Article ID: 695082 University of California, IrvineA new interdisciplinary research and education center at the University of California, Irvine will apply the power of mathematics to some of the more vexing mysteries in cell biology. |
Article ID: 695077 American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)Approximately 90 percent of alarms in various critical care settings are either false or clinically irrelevant. An AACN Practice Alert outlines evidence-based protocols and clinical strategies that healthcare organizations can implement as they seek ways to reduce false or nonactionable alarms and improve the effective use of these monitoring aids. |
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Article ID: 695025 University of California San Diego HealthIn a new paper, published in the May 23 online issue of Science Translational Medicine, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that adult rat myelin actually stimulated axonal outgrowth in rat neural precursor cells (NPCs) and human induced pluripotent (iPSC)-derived neural stem cells (NSCs). |
Article ID: 694901 University of RedlandsDr. Andrew Wall, dean of the School of Education at the University of Redlands, was named an Impact Academy fellow, joining a cohort of leaders chosen for their commitment to improving educator preparation. Wall is one of 13 fellows in the academy’s third cohort since its launch in summer 2016. |
Article ID: 694779 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health SciencesUCLA researchers lay out the probabilities that a person will develop Alzheimer’s disease dementia based on age, gender and the results of biomarker tests, which can detect the presence of certain protein fragments in brain and spinal fluid or for brain cell changes linked with the disease. |
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Article ID: 694889 University of California, IrvineThis is the first example of a novel mode of neurotransmitter-based communication and challenges current dogma about mechanisms of signaling in the brain. The findings uncover new pathways for developing therapies for disorders like epilepsy, anxiety and chronic pain. |
Article ID: 694727 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health SciencesIn a first-of-its-kind finding, a new stroke-healing gel helped regrow neurons and blood vessels in mice with stroke-damaged brains |