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Newswise: During Peak of COVID-19 Some Lacked Access to Safe Water and Lavatories
Released: 9-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
During Peak of COVID-19 Some Lacked Access to Safe Water and Lavatories
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego researchers found that, during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, people experiencing homelessness and people who inject drugs in San Diego and Tijuana often did not have access to drinking water, toilets, handwashing and showers.

Released: 9-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Review shows mixed results on long-term effectiveness of early education programs
University of California, Irvine

A novel study including University of California, Irvine School of Education researchers has yielded differing results on the impact of publicly funded U.S. preschool programs on student performance beyond early childhood. A study detailing the findings was published this month in Science.

Released: 9-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Social Networks Provide Crucial Support for Older Adults Living With HIV, Rutgers Health Study Finds
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Having social support and strong social networks is vital to the health and well-being of older adults living with HIV, according to a Rutgers Health study.

Newswise: An Entirely New COVID-Related Syndrome
Released: 9-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
An Entirely New COVID-Related Syndrome
University of California San Diego

A group of UC San Diego researchers, centered at UC San Diego's Institute for Network Medicine, teamed up with rheumatologists at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom to solve a medical mystery.

Newswise: New organic infrared photodetectors: a breakthrough in imaging technology
Released: 9-May-2024 11:45 AM EDT
New organic infrared photodetectors: a breakthrough in imaging technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In a major breakthrough for the field of artificial intelligence (AI), researchers have developed a new class of organic semiconductors with narrow bandgaps that greatly improve the performance of infrared (IR) photodetectors and image arrays.

Newswise: Unraveling the link between microbiome and esophageal cancer: new insights from recent research
Released: 9-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Unraveling the link between microbiome and esophageal cancer: new insights from recent research
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Esophageal cancer (EC) is an aggressive malignancy with a poor prognosis, with its development and progression potentially influenced by changes in the esophageal microbiome. Recent studies have revealed that specific microbiome compositions might be linked to EC's development, response to treatment, and patient prognosis.

Newswise: NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Could Help Researchers Detect the Universe’s First Stars
Released: 9-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Could Help Researchers Detect the Universe’s First Stars
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

The universe’s earliest stars, known as Population III stars, are notoriously hard to detect with even our most powerful observatories due to their great distance and short lifetime.

Newswise: Turning trash into treasure: breakthrough innovations in PET plastic upcycling
Released: 9-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Turning trash into treasure: breakthrough innovations in PET plastic upcycling
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A recent review has unveiled revolutionary methods to recycle and transform everyday polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic into valuable materials. By harnessing cutting-edge enzymes and catalysts, the review dramatically improves how we break down and reuse PET, slashing energy use and emissions.

Newswise: UTSW Research: Improved bladder cancer detection, tracking gamma waves, and more
Released: 9-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
UTSW Research: Improved bladder cancer detection, tracking gamma waves, and more
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Blue light improves bladder cancer detection across races; Gamma waves distinguish goal-oriented movements; Giving abnormal bone formation a closer look; Dissecting the HIV-1 transcriptional circuitry

Released: 9-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Adding immune-boosting agent to personalized cancer vaccine supercharges the body's immune defense against malignant brain tumors
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have pinpointed a combination immunotherapy treatment that enhances the immune response for people with malignant gliomas, an aggressive type of brain tumor that is fast growing and difficult to treat.

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Released: 9-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Rensselaer Researcher Finds That Users Seek Out Echo Chambers on Social Media
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

We all know that communication encompasses so much more than words. Facial expressions, intonations, hand gestures, and more contribute to our expressiveness. However, in social media, these intricacies are lost.

Newswise: New Fossil Bovids from Kromdraai
Released: 9-May-2024 8:05 AM EDT
New Fossil Bovids from Kromdraai
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

New Fossil Bovids from Kromdraai shed light on South Africa's ancient ecosystems.

Released: 9-May-2024 8:05 AM EDT
التهابات المسالك البولية: التهابات شائعة قد تصبح خطيرة
Mayo Clinic

فينيكس —  التهابات المسالك البولية التهابات شائعة لكنها قد تصبح خطيرة.

Released: 9-May-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Infecção do trato urinário: Essa infecção comum pode ser grave
Mayo Clinic

A infecção do trato urinário (ITU) é comum, mas pode ser grave. "As infecções simples do trato urinário podem ser gerenciadas pelo seu clínico geral, mas quando elas se tornam complexas, levando a outras questões ou problemas, deve-se procurar os cuidados de um especialista", explica o Dr. Mitchell Humphreys, urologista da Mayo Clinic no Arizona.

Released: 9-May-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Infección del tracto urinario: Esta infección común puede ser grave
Mayo Clinic

La infección del tracto urinario (ITU) es común, pero puede ser grave. "Las infecciones simples del tracto urinario pueden ser manejadas por su médico de familia, pero cuando se vuelven complejas, lo que lleva a otras cuestiones o problemas, uno debe buscar la atención de un especialista", explica el Dr. Mitchell Humphreys, urólogo de Mayo Clinic en Arizona.

8-May-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Study Shows Ineffectiveness of Targeted Credit Rationing in Banking
University of Maryland, Robert H. Smith School of Business

With the recent ESG-inspired shift towards and away from the rationing of capital to specific firms that arguably generate negative externalities, a new study shows targeted credit rationing in recent history has been widely ineffective in promoting change.

Newswise: New study reveals how gender affects liver transplant success in cancer patients
Released: 9-May-2024 7:05 AM EDT
New study reveals how gender affects liver transplant success in cancer patients
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A groundbreaking multicenter cohort study in China has illuminated the impact of sex on the outcomes of liver transplantation (LT) for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer.

Released: 9-May-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Youth Experiencing Parental Death Due to Drug Poisoning and Firearm Violence in the US, 1999-2020
Newswise

The US is experiencing dual overlapping public health crises of drug poisoning (herein, drugs) and firearm deaths. Since 1999, more than 1 million residents of the US have died by fatal drug poisonings and more than 750 000 by firearms.

Newswise: Supercharging immune cells to battle blood cancer: breakthrough in cancer immunotherapy
Released: 9-May-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Supercharging immune cells to battle blood cancer: breakthrough in cancer immunotherapy
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A new study reveals a groundbreaking approach to immunotherapy, demonstrating that blocking the interaction between the CD300A receptor and phosphatidylserine (PS) significantly enhances the ability of human natural killer (NK) cells to lyse hematologic malignancies (HMs).

   
Released: 9-May-2024 4:05 AM EDT
New DNA origami technique promises breakthroughs in medicine
University of Portsmouth

A new study led by the University of Portsmouth in England has developed an innovative method to customise and strengthen DNA origami structures, which could lead to advances in medicine, biotechnology, and beyond.

Newswise:  A comprehensive review by the team of Xinhua Zhang at Shandong University of Technology on the significant roles and regulatory mechanisms of lncRNAs in fruit and vegetables
Released: 9-May-2024 3:05 AM EDT
A comprehensive review by the team of Xinhua Zhang at Shandong University of Technology on the significant roles and regulatory mechanisms of lncRNAs in fruit and vegetables
Chinese Academy of Sciences

With the development of genome sequencing technologies, many long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified in fruit and vegetables.

Newswise: Rapid oyster reef restoration gives hope for repairing the sea
Released: 8-May-2024 9:05 PM EDT
Rapid oyster reef restoration gives hope for repairing the sea
University of Adelaide

After a century of functional extinction on the Australian mainland, a Flat oyster reef has been successfully restored along a metropolitan Adelaide coastline.

Newswise: Caribbean Teams Innovate to Protect Cancer Patients from Compounding Disasters
Released: 8-May-2024 8:05 PM EDT
Caribbean Teams Innovate to Protect Cancer Patients from Compounding Disasters
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

A new Lancet Oncology article describes how climate-driven risks in the Caribbean negatively affect every step in the cancer control continuum, from etiology to survivorship.

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Released: 8-May-2024 4:05 PM EDT
Study: Pressure to be “perfect” causing burnout for parents, mental health concerns for their children
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Researchers leading a national dialogue about parental burnout from The Ohio State University College of Nursing and the university’s Office of the Chief Wellness Officer found that pressure to try to be “perfect” leads to unhealthy impacts on both parents and their children.

3-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Study: Neuropathy Very Common, Underdiagnosed
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

Neuropathy, the nerve damage that causes pain and numbness in the feet and hands and can eventually lead to falls, infection and even amputation, is very common and underdiagnosed, according to a study published in the May 8, 2024, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Newswise: How ultrasound and microbubbles could deliver immunotherapy to the brain
Released: 8-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
How ultrasound and microbubbles could deliver immunotherapy to the brain
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

How a non-invasive technique temporarily opened the blood-brain barrier to deliver an immunotherapy drug to the brain in a large animal study.

Newswise: For Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Researchers Engineer a Promising Microorganism for Precursor Production
Released: 8-May-2024 2:05 PM EDT
For Sustainable Aviation Fuel, Researchers Engineer a Promising Microorganism for Precursor Production
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Researchers used advanced computing techniques to engineer the bacteria Pseudomonas putida to optimize its production of isoprenol using carbon from plant material. Isoprenol has a potential role in the production of jet biofuel blendstocks.

Newswise: Strengthening CAR-T Therapy to Work Against Solid Tumors
7-May-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Strengthening CAR-T Therapy to Work Against Solid Tumors
Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute-designated Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center (MECCC) have shown that a breakthrough therapy for treating blood cancers can be adapted to treat solid tumors—an advance that could transform cancer treatment. The promising findings, reported today in Science Advances, involve CAR-T cell therapy, which supercharges the immune system to identify and attack cancer cells.

Newswise: Using AI and Social Media to Track Depression in Communities
Released: 8-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Using AI and Social Media to Track Depression in Communities
Stony Brook University

A study that used artificial intelligence (AI) and social media posts to assess the rates of depression and anxiety in nearly half of American counties found that the AI-generated measurements produced more reliable assessments than population surveys. The findings are published in Nature Digital Medicine.

   
Newswise: New Insight Into Genesis of Spina Bifida
Released: 8-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
New Insight Into Genesis of Spina Bifida
University of California San Diego

Spina bifida is the most common structural disorder of the human nervous system. The causes are largely unknown, but University of California San Diego researchers led a study that points to a link involving a chromosomal microdeletion — and also underscores the value of folic acid as a preventive measure.

Newswise: Teens Who View Their Homes as More Chaotic Than Their Siblings Have Poorer Mental Health in Adulthood
Released: 8-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Teens Who View Their Homes as More Chaotic Than Their Siblings Have Poorer Mental Health in Adulthood
Association for Psychological Science

Many parents ponder why one of their children seems more emotionally troubled than the others. A new study in the United Kingdom reveals a possible basis for those differences.

Newswise: Polypectomy Technique, Artificial Intelligence, and More in the May Issue of AJG
Released: 8-May-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Polypectomy Technique, Artificial Intelligence, and More in the May Issue of AJG
American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)

The May issue of The American Journal of Gastroenterology highlights new clinical science and reviews on hepatic encephalopathy management using a smartphone app’s artificial intelligence, cyclic vomiting syndrome prevalence and incidence, alcohol-associated liver disease and alcohol use disorder in young women, and polypectomy technique.

Newswise: ChatGPT can extract data from clinical notes
Released: 8-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
ChatGPT can extract data from clinical notes
UT Southwestern Medical Center

ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot designed to assist with language-based tasks, can effectively extract data for research purposes from physicians' clinical notes, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers report in a new study. Their findings, published in NPJ Digital Medicine, could significantly accelerate clinical research and lead to new innovations in computerized clinical decision-making aids.

Newswise: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to provide optical payload for upcoming U.S. Space Force mission
Released: 8-May-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to provide optical payload for upcoming U.S. Space Force mission
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s (LLNL) Space Program is now building an optical space domain awareness payload for an upcoming mission by the U.S. Space Force.

Released: 8-May-2024 12:00 PM EDT
MD Anderson Research Highlights for May 8, 2024
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.

   
Newswise: NASA's Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet
Released: 8-May-2024 11:15 AM EDT
NASA's Webb Hints at Possible Atmosphere Surrounding Rocky Exoplanet
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

These days, detecting a planetary atmosphere tens or even hundreds of light-years from Earth might not sound like such a big deal. Scientists have found signs of atmosphere surrounding dozens of exoplanets over the past two decades.

Released: 8-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Validated Rules Help Prevent Overuse of CT Scans for Diagnosing Traumatic Head and Abdominal Injuries in Kids
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

To validate the PECARN prediction rules, Children's Hospital Los Angeles researchers collaborated on a prospective, multicenter study funded by the National Institutes of Health, enrolling thousands of children who came to the CHLA Emergency Department over a five-year period.

Released: 8-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Uniformed Services University Contributes to Groundbreaking Global Study on Multiple System Atrophy
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU)

In a groundbreaking study published May 2, 2024 in Neuron, researchers have identified four new genetic risk factors for multiple system atrophy (MSA), shedding light on this poorly understood disorder.

Newswise: Study led by ORNL informs climate resilience strategies in urban, rural areas
Released: 8-May-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Study led by ORNL informs climate resilience strategies in urban, rural areas
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Local decision-makers looking for ways to reduce the impact of heat waves on their communities have a valuable new capability at their disposal: a new study on vegetation resilience.

Newswise: GUIDE team develops computational approach to redesign antibodies for broader effectiveness against viral pandemics
7-May-2024 6:05 PM EDT
GUIDE team develops computational approach to redesign antibodies for broader effectiveness against viral pandemics
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

In a groundbreaking development for addressing future viral pandemics, a multi-institutional team involving Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researchers has successfully combined an artificial intelligence-backed platform with supercomputing to redesign and restore the effectiveness of antibodies whose ability to fight viruses has been compromised by viral evolution. The work was published in the journal Nature.

   
Newswise: Mount Sinai Scientists Unravel How Psychedelic Drugs Interact with Serotonin Receptors to Potentially Produce Therapeutic Benefits
7-May-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Mount Sinai Scientists Unravel How Psychedelic Drugs Interact with Serotonin Receptors to Potentially Produce Therapeutic Benefits
Mount Sinai Health System

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have shed valuable light on the complex mechanisms by which a class of psychedelic drugs binds to and activates serotonin receptors to produce potential therapeutic effects in patients with neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety.

Released: 8-May-2024 10:05 AM EDT
UC Irvine study shows damaging impact of heat waves on vital organs
University of California, Irvine

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have found evidence of the molecular causes of the damaging impact heat stress causes on the gut, liver and brain in the elderly. These findings point to the potential of developing precise prognostic and therapeutic interventions.

Newswise: Disadvantaged entrepreneurs often fear success, but new research can help
Released: 8-May-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Disadvantaged entrepreneurs often fear success, but new research can help
University of Notre Dame

When low-income entrepreneurs start their own businesses, they frequently fear failure — a well-documented phenomenon. But over time, they may also fear success, given the costs and unknowns it can bring, and this barrier to growth is under-studied and underappreciated. A new study from a Keough School of Global Affairs expert breaks new ground by explaining this fear and offers five recommendations to help entrepreneurs overcome it and move out of poverty.

Newswise: Xylyx Bio announces exclusive license agreement with Vanderbilt University for donor organ rehabilitation asset
Released: 8-May-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Xylyx Bio announces exclusive license agreement with Vanderbilt University for donor organ rehabilitation asset
Xylyx Bio, Inc.

Xylyx Bio, a regenerative medicine company developing innovative solutions for tissue and organ repair, today announced entry into an exclusive license agreement with Vanderbilt University for the rights to a xenogeneic cross-circulation platform that restores damaged donor organs to transplant condition.

   
Newswise: 4C Medical's AltaValve System Secures Dual FDA Breakthrough Device Designations, Expediting Patient Access to Advanced Mitral Valve Therapies
Released: 8-May-2024 8:05 AM EDT
4C Medical's AltaValve System Secures Dual FDA Breakthrough Device Designations, Expediting Patient Access to Advanced Mitral Valve Therapies
4C Medical Technologies, Inc.

4C Medical Technologies, Inc. ("4C Medical"), a medical device company dedicated to advancing minimally invasive therapies for structural heart disease, has been granted Breakthrough Device designation by the U.S.

Newswise: Biomarker found to help identify cells that can repair damaged blood vessels
Released: 8-May-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Biomarker found to help identify cells that can repair damaged blood vessels
Indiana University

Researchers have discovered a protein marker to help identify cells able to repopulate in patients with damaged blood vessels. Their findings, recently published in Circulation, could lead to new therapies for people with endothelial dysfunction, a type of disorder that contributes to coronary artery disease that may occlude with plaque and lack ability to carry sufficient blood into the heart tissue causing a heart attack.

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3-May-2024 8:00 AM EDT
Swarms of miniature robots clean up microplastics and microbes, simultaneously (video)
American Chemical Society (ACS)

In a study in ACS Nano, researchers describe swarms of microscale robots (microrobots) that captured bits of plastic and bacteria from water. Afterward, the bots were decontaminated and reused.

   
Released: 8-May-2024 7:05 AM EDT
NeuroTherapia Receives Grant from Alzheimer's Association for Development of First-in-Class Drug for Alzheimer's Disease
NeuroTherapia, Inc.

NeuroTherapia, an early-stage clinical pharmaceutical company, announced today that it has received a grant from the Alzheimer's Association Part the Cloud program for the development of its first-in-class drug, NTRX-07, for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Newswise: ‘Mathematical microscope’ reveals novel, energy-efficient mechanism of working memory that works even during sleep
6-May-2024 5:05 PM EDT
‘Mathematical microscope’ reveals novel, energy-efficient mechanism of working memory that works even during sleep
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

UCLA Health researchers have discovered a mechanism that creates memories while reducing metabolic cost, even during sleep. This efficient memory occurs in a part of the brain that is crucial for learning and memory, and where Alzheimer’s disease begins.

7-May-2024 5:05 AM EDT
Unlocking insights into insomnia
University of Bristol

GP data can provide unique insights into common health conditions, new research looking at insomnia symptom prevalence in England has shown. The University of Bristol-led study, published in BMJ Open today [8 May], also highlights the value of improving access to this data for future health research.



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