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Who Could Benefit From Exercise and Behavioral Treatment?

August 24, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

Aerobic exercise clearly benefits young adults with major depression, and a Rutgers-led study suggests it may be possible to predict those who would benefit from behavioral therapy with exercise. Unique to this precision medicine study, published in the journal Psychological Medicine, is an assessment of cognitive control and reward-related brain activity, two facets of brain function that are impaired in people with depression. Like previous studies, this one showed that aerobic exercise helps young adults with major depression.

How is disease affecting soybean yields?

August 24, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

Farmers are using spore traps to win the battle against Asian soybean rust

How does plant disease affect my breakfast?

August 10, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

If plant diseases are not managed properly, our breakfast tables could be vastly different

UC San Diego Scientists Part of Special Package of Studies Describing Human Genome

July 29, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine are among the contributors to a package of 10 studies in the journal Nature, describing the latest results from the ongoing Encyclopedia of DNA Elements project, a worldwide effort led by the NIH to understand how the human genome functions.

Harmful Microbes Found on Sewer Pipe Walls

July 6, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

Can antibiotic-resistant bacteria escape from sewers into waterways and cause a disease outbreak? A new Rutgers study, published in the journal Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, examined the microbe-laden “biofilms” that cling to sewer walls, and even built a simulated sewer to study the germs that survive within.

Using Wastewater to Track, Contain SARS-CoV-2

May 29, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

Researchers took a novel approach to tracking the virus that causes COVID-19 that promises to be cost effective and ensure privacy by using a method that surveils for the virus in a local’s untreated wastewater facilities.

Next-gen nano technologies to tackle infection and diagnose disease

May 21, 2020 sarah JonasAnnouncement

Next-gen nano technologies that can prevent infection and diagnose disease are set to transform the medical industry as this important UniSA research is awarded more than $2 million dollars under the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 2021 Investigator Grants.

This COVID-19 Detector Has Berkeley Lab Roots

May 20, 2020 sarah JonasFeature

A technology spun from carbon nanotube sensors discovered 20 years ago by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) scientists could one day help healthcare providers test patients for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.

Race for COVID-19 tests, treatments, vaccine subject of Tulane Innovation series

May 14, 2020 sarah JonasAnnouncement

The second installment of the series will feature some of Tulane’s leading researchers.

A New Way to Accurately Estimate COVID-19 Death Toll

April 30, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

A Rutgers engineer has created a mathematical model that accurately estimates the death toll linked to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and could be used around the world. The model, detailed in a study published in the journal Mathematics, predicted the death toll would eventually reach about 68,120 in the United States as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. That’s based on data available on April 28, and there was high confidence (99 percent) the expected death toll would be between 66,055 and 70,304.

Clinical Trial Begins to See if Convalescent Plasma Can Treat COVID-1

April 29, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

Montefiore Health System, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and NYU Langone have launched a new clinical trial to study if convalescent plasma—taken from people who have recovered from COVID-19—is effective in treating the disease.

Trial of Highly Touted Drug Begins at Montefiore and Einstein

April 29, 2020 sarah JonasAnnouncement

Researchers at Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine have begun testing the drug hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of COVID-19, as part of a nationwide trial sponsored by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

Deforestation Drives Disease, Climate Change and It’s Happening at a Rapid Rate

April 22, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

Deforestation is not an issue dominating headlines in the U.S. right now, but perhaps it should be, according to UC San Diego research. Deforestation has been linked to both the spread of infectious disease and climate change, and what is most alarming, it’s happening at a rapid rate.

COVID-19: Social distancing works — just ask these animals

April 9, 2020 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

As social distancing is now being practiced at all levels of human society in order to mitigate a pandemic’s spread, a Virginia Tech expert in disease ecology says we need to look no further than our animal counterparts to understand why…

SLAC researcher discovers giant cavity in key tuberculosis molecule

March 25, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

Researchers were looking into a protein that tuberculosis bacteria need to thrive, but when they finally solved its structure, they discovered a gigantic cavity that could help shuttle a variety of molecules into TB bacteria.

Public Health Leadership Paramount to Emerging Coronavirus Pandemic

March 19, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

In the 1960s, public health officials led the U.S. and worldwide efforts that resulted in smallpox becoming the first human disease ever eradicated from the face of the earth. FAU researchers and collaborators discuss the urgent need for public health leadership in the wake of the emerging coronavirus pandemic.

VP as coronavirus point person unprecedented, dangerous

February 27, 2020 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

Epidemiology professor says states have held public health emergency powers since 1905.

The Tri-Institutional Therapeutics Discovery Institute, Inc. Renews Partnerships with Takeda and Bridge Medicines, LLC

February 26, 2020 sarah JonasAnnouncement

To date, work done within the Tri-I TDI has resulted in the launch of two New York City–based companies and the licensing of six therapeutic discovery programs.

When coronavirus is not alone

February 24, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

Interacting contagious diseases like influenza and pneumonia—and perhaps coronavirus too—follow the same complex spreading patterns as social trends, like the adoption of new slang or technologies. This new finding, published in Nature Physics, could lead to better tracking and intervention when multiple diseases spread through a population at the same time.

Impact of coronavirus on economy, supply chains, trade, tourism

February 13, 2020 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

Economists and business experts at the University of Delaware are keeping a close eye on the impact of coronavirus as it continues to spread across the globe and are available for comment. Michael Arnold, an associate professor of economics, can…

UCSC Genome Browser posts the coronavirus genome

February 7, 2020 sarah JonasResearch Results

By posting the complete genome of the coronavirus on the internet, UC Santa Cruz engineers hope to accelerate international research, collaboration that will allow scientists to find ways to attack it.

Russian expert is ready to comment on the coronavirus

January 25, 2020 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

Pavel Volchkov heads the Genome Engineering Lab at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), that has several key projects, all of them involving genome editing mediated by the CRISPR/Cas technology. Discovered just a few years ago, CRISPR/Cas has…

‘Are Noncommunicable Diseases Communicable?’ Rutgers Experts Available to Discuss Paper in Science Today

January 16, 2020 sarah JonasExpert Pitch

New Brunswick, N.J. (Jan. 16, 2020) – Rutgers professors Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello and Martin J. Blaser are available to discuss a paper in the journal Science today on whether diseases long thought to be noncommunicable – such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer…

HOW MEASLES WIPES OUT THE BODY’S IMMUNE MEMORY

October 31, 2019 sarah JonasResearch Results

Study shows measles wipes out 20 to 50 percent of antibodies against an array of viruses and bacteria, depleting a child’s previous immunity
Measles-ravaged immune system must “relearn” how to protect the body against infections
Study details mechanism and scope of this measles-induced “immune amnesia”
Findings underscore importance of measles vaccination, suggesting those infected with measles may benefit from booster shots of all previous childhood vaccines

A secret in our saliva: Food and germs helped humans evolve into unique member of great apes

October 16, 2019 sarah JonasResearch Results

University at Buffalo researchers discovered that the human diet — a result of increased meat consumption, cooking and agriculture — has led to stark differences in the saliva of humans compared to that of other primates.