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Released: 20-Nov-2024 2:30 PM EST
Wayne State University to Lead USDA Grant to Support Program Training Students in ‘Smart Agriculture’
Wayne State University Division of Research

A new program at Wayne State University supported by a four-year, $749,991 grant from the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) will use data to study the future of agriculture and train students to better understand how to keep people fed in an ever-changing world.

Released: 20-Nov-2024 11:00 AM EST
Preterm Birth Associated with Increased Mortality Risk Into Adulthood, Study Finds
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

According to a new study from researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine and The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, being born preterm is associated with an increased risk of death from birth until the third and fourth decades of life.

18-Nov-2024 10:10 AM EST
Probiotic Delivers Anticancer Drug to the Gut
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at WashU Medicine shrink gastrointestinal tumors in mice using a yeast probiotic to deliver immunotherapy to the gut, offering a potentially novel strategy to target hard-to-reach gut cancers.

Newswise: Researchers Develop Clinically Validated, Wearable Ultrasound Patch for Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring
19-Nov-2024 7:00 PM EST
Researchers Develop Clinically Validated, Wearable Ultrasound Patch for Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring
University of California San Diego

A re-engineered wearable ultrasound patch for continuous and noninvasive blood pressure monitoring has undergone comprehensive clinical validation on over 100 patients, marking a major milestone in wearable technology research. The soft, stretchy patch provides precise, real-time readings of blood pressure deep within the body.

Released: 19-Nov-2024 1:50 PM EST
How New Therapies Are Revolutionizing the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Institute for Health researchers found that the use of biologic and targeted therapies for children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis surpassed more typical therapies in recent years.

Newswise: AAOS Announces 2025 IDEA Grant Recipients to Encourage Diversity and Inclusion in Orthopaedics
Released: 18-Nov-2024 1:15 PM EST
AAOS Announces 2025 IDEA Grant Recipients to Encourage Diversity and Inclusion in Orthopaedics
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS)

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) announced 30 recipients of the 2025 AAOS IDEA Grant Program®, which aims to reduce existing disparities in orthopaedics and foster visible and measurable change in the field. The recipients were selected based on the merits of their initiatives to reduce bias and discriminatory practices or advance diversity, equity, and/or inclusion (DEI) within the orthopaedic specialty. Since its launch in 2022, the AAOS IDEA Grant Program has helped fund nearly 75 programs across the country, contributing over $900,000 to date.

Newswise: Study Identifies Strategy for AI Cost-Efficiency in Health Care Settings
15-Nov-2024 12:35 PM EST
Study Identifies Strategy for AI Cost-Efficiency in Health Care Settings
Mount Sinai Health System

A study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has identified strategies for using large language models (LLMs), a type of artificial intelligence (AI), in health systems while maintaining cost efficiency and performance. The findings, published in the November 18 online issue of npj Digital Medicine, provide insights into how health systems can leverage advanced AI tools to automate tasks efficiently, saving time and reducing operational costs while ensuring these models remain reliable even under high task loads.

Released: 15-Nov-2024 4:30 PM EST
New Study Shows How Salmonella Tricks Gut Defenses to Cause Infection
UC Davis Health

A study led by UC Davis distinguished professor Andreas Bäumler uncovered how Salmonella, a major cause of food poisoning, can invade the gut despite the presence of protective bacteria.

Newswise: Study Challenges Assumptions About How Tuberculosis Bacteria Grow
Released: 15-Nov-2024 2:50 PM EST
Study Challenges Assumptions About How Tuberculosis Bacteria Grow
Tufts University

The rod-shaped tuberculosis (TB) bacterium, which the World Health Organization has once again ranked as the top infectious disease killer globally, is the first single-celled organism ever observed to maintain a consistent growth rate throughout its life cycle. These findings, reported by researchers on November 15 in the journal Nature Microbiology, overturn core beliefs of bacterial cell biology and hint at why the deadly pathogen so readily outmaneuvers our immune system and antibiotics.

   
Newswise: “We Need Everyone”: New Award Recognizes the Importance of Scientific Community
Released: 13-Nov-2024 1:30 PM EST
“We Need Everyone”: New Award Recognizes the Importance of Scientific Community
University of Utah Health

In the lab of Minna Roh-Johnson, PhD, great science and great mentorship are inextricable. Now, up to $250,000 in federal funding from the National Cancer Institute has made that philosophy concrete by advancing cancer research and building scientific community.

Newswise: Human Stem Cell-Derived Heart Cells Are Safe in Monkeys, Could Treat Congenital Heart Disease
Released: 13-Nov-2024 9:55 AM EST
Human Stem Cell-Derived Heart Cells Are Safe in Monkeys, Could Treat Congenital Heart Disease
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Heart muscle cells grown from stem cells show promise in monkeys with a heart problem that typically results from a heart defect sometimes present at birth in humans, according to new research from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Mayo Clinic.

Newswise:Video Embedded on-the-origin-of-life-how-the-first-cell-membranes-came-to-exist
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12-Nov-2024 7:10 PM EST
On the Origin of Life: How the First Cell Membranes Came to Exist
University of California San Diego

Few questions have captivated humankind more than the origin of life on Earth. How did the first living cells come to exist? How did these early protocells develop the structural membranes necessary for cells to thrive and assemble into complex organisms? New research from UC San Diego has uncovered a plausible explanation involving the reaction between two simple molecules.

Newswise: AI Needs to Work on Its Conversation Game
Released: 12-Nov-2024 5:40 AM EST
AI Needs to Work on Its Conversation Game
Tufts University

Linguistics and computer science researchers at Tufts University have discovered some of the root causes of the inability of AI to engage in human-like conversation

Newswise: Study: Online E-Cigarette Retailers Fail to Comply with Sale Regulations
7-Nov-2024 1:00 AM EST
Study: Online E-Cigarette Retailers Fail to Comply with Sale Regulations
University of California San Diego

Online e-cigarette retailers are not consistently adhering to laws aimed at preventing the sale of vaping products to minors, including regulations on age verification, shipping methods and flavor restrictions, report researchers at the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at University of California San Diego.

   
Newswise: New Material to Make Next Generation of Electronics Faster and More Efficient
Released: 8-Nov-2024 8:00 AM EST
New Material to Make Next Generation of Electronics Faster and More Efficient
University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have achieved a new material that will be pivotal in making the next generation of high-power electronics faster, transparent and more efficient.

Newswise: Researchers Make Glioblastoma Cells Visible to Attacking Immune Cells
Released: 7-Nov-2024 1:15 PM EST
Researchers Make Glioblastoma Cells Visible to Attacking Immune Cells
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at WashU Medicine have identified a possible way to make glioblastoma cells vulnerable to different types of immunotherapy. The strategy, which they demonstrated in cells in the lab, forces brain cancer cells to display targets for the immune system to attack. Their study was published in Nature Genetics.

Newswise: Researchers Find Metabolic Mechanism That Blocks Immune Response, Immunotherapy in Cancer
Released: 7-Nov-2024 11:50 AM EST
Researchers Find Metabolic Mechanism That Blocks Immune Response, Immunotherapy in Cancer
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Researchers at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center have discovered a key reason why some cancers do not respond to immunotherapy: A metabolite transporter within the tumor microenvironment that blocks a key type of tumor cell death integral to immune response.

Newswise: People with Schizophrenia Show Distinct Brain Activity When Faced with Conflicting Information
1-Nov-2024 4:55 PM EDT
People with Schizophrenia Show Distinct Brain Activity When Faced with Conflicting Information
Tufts University

In a study published November 7 in the journal Cell Reports Medicine, researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine show that people with schizophrenia generate distinct neural patterns when asked to make decisions based on conflicting information. The work offers one of the first biological tests to assess whether someone is prone to inflexible thinking and, by monitoring changes in these patterns, a new way to measure whether treatments are working.

   
3-Nov-2024 9:05 PM EST
How Plants Evolved Multiple Ways to Override Genetic Instructions
Washington University in St. Louis

WashU biologists, led by Xuehua Zhong in Arts & Sciences, investigated the inner workings of DNA methylation in plants. Their findings could help engineer crops that are more resilient to environmental changes, like heat or drought stress.



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