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Released: 14-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
New brain-computer interface allows man with ALS to ‘speak’ again
UC Davis Health

A brain-computer interface developed by UC Davis Health accurately translates brain signals into speech. The device implanted in the brain of a man with ALS is the most accurate system of its kind.

Released: 14-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
FASEB and NIH Launch the 2024 DataWorks! Prize
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invite researchers to submit proposals to the FASEB DataWorks! Prize in recognition for their groundbreaking secondary analysis and data reuse projects that contribute to advancing human health.

Newswise: PCOM South Georgia partnership with Emory University to provide training in geriatrics to medical students
Released: 13-Aug-2024 5:05 PM EDT
PCOM South Georgia partnership with Emory University to provide training in geriatrics to medical students
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

PCOM South Georgia will begin offering an elective clinical rotation in geriatrics this fall to encourage more student doctors to specialize in providing care for elderly patients as part of a new partnership with Emory University.

Released: 13-Aug-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Rutgers Receives $4.8 Million Federal Grant to Fund Research to Reduce Cardiovascular Risks in Cancer Survivors
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Researchers aim to transform cancer survivorship care in the U.S. by enhancing the adoption of shared delivery models

Newswise: $1M NSF ADVANCE project to promote equity for STEM faculty at Illinois
Released: 13-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
$1M NSF ADVANCE project to promote equity for STEM faculty at Illinois
University Of Illinois Grainger College Of Engineering

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has won a three-year, $1 million ADVANCE grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to mitigate barriers that impede the advancement of underrepresented STEM faculty across the Urbana-Champaign campus.

Released: 13-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
PCORI announces $165 million in funding for new health research
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI)

The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling more than $165 million for new patient-centered comparative clinical effectiveness research (CER), as well as research to improve methods and strengthen the science of engagement in patient-centered CER. Among the 10 CER studies awarded, three will evaluate the effectiveness of telehealth interventions to treat Type 2 diabetes, chronic low back pain, and opioid use disorder.

Newswise: Grant to help Penn State build semiconductor workforce in Pennsylvania
Released: 13-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Grant to help Penn State build semiconductor workforce in Pennsylvania
Penn State Materials Research Institute

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) has awarded $600,000 to Penn State’s Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance (SCIA) to develop a series of educational courses, workshops, and paid academic and industrial internships focused on workforce development in Pennsylvania for the growing semiconductor industry.

Newswise: Stony Brook Leads New Program Designed to Further Build and Test Quantum Networks
Released: 13-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Stony Brook Leads New Program Designed to Further Build and Test Quantum Networks
Stony Brook University

Stony Brook University is leading a new project funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to advance Quantum Information Science and Technology (QIST) in the United States. The project is one the first five under the NSF’s National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL) program.

Released: 13-Aug-2024 9:00 AM EDT
$4.9-Million NSF Award Funds Major Enhancement to Bridges-2 System
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

$4.9 million from the NSF has funded an upgrade to PSC’s flagship Bridges-2 supercomputer. The grant has allowed the center to add late-model powerful NVIDIA H100 GPUs to the system, further enhancing its ability to support research in and requiring artificial intelligence, particularly in the context of massive data and high-performance computing.

Newswise: IU-led early-onset Alzheimer's study expands globally
Released: 13-Aug-2024 7:30 AM EDT
IU-led early-onset Alzheimer's study expands globally
Indiana University

The largest study of early-onset Alzheimer's disease in the United States is expanding internationally, becoming one of the largest programs of its kind in the world.

Newswise: President Joe Biden announces up to $23 million in funding for Tulane University to invent advanced cancer imaging system
Released: 13-Aug-2024 6:05 AM EDT
President Joe Biden announces up to $23 million in funding for Tulane University to invent advanced cancer imaging system
Tulane University

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will visit Tulane University to announce up to $23 million in funding to develop a cutting-edge cancer imaging system. This technology, led by Tulane researchers, aims to allow surgeons to detect and confirm the complete removal of tumors during surgery within minutes, reducing the need for repeated procedures.

Newswise: Roswell Park Indigenous Cancer Screening/Navigation Success Reaches New Mexico with BMS Foundation Grant
Released: 12-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Roswell Park Indigenous Cancer Screening/Navigation Success Reaches New Mexico with BMS Foundation Grant
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

A three-year, $689,000 grant from the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation will enable teams from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center and the University of New Mexico to collaborate on health navigation services serving the people of the Pueblo Nations.

Newswise: New Study Aims to Improve Bladder Cancer Treatment with High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C
Released: 12-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
New Study Aims to Improve Bladder Cancer Treatment with High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C
University of Kansas Cancer Center

Researchers at The University of Kansas Cancer Center have secured a $3.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study high-dose intravenous Vitamin C for treating muscle-invasive bladder cancer. This type of cancer occurs when cancer cells spread to the muscle layer of the bladder wall.

Newswise: IU-led research project aims to improve speed, energy efficiency of AI language training
Released: 9-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
IU-led research project aims to improve speed, energy efficiency of AI language training
Indiana University

Researchers in linguistics and mathematics are working to adapt the natural language processing algorithms that power AI’s ability to interact with people using normal speech to quantum computers.

Newswise: Wayne State University graduate student receives NIH grant to study fear of falling in multiple sclerosis patients
Released: 9-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Wayne State University graduate student receives NIH grant to study fear of falling in multiple sclerosis patients
Wayne State University Division of Research

A Wayne State University Ph.D. student is recipient of a F31 award from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development that aims to address a major public health concern in persons with MS that results in increased falls, decreased physical activity and loss of independence.

Newswise: How did mental health parity laws affect new moms?
7-Aug-2024 12:05 PM EDT
How did mental health parity laws affect new moms?
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Pregnant and postpartum women with depression and anxiety have a slightly better chance of getting psychotherapy these days, a new study finds. And they are paying less of their own money when they do. A new analysis looks at the impact of two major health policies.

Newswise: From flat to overflowing: adding another dimension to tissue analysis
Released: 8-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
From flat to overflowing: adding another dimension to tissue analysis
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

A team of NIBIB-funded researchers recently developed an AI platform that can analyze 3D pathology images to predict disease outcomes. Their method had improved performance in predicting prostate cancer outcomes when compared with traditional pathology approaches, such as analysis by expert pathologists using 2D images.

   
7-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Potential New Approach to Enhancing Stem-Cell Transplants
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

A discovery by a three-member Albert Einstein College of Medicine research team may boost the effectiveness of stem-cell transplants, commonly used for patients with cancer, blood disorders, or autoimmune diseases caused by defective stem cells, which produce all the body’s different blood cells.

Newswise: St. Jude identifies SARS-CoV-2 “mimic” contributing to pediatric inflammatory syndrome
Released: 7-Aug-2024 1:05 PM EDT
St. Jude identifies SARS-CoV-2 “mimic” contributing to pediatric inflammatory syndrome
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Discover St. Jude research from Paul Thomas, PhD, linking SARS-CoV-2 infections and molecular mimicry with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children.

Released: 7-Aug-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Receives $3.2 Million Grant to Study Financial Hardship Intervention in Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have been awarded a five-year, $3.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, to test a multilevel intervention in community-based oncology practices in the NCI’s Community Oncology Research Program (NCORP).



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