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Newswise: Ohio State Receives $12 Million to Study Effectiveness of Therapies for Gestational Diabetes
Released: 18-Jul-2023 11:05 AM EDT
Ohio State Receives $12 Million to Study Effectiveness of Therapies for Gestational Diabetes
Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Gestational diabetes is on the rise among pregnant people, and now Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center has received a $12 million funding award from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to define the best treatment. The study will compare oral metformin versus injectable insulin.

Newswise: Howard and Susan Elias make $16.25 million gift to fund cancer neuroscience research at MD Anderson
18-Jul-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Howard and Susan Elias make $16.25 million gift to fund cancer neuroscience research at MD Anderson
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today announced a $16.25 million gift from Howard and Susan Elias to accelerate brain tumor and cancer neuroscience research, an emerging field focused on integrating the role of the nervous system in cancer.

Newswise: Success of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in fighting dengue may be underestimated
Released: 17-Jul-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Success of Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes in fighting dengue may be underestimated
University of Notre Dame

The fight against dengue fever has a new weapon: a mosquito infected with the bacteria Wolbachia, which prevents the spread of the virus. These mosquitoes have now been deployed in several trials demonstrating their potential in preventing disease transmission.

Newswise: Researchers Develop AI Model to Better Predict Which Drugs May Cause Birth Defects
Released: 17-Jul-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Researchers Develop AI Model to Better Predict Which Drugs May Cause Birth Defects
Mount Sinai Health System

Data scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York and colleagues have created an artificial intelligence model that may more accurately predict which existing medicines, not currently classified as harmful, may in fact lead to congenital disabilities. The model, or “knowledge graph,” described in the July 17 issue of the Nature journal Communications Medicine, also has the potential to predict the involvement of pre-clinical compounds that may harm the developing fetus. The study is the first known of its kind to use knowledge graphs to integrate various data types to investigate the causes of congenital disabilities.

   
Released: 17-Jul-2023 1:10 PM EDT
Department of Energy Announces $5.25 Million for Research on High Energy Density Plasmas
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Today, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science (SC) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced $5.25 million for 11 research projects in High Energy Density Laboratory Plasmas (HEDLP).

Released: 14-Jul-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Virginia Tech awarded grant to study lingering Lyme disease symptoms
Virginia Tech

An estimated 1,200 Americans, on average, are diagnosed with Lyme disease each day. Some of those patients continue to experience negative effects, even after treatment. Lyme disease researcher Brandon Jutras, associate professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and affiliated faculty of the Fralin Life Sciences Institute, recently received a $2.

Released: 13-Jul-2023 3:50 PM EDT
Rensselaer Researcher Receives Grant To Study Enzymes in Deep Sea Organisms
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Catherine Royer, Constellation Chair Professor of Bioinformatics and Biocomputation at the Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D. Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) and professor of biological sciences, has received a grant of over $400,000 from the National Science Foundation to investigate enzymes from organisms living in deep sea environments.

Newswise: Mount Sinai Participates in $40 Million Multisite Study of Alzheimer’s Disease in Asian Americans and Asian Canadians
Released: 13-Jul-2023 12:55 PM EDT
Mount Sinai Participates in $40 Million Multisite Study of Alzheimer’s Disease in Asian Americans and Asian Canadians
Mount Sinai Health System

Study represents a major milestone toward health equity for underrepresented populations in Alzheimer’s disease research

Newswise: A Scalable, Safer, and Potentially Cheaper Way to Isolate Valuable Isotopes
Released: 13-Jul-2023 12:15 PM EDT
A Scalable, Safer, and Potentially Cheaper Way to Isolate Valuable Isotopes
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

New research published in Science Advances, led by Yuan Yang, associate professor of materials science at Columbia Engineering, and collaborators at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, demonstrates a novel technique for isolating isotopes.

Newswise: TTUHSC El Paso Professor Receives Grant for Research on Potential Breast Cancer Treatment
Released: 13-Jul-2023 12:00 PM EDT
TTUHSC El Paso Professor Receives Grant for Research on Potential Breast Cancer Treatment
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer mortality in women and the primary cause of cancer death among Hispanic women, according to the National Cancer Institute. The Center of Emphasis in Cancer focuses on forms of the disease prevalent in our majority-Hispanic Borderplex, seeking new strategies for the prevention and treatment of the deadly disease.

Newswise: Tau-based biomarker tracks Alzheimer’s progression
12-Jul-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Tau-based biomarker tracks Alzheimer’s progression
Washington University in St. Louis

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and Lund University in Sweden have discovered an Alzheimer's biomarker in the cerebrospinal fluid known as MTBR-tau243 can be used to track the progression of disease and could speed drug development.

Newswise:Video Embedded catalyst-s-ability-to-mimic-liver-enzyme-could-broaden-scope-of-pharmaceutical-drug-discovery
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Released: 12-Jul-2023 5:05 PM EDT
Catalyst’s ability to mimic liver enzyme could broaden scope of pharmaceutical drug discovery
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and collaborators at Merck & Co. developed a rapid and efficient method of making large quantities of metabolites directly from a drug or drug precursors via carbon-hydrogen oxidation catalysis.

   
Newswise:Video Embedded fastball-test-to-detect-alzheimer-s-earlier-gets-major-1-5-million-funding-boost
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Released: 12-Jul-2023 11:40 AM EDT
‘Fastball’ test to detect Alzheimer’s earlier gets major £1.5 million funding boost
University of Bristol

A simple but revolutionary test to improve early detection for dementia and Alzheimer’s disease could soon be helping patients and their families, thanks to a significant £1.5 million funding boost awarded to the universities of Bath and Bristol.

11-Jul-2023 11:45 AM EDT
Second Year of COVID Pandemic Brought Spike in Child Mental Health Visits to ED
Harvard Medical School

The number of young people in the United States visiting hospital emergency departments for mental health crises increased sharply during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study led by researchers from the Department of Health Care Policy in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School.

Newswise: Changing the way we deliver immune-based cancer drugs could reduce costs by 14%
Released: 11-Jul-2023 11:45 AM EDT
Changing the way we deliver immune-based cancer drugs could reduce costs by 14%
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A new analysis finds that up to millions of dollars could be saved annually on cancer immunotherapy treatments across the Veterans Health Administration by reconsidering how those drugs are delivered.

Newswise: Working to make steel greener, cleaner
Released: 11-Jul-2023 11:35 AM EDT
Working to make steel greener, cleaner
Case Western Reserve University

Case Western Reserve University chemical engineer Rohan Akolkar is leading a research team working to develop a new zero-carbon, electrochemical process to produce iron metal from ore. If successful, the project could be a first step toward eliminating harmful greenhouse gas emissions by eventually replacing century-old, blast-furnace ironmaking with a new electrolytic-iron production process.

Newswise: $1.5 Million Donation Supports Research on Effects of Psychedelic DMT on the Brain
Released: 11-Jul-2023 11:30 AM EDT
$1.5 Million Donation Supports Research on Effects of Psychedelic DMT on the Brain
University of California San Diego

A gift of $1.5 million from Eugene Jhong will help launch a new research program within the UC San Diego Psychedelic and Health Research Initiative to learn more about the biological and psychological effects of DMT in humans.

11-Jul-2023 7:00 AM EDT
Penn Medicine Researchers to Lead $40 Million, Multisite Study of Alzheimer’s Disease in Asian Americans and Asian Canadians
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A $40.5 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will fund the Asian Cohort for Alzheimer’s Disease (ACAD) study at Penn Medicine and 15 other academic research centers across the United States and Canada.

Newswise: UNC Receives NC DHHS Contract to Study E-Cigarette Use in Youth and Young Adults
Released: 11-Jul-2023 9:25 AM EDT
UNC Receives NC DHHS Contract to Study E-Cigarette Use in Youth and Young Adults
University of North Carolina School of Medicine

The Tobacco Prevention and Evaluation program (TPEP) in the UNC School of Medicine has been awarded a two-year, $887,431 contract from JUUL Settlement funds received by the NC Department of Health and Human Services to better understand electronic cigarette use among our youth and young adults.

Newswise: Drug precursor biosynthesis hinges on carrier-mediated ring formation
Released: 10-Jul-2023 10:00 PM EDT
Drug precursor biosynthesis hinges on carrier-mediated ring formation
Hokkaido University

The entire biosynthetic pathway of actinopyridazone has been unveiled, revealing that an unprecedented carrier protein-mediated ring-forming step is key to its synthesis.

Newswise: Making Headway in Precision Therapeutics with Novel Fully Organic Bioelectronic Device
Released: 10-Jul-2023 4:05 PM EDT
Making Headway in Precision Therapeutics with Novel Fully Organic Bioelectronic Device
Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science

Columbia Engineering researchers announced today that they have developed the first stand-alone, conformable, fully organic bioelectronic device that can not only acquire and transmit neurophysiologic brain signals, but can also provide power for device operation.

   
Newswise: Delivering oxygen to tumors may be key in overcoming radiation therapy resistance
Released: 10-Jul-2023 10:10 AM EDT
Delivering oxygen to tumors may be key in overcoming radiation therapy resistance
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

For most of our tissues and cells, a lack of oxygen, or hypoxia, is bad news. However, cancer cells can thrive in these conditions, rendering tumors less susceptible to anti-cancer treatments including radiation. Now, new research may offer a way to break through cancer’s hypoxia-induced defenses.

Newswise: UWF awarded $460,000 grant for development of military training program
Released: 10-Jul-2023 9:50 AM EDT
UWF awarded $460,000 grant for development of military training program
University of West Florida

UWF has been awarded a $460,000 grant by the Florida Defense Support Task Force to support the military training efforts in and around Florida.

Newswise:Video Embedded air-monitor-can-detect-covid-19-virus-variants-in-about-5-minutes
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Released: 10-Jul-2023 8:30 AM EDT
Air monitor can detect COVID-19 virus variants in about 5 minutes
Washington University in St. Louis

Now that the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has ended, scientists are looking at ways to surveil indoor environments in real time for viruses. By combining recent advances in aerosol sampling technology and an ultrasensitive biosensing technique, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have created a real-time monitor that can detect any of the SARS-CoV-2 virus variants in a room in about 5 minutes.

Newswise: Wireless wonder: wearable ultrasound patch goes completely cable-free
Released: 7-Jul-2023 11:00 AM EDT
Wireless wonder: wearable ultrasound patch goes completely cable-free
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

This fully wireless ultrasound patch, which can capture detailed medical information and wirelessly transmit the data to a smart device, could represent a major step forward in at-home health care technology.

   
Newswise: Preclinical Studies Led by Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Advance Potential New Target to Treat HIV Infection
Released: 6-Jul-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Preclinical Studies Led by Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Advance Potential New Target to Treat HIV Infection
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in collaboration with researchers at the National Institutes of Health, report that two new studies in mice with a humanized immune system and human cell lines have identified an enzyme that plays a critical role in the late stages of HIV replication.

Newswise: Bowel Research UK chooses Symplectic Grant Tracker to power life-changing research
Released: 6-Jul-2023 12:00 PM EDT
Bowel Research UK chooses Symplectic Grant Tracker to power life-changing research
Digital Science and Research Solutions Ltd

Bowel Research UK has chosen Symplectic Grant Tracker from Digital Science’s suite of flagship products to advance its aims of funding life-changing research into bowel cancer and other bowel diseases.

   
3-Jul-2023 9:00 AM EDT
Antipsychotic Medication Prescriptions for Children Sharply Decline
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research at Rutgers University

Rutgers Institute for Health researchers observe decrease in use of antipsychotic medications in children since early 2000s.

Released: 5-Jul-2023 2:45 PM EDT
New Study to Examine Whether Medication and/or Resistance Training Plus Bone-Strengthening Exercises Can Help Older Adults Safely Lose Weight
Wake Forest University School of Medicine

With $7 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health, researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Wake Forest University will study whether a combination of resistance training plus bone-strengthening exercises and/or osteoporosis medication use can help older adults safely lose weight without sacrificing bone mass.

Newswise: Ray Charles Foundation Reinvests $1M in Neuro Scholars
Released: 5-Jul-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Ray Charles Foundation Reinvests $1M in Neuro Scholars
Cedars-Sinai

Building on its visionary investment in Cedars-Sinai’s neurosurgery scholarship program, The Ray Charles Foundation has donated a second gift of $1 million to support critical training and research to advance the neurosciences.

Newswise: Artificial cells demonstrate that
Released: 5-Jul-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Artificial cells demonstrate that "life finds a way"
Indiana University

A study using a synthetic ‘minimal cell’ organism stripped down to the 'bare essentials' for life demonstrates the tenacity of organism's power to evolve and adapt, even in the face of an unnatural genome that would seemingly provide little flexibility.

   
Newswise: Different areas of the brain activated depending on structural complexity of music, language
Released: 5-Jul-2023 10:15 AM EDT
Different areas of the brain activated depending on structural complexity of music, language
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Distinct, though neighboring, areas of the brain are activated when processing music and language, with specific sub-regions engaged for simple melodies versus complex melodies, and for simple versus complex sentences, according to research from UTHealth Houston.

Released: 3-Jul-2023 10:00 AM EDT
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Idaho National Laboratory Begin Irrigation Modernization Case Study
Idaho National Laboratory (INL)

Idaho National Laboratory (INL) is partnering with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes to modernize the Fort Hall, Idaho-based irrigation system.

Newswise: A UCLA-led team has received a $925,000 CDC grant to track mpox outbreaks across the US
Released: 3-Jul-2023 8:00 AM EDT
A UCLA-led team has received a $925,000 CDC grant to track mpox outbreaks across the US
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

A UCLA-led team has received $925,000 as part of a new grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to conduct four surveillance projects tracking outbreaks of mpox--formerly known as monkeypox—across the U.S.

Newswise: Virtual exploration of chemical reactions
29-Jun-2023 8:00 AM EDT
Virtual exploration of chemical reactions
Hokkaido University

A new online platform to explore computationally calculated chemical reaction pathways has been released, allowing for in-depth understanding and design of chemical reactions.

Newswise: With sheer determination, researchers can make tough materials that bend without breaking
Released: 29-Jun-2023 12:05 PM EDT
With sheer determination, researchers can make tough materials that bend without breaking
University of Wisconsin–Madison

Shear band formation is not typically a good sign in a material — the bands often appear before a material fractures or fails. But materials science and engineering researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison have found that shear bands aren’t always a negative; under the right conditions, they can improve the ductility, or the plasticity, of a material.

Released: 29-Jun-2023 10:55 AM EDT
Using particle showers to scan the interior of structures
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Earth is constantly being struck by cosmic particles. High-energy muons can easily penetrate several meters of steel or concrete. A team at the German independent research institute Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) seeks to harness the potential of this unavoidable background radiation to view the interior of industrial facilities or structures.

Newswise: FSU College of Medicine leading program to assist kids and families in crisis
Released: 29-Jun-2023 9:50 AM EDT
FSU College of Medicine leading program to assist kids and families in crisis
Florida State University

A Florida State University College of Medicine faculty member is leading a $2.6 million project to integrate best-practice behavioral health care with pediatric office visits. The goal of the Florida Department of Health (FDOH)-funded study is to improve screening, treatment and management of mental health disorders and substance use in pediatric patients.

28-Jun-2023 11:25 AM EDT
AI tool could speed up dementia diagnosis
University of Sheffield

A new AI tool that could help doctors assess the early signs of dementia and Alzheimer’s more quickly and efficiently, has been developed by researchers at the University of Sheffield.

Released: 28-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Researchers Awarded $15.1 Million Grant to Explore Immune Rejection of Transplanted Organs
Mount Sinai Health System

Striving to improve organ transplant survival rates, internationally renowned researchers in immunology and bioengineering at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have received $15.1 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) to lead a novel, five-year multi-center research program that will explore trained immunity—the innate immune system’s ability to remember infections and other insults—as a target for preventing organ transplant rejection.

Released: 28-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
For Type 2 Diabetics Who Exercise, Some Approaches Are Better Than Others
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

An analysis on the positive effects of exercise on blood sugar levels in people with Type 2 diabetes shows that while all exercise helps, certain activities – and their timing – are extremely good for people’s health. The study, published in The American Journal of Medicine, provides a comprehensive but straightforward summary of the benefits of exercise on controlling blood glucose levels in people with Type 2 diabetes.

Newswise: Highlighting Women Scientists: Rutgers Cancer Institute Researcher Awarded V Foundation for Cancer Research Grant
Released: 28-Jun-2023 3:05 PM EDT
Highlighting Women Scientists: Rutgers Cancer Institute Researcher Awarded V Foundation for Cancer Research Grant
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Christina Glytsou, PhD, member of the Cancer Metabolism and Immunology Cancer Pharmacology Program at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, has received an award from The V Foundation for Cancer Research, a premier cancer research charity, to support her research on mitochondrial dynamics adaptations in drug-resistant acute myeloid leukemia.

Newswise: ChatGPT Tricks Teachers
Released: 28-Jun-2023 2:05 PM EDT
ChatGPT Tricks Teachers
University of California San Diego

Can you tell if what you’re reading right now was written by a human or generated by artificial intelligence? Do you care? Those are essentially the questions that University of California San Diego researchers asked in an experiment with ChatGPT at a regional high school.

Newswise: Scientists Design a Nanoparticle That May Improve mRNA Cancer Vaccines
Released: 28-Jun-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Scientists Design a Nanoparticle That May Improve mRNA Cancer Vaccines
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists say they have developed a nanoparticle — an extremely tiny biodegradable container — that has the potential to improve the delivery of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA)-based vaccines for infectious diseases such as COVID-19, and vaccines for treating non-infectious diseases including cancer.

Newswise: University Hospitals in Cleveland receives $10 Million from The Veale Foundation to address health care’s largest issues with technology and innovation
Released: 28-Jun-2023 9:30 AM EDT
University Hospitals in Cleveland receives $10 Million from The Veale Foundation to address health care’s largest issues with technology and innovation
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

A visionary $10 million gift from The Veale Foundation to University Hospitals will establish the Veale Initiative for Health Care Innovation at UH. Dr. Peter Pronovost will lead the initiative. He is a world-renowned patient safety champion, physician executive, critical care physician, prolific researcher with more than 1000 peer-reviewed publications, an innovator who has founded several technology companies and a thought leader informing U.S. and global health policy. He is UH Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer, and Veale Distinguished Chair in Leadership and Clinical Transformation. Dr. Pronovost said, “…we will develop a novel approach to define, clarify and prioritize health care’s biggest problems and then find and test solutions to those problems.” The Veale Initiative will pilot groundbreaking innovations and technology with the ultimate goal to transform the entire sector.

Released: 28-Jun-2023 9:30 AM EDT
University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University Research Teams Receive Collaborative Science Pilot Awards
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

Three University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine research teams recently received Collaborative Science Pilot Awards. The teams each received $50,000, funded by both institutions. If substantial progress is accomplished and milestones are achieved, an additional year of funding will be considered.

Released: 28-Jun-2023 9:15 AM EDT
Susan G. Komen® Announces 2023 Grants to Accelerate Research Discoveries and Improve Outcomes for Breast Cancer Patients
Susan G. Komen

Susan G. Komen®, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, today announced the awarding of 49 new grants to researchers at 28 leading institutions in the U.S. The $19.3 million in new grants support Komen’s mission to end breast cancer through funding two focus areas: advancing precision medicine and eliminating disparities in breast cancer outcomes, while continuing Komen’s commitment to supporting the next generation of diverse leaders in breast cancer research.

Newswise: KU Cancer Center receives historic $100 million gift from Sunderland Foundation to support new cancer research and care facility
Released: 27-Jun-2023 9:05 PM EDT
KU Cancer Center receives historic $100 million gift from Sunderland Foundation to support new cancer research and care facility
University of Kansas Cancer Center

The University of Kansas Cancer Center has received a $100 million lead gift to build a new, state-of-the-art destination cancer center. This gift is both the largest gift ever given by the Sunderland Foundation and the largest ever received by the University of Kansas and The University of Kansas Health System.

Newswise: NAU researchers awarded DoD grant to investigate invasive species impacting threatened, endangered plants  
Released: 27-Jun-2023 8:25 PM EDT
NAU researchers awarded DoD grant to investigate invasive species impacting threatened, endangered plants  
Northern Arizona University

The Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) has awarded Northern Arizona University a grant upwards of $1 million to support a five-year research project aimed at understanding the impact of invasive species on threatened and endangered (T&E) plants.

Newswise: Deaf Mice Have Nearly Normal Inner Ear Function Until Ear Canal Opens
26-Jun-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Deaf Mice Have Nearly Normal Inner Ear Function Until Ear Canal Opens
Johns Hopkins Medicine

For the first two weeks of life, mice with a hereditary form of deafness have nearly normal neural activity in the auditory system, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists. Their previous studies indicate that this early auditory activity — before the onset of hearing — provides a kind of training to prepare the brain to process sound when hearing begins.



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