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Newswise: Mitochondrial activation in transplanted cells promotes regenerative therapy for heart healing
Released: 21-Feb-2024 3:00 AM EST
Mitochondrial activation in transplanted cells promotes regenerative therapy for heart healing
Hokkaido University

Regenerative therapy to treat heart failure is more effective when the mitochondria of the regenerative cells are activated prior to treatment.

Newswise: New technology brings advanced blood imaging closer to the clinic
Released: 16-Feb-2024 10:05 AM EST
New technology brings advanced blood imaging closer to the clinic
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

The qualities of flowing blood, or hemodynamics, hold important insights into vascular diseases, but technological limitations have largely kept measurements of these properties out of reach in the clinic. Now, there may be a potential solution on the horizon.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
The ties that bind
Washington University in St. Louis

In a study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, WashU researchers discovered that a common mineral called goethite — an iron-rich mineral that is abundant in soils that cover the Earth — tends to incorporate trace metals into its structure over time, binding the metals in such a way that it locks them out of circulation.

Released: 15-Feb-2024 12:05 PM EST
Study: Traumatic brain injury leads to widespread changes in neural connections
Tufts University

Tufts University School of Medicine researchers develop imaging technology that records neuronal activity throughout the brain during the first weeks of recovery from traumatic brain injury

Newswise: Researchers Characterize the Immune Landscape in Cancer
12-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
Researchers Characterize the Immune Landscape in Cancer
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in collaboration with the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium of the National Institutes of Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and others, have unveiled a detailed understanding of immune responses in cancer, marking a significant development in the field. The findings were published in the February 14 online issue of Cell. Utilizing data from more than 1,000 tumors across 10 different cancers, the study is the first to integrate DNA, RNA, and proteomics (the study of proteins), revealing the complex interplay of immune cells in tumors. The data came from the Clinical Proteomic Tumor Analysis Consortium (CPTAC), a program under the National Cancer Institute.

Newswise: Novel bispecific design improves CAR T–cell immunotherapy for childhood leukemia
Released: 12-Feb-2024 11:55 AM EST
Novel bispecific design improves CAR T–cell immunotherapy for childhood leukemia
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Findings from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital showed a novel dual targeting approach, where a single molecule can recognize two potential cancer-related proteins, is more effective than the single targeting approach, preventing immune escape.

Newswise: Wayne State University awarded $1.4 million from Department of Defense to expand on research findings surrounding prostate cancer
Released: 7-Feb-2024 6:05 PM EST
Wayne State University awarded $1.4 million from Department of Defense to expand on research findings surrounding prostate cancer
Wayne State University Division of Research

A team of researchers from Wayne State University was awarded a $1.4 million, three-year grant from the U.S. Department of Defense for the study, “Cytochrome c acetylation drives prostate cancer aggressiveness and Warburg effect.”

Newswise: Johns Hopkins Researchers Make Progress Toward Developing Blood Tests for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders
Released: 7-Feb-2024 10:00 AM EST
Johns Hopkins Researchers Make Progress Toward Developing Blood Tests for Psychiatric and Neurological Disorders
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers in a Johns Hopkins Children’s Center-led study say they have made progress in developing a blood test to identify disease-associated changes in the brain specifically linked to postpartum depression and other psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Newswise: New Approach to Tackling Bacterial Infections Identified
5-Feb-2024 4:05 PM EST
New Approach to Tackling Bacterial Infections Identified
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have identified a new approach to controlling bacterial infections. The findings were described in the February 6 online issue of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology.

Newswise: A Long, Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Not So Far Away...
Released: 6-Feb-2024 2:05 PM EST
A Long, Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Not So Far Away...
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Employing massive data sets collected through NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a research team led by a Rutgers University–New Brunswick astronomer is unearthing clues to conditions existing in the early universe. The team has catalogued the ages of stars in the Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte (WLM) galaxy, constructing the most detailed picture of it yet, according to the researchers.

Newswise: How T cells combat tuberculosis
Released: 6-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
How T cells combat tuberculosis
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have uncovered important clues to how human T cells combat the bacterium that causes tuberculosis.

Newswise: UW-Milwaukee bioengineer creating a virtual tumor with data from an actual one
Released: 6-Feb-2024 11:05 AM EST
UW-Milwaukee bioengineer creating a virtual tumor with data from an actual one
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Mahsa Dabagh is building a virtual model of a real human tumor, using data that characterizes the tissue on a molecular level.

Released: 6-Feb-2024 9:30 AM EST
Physician Scientists Underrepresented in Medicine to Conduct Health Equity Research at Montefiore and Einstein
Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System

Montefiore Health System and Albert Einstein College of Medicine have been awarded a $1.5 million National Institutes of Health grant to provide advanced research training to post-graduate trainees from groups that are underrepresented in medicine and have research interests in heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. Over five years, nine researchers will receive intense research training and robust mentorship from almost 30 established, senior investigators across Montefiore and Einstein.

Newswise:Video Embedded artificially-intelligent-software-provides-a-detailed-look-at-jets-of-plasma-used-to-treat-cancer
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Released: 6-Feb-2024 1:00 AM EST
Artificially intelligent software provides a detailed look at jets of plasma used to treat cancer
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Artificially intelligent software has been developed to enhance medical treatments that use jets of electrified gas known as plasma. Developed by researchers at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory and the George Washington University, the computer code predicts the chemicals emitted by cold atmospheric plasma devices, which can be used to treat cancer and sterilize surfaces.

Newswise: Improving Quality of Life and Sleep in People with Memory Problems Without Using Drugs
Released: 5-Feb-2024 3:00 PM EST
Improving Quality of Life and Sleep in People with Memory Problems Without Using Drugs
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

A groundbreaking study from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing), recently published in Innovation in Aging, has shown promising results in improving the quality of life (QOL) and sleep quality in individuals living with memory problems.

1-Feb-2024 11:00 AM EST
Losing sleep over killings of unarmed Black individuals by police
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Black adults across the United States suffer from sleep problems following exposure to news about unarmed Black individuals killed by police during police encounters, according to new findings published today in JAMA Internal Medicine from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine.

Newswise: Ultra-sensitive lead detector could significantly improve water quality monitoring
Released: 5-Feb-2024 10:00 AM EST
Ultra-sensitive lead detector could significantly improve water quality monitoring
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego engineers have developed an ultra-sensitive sensor made with graphene that can detect extraordinarily low concentrations of lead ions in water.

5-Feb-2024 9:00 AM EST
Schmidt Sciences Awards $1.95M Gift to Mount Sinai's Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Health to Establish The Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Human Health Fellowship Program
Mount Sinai Health System

The Windreich Department of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human Health at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai announced a transformative $1.95 million gift from Schmidt Sciences to create The Eric and Wendy Schmidt AI in Human Health Fellowship Program.

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Released: 2-Feb-2024 1:55 PM EST
Roswell Park Study Defines Mechanisms Underlying Promising Precision Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

A research study led by a multidisciplinary team of scientists at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center details evidence on the therapeutic efficacy of a compound that targets a key genetic feature of pancreatic cancer.

Released: 2-Feb-2024 1:40 PM EST
Simple Blood Protein Tests Predict Which Lymphoma Patients Are Most Likely to Have Poor CAR T Outcomes
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

As new cancer treatments become available, some of the most important ongoing research must look at ways to optimize those new approaches so that more patients can benefit from groundbreaking therapies.

Newswise: Gas on the run
28-Jan-2024 11:05 PM EST
Gas on the run
Hokkaido University

Theoretical predictions have been confirmed with the discovery of an outflow of molecular gas from a quasar when the Universe was less than a billion years old.

Released: 31-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Ketamine helped many severely depressed veterans, study shows
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A new study of data from veterans who had tried many depression treatments but still had severe symptoms suggests a series of intravenous doses of ketamine gave many at least partial relief. For a minority, it led to full remission.

Newswise: Combination Drug Therapy Shows Promise for a Treatment-Resistant Cancer
Released: 31-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Combination Drug Therapy Shows Promise for a Treatment-Resistant Cancer
Johns Hopkins Medicine

A combination of two cancer drugs could be effective against malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNSTs), according to a laboratory study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

Released: 30-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Researchers Craft New Way to Make High-Temperature Superconductors – With a Twist
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

An international team that includes Rutgers University–New Brunswick scientists has developed a new method to make and manipulate a widely studied class of high-temperature superconductors.

Newswise: Geoengineering may slow Greenland ice sheet loss
Released: 30-Jan-2024 1:00 AM EST
Geoengineering may slow Greenland ice sheet loss
Hokkaido University

Modeling shows that stratospheric aerosol injection has the potential to reduce ice sheet loss due to climate change.

Newswise:  New technology makes cancer easier for immune system to find and destroy
26-Jan-2024 7:00 AM EST
New technology makes cancer easier for immune system to find and destroy
Hokkaido University

A new technology to increase visibility of cancer cells to the immune system using CRISPR has been developed, and could lead to a new way to treat cancer.

Newswise: Subcutaneous Nivolumab as Effective as IV for Renal Cell Carcinoma — With Much Faster Treatment Time
26-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST
Subcutaneous Nivolumab as Effective as IV for Renal Cell Carcinoma — With Much Faster Treatment Time
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Subcutaneous injection of the immunotherapy nivolumab (brand name Opdivo) is noninferior to intravenous delivery and dramatically reduces treatment time in patients with renal cell carcinoma, as seen in the results of a large phase 3 clinical trial reported today at the 2024 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, California.

Newswise: Cultivated Meat Production Costs Could Fall Significantly with New Cells Created at Tufts University
22-Jan-2024 5:05 PM EST
Cultivated Meat Production Costs Could Fall Significantly with New Cells Created at Tufts University
Tufts University

In an advance for cultivated meat technology, researchers have developed bovine muscle stem cells that produce their own growth factors, eliminating the need to add the expensive ingredient in the growth media.

Newswise: Locusts’ sense of smell boosted with custom-made nanoparticles
Released: 26-Jan-2024 8:00 AM EST
Locusts’ sense of smell boosted with custom-made nanoparticles
Washington University in St. Louis

Srikanth Singamaneni and Barani Raman, both professors in the McKelvey School of Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, led a team that harnessed the power of specially made nanostructures to enhance the neural response in a locust's brain to specific odors and to improve their identification of those odors.

Newswise: Retinal Photoreceptors Use Dual Pathways to Tell Brain ‘I’ve Seen the Light!’
Released: 25-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Retinal Photoreceptors Use Dual Pathways to Tell Brain ‘I’ve Seen the Light!’
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Working with mammalian retinal cells, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine have shown that, unlike most light-sensing cells (photoreceptors) in the retina, one special type uses two different pathways at the same time to transmit electrical “vision” signals to the brain.

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Released: 23-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Liquid lithium on the walls of a fusion device helps the plasma within maintain a hot edge
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Emerging research from the Department of Energy’s Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) suggests it may be easier to use fusion as a power source if liquid lithium is applied to the internal walls of the device housing the plasma.

Newswise:  Cancer GPS method evaluates model tumor malignancy
18-Jan-2024 5:00 AM EST
Cancer GPS method evaluates model tumor malignancy
Hokkaido University

A water-soluble, luminescent europium complex enables evaluation of malignancy grade in model glioma tumor cells.

Newswise: From snack to science: Innovative grant brings popcorn into the classroom
Released: 19-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
From snack to science: Innovative grant brings popcorn into the classroom
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

In a few years, popcorn could become a standard element in science classrooms across Illinois and the nation. With funding from a new USDA grant, a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign crop scientist and collaborating educators are developing a popcorn-based curriculum to reinforce concepts around agricultural science, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, computer science, genomics, research methods, and more for 4-H and high school students.

Newswise: Clutch-stack-driven molecular gears in crystals could propel material innovation
Released: 19-Jan-2024 1:00 AM EST
Clutch-stack-driven molecular gears in crystals could propel material innovation
Hokkaido University

Temperature-controlled, reversible shifting of molecular gear motion in a solid crystal opens new possibilities for material design.

Released: 18-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
National Science Foundation taps NYU Tandon with $5 Million grant to advance accessibility
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

A team at NYU Tandon School of Engineering will kick off the second phase of an ambitious research project that aims to transform navigation and accessibility for many of the 285 million people with blindness and low vision (pBLV) worldwide.

Newswise: Researcher, Through Spinoff, Develops a Handheld White Blood Cell Tracker
Released: 18-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Researcher, Through Spinoff, Develops a Handheld White Blood Cell Tracker
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A Rutgers researcher, through his spinoff company, has led a team to design and test a device that quickly counts a person’s white blood cells with a single drop of blood, similar to the way glucometers rapidly scan for blood sugar levels. T

Newswise: New technique enhances quality control of lab-grown cells for AMD treatment
Released: 18-Jan-2024 3:05 PM EST
New technique enhances quality control of lab-grown cells for AMD treatment
NIH, National Eye Institute (NEI)

Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have improved a crucial step in the production of retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), a tissue they grow in the lab from patient blood cells and are testing in a clinical trial as treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD).

Released: 18-Jan-2024 2:05 PM EST
Researchers discover potentially cancer-fighting T cells within some pediatric brain tumor patients
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

"These patients may be candidates in whom immunotherapy has the potential to show clinical benefit."

Newswise: Next Generation Spinal Fusion Goes
Released: 18-Jan-2024 11:05 AM EST
Next Generation Spinal Fusion Goes "Meta"
University of Pittsburgh

A civil engineer at the University of Pittsburgh is applying his expertise in bridges and infrastructure to develop new materials that better treat spinal injury, repair, and recovery.

12-Jan-2024 5:00 PM EST
Mega-analysis identifies gene variants associated with glaucoma in people of African ancestry
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Analysis aims to fill knowledge gaps and help guide clinical decisions for a group particularly vulnerable to developing glaucoma

Newswise: Monell Center Study: New Gut-Brain Circuits Found for Sugar and Fat Cravings
16-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST
Monell Center Study: New Gut-Brain Circuits Found for Sugar and Fat Cravings
Monell Chemical Senses Center

A new study in Cell Metabolism by a team from the Monell Chemical Senses Center unravels the internal neural wiring of separate fat and sugar craving pathways in a mouse model. However, combining these pathways overly triggers a desire to eat more than usual.

Released: 17-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
Infusion of bone marrow mononuclear cells results in decreased intensive care needs and white matter preservation for children with severe traumatic brain injury
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

After children experienced severe traumatic brain injury, the infusion of bone marrow mononuclear cells derived from the patient’s own bones led to less time spent in intensive care, less intense therapy, and, significantly, the structural preservation of white matter, which constitutes about half the total volume of the brain, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.

Released: 17-Jan-2024 4:05 PM EST
$24M NIH grant extends Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR)
UC Davis Health

UC Davis Health and Kaiser Permanente Division of Research received a $24 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the NIH, to continue the Study of Healthy Aging in African Americans (STAR).

Newswise: Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance is Flattening Worker Wages, Contributing to Income Inequality
12-Jan-2024 9:05 AM EST
Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance is Flattening Worker Wages, Contributing to Income Inequality
Tufts University

The rising cost of health insurance is an ongoing concern in the United States. New research from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University shows that increasing health insurance costs are eating up a growing proportion of worker’s compensation, and have been a major factor in both flattening wages and increasing income inequality over the past 30 years.

Newswise: $2.8M award to help unravel mysteries of disease-causing DNA folding errors
Released: 16-Jan-2024 9:05 AM EST
$2.8M award to help unravel mysteries of disease-causing DNA folding errors
Indiana University

An Indiana University biologist has been awarded $2.8 million from the National Institutes of Health to advance research on DNA folding errors, which have been traced to a wide variety of diseases, including genetic disorders that can cause birth defects or problems with wound healing, as well as certain types of cancer.

Newswise: Researchers Create Light-Powered Yeast, Providing Insights Into Evolution, Biofuels, Cellular Aging
11-Jan-2024 12:05 PM EST
Researchers Create Light-Powered Yeast, Providing Insights Into Evolution, Biofuels, Cellular Aging
Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia Tech researchers have engineered one of the world’s first yeast cells able to harness energy from light, expanding our understanding of the evolution of this trait — and paving the way for advancements in biofuel production and cellular aging.

Released: 12-Jan-2024 9:00 AM EST
For surgery patients, AI could help reduce alcohol-related risks
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Using artificial intelligence to scan surgery patients’ medical records for signs of risky drinking might help spot those whose alcohol use raises their risk of problems during and after an operation, a new study suggests.

Newswise: Study Finds AI-Driven Eye Exams Increase Screening Rates for Youth with Diabetes
Released: 11-Jan-2024 8:05 AM EST
Study Finds AI-Driven Eye Exams Increase Screening Rates for Youth with Diabetes
Johns Hopkins Medicine

A Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study of children and youth with diabetes concludes that so-called autonomous artificial intelligence (AI) diabetic eye exams significantly increase completion rates of screenings designed to prevent potentially blinding diabetes eye diseases (DED).

Newswise: Transparent brain implant can read deep neural activity from the surface
8-Jan-2024 8:05 PM EST
Transparent brain implant can read deep neural activity from the surface
University of California San Diego

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a neural implant that provides information about activity deep inside the brain while sitting on its surface.

Newswise: Developing an intelligent tutoring system to help students write better
Released: 9-Jan-2024 8:50 AM EST
Developing an intelligent tutoring system to help students write better
Iowa State University

When college students are given a writing assignment, they usually get feedback on the final product, not the process.



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