No Change in Joint Motion and Impact after Brief, High-Intensity Run
In competitive runners, a brief, high-intensity run doesn’t cause the same kinds of fatigue-related changes in running kinematics and shock absorption as longer training runs, reports a recent issue of The Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, official research journal of the National Strength and Conditioning Association. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
—Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Novel In-Vitro Enhancement Enables Accelerated HIV Pre-Seroconversion Confirmed Diagnoses
SMARTube cuts false recent classifications,
shows potential for use in incidence estimates. Unique new epidemiological tools aim to differentiate between recent and long-term HIV infections and measure incidence that can assist public health efforts
—SMART Biotech Informed-Consent Documents Should be Shortened, Simplified
An in-depth review of consent forms provided to volunteers for HIV/AIDS research in the United States and abroad about study procedures, risks and benefits has found that the forms were extremely long and used wording that may have been complex enough to hinder full understanding, according to bioethicists at The Johns Hopkins University.
Journal of General Internal Medicine
—Johns Hopkins Medicine Natural Chemical Found In Grapes May Protect Against Alzheimer’s Disease by Decreasing Neurotoxins in the Brain
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that grape seed polyphenols—a natural antioxidant—may help prevent the development or delay the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.
—Mount Sinai Medical Center Genetic Mutation Linked to Parkinson’s Disease
Researchers have discovered a new gene mutation they say causes Parkinson’s disease. The mutation was identified in a large Swiss family with Parkinson’s disease, using advanced DNA sequencing technology.
—Mayo Clinic Research Offers Hope for Treatment of Cocaine Addiction
UWM researchers discovered that a common beta blocker, used to treat people with hypertension, has shown to be effective in preventing the brain from retrieving memories associated with cocaine use in animal-addiction models. Media embedded: Image(s)
Neuropsychopharmacology, Vol. 36, Issue 9, August 2011
—University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Researchers Discover Why Stored Blood May Become Less Safe for Transfusion as It Ages
Depending on the amount and age of the stored blood used, there is evidence that transfusion can lead to complications including infection, organ failure and death. New research from found that these complications are likely due to red blood cell breakdown during storage, implying that transfused blood may need to be stored in a different way. Media embedded: Image(s)
Circulation
—Wake Forest University Children with Public Health Insurance Less Likely to Receive Comprehensive Primary Care
Children with public insurance are 22 percent less likely to receive comprehensive primary care than those with private insurance, according to new research from the University of Michigan Medical School.
Academic Pediatrics
—University of Michigan Health System Surgeons Pioneer New Ways to Treat Diabetes
Surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center are innovating new ways to treat diabetes using techniques from weight-loss surgery, including experimental procedures to improve blood glucose levels and address a major complication of the disease.
—NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center Research Reveals That Significantly More Genetic Mutations Lead to Colon Cancer
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center say there are at least 70 genetic mutations involved in the formation of colon cancer, far more than scientists previously thought. Media embedded: Image(s)
Cancer Research (Priority Reports), July 2011
—UT Southwestern Medical Center Veterinary Oncologist: What to Do When Your Pet Has Cancer
Dr. Cheryl London, an associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at Ohio State, is among a small group of veterinary oncologists in the United States who are funded to conduct research with dogs in order to advance and accelerate cancer research in humans. Dogs share many of the same types of cancer as humans, and treatment advances in one species can often translate to the other.
Pet owners may not be aware that many human cancer treatments are also available for dogs. Dr. London offers simple tips to dog owners about watching for signs of cancer, and what to do if your dog is diagnosed with cancer.
—Ohio State University Center for Clinical and Translational Science Genetic Research Confirms That Non-Africans Are Part Neanderthal
Some of the human X chromosome originates from Neanderthals and is found exclusively in people outside Africa.
Molecular Biology and Evolution
—Université de Montreal Newly Developed Fluorescent Protein Makes Internal Organs Visible
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have developed the first fluorescent protein that enables scientists to clearly "see" the internal organs of living animals without the need for a scalpel or imaging techniques that can have side effects or increase radiation exposure. Media embedded: Image(s)
Nature Biotechnology, July 17
—Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University Hot AFM Draws Ferroelectric Nanostructures on Plastic
Using a technique known as thermochemical nanolithography, researchers have developed a new way to fabricate nanometer-scale ferroelectric structures directly on flexible plastic substrates that would be unable to withstand the temperatures normally required to create such nanostructures. Media embedded: Image(s)
Advanced Materials
—Georgia Institute of Technology, Research Communications Earthquake Soil Effects Study Could Improve Buildings
Japan’s March 11 Tohoku Earthquake, among the strongest ever recorded, is providing scientists with a treasure trove of data on rare magnitude 9 earthquakes—including new information about how a shock this powerful affects the rock and soil beneath the surface. Media embedded: Image(s)
Earth, Planets and Space
—Georgia Institute of Technology, Research Communications The Face of a Frog: Time-Lapse Video Reveals Never-Before-Seen Bioelectric Pattern
For the first time, Tufts University biologists have reported that bioelectrical signals are necessary for normal head and facial formation in an organism and have captured that process in a time-lapse video that reveals never-before-seen patterns of visible bioelectrical signals outlining where eyes, nose, mouth, and other features will appear in an embryonic tadpole. Media embedded: Video
Developmental Dynamics
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