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Newswise: Chatterboxes: FSU researcher develops new model that shows how bacteria communicate
Released: 25-Jan-2023 4:40 PM EST
Chatterboxes: FSU researcher develops new model that shows how bacteria communicate
Florida State University

In new research published by Biophysical Reports, researchers from Florida State University and Cleveland State University lay out a mathematical model that explains how bacteria communicate within a larger ecosystem. By understanding how this process works, researchers can predict what actions might elicit certain environmental responses from a bacterial community.

Newswise: Special Vascular Cells Adjust Blood Flow in Brain Capillaries Based on Local Energy Needs
Released: 25-Jan-2023 11:35 AM EST
Special Vascular Cells Adjust Blood Flow in Brain Capillaries Based on Local Energy Needs
University of Maryland School of Medicine

University of Maryland School of Medicine’s researchers have discovered that a certain type of cell that sits on top of the brain’s smallest blood vessels senses when their brain region needs energy. When glucose levels are low, these cells signal blood vessels to dilate, increasing the blood flow regionally and allowing more energy to fuel that part of the brain.

Newswise: Forests face fierce threats from multiple industries, not just agricultural expansion
Released: 20-Jan-2023 6:40 PM EST
Forests face fierce threats from multiple industries, not just agricultural expansion
Cell Press

Intact forests are important climate regulators and harbors of biodiversity, but they are rapidly disappearing.

Newswise: Collision risk and habitat loss: Wind turbines in forests impair threatened bat species
Released: 20-Jan-2023 4:05 PM EST
Collision risk and habitat loss: Wind turbines in forests impair threatened bat species
Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)

In order to meet climate protection goals, renewable energies are booming – often wind power.

Newswise: An Unprecedented Look at Colorectal Cancer
13-Jan-2023 3:20 PM EST
An Unprecedented Look at Colorectal Cancer
Harvard Medical School

Researchers are building detailed maps of colorectal cancer to better understand the dynamics of the disease

Newswise: Harnessing solar energy: new method improves readings of double-sided panels
Released: 18-Jan-2023 6:30 PM EST
Harnessing solar energy: new method improves readings of double-sided panels
University of Ottawa

A leading laboratory in photonics and renewable energy at the University of Ottawa has developed a new method for measuring the solar energy produced by bifacial solar panels, the double-sided solar technology which is expected to meet increased global energy demands moving forward.

Newswise: Scientists Publish New Findings in Quest to Build a Better Opioid
Released: 18-Jan-2023 5:00 PM EST
Scientists Publish New Findings in Quest to Build a Better Opioid
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

This basic scientific research provides a comprehensive structural framework that should help drug developers rationally design safer drugs to relieve severe pain.

Newswise: Salmonella exposure a risk for colon cancer
Released: 17-Jan-2023 4:45 PM EST
Salmonella exposure a risk for colon cancer
University of Illinois Chicago

Researchers studied human colon cancer tissue samples and animal models and found that exposure to salmonella was linked with colon cancers that developed earlier and grew larger.

Newswise: Durable SARS-CoV-2 antibodies bind to two viral targets at once
Released: 17-Jan-2023 4:20 PM EST
Durable SARS-CoV-2 antibodies bind to two viral targets at once
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

A new study led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) shows how ideal antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 hit their marks. Now scientists are looking at how we might harness their power in new antibody therapeutics and even more effective COVID-19 vaccines.

   
Released: 17-Jan-2023 1:40 PM EST
UC Irvine, UCLA researchers identify new therapeutic approach to prevent ARDS
University of California, Irvine

A novel peptide designed by University of California, Irvine researchers has been found to suppress the damaging lung inflammation seen in acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS. Their study, which appears in iScience, describes the first specific treatment designed to prevent the deadly disease, which can appear in patients with severe lung injury from infections with bacteria and viruses, like pneumonia, flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and COVID-19.

Newswise: Using paleogenomics to elucidate 10,000 years of immune system evolution
Released: 13-Jan-2023 5:40 PM EST
Using paleogenomics to elucidate 10,000 years of immune system evolution
Institut Pasteur

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Université Paris Cité, the CNRS and the Collège de France have used paleogenomics to trace 10,000 years of human immune system evolution.

   
Newswise: Evolution of uniquely human DNA was a balancing act, study concludes
Released: 13-Jan-2023 4:00 PM EST
Evolution of uniquely human DNA was a balancing act, study concludes
Gladstone Institutes

Humans and chimpanzees differ in only one percent of their DNA. Human accelerated regions (HARs) are parts of the genome with an unexpected amount of these differences.

Newswise: Scientists Identify How a Biological Pathway Leads Stem Cells to Die or Regenerate
Released: 13-Jan-2023 12:55 PM EST
Scientists Identify How a Biological Pathway Leads Stem Cells to Die or Regenerate
Cedars-Sinai

A new study led by Cedars-Sinai and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has determined that altering a cellular process can lead stem cells—cells from which other cells in the body develop—to die or regenerate.

Newswise: “Zone of uncertainty” in the brain influences its ability to form new memories
Released: 12-Jan-2023 4:05 PM EST
“Zone of uncertainty” in the brain influences its ability to form new memories
Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg

The neocortex is the largest and most complex part of the brain and has long been considered the ultimate storage site for long-term memories.

Newswise: Study reveals obesity-related trigger that can lead to diabetes
10-Jan-2023 2:00 PM EST
Study reveals obesity-related trigger that can lead to diabetes
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a defect in an enzyme called APT1 interferes with the ability to secrete insulin, contributing to the development of Type 2 diabetes in people who are overweight or obese.

Newswise: Study sheds novel insights on the mechanism of melanin formation
Released: 10-Jan-2023 1:40 PM EST
Study sheds novel insights on the mechanism of melanin formation
Doshisha University

The skin is presumably the largest and one of the most versatile body organs. By providing a physical barrier, it protects our body from environmental assaults.

Released: 9-Jan-2023 5:10 PM EST
Research helps explain why obesity is more dangerous for men
York University

A newly published study from York University sheds light on the biological underpinnings in sex differences in obesity-related disease, with researchers observing “striking” differences in the cells that build blood vessels in the fatty tissue of male versus female mice.

Newswise: Ludwig Cancer Research Study Uncovers Novel Aspect of Tumor Evolution and Potential Targets for Therapy
Released: 5-Jan-2023 12:35 PM EST
Ludwig Cancer Research Study Uncovers Novel Aspect of Tumor Evolution and Potential Targets for Therapy
Ludwig Cancer Research

A Ludwig Cancer Research study has discovered that the immune system’s surveillance of cancer can itself induce metabolic adaptations in the cells of early-stage tumors that simultaneously promote their growth and equip them to suppress lethal immune responses.

Newswise: Microprotein increases appetite in mice
Released: 3-Jan-2023 2:55 PM EST
Microprotein increases appetite in mice
Salk Institute for Biological Studies

Obesity and metabolic diseases, such as diabetes, are extremely common in the United States.

   
Newswise: December Research Highlights
Released: 29-Dec-2022 5:45 PM EST
December Research Highlights
Cedars-Sinai

A roundup of the latest medical discoveries and faculty news at Cedars-Sinai.



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