in Laboratory Medicine (TF-OSLM) – Call For Study Proposals
The Call For Study Proposals Strategic Objectives are:
1) To promote directed research evaluating the role of lab medicine on clinical outcomes
2) To build awareness and understanding on the critical role of lab medicine plays in healthcare outcomes.
Terms and conditions for the Grant are described.
Linxens electrodes: A cost-effective & high-quality alternative to standard gold electrodes
Linxens, a global expert in the manufacture of micro-connectors for smart cards and RFID antennas, announces that their electrodes are a cost-effective & high-quality alternative to standard gold electrodes.
Nanodiamonds are a cell’s best friend
Temperature-detecting nanodiamonds have been developed with silicon-vacancy color centers that gauge luminescence inside cells. As the smallest nanodiamond with a mean size of 20 nm, this particle enables smoother entry into organelles as well as high-precision temperature sensing.
Planet Innovation launches NeoSync™ connectivity solution for diagnostic and medical devices at AACC 2022
Planet Innovation (PI), a healthtech innovation and manufacturing company, has launched its NeoSync™ connectivity solution for diagnostic and medical devices, at the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo.
To tax or not to tax, is that even a question?
A solution is proposed for evaluating tax efficiency, a formula expressing the marginal cost of public funds as a ratio of a net loss in social surplus to a net increase in tax revenue. This formula is derived from only a few indices, common across specific market demand conditions and cost factors. The indices clearly tell us how the degree of tax-driven social burden relates to imperfect competition.
Hot on the trail of the causes of rapid ice sheet instabilities in climate history
Heinrich Events or, more accurately, Heinrich Layers, are recurrent conspicuous sediment layers, usually ten to 15 centimeters thick, with very coarse rock components that interrupt the otherwise fine-grained oceanic deposits in the North Atlantic.
Space study offers clearest understanding yet of the life cycle of supermassive black holes
Black holes with varying light signatures but that were thought to be the same objects being viewed from different angles are actually in different stages of the life cycle, according to a study led by Dartmouth researchers.
Tweets suggest people consumed healthier foods during the pandemic
More salad and apples, less McDonalds and KFC.
Those are just a couple of the dietary changes that people appeared to make during the first year of the pandemic, according to a new study led by School of Public Health researchers.
Expert available to speak on Russian gas cutoffs
Scott Montgomery is a geoscientist and lecturer in the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. Montgomery is an expert on a wide variety of topics related to energy, including geopolitics, technology and resources. He can speak…
For the first time, scientists have systematized all the halos discovered over thousands of years of observations
For the first time in the history of observations, scientists from the Helsinki and Ural Federal Universities Jarmo Moilanen and Maria Gritsevich have systematized information about all forms of atmospheric halos recorded by mankind at the end of 2021.
Especialista da Mayo Clinic explica como o calor extremo pode afetar os medicamentos
Encontrar formas de manter o corpo frio em temperaturas extremamente elevadas é importante, assim como garantir que os medicamentos não sejam expostos ao calor extremo.
Natural clean-up: Bacteria can remove plastic pollution from lakes
A study of 29 European lakes has found that some naturally-occurring lake bacteria grow faster and more efficiently on the remains of plastic bags than on natural matter like leaves and twigs.
Study identifies new links between REM sleep disturbances and drug relapse
Relapse presents a major barrier to recovery from substance use disorders – when people begin taking drugs such as cocaine again after a period of abstinence.
Ambitious career aspirations: A balancing act between success and disappointment
Over the last few years, social mobility between the generations has become an important topic in political discourse worldwide. Many possible factors that hinder children in moving further up the social ladder than their parents have already been investigated, such as financial resources, the educational system and genetics.
Open Lab Solutions Announces New Manufacturing Division to Initially focus on Medical Plastics
CHICAGO, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — AACC 2022 Open Lab Solutions, Inc., is announcing the formation of a new division, AMCAR Scientific, that will focus on an expanding product line of plastic consumables used in the medical industry. OLS is exhibiting within booth #3257 at the 74th American Association for Clinical Chemistry Annual Scientific Meeting and Clinical Laboratory Exposition (AACC 2022) at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, July 24 – 28th.
Immunosuppressive drug’s blood level variability may identify pediatric kidney transplant recipients at risk of rejection
• Kidney transplant recipients typically take the immunosuppressant drug tacrolimus to prevent rejection, and some patients experience large fluctuations in blood levels of tacrolimus even when the dose is unchanged.
• In a recent study, pediatric kidney transplant recipients with such variability had higher risks of developing antibodies against the transplanted kidney, putting them at risk of rejection.
Marmosets practise calling their mother in the womb
Baby marmosets begin practising the face and mouth movements necessary to call their family for help before they are born, shows a study published today in eLife.
Study Finds Those Who Detransition Avoid Medical Help
Medical education, research and clinical guidelines are all available to support the initiation of gender-affirming care for transgender people, but a York University-led qualitative study has found these resources are sparse when patients discontinue or reverse gender-affirming medical or surgical interventions — referred to as detransition.
Study on time restricted eating reveals limiting food intake to daytime shows promising beneficial metabolic effects in adults with type 2 diabetes
A new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) finds that following a time-restricted eating (TRE) protocol which limits food intake to a max 10-hour time window shows promising beneficial metabolic effects in adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D).
With NIH funding, University of Oregon professor dives deeper into aging research
A look into how environmental variables accelerate, slow or even reverse the aging process is the focus of a University of Oregon anthropologist whose research was recently funded by the National Institutes of Health.
Yoga App Can Reduce Urinary Incontinence
People with loss of urinary control who used the Yoga of Immortals mobile app – a globally-used app that combines specific yogic postures in the Sanatan tradition with breathing exercises, sound therapy and meditation – found significant improvement in the frequency and severity of urine leaks at four weeks of practice, according to a Rutgers study.
Unhealthy food and beverage brands encouraging TikTok users to market their products for them
Unhealthy food and beverage brands are encouraging TikTok users to market their products for them—effectively turning them into ‘brand ambassadors’—as well as using their own accounts for promotional activity, finds an assessment of video content posted on the social media platform and published in the open access journal BMJ Global Health.
Arlington Scientific, Inc. introduces a NEW intelligent rack loading system for the ASI Evolution Automated RPR Syphilis Analyzer.
Arlington Scientific announces the introduction of a new sample rack loading system for the ASI Evolution Automated RPR Syphilis Analyzer.
ZeptoMetrix® Launches NATtrol™ Bacteriophage MS2 Quantitative Stock Solution
ZeptoMetrix®, an Antylia Scientific™ company, today launches the NATtrol™ Bacteriophage MS2 quantitative stock: NATMS2-STQ. This product is intended for use as an internal process control for molecular diagnostic assays.
Anti-butterfly effect enables new benchmarking of quantum-computer performance
Research drawing on the quantum “anti-butterfly effect” solves a longstanding experimental problem in physics and establishes a method for benchmarking the performance of quantum computers.
Supervolcano study finds CO2 emissions key to avoiding climate disasters
The speed and volume of carbon dioxide emitted from supervolcanoes controlled the severity of past environmental crises on Earth, a new international Curtin-led study has found.
Virtual co-embodiment of a joint body with left and right limbs controlled by two persons
What factors influence the embodiment felt towards parts of our bodies controlled by others? Using a new “joint avatar” whose left and right limbs are controlled by two people simultaneously, researchers have revealed that the visual information necessary to predict the partner’s intentions behind limb movements can significantly enhance the sense of embodiment towards partner-controlled limbs during virtual co-embodiment.