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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?

Released: 7-Aug-2023 11:50 AM EDT
New initiative takes a three-pronged approach to wildfires in the Southwest
Northern Arizona University

A $5 million grant from the Office of the Governor is funding the Arizona Wildfire Initiative (AZWI), an innovative new program at NAU aimed at ensuring the state of Arizona is better prepared for wildfire prevention, management and recovery.

Newswise: Surgeon-Scientist Receives $3.2 Million NIH Grant to Continue Program for Hearing Loss Research
Released: 7-Aug-2023 11:40 AM EDT
Surgeon-Scientist Receives $3.2 Million NIH Grant to Continue Program for Hearing Loss Research
University of Miami Health System, Miller School of Medicine

The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology has received a new $3.2 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support their multidisciplinary translational research program on human genetic hearing loss (HL), a common sensory disorder affecting more than 28 million Americans.

Newswise: Fanning the flames
7-Aug-2023 8:10 AM EDT
Fanning the flames
Washington University in St. Louis

Wildfires are causing a much greater warming effect than previously accounted. A new study focused on the role of “dark brown carbon” — an abundant but previously unknown class of particles emitted as part of wildfire smoke — highlights an urgent need to revise climate models and update approaches for the changing environment.

Newswise: Virginia Tech joins with universities, bioscience companies to address health care needs
Released: 7-Aug-2023 9:35 AM EDT
Virginia Tech joins with universities, bioscience companies to address health care needs
Virginia Tech

With funding from Virginia Catalyst, also known as the Virginia Biosciences Health Research Corp., Virginia Tech is engaged in three collaborative bioscience projects to address unmet health care needs in Virginia, according to Michael Friedlander, vice president for health sciences and technology at Virginia Tech. The Catalyst awards, which range from $350,000 to $800,000, support joint research projects between industry and Virginia universities that have the potential to significantly improve human health and create high value jobs in the commonwealth.

Released: 7-Aug-2023 9:00 AM EDT
National Science Foundation funds NYU Tandon School of Engineering project to safeguard U.S. laws and legal information against cyberattacks and malicious actors
NYU Tandon School of Engineering

NYU Tandon School of Engineering researchers will develop new technologies to secure the “digital legal supply chain” — the processes by which official laws and legal information are recorded, stored, updated and distributed electronically — thanks to a $1.2 million grant just awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Newswise: Sylvester Researcher, Collaborators Receive NIH Grant to Study New Technology for At-Home Cancer Care
Released: 4-Aug-2023 10:05 PM EDT
Sylvester Researcher, Collaborators Receive NIH Grant to Study New Technology for At-Home Cancer Care
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Researchers with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and collaborating organizations will study how new technology can help cancer patients manage symptoms and related stress from cancer treatment while at home.

Newswise: Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health Earns $8.6 Million Grant to Protect Workers
Released: 4-Aug-2023 12:45 PM EDT
Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health Earns $8.6 Million Grant to Protect Workers
University of Utah Health

The Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (RMCOEH), a partnership between the University of Utah and Weber State University and one of the nation’s leading centers focused on the health and safety of workers and their environment, was recently awarded an $8.6 million grant that will allow it to further a mission that touches tens of thousands of people each year in Utah and across the West.

Newswise: New grant seeks to parse how the variegated nature of human breast cancer tumors helps cancer cells resist treatment
Released: 4-Aug-2023 8:00 AM EDT
New grant seeks to parse how the variegated nature of human breast cancer tumors helps cancer cells resist treatment
Sanford Burnham Prebys

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has awarded a 5-year, $2.7 million grant to researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys to investigate and elucidate the underlying cellular mechanisms that drive the most common form of breast cancer.

Newswise: Historical DNA Study Connects Living People to Enslaved and Free African Americans at Early Ironworks
31-Jul-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Historical DNA Study Connects Living People to Enslaved and Free African Americans at Early Ironworks
Harvard Medical School

A first-of-its-kind analysis of historical DNA ties tens of thousands of living people to enslaved and free African Americans who labored at an iron forge in Maryland known as Catoctin Furnace soon after the founding of the United States. The study, spurred by groups seeking to restore ancestry knowledge to African American communities, provides a new way to complement genealogical, historical, bioarchaeological, and biochemical efforts to reconstruct the life histories of people omitted from written records and identify their present-day relatives.

   
Newswise: How the Gut Signals to the Brain
27-Jul-2023 2:25 PM EDT
How the Gut Signals to the Brain
Harvard Medical School

In a first, scientists define five types of colon neurons specialized for sending different signals to the brain.

Newswise: Ovarian Cancer: New Biological Markers Found That May Predict Which Patients Won't Respond to Chemotherapy
31-Jul-2023 7:50 PM EDT
Ovarian Cancer: New Biological Markers Found That May Predict Which Patients Won't Respond to Chemotherapy
Mount Sinai Health System

Using a novel proteogenomic strategy and a variety of machine learning tools, investigators from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and colleagues have identified a 64-protein signature that may predict a subset of ovarian cancer patients who are unlikely to respond to chemotherapy. The multicenter study, published online August 3 in Cell, reports on a pioneering analysis of chemo-refractoriness in high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). The work also implicates possible therapeutic targets for these patients.

Released: 3-Aug-2023 10:45 AM EDT
Argonne secures Department of Energy funding for three clean energy projects
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne obtains DOE funding for three transformative clean energy projects, revolutionizing geothermal power plants, advancing safety analysis for advanced nuclear reactors and driving the commercialization of used nuclear fuel recycling.

Newswise: Changes in Gut Microbiome Alters Rewarding Effects of Cocaine and Cravings
Released: 3-Aug-2023 10:30 AM EDT
Changes in Gut Microbiome Alters Rewarding Effects of Cocaine and Cravings
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

In a new preclinical study from Wake Forest University School of Medicine, scientists provide the first evidence that changes in the gut microbiome have significant effects on cocaine use and cravings after withdrawal.

Released: 3-Aug-2023 10:10 AM EDT
Susan G. Komen® Renames Metastatic Breast Cancer Research Grant After Local Raleigh Resident and Breast Cancer Advocate 
Susan G. Komen

Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today announced the renaming of a metastatic breast cancer (MBC) grant to honor Rhonda Crocker Howell, a Raleigh resident, community leader and dedicated breast cancer advocate. The grant will be renamed The Susan G. Komen Metastatic Breast Cancer Collaborative Research Grant in honor of Rhonda Crocker Howell.

Newswise: VUMC receives $28 million to lead national study of COVID-diabetes link
Released: 2-Aug-2023 1:55 PM EDT
VUMC receives $28 million to lead national study of COVID-diabetes link
Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received a four-year, $28 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study the relationship between COVID-19 and diabetes.

Newswise: Better training for the brain: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering dean to develop surgical simulator that sparks learning
Released: 2-Aug-2023 12:50 PM EDT
Better training for the brain: FAMU-FSU College of Engineering dean to develop surgical simulator that sparks learning
Florida State University

Suvranu De, dean of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, is building a better simulator — one that uses brain stimulation to improve learning for physicians undergoing training for robotic surgeries for oral cancers.

   
Released: 2-Aug-2023 12:05 PM EDT
UIC leads field study on home, water safety after Ohio chemical spill
University of Illinois Chicago

A multi-university study will investigate the aftermath of the train derailment and subsequent chemical spill and fires in East Palestine, Ohio, to gain a better understanding of the impact that this event had on the community.

Newswise: Bladder Cancer: Cedars-Sinai Begins Project to Study Sex Differences
Released: 2-Aug-2023 10:45 AM EDT
Bladder Cancer: Cedars-Sinai Begins Project to Study Sex Differences
Cedars-Sinai

Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators are spearheading a project, funded by a five-year, $11.2 million grant from the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, to advance scientific knowledge of how biological differences between men and women affect bladder cancer.

Released: 2-Aug-2023 9:45 AM EDT
UWF’s Florida Public Archaeology Network awarded $99,968 grant from NOAA’s NERRS Science Collaborative
University of West Florida

Florida Public Archaeology Network, a program of #UWF, has received a $99,968 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Estuarine Research Reserve System Science Collaborative.

Newswise: Multicyclic molecular wheels with polymer potential
Released: 1-Aug-2023 9:00 PM EDT
Multicyclic molecular wheels with polymer potential
Hokkaido University

Molecules that act as connected wheels can hold long molecular chains together to modify the properties of soft polymers.

Released: 1-Aug-2023 2:15 PM EDT
MSU leads Office of Naval Research grant to make AI more reliable and transparent
Michigan State University

Artificial intelligence has entered the mainstream in a way the world has never experienced before. Millions of people are using tools such as ChatGPT and Stable Diffusion for AI-generated help answering questions, creating images and accomplishing a host of other tasks. The Office of Naval Research has awarded Parisa Kordjamshidi, an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Michigan State University and her colleagues a $1.8 million grant to make our interactions with AI more reasonable and reliable. This would bolster the confidence people have in using AI tools that are increasingly acting as digital assistants. But the team also has larger goals.

Released: 1-Aug-2023 11:00 AM EDT
NIH Awards Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia $26 Million Grant to Develop Therapies for Rare Newborn Genetic Diseases
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A Penn Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) team will seek to develop treatments for three rare, incurable genetic diseases with the help of a $26 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).



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