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Newswise: Actiphage TB awarded US Patent grant for diagnostic kit
Released: 25-Jul-2023 10:50 PM EDT
Actiphage TB awarded US Patent grant for diagnostic kit
2023 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting Press Program

PBD Biotech developers of Actiphage TB, a ground-breaking phage-based diagnostic for laboratory tuberculosis testing, has today announced it has secured the grant of a US patent for its diagnostic kit. The company is exhibiting in the AACC Clinical Lab Expo on booth #4578.

19-Jul-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Breaking Research Sheds Light on COVID, Flu, and RSV Co-infections
Association for Diagnostic and Laboratory Medicine (ADLM (formerly AACC))

Today, at the 2023 AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo, scientists will present new data about rates of co-infections with SARS-CoV-2, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in the United States.

Released: 20-Jul-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Omega-3 fatty acids appear promising for maintaining lung health
NIH, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Omega-3 fatty acids, which are abundant in fish and fish oil supplements, appear promising for maintaining lung health, according to new evidence from a large, multi-faceted study in healthy adults supported by the National Institutes of Health.

Released: 20-Jul-2023 10:20 AM EDT
Omega-3 fatty acids promising for maintaining lung health
Cornell University

Omega-3 fatty acids, which are abundant in fish and fish oil supplements, appear promising for maintaining lung health, according to a Cornell-led study supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Newswise: One pill doesn’t fit all: cholesterol study reveals effects on lung function and brain size
Released: 19-Jul-2023 10:40 PM EDT
One pill doesn’t fit all: cholesterol study reveals effects on lung function and brain size
University of South Australia

The first study in the world to compare cholesterol-lowering medications on a range of diseases has good and bad news for more than 200 million people.

Released: 19-Jul-2023 12:00 PM EDT
MD Anderson Research Highlights for July 19, 2023
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Research Highlights showcases the latest breakthroughs in cancer care, research and prevention. These advances are made possible through seamless collaboration between MD Anderson’s world-leading clinicians and scientists, bringing discoveries from the lab to the clinic and back.

   
Released: 18-Jul-2023 10:20 AM EDT
Rutgers Leads Study of Wildfire Air Pollution in New Jersey
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Hazy, hazardous conditions from climate change-driven Canadian wildfires have prompted researchers to examine the physicochemical and toxicological properties.

   
Newswise: Cedars-Sinai Hits New High for Organ Transplants
Released: 17-Jul-2023 11:55 AM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Hits New High for Organ Transplants
Cedars-Sinai

Fiscal year 2023, which ended June 30, proved to be the busiest year yet for Cedars-Sinai’s Comprehensive Transplant Center and Smidt Heart Institute, with more than 600 organs transplanted.

Released: 17-Jul-2023 11:10 AM EDT
Current evidence identifies health risks of e-cigarette use; long-term research needed
American Heart Association (AHA)

Research increasingly reveals health risks of e-cigarette use, and more studies are needed about the long-term impact e-cigarettes may have on the heart and lungs.

Released: 13-Jul-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Delayed RSV Prophylactic During Atypical RSV Surges and RSV Hospitalization Spikes in High-Risk Kids
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) surges in young children occurred outside the usual November to March season, when immune-based prophylactic is available to protect children at high risk for severe illness.

Newswise: Combination Cancer Therapies Can Shrink Tumors and Improve Survival Outcomes for Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Released: 13-Jul-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Combination Cancer Therapies Can Shrink Tumors and Improve Survival Outcomes for Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

While pembrolizumab is an approved treatment for patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), only some patients respond to this therapy. Treatment failure, researchers say, is often caused by differences in the tumor microenvironment.

Newswise: UNC Receives NC DHHS Contract to Study E-Cigarette Use in Youth and Young Adults
Released: 11-Jul-2023 9:25 AM EDT
UNC Receives NC DHHS Contract to Study E-Cigarette Use in Youth and Young Adults
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

The Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation program (TPEP) in the UNC School of Medicine has been awarded a two-year, $887,431 contract from JUUL Settlement funds received by the NC Department of Health and Human Services to better understand electronic cigarette use among our youth and young adults.

Released: 10-Jul-2023 9:00 AM EDT
AATS and Leading Cancer Center’s Thoracic Surgery Oncology Group (TSOG) Complete First Clinical Trial Involving Ground Glass Lung Nodules Identified on CT Scan
American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s (MSK) Thoracic Surgery Oncology Group (TSOG) completed its first clinical trial involving 330 patients who have ground glass lung nodules identified on a CT scan.

Newswise:Video Embedded air-monitor-can-detect-covid-19-virus-variants-in-about-5-minutes
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Released: 10-Jul-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Air monitor can detect COVID-19 virus variants in about 5 minutes
Washington University in St. Louis

Now that the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, scientists are looking at ways to surveil indoor environments in real time for viruses. By combining recent advances in aerosol sampling technology and an ultrasensitive biosensing technique, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created a real-time monitor that can detect any of the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in a room in about 5 minutes.

Released: 7-Jul-2023 4:40 PM EDT
Tip Sheet: Understanding cancer-related pain, newborn screening for deadly immune disorder — and new Fred Hutch leadership
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center

Below are summaries of recent Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center research findings and other news. If you’re looking for resources who can comment on skin cancer awareness and skin protection during the summer months, see our list of experts and reach out to [email protected] to set up interviews.

Released: 30-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
EMSL postdoc investigates how algae affects climate, human health
Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory - EMSL

Mickey Rogers, a Linus Pauling Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow at the Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) talks about her research on how algae particles in the atmosphere affect climate and human health.

   
Released: 30-Jun-2023 1:20 PM EDT
Nearly half of tuberculosis cases in prisons worldwide go undetected
Boston University School of Public Health

In 2019, incarcerated people across the globe developed tuberculosis (TB) at nearly 10 times the rate of people in the general population, according to a new study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH).

Newswise: International Lung Health Organizations Join to Raise Awareness for Bronchiectasis
Released: 30-Jun-2023 10:45 AM EDT
International Lung Health Organizations Join to Raise Awareness for Bronchiectasis
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

In support of the second annual World Bronchiectasis Day, July 1, the Forum of International Respiratory Societies, of which the American Thoracic Society is a founding member, is joining the COPD Foundation and several global organizations to raise global awareness, share knowledge, and discuss ways to reduce the burden of bronchiectasis for patients and their families worldwide.

Released: 30-Jun-2023 9:45 AM EDT
RSNA Journals Make Huge Impact in Radiology
Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

The Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) announced today that its leading medical imaging research journal, Radiology, maintains the largest impact factor in its category. In addition, RSNA’s subspecialty journals, Radiology: Artificial Intelligence, Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging and Radiology: Imaging Cancer have achieved impact factors for the first time, and RadioGraphics continues to excel, according to the newly released 2023 update to the Clarivate Analytics Journal Citation Reports.

   
27-Jun-2023 4:00 PM EDT
Blood test aids in predicting lung cancer mortality risk
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

A blood-based four-protein panel (4MP), when combined with a lung cancer risk model (PLCOm2012), can better identify those at high risk of dying from lung cancer than the current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) criteria.

Newswise:Video Embedded patch-detects-muscle-movement-through-skin-w-nanomagnets
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Released: 27-Jun-2023 6:30 PM EDT
This patch uses nanomagnets to detect muscle movement through the skin
Cell Press

Using nanomagnets composites and conductive yarn, scientists have invented a smart textile that can sense and measure body movements—from muscles flexing to veins pulsing.

   
Released: 27-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Four Midwest centers unite to advance novel therapeutics
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A new collective named the Great Lakes Clinical Center (GLCC) for the ARDS, Pneumonia and Sepsis (APS) Phenotyping Consortium will be intensely focused on examining the various mechanisms underpinning these conditions to better understand their impact on disease development, trajectory and outcomes.

Newswise:Video Embedded scleroderma-awareness-month
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Released: 27-Jun-2023 12:30 PM EDT
Scleroderma Awareness Month
Cedars-Sinai

Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease characterized by thickening and scarring of the skin and vital organs, and the narrowing of the blood vessels which lead to poor circulation.

Newswise: Phage pioneer Graham Hatfull helps when antibiotics can't
Released: 27-Jun-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Phage pioneer Graham Hatfull helps when antibiotics can't
University of Pittsburgh

Graham Hatfull has pioneered the use of bacteriophages, or just “phages,” to combat antibiotic resistant infections. He was honored with the Gardner Middlebrook Lifetime Achievement award for his research.

Newswise: Tuberculosis Therapy: Smallest Particles Will Deliver the Drug to the Lungs in Future
Released: 27-Jun-2023 8:20 AM EDT
Tuberculosis Therapy: Smallest Particles Will Deliver the Drug to the Lungs in Future
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Therapy of the dangerous infectious disease of tuberculosis faces the challenge of pathogens frequently being resistant to several common antibiotics. Researchers of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have now developed nanoparticles to deliver new antibiotics directly to the lungs in future. Surfactants ensure that the highly fat-soluble antibiotics disperse very finely in water and can be inhaled. First tests at the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, reveal a high effectiveness and good compatibility of the nanocarriers of antibiotics. The researchers report in ACS Nano. (DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c01664)

Released: 23-Jun-2023 10:35 AM EDT
ATS 2024 Call for Input Deadline Approaching
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

The Call for Input deadline for the ATS 2024 International Conference is approaching! You have until 5 p.m. ET next Wednesday, June 28 to submit your proposals for programming in all areas of respiratory, critical care, and sleep medicine with a clinical, basic science, and/or translational focus.

21-Jun-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Race-Neutral Testing Could Have Given Access to Life-Saving Lung Transplants for More Black Patients
American Thoracic Society (ATS)

Race-neutral lung function interpretation could increase access to lung transplants for Black patients with respiratory disease, according to new research published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society online ahead of print.

Released: 22-Jun-2023 5:35 PM EDT
Switch to MR angiography for PE mitigated impact of recent contrast shortage
American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)

According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ own American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), preferential use of pulmonary MR angiography (MRA) for diagnosing pulmonary embolus (PE) in the general population helped conserve iodinated contrast media during the 2022 shortage.

   
Newswise: CDI Lab Earns Grant to Re-engineer Drugs to Combat Emerging Infections
Released: 22-Jun-2023 12:05 PM EDT
CDI Lab Earns Grant to Re-engineer Drugs to Combat Emerging Infections
Hackensack Meridian Health

A laboratory at the Hackensack Meridian Center for Discovery and Innovation (CDI) has been issued a major grant to repurpose drugs to combat non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), an emerging family of germs naturally found in soil and water and which can be deadly to those with compromised immune systems and pre-existing lung diseases.

Newswise: Breakdown of ‘protective mechanisms’ can drive lung cancer development
Released: 22-Jun-2023 10:45 AM EDT
Breakdown of ‘protective mechanisms’ can drive lung cancer development
Van Andel Institute

Loss of two key “protector” proteins initiates epigenetic changes that transform healthy lung cells into cancerous ones, according to new research from Van Andel Institute scientists.

Released: 21-Jun-2023 10:20 AM EDT
Wildfire smoke downwind affects health, wealth, mortality
Cornell University

Smoke particulates from wildfires could cause between 4,000 and 9,000 premature deaths and cost between $36 to $82 billion per year in the United States, according to new research.

   
Newswise: Study Finds Female Babies with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Have Slightly Higher Risk of Death
Released: 19-Jun-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Study Finds Female Babies with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Have Slightly Higher Risk of Death
Johns Hopkins Medicine

A Johns Hopkins Children Center study using medical records from an international registry concludes that female babies with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) are slightly more likely to die within 30 to 60 days of birth than male babies with the same condition.

Newswise: Adagrasib effective for patients with KRAS G12C-mutant lung cancer and untreated brain metastases
15-Jun-2023 4:00 PM EDT
Adagrasib effective for patients with KRAS G12C-mutant lung cancer and untreated brain metastases
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found the KRAS G12C inhibitor adagrasib showed promising activity suppressing cancer growth not only within the lungs but also in brain metastases for patients with KRAS G12C-mutated non-small cell lung cancer.

Released: 15-Jun-2023 7:05 AM EDT
‘Concerning’ CT scans may cause unnecessary hospitalization for some pulmonary embolism patients
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Some pulmonary embolism patients may be hospitalized unnecessarily due to CT imaging results rather than clinical risk factors, a study finds. Roughly half of the low risk patients had CT imaging features that physicians consider “concerning”, and these patients fared just as well in the hospital as those whose CT scans showed no concerning findings.

Released: 14-Jun-2023 1:15 PM EDT
The heat is on! Don't panic. Get the latest news on heat waves and the dangers of heat in the Extreme Heat channel
Newswise

As we enter the summer months in the Northern Hemisphere and the possibility of extreme heat becomes more common, it’s important to stay up-to-date on the science of heat waves and take measures to protect ourselves from this growing public health threat.

       
Newswise: TV Dramas Effectively Prompt Middle Schoolers to Talk about Vaping Dangers
Released: 14-Jun-2023 12:05 AM EDT
TV Dramas Effectively Prompt Middle Schoolers to Talk about Vaping Dangers
University of Pittsburgh

When three prime-time TV medical dramas — “Grey’s Anatomy,” “New Amsterdam” and “Chicago Med” — coincidentally featured storylines about the dangers of youth vaping within a few weeks of each other, University of Pittsburgh social scientist Beth Hoffman, Ph.D., saw an opportunity to engage real-life adolescents in a discussion about electronic cigarettes.

   
Released: 13-Jun-2023 7:40 PM EDT
Lung and heart stem cell research paves way for new COVID-19 treatments
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute

Researchers have used heart and lung stem cells infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 to better understand how the disease impacts different organs, paving the way for more targeted treatments.

Newswise: A surgical procedure trial compares efficacy of two reliable procedures to repair a hiatal hernia and put an end to heartburn and GERD symptoms
Released: 13-Jun-2023 3:30 PM EDT
A surgical procedure trial compares efficacy of two reliable procedures to repair a hiatal hernia and put an end to heartburn and GERD symptoms
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

For years, Mike Culp, 30, followed a highly restrictive diet and took medication to help manage his painful acid reflux symptoms that plagued his life and sleep. At age 18, he went to a specialist, who diagnosed him with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). He was prescribed a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI), a medication that shuts off the acid-pumping cells in the stomach. His symptoms were temporarily managed, but he could not get rid of the burning, acidic-induced discomfort for long.

Newswise: A short snout predisposes dogs to sleep apnea
Released: 13-Jun-2023 1:05 PM EDT
A short snout predisposes dogs to sleep apnea
University of Helsinki

University of Helsinki researchers tested a new method of diagnosing sleep-disordered breathing in dogs using a neckband developed for human sleep apnoea diagnostics.



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