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28-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
A highly sensitive new blood test can detect rare cancer proteins
Biophysical Society

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University developed a new blood test that can identify proteins-of-interest down to the sub-femtomolar range with minimal errors

   
28-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
New device mimics beating heart with tiny pieces of heart tissue
Biophysical Society

Researchers at Imperial College London created a bioreactor to allow heart tissue to experience mechanical forces in sync with the beats, like it would in the body, to study the mechanics of healthy and diseased hearts.

28-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
Researchers develop techniques to track the activity of a potent cancer gene in individual cells
Biophysical Society

Researchers at the National Cancer Institute use novel tools to reveal that cancer gene MYC causes global changes in gene activation, with subtle differences between individual cells

   
Released: 28-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Brain Processes Concrete and Abstract Words Differently
American Physiological Society (APS)

A new review explores the different areas of the brain that process the meaning of concrete and abstract concepts. The article is published ahead of print in the Journal of Neurophysiology (JNP).

Released: 28-Feb-2019 12:05 PM EST
Large-Scale Initiative Linked to Reductions in Maternal and Newborn Deaths in Indonesia
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A U.S.-funded initiative to improve quality of care and referrals during pregnancy and childbirth in Indonesia resulted in significant reductions in maternal and newborn mortality at participating hospitals, according to a new study led by scientists at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

27-Feb-2019 4:15 PM EST
Shedding Light—Literally—on Resistance to Radiation Therapy
 Johns Hopkins University

A new Johns Hopkins study offers promise towards someday being able to non-invasively examine changes in cancerous tumors to determine whether they’ll respond to radiation treatment, before treatment even begins.

Released: 28-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
An inner ear protein speaks volumes about how sound is converted to a brain signal
Biophysical Society

Researchers at Rockefeller University characterized a molecular spring attached to the membrane of inner ear cells that converts bending forces created by a sound wave to electrical signals that the brain can interpret.

Released: 28-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
Scientists Discover How Surfaces May Have Helped Early Life on Earth Begin
Biophysical Society

Researchers at the University of Oslo find that when lipids land on a surface they form tiny cell-like containers without external input, and that large organic molecules similar in size to DNA’s building blocks can spontaneously enter these protocells while they grow. Both of these are crucial steps towards forming a functioning cell.

Released: 28-Feb-2019 8:00 AM EST
Educator regional meeting allows networking opportunities in the Southeast
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

“Teaching Tomorrow’s Scientists: An ASCB Regional Meeting” is a day-long meeting that will include education research and scientific plenaries, a poster session, networking lunch, afternoon workshops, and mixer.

   
Released: 27-Feb-2019 9:45 AM EST
Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Guideline Now Available
American College of Gastroenterology (ACG)

BETHESDA, MD (February 27, 2019) – The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) is pleased to announce the publication of the ACG Clinical Guideline on Ulcerative Colitis (UC) in Adults, which was published online today in The American Journal of Gastroenterology and which serves as an update to the College’s 2010 UC guideline.

Released: 27-Feb-2019 9:00 AM EST
Muscle Gene Mutations Implicated in Human Nasal/Sinus Cancer
Johns Hopkins Medicine

By sequencing the entire genomes of tumor cells from six people with a rare cancer of the nose and sinus cavity, Johns Hopkins researchers report they unexpectedly found the same genetic changeone in a gene involved in muscle formationin five of the tumors.

Released: 27-Feb-2019 8:00 AM EST
Summer Biotech Management Course Offered on Both Coasts
American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)

ASCB announces East and West Coast dates for summer biotech course, scholarships

Released: 27-Feb-2019 4:05 AM EST
Does Candida grow on trees?
Genetics Society of America

Around 40-60% of healthy adults carry around the fungus Candida albicans in their mouth or guts; in immunocompromised people, however, this normally harmless cohabitant becomes a deadly pathogen. A report in the journal GENETICS describes the genomes of three Candida albicans strains isolated from the barks of oak trees in an ancient wood pasture, providing genetic evidence that this yeast can live on plants for extended periods of time.

Released: 26-Feb-2019 5:05 PM EST
Antibodies on nanoparticle surfaces may foster or fluster therapies
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

For nanomedicine to achieve the envisioned breakthroughs in disease treatment, scientists must learn why the immune system often responds inhospitably to these therapies. An NIH-funded team at the University of Colorado (UC) has assembled a clearer picture of the molecular activity that occurs when nanoparticles injected into the body are marked for immune system attack.

   
Released: 26-Feb-2019 2:05 PM EST
SU Believed First in Maryland to Sign Hemp Research Agreements
Salisbury University

Salisbury University has signed the first agreements with prospective industrial hemp growers under a new Maryland Department of Agriculture pilot program to legalize the crop with a university research component.

Released: 26-Feb-2019 12:20 PM EST
CCP Wins Five-Year, $35 Million Knowledge Management Project
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs (CCP) has been awarded the U.S. Agency for International Development’s newest five-year, $35 million global knowledge management project. CCP is based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Released: 25-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST
Edward J. Benz Jr., MD, Named Member of the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Advisory Board
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

Edward J. Benz Jr., MD, joins the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (JHSON) Nursing Advisory Board bringing extensive experience and perspective as a leader in academia, internal medicine, mentorship, and research. He is the Richard and Susan Smith Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics and Genetics at Harvard Medical School, President and CEO Emeritus for the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Director Emeritus of the Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center.

Released: 25-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST
Biochemists support rare disease research
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

In observance of Rare Disease Day, February 28, the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology offers these news tips on recent research into rare diseases.

Released: 25-Feb-2019 10:00 AM EST
Johns Hopkins Experts Know What Will Make Precision Medicine Successful for Population Health
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Precision medicine is a focus of ongoing debate. In an environment of limited research funds, there are those who believe that precision medicine should be funded because it will improve population health, and those who feel that it shouldn’t, because it won’t. In a viewpoint published Jan. 28 in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, experts at Johns Hopkins call for a redefinition of precision medicine to ensure its success, and propose a new approach.

Released: 25-Feb-2019 9:20 AM EST
Inherited Mutations May Play A Role In Pancreatic Cancer Development
Johns Hopkins Medicine

A small, retrospective study has found that, in patients with particular pancreatic duct lesions, the presence of an inherited mutation in a pancreatic cancer susceptibility gene may increase the patients’ risk of developing pancreatic cancer. To verify these results and learn more about the development of this deadly cancer, the researchers recommend more genetic studies. Their hope—in line with the goals of precision medicine—is to eventually find a better way to guide patient care, dividing patients, for example, into those who need regular screening versus immediate surgery or other early interventions.



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