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Released: 26-Jul-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Combined Approach Offers Hope to Lung Cancer Patients Who Become Resistant to Drugs
Weizmann Institute of Science

Drug resistance is an all-too-common occurrence in cancer treatment. Now, working with physicians at Chaim Sheba Medical Center, the Weizmann Institute of Science’s Prof. Yossi Yarden has identified a three-drug combo that fends off drug resistance in lung cancer. This is particularly promising, as two of the medications are already in use.

   
Released: 26-Jul-2018 11:00 AM EDT
Enduring ‘Radio Rebound’ Powered by Jets From Gamma-Ray Burst:
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Astronomers using ALMA studied a cataclysmic stellar explosion known as a gamma-ray burst, or GRB, and found its enduring “afterglow.” The rebound, or reverse shock, triggered by the GRB’s powerful jets slamming into surrounding debris, lasted thousands of times longer than expected. These observations provide fresh insights into the physics of GRBs, one of the universe’s most energetic explosions.

24-Jul-2018 4:05 PM EDT
Can Scientists Leverage Mysterious Mossy Cells for Brain Disease Treatments?
University of North Carolina Health Care System

A small population of brain cells called "mossy cells" deep in a memory-making region of the brain controls the production of new neurons and may have a role in common brain disorders, according to a study from scientists at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine.

   
24-Jul-2018 12:00 PM EDT
Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde: Study Reveals Healing Mesenchymal Cells Morph and Destroy Muscles in Models of Spinal Cord Injury, ALS and Spinal Muscular Atrophy
Sanford Burnham Prebys

Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), in collaboration with the Fondazione Santa Lucia IRCCS in Rome, have discovered a new disease-specific role of FAP cells in muscle wasting and scarring, indicating a potential new avenue for treating motor neuron diseases.

23-Jul-2018 12:10 PM EDT
Fat Production and Burning are Synchronized in Livers of Mice with Obesity
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Mice fed a fattening diet develop new liver circadian rhythms that impact the way fat is accumulated and simultaneously burned. The team found that as liver fat production increases, surprisingly, so does the body’s ability to burn fat. These opposing physiological processes reach their peak activity each day around 5 p.m., illustrating an unexpected connection between overeating, circadian rhythms, and fat accumulation in the liver.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 10:55 AM EDT
Mind-Body Therapies Can Help Teens with Anxiety – The Nurse Practitioner Presents Review and Update
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Mind-body therapies – biofeedback, mindfulness, yoga, and hypnosis – provide a promising approach to the very common problem of anxiety in adolescents, according to a review in the March issue of The Nurse Practitioner. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 10:10 AM EDT
Tropical Treetops are Warming, Putting Sensitive Species at Risk
Florida State University

In the forest canopies of Panama's Barro Colorado Island, treetops are warming faster than air temperature. That could mean major consequences for the health of the forest and the species that call it home.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 10:10 AM EDT
For Spinal Fusion Surgery Patients, Taking Opioids Before Surgery Is Major Risk Factor for Long-Term Opioid Use
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Patients taking opioids for at least three months before spinal fusion surgery in the lower spine are much more likely to continue taking opioids one year after surgery, reports a study in Spine. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 10:10 AM EDT
Quantum Computing: Learning to Speak a Whole New Technology
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Quantum computers work in a fundamentally different way than classical computers. Computer scientists need to start from scratch when creating algorithms for them to run. Three teams from the Department of Energy’s laboratories are developing the foundations for new computer languages and programs.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 8:30 AM EDT
Traumatic Brain Injury: Discovery of Two Molecules Could Lead to New Drug Treatments
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

After 10 years of research, a Rutgers-led team of scientists has identified two molecules that protect nerve cells after a traumatic brain injury and could lead to new drug treatments. The molecules promote full recovery after traumatic brain injury (TBI) in mice, according to the study published online in Neurobiology of Disease.

   
Released: 26-Jul-2018 8:00 AM EDT
Research Shows Free Skin Cancer Screenings Can Help Save Lives
American Academy of Dermatology

For more than 30 years, board-certified dermatologists have been providing free skin cancer screenings in their communities through the AAD’s SPOTme® program — and research published today highlights the value of that program.

25-Jul-2018 9:10 AM EDT
New Study Finds that Aging Can Make It More Difficult to Swallow
New York University

As adults age, they all experience a natural loss of muscle mass and function. A new study finds that as the loss of muscle and function in the throat occurs it becomes more difficult for efficient constriction to occur while swallowing – which leads to an increased chance of food and liquids being left over in the throat.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 6:05 AM EDT
Leggy Lizards Don’t Survive the Storm
Washington University in St. Louis

Nobody knows exactly what happens at the eye of the storm. But biologists have published a first-of-its-kind look at the physical characteristics of lizards that seem to make the difference between life and death in a hurricane, as reported on July 25 in the journal Nature. Hint: long, strong back legs do not help like you think they might.

25-Jul-2018 1:00 PM EDT
Unusual Rare Earth Compound Opens Doorway to New Class of Functional Materials
Ames National Laboratory

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have discovered an earlier unknown discontinuous magnetoelastic transition in a rare-earth intermetallic. The mechanism of the material’s changing magnetic state is so unusual, it provides new possibilities for discovery of similar materials.

Released: 26-Jul-2018 12:05 AM EDT
BIDMC Researchers ID the Brain's Claustrum as Likely Origin of Parkinsonism's Tremors, Rigidty and Slowed Movement
Beth Israel Lahey Health

Parkinsonism – slowed movement, muscle rigidity and tremor – is a classic set of neurological symptoms most often seen in patients with Parkinson’s disease. Because neuron loss in the substantia nigra – a region of the brain associated with motor planning – is the hallmark characteristic of Parkinson’s disease, parkinsonism has long been thought to originate there. However, parkinsonism can occur in patients who have other conditions that leave the substantia nigra intact, making the true source of the suite of symptoms a mystery.

24-Jul-2018 1:05 PM EDT
Researchers Identify New Arthritis Severity Gene
Mount Sinai Health System

Finding could lead to targeted therapies for chronic condition

23-Jul-2018 12:05 PM EDT
Specialized Approach to Open Heart Surgery Saves Lives
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)—the most common heart surgery performed—may live longer and experience fewer complications when under the care of a highly focused surgical team that uses simplified and standardized approaches.

Released: 25-Jul-2018 7:05 PM EDT
And then there was (more) light: Researchers boost performance quality of perovskites
University of Washington

In a paper published online this spring in the journal Nature Photonics, scientists at the University of Washington report that a prototype semiconductor thin-film has performed even better than today’s best solar cell materials at emitting light.

20-Jul-2018 10:05 AM EDT
Giving Plasma to Trauma Patients with Severe Bleeding During Air Transport Saves Lives
Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh

Two units of plasma given in a medical helicopter on the way to the hospital could increase the odds of traumatically injured patients with severe bleeding surviving by 10 percent, according to the results of a national clinical trial.

19-Jul-2018 4:35 PM EDT
Feel Lightheaded When Standing Up? You May Have a Greater Risk of Dementia
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

People who feel faint, dizzy or lightheaded when standing up may be experiencing a sudden drop in blood pressure called orthostatic hypotension. Now a new study says middle-aged people who experience such a drop may have a greater risk of developing dementia or stroke decades later. The study is published in the July 25, 2018, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.



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