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Newswise: Mutations in blood stem cells can exacerbate colon cancer
21-Aug-2023 9:45 AM EDT
Mutations in blood stem cells can exacerbate colon cancer
The Rockefeller University Press

Researchers at the University of Florida College of Medicine have discovered how common age-related changes in the blood system can make certain colon cancers grow faster.

Released: 23-Aug-2023 6:05 PM EDT
Quantum powers researchers to see the unseen
Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech researchers are leveraging a quantum-based discovery to help people see better in the dark.

Released: 23-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
3 UC Irvine professors garner $8.7 million in state support for climate action projects
University of California, Irvine

Three University of California, Irvine researchers will receive more than $8 million in climate action grants to support projects that will help advance progress toward California’s climate goals.

Released: 22-Aug-2023 5:10 PM EDT
AI can predict certain forms of esophageal and stomach cancer
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

AI can predict certain forms of esophageal and stomach cancer Michigan Medicine study says.

Newswise: Short-Term Use of Immunosuppressants Not Linked to Cancer Risk
Released: 21-Aug-2023 7:05 PM EDT
Short-Term Use of Immunosuppressants Not Linked to Cancer Risk
University of Pittsburgh

Relatively short-term use of immunosuppressant medications to control an inflammatory disease was not associated with an increased risk of later developing cancer, according to new research.

Released: 21-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Research aims to uncover genetic and environmental risk factors of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Wayne State University Division of Research

A $3 million, five-year award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences of the NIH aims to discover and validate the gene Х heavy metal (GXM) interactions in human livers and to understand their role in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

Newswise: Wamsley awarded NSF grant to study impact of wakeful rest on memory
Released: 21-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Wamsley awarded NSF grant to study impact of wakeful rest on memory
Furman University

Erin Wamsley is the Herman N. Hipp Associate Professor of Psychology in Furman University's Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience. She was awarded a $562,000 NSF RUI grant to study mechanisms of memory consolidation in offline wakefulness.

Newswise: Thinning Ice Sheets May Drive Sharp Rise in Subglacial Waters
Released: 21-Aug-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Thinning Ice Sheets May Drive Sharp Rise in Subglacial Waters
Georgia Institute of Technology

A new study led by Georgia Tech shows that water underneath glaciers may surge due to thinning ice sheets — a dangerous feedback cycle that could increase glacial melt, sea level rise, and biological disturbances.

Released: 21-Aug-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Listening for "Sounds" from the Far Corners of Space
Texas Tech University

Texas Tech’s Benjamin Owen receives a National Science Foundation grant to learn more about different types of gravitational waves.

Newswise: St. Jude shows cancer resistance protein can have its cake and eat it too
Released: 21-Aug-2023 11:05 AM EDT
St. Jude shows cancer resistance protein can have its cake and eat it too
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Scientists at St. Jude Research Hospital unravel the mechanisms behind a key culprit in chemotherapy resistance.

Newswise: Chemists build synthetic catalysts to break down biomass like super enzymes
Released: 21-Aug-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Chemists build synthetic catalysts to break down biomass like super enzymes
Iowa State University

Chemists are building nanospheres that act as super enzymes to break down the plant fibers in biomass such as crop residues. The new catalysts could make biomass a practical source of sugars that can be converted into fuels and chemicals.

Newswise: REBURN: A new tool to model wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and beyond
Released: 21-Aug-2023 8:00 AM EDT
REBURN: A new tool to model wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and beyond
University of Washington

A new tool, REBURN, can simulate large forest landscapes and wildfire dynamics over decades or centuries under different wildfire management strategies.

Newswise: Estrogen-negative cancers respond to anti-estrogenic therapies
Released: 20-Aug-2023 9:30 PM EDT
Estrogen-negative cancers respond to anti-estrogenic therapies
Hokkaido University

Anti-estrogenic therapies can suppress the growth of cancer that does not express estrogen receptors; when combined with immune checkpoint inhibitor therapies, they halt tumor progression in mice models.

Newswise: UTEP to Boost Training of Next-Gen Engineers with $5.3M Grant
Released: 18-Aug-2023 7:05 PM EDT
UTEP to Boost Training of Next-Gen Engineers with $5.3M Grant
University of Texas at El Paso

The University of Texas at El Paso is scaling up its role in preparing the next generation of engineers for U.S. aerospace and defense manufacturing sectors. The effort is supported by a new $5,300,000 grant from the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Released: 18-Aug-2023 3:30 PM EDT
Remote learning during pandemic aids medical students with disabilities
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Medical students who reported a disability to their school increased by more than 25% during the COVID-19 pandemic, a study shows.

Newswise: New LJI research has major implications for controlling T cell activity
Released: 18-Aug-2023 1:25 PM EDT
New LJI research has major implications for controlling T cell activity
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

According to new research in the journal Immunity, T cells have a nuclear receptor doing something very odd—but very important—to help them fight pathogens and destroy cancer cells.

Newswise: Long-Term Study Reaffirms Benefits of Covid-19 Vaccination for Organ Transplant Recipients
Released: 18-Aug-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Long-Term Study Reaffirms Benefits of Covid-19 Vaccination for Organ Transplant Recipients
Johns Hopkins Medicine

A two-year study found that spikes of post-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 viral infections (commonly known as COVID-19 breakthrough cases) remain common, yet hospitalization rates have dramatically dropped following the first wave of the virus’ omicron subvariant.

Newswise: Researchers building green fertilizer system to reuse wastes, cut greenhouse gas emissions
Released: 18-Aug-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Researchers building green fertilizer system to reuse wastes, cut greenhouse gas emissions
Iowa State University

Midwest researchers are working together to develop and promote a new green fertilizer that would reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The $4 million project is supported by a National Science Foundation program designed to build scientific infrastructure and capabilities across the country.

Released: 18-Aug-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Tulane University, Ochsner Health and RH Impact receive $16.5 million NIH grant to address maternal death rate, inequity
Ochsner Health

The center will develop and evaluate innovative approaches to reduce pregnancy-related complications and deaths and promote maternal health equity in the Gulf South.

Newswise: Immune cells present long before infection predict flu symptoms
Released: 17-Aug-2023 12:35 PM EDT
Immune cells present long before infection predict flu symptoms
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists found that immune cells present in individuals long before influenza infection predict whether the illness is symptomatic.

14-Aug-2023 1:05 PM EDT
Discovery of Chikungunya Virus’s “Invisibility Shield” May Lead to Vaccines or Treatments
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have found that the virus responsible for chikungunya fever can spread directly from cell to cell—perhaps solving the longstanding mystery of how the virus, now emerging as a major health threat, can manage to escape antibodies circulating in the bloodstream.

Released: 17-Aug-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Moffitt Awarded $5.5 Million to Study Virus-Associated Tumors Among Those Living with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa
Moffitt Cancer Center

The Center for Immunization and Infection Research in Cancer at Moffitt Cancer Center is expanding its viral infection research in Africa. The cancer center has received a $5.5 million, five-year specialized research center grant (U54CA277834) from the National Cancer Institute to investigate virus-associated tumors that disproportionately impact men and women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

Newswise: Sylvester Surgeon-Scientist Awarded Center’s First Department of Defense Grant to Study Pancreatic Cancer
Released: 17-Aug-2023 8:55 AM EDT
Sylvester Surgeon-Scientist Awarded Center’s First Department of Defense Grant to Study Pancreatic Cancer
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Researchers with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center have been awarded a three-year, $800,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)’s Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program to target chemotherapy resistance in pancreatic cancer.

Newswise: MD Anderson receives nearly $4.9 million in CPRIT funding for cancer prevention programs and recruitment
Released: 17-Aug-2023 8:50 AM EDT
MD Anderson receives nearly $4.9 million in CPRIT funding for cancer prevention programs and recruitment
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center was awarded four grants totaling nearly $4.9 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support the expansion of physical activity programs for survivors, the dissemination of targeted tobacco cessation programs and the recruitment of a first-time, tenure-track faculty member.

Released: 17-Aug-2023 8:45 AM EDT
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center Tip Sheet - August 2023
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

New research shows blood cancers are often misdiagnosed, an NCI grant to develop a urine test for prostate cancer, a surgeon-scientist receives Sylvester’s first DoD grant to study pancreatic cancer, bolstering emergency preparedness for climate-driven disasters, and more are included in this month’s tip sheet .

Newswise: Study finds improved survival for incurable brain tumor, providing ‘a crack in the armor’
14-Aug-2023 10:05 AM EDT
Study finds improved survival for incurable brain tumor, providing ‘a crack in the armor’
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

For the first time, researchers have found a potential drug candidate that improved outcomes for patients with a type of childhood brain tumor for which there are no effective treatments. The compound, called ONC201, nearly doubled survival for patients with diffuse midline glioma (DMG) or diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), compared to previous patients.

Newswise: Department of Energy grant supports inclusive high energy physics research
Released: 15-Aug-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Department of Energy grant supports inclusive high energy physics research
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne National Laboratory and the Missouri University of Science and Technology have been awarded funding for a program that aims to generate insights about the universe while expanding diversity in the high energy physics field.

Released: 15-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Benefits of Electric Stoves on Health and Environment in Ecuador
University of California San Diego

An international team of researchers led by UC San Diego Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science investigated the health and environmental impacts of a program in Ecuador that put induction stoves in 750,000 households.

   
Released: 15-Aug-2023 12:00 PM EDT
American Dental Association Science & Research Institute Receives Grant to Study IBD Symptoms through Saliva Testing
American Dental Association (ADA)

The American Dental Association Science & Research Institute, in collaboration with the University of North Carolina Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, was recently awarded a $130,000 grant from the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation.

Newswise: Sylvester Researcher Leads NCI Grant to Develop Urine Test to Lessen Need for Invasive Biopsies in Prostate Cancer Detection
Released: 15-Aug-2023 8:45 AM EDT
Sylvester Researcher Leads NCI Grant to Develop Urine Test to Lessen Need for Invasive Biopsies in Prostate Cancer Detection
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

A study to explore a new way to noninvasively detect prostate cancer is under way at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. The $2.5 million, five-year National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant is led by Sanoj Punnen, M.D.

Newswise: In battle against pancreatic cancer, grant-funded H-FIRE study offers hope
Released: 14-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
In battle against pancreatic cancer, grant-funded H-FIRE study offers hope
Virginia Tech

The National Institutes of Health has awarded $2.6 million to a Virginia Tech team over five years for a study of high frequency irreversible electroporation (H-FIRE) for tumor ablation and immune system activation in cases of pancreatic cancer.

Released: 14-Aug-2023 1:00 PM EDT
Wake Forest University School of Medicine Awarded $1.9 Million to Study Biomarkers for Chronic Pain
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Chronic pain can be debilitating and can limit the quality of life for the millions who suffer from it. Unfortunately, treatments to manage chronic pain are often ineffective because the functional changes that accompany a disease are not fully understood. Many patients develop chronic pain after surgery, but unfortunately, it is not yet possible to predict which patients are at risk.

Released: 14-Aug-2023 11:45 AM EDT
Experts: Chronic pain patients who take opioids need better care & coverage
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

People with chronic pain who take opioids have trouble finding multimodal pain care; insurance and provider education changes are needed, experts say.

Released: 10-Aug-2023 1:25 PM EDT
Study Reveals Patients Hospitalized with COVID-19 Faced Nearly Twice the Rates of Death After Discharge As Patients with Flu
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Researchers demonstrate that among individuals who were admitted to the hospital with COVID-19 and were discharged alive, the risk of post-discharge death was nearly twice that observed in those who were discharged alive from an influenza-related hospital admission.

Newswise:Video Embedded nematodes-joy-ride-across-electric-voltages
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Released: 9-Aug-2023 9:00 PM EDT
Nematodes joy ride across electric voltages
Hokkaido University

Hokkaido University researchers found that tiny nematode worm larvae surf electric fields to hitch rides on passing insects.

Newswise: A new look inside Ebola's
Released: 9-Aug-2023 4:05 PM EDT
A new look inside Ebola's "viral factories"
La Jolla Institute for Immunology

The study, led by scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), reveals the inner workings of viral factories, clusters of viral proteins and genomes that form in host cells.

   
Newswise: New Machine-Learning Method May Aid Personalized Cancer Therapy
Released: 9-Aug-2023 11:00 AM EDT
New Machine-Learning Method May Aid Personalized Cancer Therapy
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Deep-learning technology developed by a team of Johns Hopkins engineers and cancer researchers can accurately predict cancer-related protein fragments that may trigger an immune system response. If validated in clinical trials, the technology could help scientists overcome a major hurdle to developing personalized immunotherapies and vaccines.

   
Newswise: Nanozymes drive tumor-specific drug delivery while minimizing toxicity
Released: 9-Aug-2023 10:35 AM EDT
Nanozymes drive tumor-specific drug delivery while minimizing toxicity
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Nanozymes—artificial enzymes that can carry out pre-determined chemical reactions—could selectively activate a cancer drug within a tumor while minimizing damage to healthy tissue in a mouse model of triple negative breast cancer.

Released: 9-Aug-2023 10:20 AM EDT
Academic-private partnership aims to reduce toxic effects of deadly digestive bacteria
Virginia Tech

The bacterium commonly referred to as C. diff is sometimes called “C-difficult” because it is so hard to treat, said Mohamed Seleem, director of the Center for One Health Research. Seleem and Nectagen Inc. have received a nearly $275,000 grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study whether synthetic proteins developed by Nectagen can reduce the toxicity of the digestive bacteria.

Released: 9-Aug-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Scientists spurred by a thirst to transform the field of phytoplankton forecasting
Virginia Tech

Safe drinking water is threatened globally by the increased toxicity of phytoplankton — or microscopic algae — blooms. The need for a better understanding of when and where the blooms will emerge spurred Virginia Tech researchers to start developing the first automated, real-time lake phytoplankton forecasting system. Working with the University of Florida, Virginia Tech faculty have been awarded a $2.

Newswise: Prestigious NSF Grants Awarded to UTEP Early-Career Faculty
Released: 8-Aug-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Prestigious NSF Grants Awarded to UTEP Early-Career Faculty
University of Texas at El Paso

Two University of Texas at El Paso researchers have earned one of the nation’s highest awards for early-career faculty in 2023.

Newswise: UAH researcher awarded $650K to develop propulsion system to boost surveillance of space between Earth and Moon
Released: 8-Aug-2023 4:05 PM EDT
UAH researcher awarded $650K to develop propulsion system to boost surveillance of space between Earth and Moon
University of Alabama Huntsville

Dr. John Bennewitz, an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), has been awarded a $650,000, 45-month Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) grant to develop an advanced propulsion system that will facilitate surveillance of space between the Earth and the Moon by the United States Space Force.

Newswise: Good smells, bad smells: It’s all in the insect brain
Released: 8-Aug-2023 2:05 PM EDT
Good smells, bad smells: It’s all in the insect brain
Washington University in St. Louis

Everyone has scents that naturally appeal to them, such as vanilla or coffee, and scents that don’t appeal. What makes some smells appealing and others not? Researchers studied the behavior of the locusts and how the neurons in their brains responded to appealing and unappealing odors to learn more about how the brain encodes for preferences and how it learns.

   
Newswise: UTHealth Houston researcher awarded $3.1M NIH grant to study sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
Released: 8-Aug-2023 1:10 PM EDT
UTHealth Houston researcher awarded $3.1M NIH grant to study sudden unexpected death in epilepsy
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

A five-year, $3.1 million grant to study preventive strategies for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) has been awarded to UTHealth Houston by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

Released: 8-Aug-2023 12:50 PM EDT
UWF Center for Cybersecurity​-led CyberSkills2Work Program awarded ​$2.5 million expansion​ grant, highlighted in White House national strategy
University of West Florida

UWF Center for Cybersecurity received a $2.5 million grant from the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) Program at the National Security Agency to expand the National Cybersecurity Workforce Development program, CyberSkills2Work.

Released: 8-Aug-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Dentists could soon have a new AI co-pilot to detect tooth decay
University of Surrey

An artificial intelligence (AI) platform could allow dentists and dental students to read radiograms (X-rays) with higher accuracy, helping them to better detect tooth decay and gum diseases.

   
Newswise: University of Oregon study will engage rural, Indigenous groups on climate issues
7-Aug-2023 7:30 PM EDT
University of Oregon study will engage rural, Indigenous groups on climate issues
University of Oregon

A University of Oregon research team has landed a $3 million federal grant to work with Indigenous and rural communities in Oregon to find ways of reducing climate-changing carbon in the atmosphere in ways that build trust with historically marginalized groups.

Newswise: Quantum Material Exhibits “Non-Local” Behavior That Mimics Brain Function
Released: 7-Aug-2023 7:05 PM EDT
Quantum Material Exhibits “Non-Local” Behavior That Mimics Brain Function
University of California San Diego

New research from Q-MEEN-C shows that electrical stimuli passed between neighboring electrodes can also affect non-neighboring electrodes. Known as non-locality, this discovery is a crucial milestone toward creating brain-like computers with minimal energy requirements.

Released: 7-Aug-2023 1:15 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $4.7 Million for Research on Integrative Computational Tools for Systems Biology Research
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $4.7 million in funding for five new research projects in computational biology. These projects will develop new software and analytical tools to manage the growing quantities of genomics and other data stemming from the study of microbes and other biological systems.

Released: 7-Aug-2023 12:40 PM EDT
Research Explores Patient Experience of North Carolina's Medicaid Transition
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

In 2021, 1.6 million Medicaid beneficiaries in North Carolina moved from a fee-for-service Medicaid model to a managed care system known as N.C. Medicaid Managed Care. What impact did the transition have on Medicaid enrollees who live in Forsyth County?



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