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17-Sep-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Deep Brain Stimulation for Refractory Severe Tinnitus: Preliminary Results Show Safety and Efficacy
Journal of Neurosurgery

Researchers investigated the safety and efficacy of deep brain stimulation in the treatment of refractory severe tinnitus in a small group of patients. They found the procedure to be safe and the results to be encouraging.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 7:05 PM EDT
Seeing sound: Scientists observe how acoustic interactions change materials at the atomic level
Argonne National Laboratory

By using sound waves, scientists have begun to explore fundamental stress behaviors in a crystalline material that could form the basis for quantum information technologies.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 5:05 PM EDT
أظهر باحثو Clinic Mayo أن عبء الخلايا الهرمة ينخفض في البشر بتناول الأدوية المضادة للشيخوخة
Mayo Clinic

في تجربة سريرية صغيرة للسلامة والجدوى، أظهر باحثو Mayo Clinic لأول مرة أن الخلايا الهرمة يمكن إزالتها من الجسم باستخدام أدوية تُسمى "الأدوية المضادة للشيخوخة". لم يتم التحقق من النتيجة في تحليل الدم فحسب، بل أيضًا في تغيرات وفرة الخلايا الهرمة في الجلد والأنسجة الدهنية. تظهر النتائج في مجلة EBioMedicine.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 5:05 PM EDT
Mayo Clinic研究人员证明senolytic药物可减少人体衰老细胞
Mayo Clinic

在一项小型安全性和可行性临床试验中,Mayo Clinic的研究人员首次证明,使用被称为“senolytic”的抗衰老药物可以清除人体内的衰老细胞。该结果不仅在血液分析中得到验证,而且在皮肤和脂肪组织衰老细胞丰度的变化中得到证实。研究结果发表在 EBioMedicine期刊上。

Released: 23-Sep-2019 5:05 PM EDT
Pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic demonstram que a carga de células senescentes é reduzida em humanos por senolíticos
Mayo Clinic

Em um ensaio clínico de segurança e viabilidade de pequena escala, pesquisadores da Mayo Clinic demonstraram pela primeira vez que células senescentes podem ser removidas do corpo por meio de medicamentos denominados "senolíticos". O resultado foi confirmado por análises sanguíneas e por alterações na abundância de células senescentes nos tecidos epitelial e adiposo. Os resultados foram publicados na revista EBioMedicine.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 5:05 PM EDT
Des chercheurs de Mayo Clinic démontrent que les médicaments sénolytiques réduisent la charge en cellules sénescentes chez l'homme
Mayo Clinic

Dans le cadre d'un essai clinique d'innocuité et de faisabilité de faible portée, les chercheurs de la Mayo Clinic ont démontré pour la première fois que des médicaments qualifiés de « sénolytiques » pouvaient éliminer les cellules sénescentes de l'organisme. Le résultat a été vérifié non seulement dans les analyses sanguines, mais également dans les variations de quantités des cellules sénescentes de la peau et des tissus adipeux. Les résultats sont publiés dans la revue scientifique EBioMedicine.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 5:05 PM EDT
Engineered killer T cells could provide long-lasting immunity against cancer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

In experiments with mice, UCLA researchers have shown they can harness the power of iNKT cells to attack tumor cells and treat cancer. The new method, described in the journal Cell Stem Cell, suppressed the growth of multiple types of human tumors that had been transplanted into the animals.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 5:05 PM EDT
Forscher der Mayo Clinic zeigen, dass seneszente Zellen auch beim Menschen durch senolytische Medikamente reduziert werden
Mayo Clinic

In einer kleinen klinischen Sicherheits- und Machbarkeitsstudie haben Forscher der Mayo Clinic zum ersten Mal nachgewiesen, dass alternde Zellen mit Medikamenten, die als „Senolytika“ bezeichnet werden, aus dem menschlichen Körper entfernt werden können. Das Ergebnis wurde nicht nur in der Blutanalyse, sondern auch in der veränderten Menge seneszenter Zellen in Haut- und Fettgewebe bestätigt. Die Ergebnisse erscheinen in der Zeitschrift EBioMedicine.

18-Sep-2019 11:00 AM EDT
Here’s the Kind of Data Hackers Get About You From Hospitals
Michigan State University

New research from Michigan State University and Johns Hopkins University is the first to uncover the specific data leaked through hospital breaches, sounding alarm bells for nearly 170 million people.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 3:50 PM EDT
Study Suggests New Metabolic Target for Liver Cancer
University of Iowa

Disrupting a metabolic pathway in the liver in a way that creates a more “cancer-like” metabolism actually reduces tumor formation in a mouse model of liver cancer. This surprising finding from a Univ. of Iowa study identifies the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier as a potential target for preventing liver cancer.

23-Sep-2019 11:20 AM EDT
Virus may jump species through rock-and-roll motion with receptors
Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences

The researchers used a sophisticated electron microscope that can take pictures of structures at the atomic level to examine the virus as it interacted with the transferrin receptor, or TfR, a protein on the surface of the cell that helps manage a body’s iron uptake.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 2:05 PM EDT
Onions and garlic are staples of a Puerto Rican condiment. Are they also a recipe for reduced breast cancer risk?
University at Buffalo

Women who ate the popular Puerto Rican condiment sofrito, which contains onions and garlic, more than once per day had a 67% decreased risk of breast cancer. It's the first population-based study examining the association between onion and garlic consumption and breast cancer in Puerto Rico.

23-Sep-2019 11:00 AM EDT
Improving Doctor-Patient Communication at the End of Life: Multi-Center Study Suggests It Can Be Done
Mount Sinai Health System

To find out whether an intervention could increase the number of discussions between clinicians and patients with heart failure about the kinds of treatments they would want at the end of their lives, also known as advance care planning, researchers at The Mount Sinai Hospital developed a rigorous six-center study to investigate a novel communication intervention. The study appears in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

20-Sep-2019 11:00 AM EDT
Study Identifies Cardiovascular Toxicities Associated with Ibrutinib
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

After a recent study showed that chronic lymphocytic leukemia patients who received ibrutinib as a frontline treatment had a 7% death rate, a new study offers a clearer picture on the reasons for the deaths.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 1:05 PM EDT
Mummy study: Heart disease was bigger issue for human ancestors than initially thought
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A new imaging study of the mummified arteries of people who lived thousands of years ago revealed that their arteries were more clogged than originally thought, according to a proof-of-concept study led by a researcher with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). It is in the October print edition of the American Heart Journal.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Green tea could hold the key to reducing antibiotic resistance
University of Surrey

Scientists at the University of Surrey have discovered that a natural antioxidant commonly found in green tea can help eliminate antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Labeling in the horticulture industry – consumers are paying attention
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences

As the first research of its kind, the findings may help growers increase the marketability of their ornamental horticulture products through labeling. Consumer preferences, visual attention and willingness-to-pay were measured and tested to determine how each label or text combination impacted a consumer’s willingness to pay for a particular fruit plant.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Moral Distress and Moral Strength Among Clinicians in Health Care Systems: A Call for Research
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

Nurse burnout impacts both nurses and patients, and significantly influences the retention of nurses in the healthcare setting, research shows. But could burnout be a symptom of something larger?

Released: 23-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Nonverbal signals can create bias against larger groups
University of Georgia

If children are exposed to bias against one person, will they develop a bias against that person’s entire group? The answer is yes, according to new research from University of Georgia social psychologist Allison Skinner.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Scientists identify hormone potentially linked to hypersexual disorder
Taylor & Francis

A new study of men and women with hypersexual disorder has revealed a possible role of the hormone oxytocin, according to results published in the journal Epigenetics. The finding could potentially open the door to treating the disorder by engineering a way to suppress its activity.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
New study identifies risk factors for head and neck cancer among 9/11 responders
Rutgers School of Public Health

A recent Rutgers study identified factors that may put people who responded to the 9/11 terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center (WTC) at increased risk for cancers of the head and neck, such as oral cavity, oropharyngeal, and laryngeal cancers.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 11:00 AM EDT
Is Theory on Earth’s Climate in the Last 15 Million Years Wrong?
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

A key theory that attributes the climate evolution of the Earth to the breakdown of Himalayan rocks may not explain the cooling over the past 15 million years, according to a Rutgers-led study. The study in the journal Nature Geoscience could shed more light on the causes of long-term climate change.

22-Sep-2019 9:05 PM EDT
UCI study reveals critical role of new brain circuits in improving learning and memory for Alzheimer’s disease treatment
University of California, Irvine

A University of California, Irvine-led team of scientists has discovered how newly identified neural circuits in the brain’s hippocampal formation play a critical role in object-location learning and memory.

19-Sep-2019 4:45 PM EDT
Perturbed Genes Regulating White Blood Cells Linked to Autism Genetics and Severity
UC San Diego Health

Researchers at UC San Diego say they are getting closer to identifying the mechanisms of autism spectrum disorder, revealing a critical gene network that is disrupted and which helps predict severity of symptoms.

19-Sep-2019 3:55 PM EDT
Strip Steak: Bacterial Enzyme Removes Inflammation-Causing Meat Carbohydrates
UC San Diego Health

When we eat red meat, the animal carbohydrate Neu5Gc is incorporated in our tissues, where it generates inflammation. UC San Diego researchers discovered how gut bacteria enzymes strip our cells of Neu5Gc, introducing the possibility of using the enzymes to reduce the risk of inflammatory diseases.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 9:00 AM EDT
Building on UD, Nobel Legacy
University of Delaware

A new approach to producing indolent scaffolds could streamline development and production of small-molecule pharmaceuticals, which comprise the majority of medicines in use today.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 9:00 AM EDT
“Metabolic Inhibitor” Compound Extends Survival in Mice with MYC-Expressing Pediatric Brain Tumors
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Versions of an antibiotic drug called DON first isolated from soil bacteria more than 60 years ago have shown promising signs of extending survival in mice models of especially lethal pediatric brain tumors marked by the high expression of a cancer-causing gene known as the MYC oncogene, according to results of two studies from researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center.

16-Sep-2019 4:30 PM EDT
Children and Train Collisions: A Problem Parents Don’t See or Hear
Safe Kids Worldwide

New Research Reveals a Disconnect Between Awareness of the Risk and Magnitude of the Problem

Released: 23-Sep-2019 8:35 AM EDT
2000 atoms in two places at once
University of Vienna

The quantum superposition principle has been tested on a scale as never before in a new study by scientists at the University of Vienna in collaboration with the University of Basel. Hot, complex molecules composed of nearly two thousand atoms were brought into a quantum superposition and made to interfere. By confirming this phenomenon – “the heart of quantum mechanics”, in Richard Feynman’s words – on a new mass scale, improved constraints on alternative theories to quantum mechanics have been placed. The work will be published in Nature Physics.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 8:10 AM EDT
A new way to turn heat into energy
Ohio State University

An international team of scientists has figured out how to capture heat and turn it into electricity. The discovery, published last week in the journal Science Advances, could create more efficient energy generation from heat in things like car exhaust, interplanetary space probes and industrial processes.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 6:00 AM EDT
Brain Implant Restores Visual Perception to the Blind
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Seven years ago, Jason Esterhuizen was in a horrific car crash that destroyed his eyes, plunging him into total darkness. Today, he’s regained visual perception and more independence, thanks to an experimental device implanted in his brain by researchers at UCLA Health.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 4:35 AM EDT
Wired to Think
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego research supplies a blueprint for a future generation of electrode sensors—notably microscopically slender diamond needles—that utilizes existing yet nontraditional materials and fabrication procedures for recording electrical signals from every neuron in the cortex at the same time.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 4:05 AM EDT
Expert Analysis: Healthcare Value Assessment Frameworks Have Advanced, But Wholesale Adoption Still Not Wise
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR, announced the publication of an analysis showing that while value assessment frameworks are moving closer to meeting the challenge of accurately measuring value and informing healthcare decisions, more progress is needed before widespread adoption and use.

Released: 23-Sep-2019 3:05 AM EDT
Can Discrete Choice Experiment Technique Predict Real-World Healthcare Decisions?
ISPOR—The Professional Society for Health Economics and Outcomes Research

Value in Health, the official journal of ISPOR—the professional society for health economics and outcomes research, announced today the publication of research demonstrating that discrete choice experiments are able to predict real-world healthcare choices.

16-Sep-2019 8:00 AM EDT
Recent US Pediatric Heart Transplant Waitlist Policy Change Falls Short of Intended Benefits
Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh

In March 2016, the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network revised its criteria for prioritizing children awaiting heart transplantation in the U.S. with the intention of reducing the number of deaths on the waitlist, but a new study suggests unintended consequences.

Released: 20-Sep-2019 4:20 PM EDT
Leukemia Drug Shows Promise for Treating a Childhood Brain Cancer
UC San Diego Health

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California San Diego researchers describe new use of leukemia drug, nilotinib, to treat subtype of medulloblastoma, a deadly pediatric brain cancer.

Released: 20-Sep-2019 2:05 PM EDT
2019 AANEM Annual Meeting to Convene in Austin, Texas
American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)

The fight against neuromuscular diseases will come to the forefront this October with the 2019 American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM) Annual Meeting in Austin, Texas.

Released: 20-Sep-2019 2:05 PM EDT
UM School of Medicine’s Center for Vaccine Development and Global Health Receives NIH Contract for Influenza Research
University of Maryland School of Medicine

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases research contract is one of the largest ever awarded to UMSOM and includes an initial award of approximately $2.5 million to conduct clinical testing of influenza vaccines. Total funding over seven years could be as much as $201 million if all options are exercised in the NIAID contract.

20-Sep-2019 1:00 PM EDT
New Penn-Developed Vaccine Prevents Herpes in Mice, Guinea Pigs
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A novel vaccine at Penn Medicine protected almost all animal subjects exposed to the herpes virus

Released: 20-Sep-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Water May Be Scarce for New Power Plants in Asia
Ohio State University

Climate change and over-tapped waterways could leave developing parts of Asia without enough water to cool power plants in the near future, new research indicates. The study found that existing and planned power plants that burn coal for energy could be vulnerable. The work was published today in the journal Energy and Environment Science.

Released: 20-Sep-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Evolution of learning is key to better artificial intelligence
Michigan State University

Researchers at Michigan State University say that true, human-level intelligence remains a long way off, but their new paper published in The American Naturalist explores how computers could begin to evolve learning in the same way as natural organisms did – with implications for many fields, including artificial intelligence.

Released: 20-Sep-2019 12:05 PM EDT
Long-Acting Injectable Multi-Drug Implant Shows Promise for HIV Prevention and Treatment
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

A new study published today in Nature Communications shows a promising alternative for those who have to take a daily pill regimen.

Released: 20-Sep-2019 12:00 PM EDT
Today’s forecast: How to predict crucial plasma pressure in future fusion facilities
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

Feature describes improved model for forecasting the crucial balance of pressure at the edge of a fusion plasma.

Released: 20-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
In media coverage of climate change, where are the facts?
University of California, Berkeley

The New York Times makes a concerted effort to drive home the point that climate change is real, but it does a poor job of presenting the basic facts about climate change that could convince skeptics, according to a review of the paper's coverage since 1980.

Released: 20-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Scientists identify a personality feature that could predict how often you exercise
Association for Psychological Science

Individuals who make concrete plans to meet their goals may engage in more physical activity, including visits to the gym, compared to those who don't plan quite so far ahead, research shows.

Released: 20-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Untapped resource, or greenhouse gas threat, found below rifting axis off Okinawa coast
Kyushu University

Analyzing reflections of seismic pressure waves by the subseafloor geology off southwestern Japan, researchers at Kyushu University have found the first evidence of a massive gas reservoir where the Earth's crust is being separated. Depending on its nature

Released: 20-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
First glimpse at what ancient Denisovans may have looked like, using DNA methylation data
Cell Press

If you could travel back in time 100,000 years, you'd find yourself living among multiple groups of humans, including anatomically modern humans

Released: 20-Sep-2019 11:05 AM EDT
Investments to address climate change are good for business
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

An internationally respected group of scientists, including Professor Francois Engelbrecht from the University of the Witwatersrand

Released: 20-Sep-2019 10:05 AM EDT
Descendants of Early Europeans and Africans in U.S. Carry Native American Genetic Legacy
PLOS

Profiles of Native American DNA in modern populations show patterns of migration across the U.S.



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