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Newswise: Leukemia cells activate cellular recycling program
Released: 4-Dec-2023 5:05 PM EST
Leukemia cells activate cellular recycling program
Goethe University Frankfurt

In a recent study, scientists led by Professor Stefan Müller from Goethe University’s Institute of Biochemistry II investigated a specific form of blood cancer known as acute myeloid leukemia, or AML. The disease mainly occurs in adulthood and often ends up being fatal for older patients.

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Newswise: Collisions Change How Fast Ions Surf on Plasma Waves in Fusion Experiments and Beyond
Released: 4-Dec-2023 4:05 PM EST
Collisions Change How Fast Ions Surf on Plasma Waves in Fusion Experiments and Beyond
Department of Energy, Office of Science

Fast ions that heat plasma in a fusion device can resonate with waves in the plasma, potentially causing waves to grow and kick the fast ions out of the device. This research used mathematical calculations and computer simulations to examine these resonant interactions to reveal how different types of collisions compete to determine the way energy transfers between the resonant particles and the plasma waves. The results will aid in models of how to keep plasmas hot enough to sustain fusion reactions.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 4:05 PM EST
لتكن صحتك ضمن قائمة الطعام في موسم العطلات: نصائح الخبراء لاتباع نمط غذائي صحي
Mayo Clinic

عادةً ما يكون الطعام هو محور تجمعات العائلة والأصدقاء أثناء الاحتفال بالأعياد. تقول أندريا ديلجادو، اختصاصية النُّظم الغذائية في مايو كلينك في روتشستر، مينيسوتا، أنه من خلال الانتباه إلى مقدار الطعام الذي تتناوله، ومعدل تناوله، يمكنك اتخاذ خيارات غذائية صحية أثناء موسم العطلات.

Newswise: Experts in Transplantation, Engineered Cells and Pediatrics Join Growing Roswell Park Cell Therapy Program
Released: 4-Dec-2023 3:50 PM EST
Experts in Transplantation, Engineered Cells and Pediatrics Join Growing Roswell Park Cell Therapy Program
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Three physician-scientists who have relocated to Buffalo, New York, to join Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center will apply highly specialized transplantation and cell therapy (TCT) expertise to both patient care and the development of New York State’s first cell therapy manufacturing and research hub. Brian Betts, MD, has joined Roswell Park as Vice Chair of Strategic Initiatives within the Transplant & Cellular Therapy Section, Department of Medicine; Kanwaldeep Mallhi, MD, was named Associate Professor of Oncology and Clinical Director of Pediatric Transplantation and Cellular Therapy in the Department of Pediatrics; and Shernan Holtan, MD, will join the Roswell Park faculty in February as Chief of Blood and Marrow Transplant in the Department of Medicine.

Newswise: ORNL engineer Karen White honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Released: 4-Dec-2023 3:10 PM EST
ORNL engineer Karen White honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Karen White, who works in ORNL’s Neutron Science Directorate, has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.White, who manages the section that provides the machine controls, computing infrastructure, and protection systems across all neutron science technical areas, received the award during the biennial International Conference on Accelerator and Large Experimental Physics Control Systems, held October 7-13, 2013, in Cape Town, South Africa.

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Released: 4-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Boiled bubbles jump to carry more heat
Virginia Tech

Water is often the go-to resource for heat transfer, being used in large-scale cooling operations like data centers that power the internet and nuclear power plants that power cities. Discovering dynamic phenomena to make water-based heat transfer more energy and cost efficient is the ongoing work of Jonathan Boreyko, associate professor and John R.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Following in polar bears' footprints: DNA from snow tracks could help monitor threatened animals
Frontiers

Polar bears are icons of the Arctic, elusive and vulnerable. Detailed monitoring of their populations is crucial for their conservation — but because polar bears are so difficult to find, we are missing critical data about population size and how well connected those populations are

Released: 4-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Decoding flavonoid metabolism: a closer look at plant-based diets
Osaka Metropolitan University

In a world where plant-based lifestyles are on the rise, the power of foods such as broccoli, celery, and tofu, which are rich in flavonoids, is becoming clearer. Flavonoids are phenolic compounds produced by plants that are essential for plant development and defense and have long been said to have therapeutic and preventive effects against cancer and heart disease.

Newswise: UCLA scientists receive $9.1 million from the NCI to improve early detection methods for cancer
Released: 4-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
UCLA scientists receive $9.1 million from the NCI to improve early detection methods for cancer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Researchers from the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received two grants totaling $9.1 million from the National Cancer Institute to advance liquid biopsy technologies for the early detection of cancer, which can significantly improve treatment outcomes and reduce the number of deaths caused by the disease.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Coverage of Bruce Willis’ frontotemporal degeneration shows media misconstrues the disease
Oxford University Press

A new paper in Innovation in Aging, published by Oxford University Press, shows that a great deal of media coverage of the actor Bruce Willis’ condition, frontotemporal degeneration, was inaccurate, revealing the public’s limited knowledge of the disease.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
How UCI and AI go waaay back
University of California, Irvine

Decades before ChatGPT, Tesla autopilot and Siri, there was Julian Feldman and a monstrous mainframe. It was 1968, and UCI’s interdisciplinary program in information and communication science had just become a pioneering, standalone computer science department. At the helm was Feldman, who had co-edited a groundbreaking anthology of AI research a few years earlier.

Newswise: Study: New Biomarker Tool Helps Select Targeted Therapies to Treat Metastatic Breast Cancers
Released: 4-Dec-2023 3:05 PM EST
Study: New Biomarker Tool Helps Select Targeted Therapies to Treat Metastatic Breast Cancers
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

Two antibody drug conjugates (ADCs), trastuzumab deruxtecan (T-DXd) and sacituzumab govitecan (SG), were approved by the FDA to treat metastatic breast cancers. ADCs are a type of targeted therapy that release cancer drugs to specific tumor cells. The efficacy of T-DXd and SG depends on target expression and the best method for measuring that expression is still not known.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
Breakthroughs in nanosized contrast agents and drug carriers through self-folding molecules
Tokyo Institute of Technology

Self-folding polymers containing gadolinium forming nanosized complexes could be the key to enhanced magnetic resonance imaging and next-generation drug delivery, as demonstrated by scientists at Tokyo Tech. Thanks to their small size, low toxicity, and good tumor accumulation and penetration, these complexes represent a leap forward in contrast agents for cancer diagnosis, as well as neutron capture radiotherapy.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
Lesbian, gay, and bisexual survivors of adolescent and young adult cancers often have chronic health conditions
Wiley

Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents and young adult cancer survivors in the United States are more likely to report experiencing chronic health conditions than their heterosexual peers with a history of cancer as well as their LGB peers without a past cancer diagnosis. The findings come from a survey-based study published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 2:05 PM EST
Soil drought weakens forest microclimatic cooling
Stockholm University

Scientists from Stockholm University have investigated the mechanisms that create cool microclimates beneath forest canopies during warm and dry summer days. The study reveals how canopy shading and water evaporation together create cooler forest microclimates compared to temperatures outside forests.

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Newswise: UAH researchers design limestone putty nanogenerator to harvest energy from everyday motion to power small devices
Released: 4-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
UAH researchers design limestone putty nanogenerator to harvest energy from everyday motion to power small devices
University of Alabama Huntsville

Researchers at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have created a new kind of triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) that produces electricity through the use of limestone putty, promising a considerable cost savings over conventional manufacturing methods. Invented in 2012, TENGs are small devices that convert mechanical or thermal energy into electricity for use in small, wireless autonomous devices like those in wearable electronics, condition monitoring and wireless sensor networks. TENGs harvest power for these devices by transferring an electric charge between two objects when they contact or slide against one another, through motions such as walking, vibration, rotating tires, moving wind or flowing water, all with very little impact to the environment. Compared to existing TENGs, which use expensive nanotechnology-based fabrication methods, the UAH breakthrough is a new type of TENG that employs “tacky” materials like double-sided adhesive tape or limestone putty to gener

Newswise: Could Our Body’s “Bleach” Be Key to Fighting a Common Fungal Pathogen?
Released: 4-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
Could Our Body’s “Bleach” Be Key to Fighting a Common Fungal Pathogen?
Stony Brook University

A study that assesses the effects of hypochlorous acid (HOCI), commonly known as bleach, as it is generated during the immune response of a cell (phagocytosis) when fighting a common fungal pathogen, Candida albicans, reveals that HOCI is a potent killing agent. The laboratory finding is highlighted in the journal mBio.

Newswise: New Study: Deep Sea Sensor Reveals That Corals Produce Reactive Oxygen Species
Released: 4-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
New Study: Deep Sea Sensor Reveals That Corals Produce Reactive Oxygen Species
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

A new study reveals deep-sea corals and sponges produce the ROS superoxide, meaning these chemicals have a string of previously unknown effects on ocean life.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 1:05 PM EST
Argonne and Idaho National Laboratories partner with CMBlu Energy for innovative long-duration energy storage project
Argonne National Laboratory

Argonne and Idaho National Laboratories will collaborate with CMBlu Energy to validate its battery technology for strengthening microgrid resilience in cold climates and electric vehicle charging in underserved areas.

Newswise: Observatorio Rubin revelará el misterio de las estrellas expulsadas de sus galaxias
Released: 4-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Observatorio Rubin revelará el misterio de las estrellas expulsadas de sus galaxias
NSF's NOIRLab

La luz intracúmulo, es decir el resplandor colectivo de innumerables estrellas despojadas de sus galaxias de origen y abandonadas a su suerte vagando por el inmenso espacio que hay entre las galaxias, es extremadamente tenue y difícil de detectar. Sin embargo, la próxima Investigación del Espacio Tiempo como Legado para la Posteridad (LSST) será el primer estudio astronómico en proveer a los científicos los datos necesarios para detectar luz intracúmulo en miles de cúmulos galácticos, revelando las claves acerca de la historia evolutiva del Universo a gran escala.

Newswise: UT Southwestern among first in nation to offer biology-guided radiotherapy
Released: 4-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
UT Southwestern among first in nation to offer biology-guided radiotherapy
UT Southwestern Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center’s Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center is among the first in the nation and the first in Texas to offer radiation treatments using a new technology that combines positron emission tomography (PET) imaging with radiotherapy to precisely treat bone and lung cancers.

Newswise: Rubin Observatory Will Unlock Fossil Record of Galaxy Cluster Evolution
Released: 4-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Rubin Observatory Will Unlock Fossil Record of Galaxy Cluster Evolution
NSF's NOIRLab

Intracluster light, the collective glow of innumerable stars stripped from their home galaxies and left to wander vast intergalactic space, is incredibly faint and difficult to detect. Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s upcoming Legacy Survey of Space and Time will be the first astronomical survey to provide scientists with the data they need to detect intracluster light in thousands of galaxy clusters, unlocking clues to the evolutionary history of the Universe on large scales.

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Released: 4-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST
Experts available: Smart toy safety, managing holiday stress, economics of Christmas music, and more
Virginia Tech

The Virginia Tech media relations office has the following experts available for interviews on holiday related topics. To schedule an interview, please contact [email protected]. Eco-friendly ways to celebrate the holiday From electricity usage to piles of presents, and an overload of food, this time of year can take a toll on the environment.

Newswise:Video Embedded echo-research-examines-nutrition-data-s-value-from-pregnancy-to-adolescence-in-understanding-child-health
VIDEO
Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:55 AM EST
ECHO Research Examines Nutrition Data's Value from Pregnancy to Adolescence in Understanding Child Health
Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Program/NIH

ECHO’s nutrition data, covering pregnancy to adolescence, allows researchers to investigate the intersection of nutrition and child health. This de-identified data is now available on the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Data and Specimen Hub.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:40 AM EST
How mountains affect El Niño-induced winter precipitation
Ohio State University

A consideration of how mountains influence El Niño- and La Niña-induced precipitation change in western North America may be the ticket to more informed water conservation planning along the Colorado River, new research suggests.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Consistency key to corporate expressions of racial solidarity
Cornell University

An analysis of Fortune 500 company statements after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd finds that donations to social justice groups only conveyed allyship to Black Americans when seen as part of a long-term commitment to diversity.

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Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Arizona State University’s research expenditures neared $800M in fiscal year 2022
Arizona State University (ASU)

ASU’s research enterprise has leaped forward again, according to the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey. With $797.2 million in research expenditures for fiscal year 2022, ASU ranked No. 38 overall (out of 899 institutions), a jump of four places from the prior fiscal year. ASU ranked in the top 4% for all universities with research expenditures, ahead of the University of Chicago, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Purdue University and the University of Colorado-Boulder. The 18% growth rate from FY21 ($677.7 million) was among the largest for the top 50 research universities in the country, according to the HERD Survey.

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Study shows advanced footwear technology positively impacts elite sprint performances
PeerJ

A scientific study published in PeerJ Life & Environment sheds light on the potential game-changing impact of advanced footwear technology (AFT) on elite sprint performances in track and field.

Newswise: Here's How to Choose the Perfect Christmas Tree
Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Here's How to Choose the Perfect Christmas Tree
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

If you are heading to a farm or the local lot this weekend to pick out your perfect Christmas tree, Timothy Waller, an evergreen researcher, has some advice for you. Waller, an agricultural agent with Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Cumberland County, has been working on Christmas tree disease management and variety demonstrations as part of his ornamental research efforts.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
INU scientists propose a model to predict personal learning performance for virtual reality-based safety training
Incheon National University

In Korea, occupational hazards are on the rise, particularly in the construction sector. According to a report on the ‘Occupational Safety Accident Status’ by Korea’s Ministry of Employment and Labor, the industry accounted for the highest number of accidents and fatalities among all sectors in 2021. To address this rise, the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency has been providing virtual reality (VR)-based construction safety content to daily workers as part of their educational training initiatives.

 
Newswise: Researchers decode aqueous amino acid’s potential for direct air capture of CO2
Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Researchers decode aqueous amino acid’s potential for direct air capture of CO2
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have made a significant stride toward understanding a viable process for direct air capture, or DAC, of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This DAC process is in early development with the aim of achieving negative emissions, where the amount of carbon dioxide removed from the envelope of gases surrounding Earth exceeds the amount emitted.

Newswise: How to Have a Safe and Healthy Holiday Season — Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Experts Are Available to Offer Advice for Families
Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
How to Have a Safe and Healthy Holiday Season — Johns Hopkins Children’s Center Experts Are Available to Offer Advice for Families
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Johns Hopkins physicians can offer expert advice on how to have a healthy and safe holiday season.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Snail-inspired robot could scoop ocean microplastics
Cornell University

Inspired by a small and slow snail, scientists have developed a robot protype that may one day scoop up microplastics from the surfaces of oceans, seas and lakes.

Newswise: Triple Transplant Recipient Reflects on Living, Love and Gratitude
Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Triple Transplant Recipient Reflects on Living, Love and Gratitude
Cedars-Sinai

This holiday season, Valance Sams, Sr. hopes to finish the most important thank-you note he’s ever written—one he’s been pondering for months. It’s been challenging to get all that he wants to say down on paper, in just the right way. Most days, a flood of emotions gets in his way.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Mantenha a saúde em dia durante as festas de final de ano: especialista oferece dicas de alimentação saudável
Mayo Clinic

Durante as festas de final de ano, a comida costuma estar no centro das atenções nas reuniões de amigos e entes queridos.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Entender el tratamiento con linfocitos T-CAR y sus posibles efectos secundarios
Mayo Clinic

La inmunoterapia aprovecha el sistema inmunitario del organismo para combatir el cáncer. El tratamiento con linfocitos T con receptor quimérico para el antígeno (tratamiento con linfocitos T-CAR) es una forma de inmunoterapia en la que los profesionales de atención médica extraen las células T de una persona (conocidas como linfocitos que participan en la respuesta del sistema inmunitario) y las modifican genéticamente para que produzcan receptores quiméricos para el antígeno. A continuación, estos linfocitos T-CARse reintroducen en el torrente sanguíneo del paciente, donde se dirigen a las células cancerosas y las destruyen.

Newswise: Over three-fourths of Americans lose sleep due to digital distractions – sleep experts urge a change
Released: 4-Dec-2023 11:00 AM EST
Over three-fourths of Americans lose sleep due to digital distractions – sleep experts urge a change
American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM)

A new survey from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine reveals that 91% of Americans have lost sleep to binge-watch TV, and 75% have lost sleep due to online shopping.

Newswise: Wistar President Dario Altieri, M.D., recognized as one of Philadelphia’s Most Admired CEOs
4-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Wistar President Dario Altieri, M.D., recognized as one of Philadelphia’s Most Admired CEOs
Wistar Institute

Dario C. Altieri, M.D. — The Wistar Institute’s president and CEO, director of its Ellen and Ronald Caplan Cancer Center and the Robert & Penny Fox Distinguished Professor — is a recipient of the 2023 Most Admired CEO Awards recognized by the Philadelphia Business Journal for his leadership and service to Wistar.

4-Dec-2023 8:00 AM EST
MD Anderson’s Katy Rezvani, M.D., receives 2023 Honorific Award from the American Society of Hematology
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

Katy Rezvani, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Stem Cell Transplantation & Cellular Therapy at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, has been honored with the E. Donnall Thomas Lecture and Prize from the American Society of Hematology (ASH, for her groundbreaking research to develop and advance innovative cell therapies for cancer using natural killer (NK) cells.

1-Dec-2023 11:00 AM EST
One in Six Patients with Opioid Use Disorder Leaving the Hospital Before Completing Treatment, Potentially Due to Untreated Withdrawal Symptoms
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

The number of patients admitted with opioid use disorder (OUD) and injection-related infections who left the hospital before completing treatment increased significantly between 2016 and 2020 (from 9.3 percent to 17 percent) according to analysis from researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Newswise: Hard to drug: Protein droplets reveal new ways to inhibit transcription factors in an aggressive form of prostate cancer
4-Dec-2023 8:00 AM EST
Hard to drug: Protein droplets reveal new ways to inhibit transcription factors in an aggressive form of prostate cancer
Fundació Institut de Recerca Biomèdica (IRB BARCELONA)

Many of the most potent human oncoproteins belong to a class of proteins called transcription factors, but designing small molecule drugs that target transcription factors is a major challenge.

1-Dec-2023 11:05 AM EST
Studies help explain why some prostate cancers become resistant to hormone therapy
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Two new studies led by researchers from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center give insight into how cells use energy to influence the way prostate tumors survive and grow — advancements that can help explain why some prostate cancers become resistant to hormone therapy, the most commonly used treatment for men with advanced stages of the disease.

Released: 4-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST
Tracking undetectable space junk
University of Michigan

Satellite and spacecraft operators may finally be able to detect small pieces of debris orbiting Earth using an approach proposed by researchers from the University of Michigan.



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