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MD Anderson Research Highlights for September 4, 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.

   
Released: 4-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: New Commission to Address Worldwide Gun Violence Launches
George Washington University

The Lancet Commission on Global Gun Violence and Health, which was launched today, will study gun violence as a complex public health threat, according to Adnan Hyder, chairman of the commission and... ...

1-Sep-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Novel immunotherapy improves recovery from spinal cord injury
Washington University in St. Louis

WashU Medicine researchers have designed, in mice, an approach to minimizing the damage from a spinal cord injury through the use of engineered immune cells. Mice given the treatment had improved recovery from injuries, demonstrating potential for developing the therapy for people.

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29-Aug-2024 5:05 PM EDT
A New Artificial Intelligence Tool for Cancer
Harvard Medical School

The new approach marks a major step forward in the design of AI tools to support clinical decisions in cancer diagnosis, therapy. The model uses features of a tumor’s microenvironment to forecast how a patient might respond to therapy and to help inform individualized treatments.

Newswise: NASA’s Webb Reveals Distorted Galaxy Forming Cosmic Question Mark
Released: 4-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
NASA’s Webb Reveals Distorted Galaxy Forming Cosmic Question Mark
Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope were surprised to find a distant, red galaxy distorted into the shape of a question mark. A specific, rarely-seen type of natural gravitational lens is causing the galaxy to appear multiple times.

Newswise: Frontier simulations provide new insights into calcium-48’s controversial nuclear magnetic excitation
Released: 3-Sep-2024 5:05 PM EDT
Frontier simulations provide new insights into calcium-48’s controversial nuclear magnetic excitation
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The world’s most powerful supercomputer is helping resolve conflicting research results that have puzzled scientists for more than a decade, which could also shine new light inside collapsing stars.

Newswise: Long-Duration Energy Storage Can’t Wait
Released: 3-Sep-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Long-Duration Energy Storage Can’t Wait
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Long-duration energy storage gets the spotlight in a new Energy Storage Research Alliance featuring PNNL innovations, like a molecular digital twin and advanced instrumentation.

Newswise: Assorted, distinctive behavior of molten uranium salt revealed by neutrons
Released: 3-Sep-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Assorted, distinctive behavior of molten uranium salt revealed by neutrons
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Researchers have documented for the first time the unique chemistry dynamics and structure of high-temperature liquid uranium trichloride salt, a potential nuclear fuel source for next-generation reactors.

Released: 3-Sep-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: Rise of Germany's Far Right
George Washington University

Germany’s far-right party wins its first state election since World War II.

Newswise: Computer model boosts detection of cell-to-cell communication
Released: 3-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Computer model boosts detection of cell-to-cell communication
UT Southwestern Medical Center

A computer model developed by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers significantly enhances the ability of scientists to detect communication between cells, according to a new study published in Nature Methods.

Newswise: For the First Time, Scientists X-Ray a Single Atom
Released: 30-Aug-2024 3:05 PM EDT
For the First Time, Scientists X-Ray a Single Atom
Department of Energy, Office of Science

For the first time since X-rays were discovered, researchers have successfully performed X-ray spectroscopy to identify the element of a single atom at a time. The achievement takes advantage of improvements to synchrotron X-ray light sources.

Newswise: Genomic dark matter solves butterfly evolutionary riddle
Released: 30-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Genomic dark matter solves butterfly evolutionary riddle
George Washington University

New study reveals how an unexpected genetic mechanism influences the evolution of butterfly wing coloration.

Released: 30-Aug-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Expert Available: USDA Releases Updated Guidelines to Strengthen Meat and Poultry Guidelines
George Washington University

GW study helped lead to USDA action; Experts available for comment ...

Newswise: New discoveries about how mosquitoes mate may help the fight against malaria
Released: 30-Aug-2024 10:00 AM EDT
New discoveries about how mosquitoes mate may help the fight against malaria
University of Washington

Surprising details about mosquito mating could lead to improved malaria control techniques and help develop precision drone flight. A paper published Aug. 30 in Current Biology revealed that when a male Anopheles coluzzii mosquito hears the sound of female-specific wingbeats, his eyes “activate” and he visually scans the immediate vicinity for a potential mate.

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Released: 29-Aug-2024 2:05 PM EDT
VENUS rising: A new dawn for AI-powered atomic-scale 3D imaging
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory added a new neutron scattering instrument to its powerhouse of discovery at the Spallation Neutron Source, charting new territory for neutron imaging through artificial intelligence. In July, DOE’s Office of Science approved the final commissioning of the Versatile Neutron Imaging Instrument, or VENUS.

Newswise: Researchers discover a surprising way to jump-start battery performance
Released: 29-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Researchers discover a surprising way to jump-start battery performance
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

In a study published today in Joule, researchers at the SLAC-Stanford Battery Center report that giving batteries their first charge at unusually high currents increased their average lifespan by 50% while decreasing the initial charging time from 10 hours to just 20 minutes.

Newswise: Registration open for 14th annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia at the University of Kentucky
Released: 29-Aug-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Registration open for 14th annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia at the University of Kentucky
University of Kentucky

The 14th annual Markesbery Symposium on Aging and Dementia is set for Sept. 27-28. The symposium, hosted by UK’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, is named in honor and memory of the late William R. Markesbery, M.D., the founding director of Sanders-Brown.

   
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Released: 28-Aug-2024 6:05 PM EDT
Cedars-Sinai Advances Research That Could Aid Early Alzheimer’s Diagnosis
Cedars-Sinai

Three recently published studies from Cedars-Sinai investigators have deepened knowledge of how changes in the eye are linked to indicators of Alzheimer’s disease in the brain.

22-Aug-2024 11:05 AM EDT
New Study: Drug May Stop Migraines Before Headache Starts
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

When taken at the first signs of a migraine, before headache pain begins, a drug called ubrogepant may be effective in helping people with migraine go about their daily lives with little or no symptoms, according to a new study published in the August 28, 2024, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.



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