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Newswise: Telemedicine reduces hospital transfers for very ill kids at rural, community emergency departments
Released: 13-Feb-2023 2:55 PM EST
Telemedicine reduces hospital transfers for very ill kids at rural, community emergency departments
UC Davis Health (Defunct)

New UC Davis Health research confirms that pediatric critical care telemedicine consults with clinicians in rural and community emergency departments result in fewer hospital transfers.

Released: 13-Feb-2023 6:05 AM EST
WashU chemist Jackrel awarded grant to study proteins linked to ALS
Washington University in St. Louis

The relentless neurological disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) eventually shuts down the entire body, but the devastation starts at a molecular level. The possibility of stopping the disease by repairing and preserving proteins in the brain has inspired experiments in the lab of Meredith Jackrel, an assistant professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.

Newswise: Research Reveals Thermal Instability of Solar Cells but Offers a Bright Path Forward
Released: 10-Feb-2023 1:10 PM EST
Research Reveals Thermal Instability of Solar Cells but Offers a Bright Path Forward
Georgia Institute of Technology

A new type of solar technology has seemed promising in recent years. Halide perovskite solar cells are both high performing and low cost for producing electrical energy – two necessary ingredients for any successful solar technology of the future. But new solar cell materials should also match the stability of silicon-based solar cells, which boast more than 25 years of reliability.

Newswise: Machine learning predicts biodiversity and resilience in the Coral Triangle
Released: 9-Feb-2023 1:35 PM EST
Machine learning predicts biodiversity and resilience in the Coral Triangle
Georgia Institute of Technology

The team's new methodology offers hope for better coral connectivity monitoring and protection in the future.

Newswise: Disrupted flow of brain fluid may underlie neurodevelopmental disorders
Released: 9-Feb-2023 12:50 PM EST
Disrupted flow of brain fluid may underlie neurodevelopmental disorders
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered, in rodents, that fluid that circulates through the brain flows to areas critical for normal brain development and function, suggesting that disruptions to its circulation may play an underrecognized role in neurodevelopmental disorders.

Released: 9-Feb-2023 12:45 PM EST
UCI to launch pre-health program with support from state of California
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 9, 2023 — Increasing underrepresented students’ access to careers in medicine is the focus of a new interdisciplinary, pre-health professional development program at the University of California, Irvine. A five-year, $3.6 million grant from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information will support UC PRIME Pre-Health Pathways, a resource for undergraduates from underserved communities who are interested in pursuing careers in healthcare.

Newswise: Heart cell research earns NSF CAREER Award for biomedical assistant professor
Released: 9-Feb-2023 10:35 AM EST
Heart cell research earns NSF CAREER Award for biomedical assistant professor
Binghamton University, State University of New York

Binghamton University Assistant Professor Tracy Hookway has received funding to create 2D and 3D models of human cardiac cells and investigate their functions.

Newswise: Case Western Reserve University awarded $3M grant to advance MRI scan and software to analyze aggressive brain tumors more effectively
Released: 8-Feb-2023 8:05 AM EST
Case Western Reserve University awarded $3M grant to advance MRI scan and software to analyze aggressive brain tumors more effectively
Case Western Reserve University

With a new five-year, $3.03 million grant from the National Cancer Institute—an agency of the National Institutes of Health—Case Western Reserve University researchers are leading the development and commercialization of a novel MRI and software technology that results in more accurate, consistent brain tumor diagnosis.

Released: 7-Feb-2023 6:05 PM EST
$3 million national grant to fund pancreatic cancer study
UC Davis Health

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers are part of a large-scale research study to test a new drug therapy to treat pancreatic cancer.

Newswise: Scientists Report Differences in Dopamine Signals in Patients with History of Alcohol Use Disorder
Released: 7-Feb-2023 12:05 PM EST
Scientists Report Differences in Dopamine Signals in Patients with History of Alcohol Use Disorder
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

In a new study from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, scientists have demonstrated that the connection between dopamine and counterfactual information, which is related to the psychological notions of regret and relief, appears altered by alcohol use disorder.

Newswise: Upcycling is the new recycling
Released: 7-Feb-2023 10:05 AM EST
Upcycling is the new recycling
Washington University in St. Louis

The world generates about 300 million tons of plastic waste annually, and more than 90% of all plastic ever made has never been recycled. Part of what drives all that waste into landfills or into the environment is the difficulty of recycling plastic, which is designed to last for a very long time. Traditional plastic recycling suffers from a fundamental flaw, said Marcus Foston: there’s no financial incentive for companies to do it.

Released: 6-Feb-2023 4:00 PM EST
Rensselaer Researchers To Explore “Fast Fashion” Alternatives
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

A team of researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute led by Helen Zha, assistant professor in the Isermann Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been awarded a $745,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to explore sustainable alternatives to the synthetic textiles used in “fast fashion.”The fashion industry is responsible for immense amounts of waste.

Newswise: The Plants Seeking Refuge Across Our Dynamically Changing Planet
6-Feb-2023 8:05 AM EST
The Plants Seeking Refuge Across Our Dynamically Changing Planet
Georgia Institute of Technology

Seventy-five percent of North American plants have been following their preferred climates for the past 18,000 years. Georgia Tech researchers introduce climate fidelity as a framework for evaluating plant niche dynamics to assess how well they have done this. While these plants will likely need to continue shifting geographic ranges, they may be challenged to do so due to habit fragmentation and rapidly changing climates.

Newswise: UTEP Receives $1.25M Grant from DOE to Produce Pipeline of Scientists and Engineers
Released: 6-Feb-2023 1:55 PM EST
UTEP Receives $1.25M Grant from DOE to Produce Pipeline of Scientists and Engineers
University of Texas at El Paso

The University of Texas at El Paso has received a $1.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to create a pipeline of scientists and engineers from underrepresented groups with advanced degrees in modeling and simulation.

   
3-Feb-2023 5:30 PM EST
New cell death mechanism could offer novel cancer treatment strategies
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

A study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, published today in Nature Cell Biology, details a previously unexplained type of cell death called disulfidptosis that could open the door for novel cancer therapeutic strategies.

Newswise: Researchers team up to break down, upcycle low-quality, rejected plastic wastes
Released: 2-Feb-2023 4:30 PM EST
Researchers team up to break down, upcycle low-quality, rejected plastic wastes
Iowa State University

Iowa State's Xianglan Bai is leading two, $2-million-plus projects that will study and develop new ways to break down waste plastics and convert them to useful materials. The U.S. Department of Energy is supporting both projects.

Released: 2-Feb-2023 3:45 PM EST
FSU Nursing awarded $72.7M NIH grant to lead adolescent HIV clinical trial network
Florida State University

Florida State University has been awarded a $72.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to redesign and improve HIV prevention and care interventions in adolescents and young adults in the United States. Under the grant, which will be dispersed over the course of seven years, FSU will serve as the Scientific Leadership Center (SLC) for the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV Interventions.

Newswise: FSU psychologist receives $3.7 million grant to combat anxiety in older adults with Alzheimer's, cognitive impairment
Released: 2-Feb-2023 3:35 PM EST
FSU psychologist receives $3.7 million grant to combat anxiety in older adults with Alzheimer's, cognitive impairment
Florida State University

For the more than 6 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease, related dementias, or mild cognitive impairment, anxiety is often an accompanying challenge. A Florida State University psychologist has received a five-year, $3.7 million grant from the National Institute on Aging to study intervention techniques that aim to combat anxiety in these groups and improve quality of life.

Newswise: St. Jude scientists create more efficient CAR immunotherapies using a molecular anchor
Released: 2-Feb-2023 2:15 PM EST
St. Jude scientists create more efficient CAR immunotherapies using a molecular anchor
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude scientists added a small physical structure called an anchor domain to the CAR molecule. The anchor domain connects the CAR to the internal infrastructure of the immune cell. It augments and helps organize the immune synapse

   
Released: 2-Feb-2023 11:05 AM EST
NIH-Funded Research to Develop Pneumonia Severity Prediction Tool to Improve Emergency Care of Children
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Todd Florin, MD, MSCE, from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago recently was awarded a $5.8 million grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) for a multicenter study to derive and broadly validate the first emergency department (ED)-based pediatric community-acquired pneumonia severity (PedCAPS) score. This objective score will help avoid many unnecessary hospitalizations in children at low risk of severe outcomes, while targeting more focused therapies towards the lower proportion of children at highest risk for severe disease.

Released: 2-Feb-2023 11:05 AM EST
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Study of Childhood COVID-19 Immunity Could Safeguard Babies Too Young for COVID-19 Vaccination
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Pia Pannaraj, MD, MPH, an infectious disease specialist at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, was awarded $4.2 million from the National Institutes of Health to study COVID-19 immunity in children.

31-Jan-2023 6:00 AM EST
Financial coaching for parents in clinic leads to higher attendance at well-child health care visits for their young children
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Implementing financial coaching for parents of infants in a pediatric primary care setting reduced missed well-child care visit rates by half and significantly improved receipt of vaccinations at a timely age, according to a new community-partnered pilot study led by UCLA researchers.

Newswise: Rutgers to Open Alzheimer’s and Dementia Clinical Research and Treatment Center
Released: 1-Feb-2023 12:35 PM EST
Rutgers to Open Alzheimer’s and Dementia Clinical Research and Treatment Center
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) is launching the Herbert and Jacqueline Krieger Klein Alzheimer’s and Dementia Clinical Research and Treatment Center. Based at the Rutgers Brain Health Institute and scheduled to open in fall 2023, the center will offer research expertise from the institute, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research as well as facilitate clinical research in Alzheimer’s disease that could result in new medical treatments.

Released: 1-Feb-2023 12:05 PM EST
Academic medical centers are linked to better health outcomes at neighboring hospitals, researchers find
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

A new study suggests that the presence of academic medical centers within a healthcare market is linked to better outcomes for patients treated at nearby community hospitals.

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Released: 31-Jan-2023 6:55 PM EST
University of Oregon Picks Prominent Harvard Psychologist to Lead The Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health
University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is proud to announce Katie McLaughlin, a professor and influential clinical psychologist, has been selected to lead the Portland-based Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health.

   
Released: 31-Jan-2023 1:15 PM EST
Artificial Blood Product One Step Closer to Reality With $46 Million in Federal Funding
University of Maryland School of Medicine

A University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) physician-scientist will head a new federally-funded research program to develop and test a whole blood product, storable at room temperature, that can be used to transfuse wounded soldiers in the field within 30 minutes of injury, potentially saving thousands of lives.

Newswise: University of Oklahoma Biomedical Engineer Focuses on Restoring Movement After Stroke
Released: 31-Jan-2023 12:40 PM EST
University of Oklahoma Biomedical Engineer Focuses on Restoring Movement After Stroke
University of Oklahoma, Gallogly College of Engineering

Biomedical engineer Yuan Yang has received nearly $2 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health and the American Heart Association to examine the impact of strokes and the movement impairments stroke patients suffer.

Newswise: Focused ultrasound technique leads to release of neurodegenerative disorders biomarkers
27-Jan-2023 3:10 PM EST
Focused ultrasound technique leads to release of neurodegenerative disorders biomarkers
Washington University in St. Louis

Using focused-ultrasound-mediated liquid biopsy in a mouse model released more tau proteins and another biomarker into the blood than without the intervention. This noninvasive method could facilitate diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders, according to research from Washington University in St. Louis.

Newswise: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis by Training Primary Care Pediatricians in Behavioral and Mental Health
Released: 31-Jan-2023 8:05 AM EST
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis by Training Primary Care Pediatricians in Behavioral and Mental Health
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Awarded $2.5 Million Grant to Address Youth Mental Health Crisis by Training Primary Care Pediatricians in Behavioral and Mental Health.

Released: 30-Jan-2023 5:20 PM EST
SLU Researcher Receives $1.76 Million NIH Grant to Create STAR, an HIV-Focused Experiential Research and Capacity Building Program for Students and Young Researchers
Saint Louis University Medical Center

Using a crowdsourcing framework utilized over the past five years, Juliet Iwelunmor, Ph.D., professor of global health and behavioral science and health education at Saint Louis University’s College for Public Health and Social Justice, is taking what she learned from empowering youth in Nigeria to identify young people in the United States who aim to become the next generation of HIV researchers, leaders and innovators in the field.

Newswise: Tumor microbiome linked to immunotherapy success in sarcoma patients
Released: 30-Jan-2023 4:55 PM EST
Tumor microbiome linked to immunotherapy success in sarcoma patients
UC Davis Health

A new UC Davis study reveals the interaction between tumor microbiome and the immune system may be the secret to improving outcomes for sarcoma patients.

Newswise: Orthopaedic Association Awards Grant to Miller School Program Aimed at Mentoring Future Female Orthopaedic Surgeons
Released: 30-Jan-2023 4:45 PM EST
Orthopaedic Association Awards Grant to Miller School Program Aimed at Mentoring Future Female Orthopaedic Surgeons
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

To help set the record straight about what it’s like to be a woman in orthopedics, Dr. Julianne Muñoz launched a mentorship group for female medical students, residents, fellows, and attendings, called the Female Orthopedists of Miami Mentorship Organization. The program has been so promising that the AAOS earmarked funding for it through the association’s Inspiring Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) grant program.

Newswise: LJI scientists uncover the structure and function of Inmazeb, the first FDA-approved drug for Ebola virus infection
Released: 30-Jan-2023 4:30 PM EST
LJI scientists uncover the structure and function of Inmazeb, the first FDA-approved drug for Ebola virus infection
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

Inmazeb (REGN-EB3), developed by Regeneron, is a three-antibody cocktail designed to target the Ebola virus glycoprotein. The drug was first approved for clinical use in October 2020, but its exact mechanism of action has remained unclear.

   
Newswise: UT Southwestern cardiologist receives NIH Outstanding Investigator Award
Released: 30-Jan-2023 3:35 PM EST
UT Southwestern cardiologist receives NIH Outstanding Investigator Award
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern physician-scientist Hesham Sadek, M.D., Ph.D., has received the prestigious National Institutes of Health (NIH) Outstanding Investigator Award to support his ongoing research into mechanisms behind heart regeneration that could lead to treatments for heart failure.

Released: 30-Jan-2023 12:40 PM EST
Mayo Clinic to lead new radiotracer trial for detecting pancreatic cancer
Mayo Clinic

In an academic-industrial collaboration, Mayo Clinic is assessing in a clinical trial a new radiotracer in pancreatic cancer imaging.

Released: 30-Jan-2023 11:05 AM EST
Moffitt Cancer Center Joins Weill Cornell Medicine and University of North Carolina to Improve HIV-Related Cancer Care Abroad
Moffitt Cancer Center

Moffitt Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medicine and the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have received a $3.5 million, five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) to improve screening and preventative treatment of cervical cancer for women living with HIV in low-resource countries.

Released: 30-Jan-2023 9:00 AM EST
Sandia, AMD collaborate to improve stockpile mission
Sandia National Laboratories

Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national labs, has awarded a contract to AMD that funds research and development of advanced memory technologies expected to accelerate high-performance simulation and computing applications in support of the nation’s stockpile stewardship mission.

Released: 27-Jan-2023 3:40 PM EST
When bugs swipe left
Washington University in St. Louis

Vinegar flies use pheromones to ensure that they court and mate with members of the same species. As new fly species split off from a common ancestor, but continue to share the same environment, they need a way to rapidly diversify their pheromones to suppress inter-species mating. New research identifies a link between the genetic instructions for the production and perception of sex pheromones.

Newswise: AI and health care: DePaul and Rosalind Franklin award interdisciplinary research grants
Released: 27-Jan-2023 3:15 PM EST
AI and health care: DePaul and Rosalind Franklin award interdisciplinary research grants
DePaul University

DePaul University and Rosalind Franklin University of Science and Medicine are funding three faculty research projects that bring together artificial intelligence, biomedical discovery and health care. The competitive grants kickstart research among interdisciplinary teams, which include biologists, computer scientists, a geographer and a physicist.

   
Newswise: EPA Grant Awarded to TTUHSC El Paso to Educate Migrant Farmworkers on Health Effects of Pesticide Use
Released: 27-Jan-2023 1:35 PM EST
EPA Grant Awarded to TTUHSC El Paso to Educate Migrant Farmworkers on Health Effects of Pesticide Use
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Early exposure to pesticides can affect health later in life, including negative effects to the nervous and endocrine systems in the body. The SWCPEH has partnered with promotores, or community health workers, from Familias Triunfadoras Inc. to educate the local migrant farmworker community. These underserved communities often have poor access to basic necessities and are most in need of preventative and routine health care.

Newswise: A.I. used to predict space weather like Coronal Mass Ejections
Released: 27-Jan-2023 12:40 PM EST
A.I. used to predict space weather like Coronal Mass Ejections
Northumbria University

A Northumbria University physicist has been awarded more than half a million pounds to develop artificial intelligence which will protect the Earth from devastating space storms.

Newswise: Study Shows FDA-Approved TB Regimen May Not Work Against the Deadliest Form of TB Due to Multidrug-Resistant Strains
Released: 27-Jan-2023 9:20 AM EST
Study Shows FDA-Approved TB Regimen May Not Work Against the Deadliest Form of TB Due to Multidrug-Resistant Strains
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine investigators say their research indicates a new combination of drugs is needed to find an effective treatment for TB meningitis due to multidrug-resistant (MDR) strains

Released: 26-Jan-2023 4:15 PM EST
Small Study Shows Promise for Antimalarial Monoclonal Antibody to Prevent Malaria
University of Maryland School of Medicine

monoclonal antibody treatment was found to be safe, well tolerated, and effective in protecting against malaria in a small group of healthy volunteers who were exposed to malaria in a challenge study, according to new research published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM).

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Released: 26-Jan-2023 3:30 PM EST
Therapeutic Potential of Bizarre ‘Jumbo’ Viruses Tapped for $10M HHMI Emerging Pathogens Project
University of California San Diego

UC San Diego and its collaborating partners have been awarded $10 million from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to leverage the biomedical promise of viruses known as bacteriophages as new therapeutic agents in the fight against the rising crisis of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections.

   
Released: 26-Jan-2023 3:10 PM EST
Department of Energy Announces $9.1 Million for Research on Quantum Information Science and Nuclear Physics
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $9.1 million in funding for 13 projects in Quantum Information Science (QIS) with relevance to nuclear physics. Nuclear physics research seeks to discover, explore, and understand all forms of nuclear matter that can exist in the universe – from the subatomic structure of nucleons, to exploding stars, to the emergence of the quark-gluon plasma seconds after the Big Bang.

Released: 26-Jan-2023 1:30 PM EST
Department of Energy Announces $125 Million for Research to Enable Next-Generation Batteries and Energy Storage
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $125 million for basic research on rechargeable batteries to provide foundational knowledge needed to transform and decarbonize our energy system through the development and adoption of cost-effective and clean energy sources. The national, economic, and environmental security challenges will not be met solely by incremental improvements to existing clean energy technologies but instead will require transformational technologies founded on new fundamental knowledge and capabilities developed through basic scientific research.

Released: 26-Jan-2023 12:55 PM EST
UAlbany Researchers Receive New Funding for Suicide Prevention Programming
University at Albany, State University of New York

Researchers in University at Albany’s Center for Behavioral Health Promotion and Applied Research in the School of Education have received funding to undertake a new project aimed at reducing risk for suicide and substance use among students experiencing health disparities. The work aims to hone strategies that could be implemented widely across college campuses.

Newswise: ‘Hard to Lose’ Mutations in Tumors May Predict Response to Immunotherapy
25-Jan-2023 9:15 AM EST
‘Hard to Lose’ Mutations in Tumors May Predict Response to Immunotherapy
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Investigators at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy have found that a subset of mutations within the overall TMB, termed “persistent mutations,” are less likely to be edited out as cancer evolves, rendering tumors continuously visible to the immune system and predisposing them to respond to immunotherapy.

Released: 26-Jan-2023 10:30 AM EST
ARVO Foundation Names 2023 Winners of Dr. David L. Epstein Award
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)

The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) announced today the 2023 recipients of the Dr. David L. Epstein Award:Since 2016, the Dr. David L. Epstein Award has been given annually to a well-established senior investigator with a documented history of conducting eye and vision research in glaucoma and of mentoring clinician-scientists to independent academic and research careers.



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