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Released: 13-Jun-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Leading Health Organizations Announce Launch of Alliance for Transparent & Affordable Prescriptions
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

Health leaders today announced the launch of the Alliance for Transparent & Affordable Prescriptions (ATAP), a coalition of provider and patient groups concerned about the practices of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) driving up drug costs.

Released: 12-Jun-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Student Wins Regional Data Challenge for Ocean Acidification Visualization Tool
Kennesaw State University

Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association recognizes undergraduate for computer application.

Released: 12-Jun-2017 11:05 AM EDT
'DNA Is a Bully' That Hustles Transcribers to Targets
Georgia Institute of Technology

"DNA is a bully." That's how researcher Jeffrey Skolnick sums up the dominant power of DNA motion among the forces acting upon transcription factors as they move through DNA's winding thickets to their target sites. He and Edmond Chow have programmed a very large, unique simulation that tests and corroborates the hypothesis.

Released: 8-Jun-2017 9:05 AM EDT
In Sex-Changing Fish, Male-Typical Sexual Behavior Associated with Elevated Expression of Male Sex Hormone Receptors in Muscles
Georgia State University

Sex-changing fish exhibit differences in androgen receptor (AR) expression in muscles that are highly sensitive to androgens (male sex hormones) and essential for male courtship behavior, according to a Georgia State University study.

Released: 7-Jun-2017 10:05 AM EDT
ACR Releases Updated Clinical Guideline for the Prevention & Treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

The American College of Rheumatology’s (ACR) updated clinical guideline for the prevention and treatment of Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis is now available online. The guideline provides recommendations on assessing fracture risk and treatment for adults and special patient populations.

Released: 3-Jun-2017 10:05 PM EDT
New Transplant Technology Could Benefit Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Georgia Institute of Technology

Combining a new hydrogel material with a protein that boosts blood vessel growth could improve the success rate for transplanting insulin-producing islet cells into persons with type 1 diabetes.

Released: 2-Jun-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Researchers Receive $7.7 Million Grant to Study West Nile and Zika Viruses
Georgia State University

A Georgia State University researcher, in collaboration with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Florida State University, has received a five-year, $7.7 million federal grant to study the consequences of West Nile and Zika virus infections on the human central nervous system.

Released: 1-Jun-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Georgia State Neuroscientists Rewire Brain of One Species to Have Connectivity of Another
Georgia State University

Scientists at Georgia State University have rewired the neural circuit of one species and given it the connections of another species to test a hypothesis about the evolution of neural circuits and behavior.

Released: 1-Jun-2017 9:50 AM EDT
Better Mental Health: Public or Private College Students?
Georgia Institute of Technology

Using information gleaned from social media, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have created a mental health index for the nation’s highest-ranked colleges and universities. Their study looked at five years of data on Reddit, scanning it for comments about issues that included depression, financial and academic anxiety and thoughts of suicide. Schools were given a score based on the frequency of those threads and robustness of the conversations.

 
Released: 30-May-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Diabetes Linked to Bacteria Invading the Colon, Study Finds
Georgia State University

In humans, developing metabolic disease, particularly type 2 diabetes, is correlated with having bacteria that penetrate the mucus lining of the colon, according to a study led by Drs. Benoit Chassaing and Andrew Gewirtz at Georgia State University.

Released: 25-May-2017 11:05 AM EDT
National Institutes of Health $2.3 Million Renewal Grant Funds Study of Enzyme, Molecular Mechanism in Diabetic Vascular Diseases
Georgia State University

Dr. Ming-Hui Zou, director of the Center for Molecular & Translational Medicine and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Molecular Medicine, has renewed a four-year, $2.3 million federal grant to study the role of an enzyme in causing diabetic vascular diseases and the molecular mechanism that leads to these diseases.

Released: 23-May-2017 5:05 PM EDT
Rheumatology Leaders Oppose Sweeping Healthcare Cuts in Trump Administration Budget
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today expressed opposition to the Trump Administration’s proposed budget cuts to federal programs and institutions that provide critical resources in the fight against rheumatic diseases, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). The rheumatology provider community praised budget proposals to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) and to increase funding for Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs.

Released: 22-May-2017 4:15 PM EDT
Combination of Features Produces New Android Vulnerability
Georgia Institute of Technology

A new vulnerability affecting Android mobile devices results not from a traditional bug, but from the malicious combination of two legitimate permissions that power desirable and commonly-used features in popular apps. The combination could result in a new class of attacks, which has been dubbed “Cloak and Dagger.”

22-May-2017 11:00 AM EDT
Smoke From Wildfires Can Have Lasting Climate Impact
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers have found that carbon particles released into the air from burning trees and other organic matter are much more likely than previously thought to travel to the upper levels of the atmosphere, where they can interfere with rays from the sun – sometimes cooling the air and at other times warming it.

Released: 21-May-2017 3:05 PM EDT
Network Traffic Provides Early Indication of Malware Infection
Georgia Institute of Technology

By analyzing network traffic going to suspicious domains, security administrators could detect malware infections weeks or even months before they're able to capture a sample of the invading malware, a new study suggests. The findings point toward the need for new malware-independent detection strategies that will give network defenders the ability to identify network security breaches in a more timely manner.

Released: 19-May-2017 3:05 PM EDT
American College of Rheumatology Responds to FDA Draft Guidance on Biosimilar Interchangeability
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

Today, the American College of Rheumatology submitted comments to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concerning the draft guidance, ‘Considerations in Demonstrating Interchangeability with a Reference Product’ (FDA 2017-01042).’

Released: 18-May-2017 10:05 AM EDT
2017 Pain Will Lead to 2018 Tax Cut Gain for Middle Class
Georgia State University

After a tax cut for the middle class by the end of 2017, expect gross domestic product (GDP) growth above 2 percent in 2018 and 2019, according to Rajeev Dhawan of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business.

   
Released: 17-May-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Children and Adolescents Who Eat Pasta Have Better Overall Diet Quality, New Research Shows
National Pasta Association

New research shows that pasta consumption in children and adolescents is associated with a better diet quality than that of children who do not eat pasta.

Released: 15-May-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Georgia State University’s IBMS Director Appointed To National Institutes Of Health Council Of Councils
Georgia State University

Dr. Jian-Dong Li, director of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) at Georgia State University and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar, has been appointed to serve on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Council of Councils (CoC).

7-May-2017 7:05 PM EDT
Rising Temperatures Threaten Stability of Tibetan Alpine Grasslands
Georgia Institute of Technology

A warming climate could affect the stability of alpine grasslands in Asia’s Tibetan Plateau, threatening the ability of farmers and herders to maintain the animals that are key to their existence, and potentially upsetting the ecology of an area in which important regional river systems originate.

Released: 8-May-2017 12:05 PM EDT
Georgia State Researcher Gets $2.3 Million Grant to Study How to Reduce Tumor Growth in Lung Cancer
Georgia State University

Dr. Ming-Hui Zou, director of the Center for Molecular & Translational Medicine and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Molecular Medicine, has received a five-year, $2.3 million federal grant to study how to reduce tumor growth in lung cancer.

Released: 4-May-2017 10:00 AM EDT
High Temperature Step-by-Step Process Makes Graphene From Ethene
Georgia Institute of Technology

An international team of scientists has developed a new way to produce single-layer graphene from a simple precursor: ethene – also known as ethylene – the smallest alkene molecule, which contains just two atoms of carbon.

Released: 2-May-2017 8:05 PM EDT
Researchers Find New Source of Dangerous Electrical Instability in the Heart
Georgia Institute of Technology

Sudden cardiac death resulting from fibrillation – erratic heartbeat due to electrical instability – is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. Now, researchers have discovered a fundamentally new source of that electrical instability, a development that could potentially lead to new methods for predicting and preventing life-threatening cardiac fibrillation.

Released: 2-May-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Rheumatology Leaders Praise Medical Research Funding Boost in Congressional Spending Deal
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

The American College of Rheumatology today praised Congressional leaders for reaching a spending deal that provides a significant boost in federal funding for medical research.

Released: 25-Apr-2017 7:00 AM EDT
Study Finds Infant Sucking Performance May Facilitate Early Detection of Adverse Neurodevelopmental Outcomes
NFANT Labs, LLC

A new study published in Thieme’s Seminars in Speech and Language indicates that an infant’s ability to feed, or sucking performance, may correlate with neurodevelopmental outcomes. The article, “Quantifying Neonatal Sucking Performance: Promise of New Methods,” features the use of NFANT Labs’ flagship product, nfant® Feeding Solution.

Released: 24-Apr-2017 8:45 AM EDT
Georgia State Researchers Get $2.8 Million Grant to Study Cause of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
Georgia State University

Researchers from Georgia State University’s Center for Molecular & Translational Medicine have received a four-year, $2.8 million federal grant to study diabetic cardiomyopathy, diabetes-related changes in the structure and function of the heart muscle.

Released: 18-Apr-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Rheumatology Community Urges Administration to Exempt Medical Professionals From Temporary Suspension of Premium Processing for H-1B Petitions
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

The decision by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to suspend premium processing of H-1B visas for doctors, specialists, and other medical professionals poses an immediate and dangerous threat to chronically ill patients living in rural and underserved communities throughout the United States, warned the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today in a letter to the Trump Administration.

Released: 18-Apr-2017 11:05 AM EDT
Cytokine Controls Immune Cells That Trigger Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Study Finds
Georgia State University

A certain cytokine, or small protein that helps cells communicate during immune responses, can control whether immune cells promote or suppress inflammatory bowel disease, a finding that could lead to new treatments, according to a study led by Georgia State University.

Released: 11-Apr-2017 9:00 AM EDT
US Trade Association Calls on South Carolina State University to Stop Promoting Bad Science
National Candle Association

The National Candle Association is calling upon the leadership of South Carolina State University to put a stop to the university's promotion of unsupported research and scientifically inaccurate claims.

Released: 10-Apr-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Student and School Variables Can Predict High School Dropout, Study Finds
Georgia State University

The gap in the high school dropout rate among students of different racial and demographic backgrounds narrows when certain variables, such as socioeconomic status and school size, are the same, according to a Georgia State University study.

Released: 5-Apr-2017 1:05 PM EDT
Kennesaw State Ranked Among Top 50 Schools for Game Design
Kennesaw State University

Computer Game Design and Development program cited for strong academics, facilities.

Released: 31-Mar-2017 11:05 AM EDT
ACR 2017 Health Policy Priorities Target Healthcare Reform, Doctor Shortage, and Biosimilars Among Other Issues
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

The American College of Rheumatology today announced its 2017 health policy priorities, providing detailed policy recommendations to improve access to rheumatology care and address the national rheumatology workforce shortage. The policy prescriptions come in the wake of a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report showing arthritis prevalence is at an all-time high.

   
Released: 29-Mar-2017 10:05 AM EDT
Warped Reality: Virtual Trip to Hyperbolic Space
Georgia Institute of Technology

Physicist and mathematician-artists create multi-colored virtual reality experience of hyperbolic geometry

Released: 24-Mar-2017 4:05 PM EDT
Surprising Twist in Confined Liquid Crystals: A Simple Route to Developing New Sensors
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology have found a material used for decades to color food items ranging from corn chips to ice creams could potentially have uses far beyond food dyes.

Released: 16-Mar-2017 2:05 PM EDT
Empathy From the Sick May Be Critical to Halting Disease Outbreaks
Georgia Institute of Technology

A little empathy can go a long way toward ending infectious disease outbreaks. That’s a conclusion from researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, who used a networked variation of game theory to study how individual behavior during an outbreak of influenza – or other illness – affects the progress of the disease, including how rapidly the outbreak dies out.

   
Released: 15-Mar-2017 4:05 PM EDT
China's Severe Winter Haze Tied to Effects of Global Climate Change
Georgia Institute of Technology

China's severe winter air pollution problems may be worsened by changes in atmospheric circulation prompted by Arctic sea ice loss and increased Eurasian snowfall – both caused by global climate change.

Released: 15-Mar-2017 11:05 AM EDT
From the Butterfly's Wing to the Tornado: Predicting Turbulence
Georgia Institute of Technology

Remember the butterfly-triggers-tornado adage? Chaos theory says calculating turbulence to find out if that's true must be impossible. Now, physicists are latching onto turbulent patterns with digital optics and math. Their resulting forecasts jibe with actual turbulent flows.

Released: 13-Mar-2017 10:00 AM EDT
Georgia State Researcher Gets $4.1 Million Federal Grant to Develop Drug to Combat Ebola Virus
Georgia State University

Dr. Christopher Basler, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, director of the university’s Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and a Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Microbial Pathogenesis, has received a five-year, $4.1 million federal grant to develop a drug targeting Ebola virus.

Released: 9-Mar-2017 9:05 AM EST
ACR: AHCA Does Not Go Far Enough To Help Americans with Rheumatic Diseases
American College of Rheumatology (ACR)

American College of Rheumatology President Sharad Lakhanpal, MBBS, MD, released a statement this morning expressing concern about the American Health Care Act's (AHCA) age-based tax credits and its failure to repeal the Independent Payment Advisory Board.

Released: 7-Mar-2017 9:05 AM EST
Understanding What’s Happening Inside Liquid Droplets
Georgia Institute of Technology

For most people, the drip, drip, drip of a leaking faucet would be an annoyance. But for Georgia Institute of Technology Ph.D. candidate Alexandros Fragkopoulos, what happens inside droplets is the stuff of serious science.



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