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Released: 5-Oct-2017 5:05 PM EDT
Entrepreneurial Fellows Announced in New New Ppostdoctoral tTraining pProgram
Los Alamos National Laboratory

Four postdoctoral researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have been named Entrepreneurial Fellows as part of a new joint initiative of the University of California and Los Alamos.

29-Sep-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Study Offers Insights on How to Decrease the Discard Rate of Donated Organs
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

• From 2008-2015, the number of kidneys donated after circulatory death that were obtained by the country’s 58 donor service areas varied substantially. • The outcomes associated with these organs were generally excellent. • The use of these organs could be increased if “cold ischemia times” are limited.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 4:50 PM EDT
Old Faithful’s Geological Heart Revealed
University of Utah

University of Utah scientists have mapped the near-surface geology around Old Faithful, revealing the reservoir of heated water that feeds the geyser’s surface vent and how the ground shaking behaves in between eruptions. The map was made possible by a dense network of portable seismographs and by new seismic analysis techniques.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 4:40 PM EDT
WashU Expert: CHIP Demise Devastating to Millions of American Children
Washington University in St. Louis

Congress allowed the federal Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to expire Oct. 1, leading to the demise of one of the most successful government programs ever implemented, said an expert on health economics at Washington University in St. Louis.“CHIP has led to a substantial reduction in the uninsured rate for children, to the point where children now have only a 5 percent uninsured rate — the lowest ever,” said Tim McBride, professor at the Brown School and director of the Center for Health Economics and Policy.

   
Released: 5-Oct-2017 4:30 PM EDT
Many Happy Returns
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland

One-year-old Elias will never remember all the doctors, nurses, and other health care professionals who took care of him for the first five months of his life, but his parents, Gabriela and Rogelio Ramirez, will never forget them.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Exploring Evolutionary Relationships Through CIPRES
University of California San Diego

CIPRES, for CyberInfrastructure for Phylogenetic RESearch, is a web-based portal or “gateway” launched at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego that allows researchers to explore evolutionary connections among species using supercomputers provided by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF’s) XSEDE (eXtreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment) project.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Regenerative Medicine Restores Movement After Paralysis
RUSH

Four of six people with paralyzing spinal cord injuries who were treated with a new cell therapy have recovered two or more motor levels on at least one side, new study results show.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 4:00 PM EDT
Professor on NMSU-UCLA Team Working on Augmented Reality, New Networks
New Mexico State University (NMSU)

A New Mexico State University professor is working with researchers from UCLA to integrate augmented reality into new wireless edge networks thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation and Intel Corporation. Satyajayant Misra, NMSU associate professor of computer science, will lead the team’s investigation of the security challenges.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 3:25 PM EDT
Jefferson Lab Completes 12 GeV Upgrade
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility

Nuclear physicists are now poised to embark on a new journey of discovery into the fundamental building blocks of the nucleus of the atom. The completion of the 12 GeV Upgrade Project of the Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF) at the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) heralds this new era to image nuclei at their deepest level.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 3:20 PM EDT
CRI Study Challenges Long-Standing Concept in Cancer Metabolism
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Scientists at the Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have discovered that lactate provides a fuel for growing tumors, challenging a nearly century-old observation known as the Warburg effect.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 3:05 PM EDT
MTRAC Awards Spark Biomedical Innovation at Wayne State University
Wayne State University Division of Research

Three Wayne State University (WSU) research teams were recently awarded funding from Wayne State’s Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) program. The goal is to accelerate the translation and commercialization of their innovative biomedical technologies by providing the resources to validate technical and market opportunities. The MTRAC projects will be supported by $1.1 million in awards from the Michigan Strategic Fund, which is administered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), with matching funds from Wayne State.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 3:05 PM EDT
First Randomized Trial to Determine Most Effective, Least Toxic Treatment for Babies with SCID
Children's Hospital Los Angeles Saban Research Institute

Investigators plan to determine the lowest dose of chemotherapy needed for babies with severe combined immunodeficiency undergoing bone marrow transplant. The goal is to restore the immune system safely and effectively with less toxicity than the higher dose regimens currently in use.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Sustainable Financing of Conservation Just Got a Major Boost
Wildlife Conservation Society

The Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) announced today that the French Facility for Global Environment / Fonds Français pour l'Environnement Mondial (FFEM) and the MAVA Foundation have jointly awarded 701,114 Euros (822,315 USD) to support CFA.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Studying Drug's Potential to Prevent Alzheimer's
University of Kentucky

A researcher at the University of Kentucky is exploring whether low doses of Rapamycin, a drug commonly used as an immunosuppressant for organ transplant recipients, can restore brain function before the disease changes in the brain affect a person's memory.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Sensory Loss Can Be a Warning Sign of Poor Health Outcomes, Including Death
University of Chicago Medical Center

A long-term study spanning five years and including more than 3,000 nationally-representative older US adults has found that a natural decline of the five classical senses (vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch) can predict a number of poor health outcomes, including greater risk of death.

4-Oct-2017 2:00 PM EDT
Lack of Compatibility in Admixtures Could Harm Concrete Durability
American Concrete Institute (ACI)

Test results show that interactions between admixtures can reduce air-void stability, contributing to lowered freezing-and-thawing durability and scaling resistance.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 2:45 PM EDT
Faster Salmonella Test Boosts Food Safety for Humans and Animals
Cornell University

A new test allows accurate, rapid testing for Salmonella, a bacteria that is one of the leading causes of food-borne illness across all regions of the world.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 2:15 PM EDT
Ministry of Health and Prevention of the United Arab Emirates and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Partner on Visiting Specialty Consultant Program
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

The Ministry of Health and Prevention of the United Arab Emirates (MOHAP) and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today entered into a memorandum of understanding regarding a pediatric specialty consultation program to provide clinical and educational services to MOHAP hospitals.

Released: 5-Oct-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Discovery Advances Understanding of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
SUNY Upstate Medical University

The findings could help guide doctors to determine how best to treat patients with Crohn's disease.



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