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Newswise: Mayo Clinic, Terasaki Institute launch collaboration for transplant innovation
Released: 1-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Mayo Clinic, Terasaki Institute launch collaboration for transplant innovation
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic and Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation announced today a research collaboration centered on improving organ transplant outcomes.

   
Newswise: Hunting an Underground Epidemic
Released: 1-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Hunting an Underground Epidemic
University of Utah Health

Valley fever is a fungal respiratory infection that’s stealthily spreading through the soil and dust throughout the American West. An interdisciplinary research team is trying to map where the disease-causing fungus can survive and where it’ll spread as the climate changes.

   
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Released: 1-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Yale Cancer Center Experts, Scientists to Share Vision and Research at Leading Conference
Yale Cancer Center/Smilow Cancer Hospital

The five-day session (April 5-10), themed as “Inspiring Science. Fueling Progress. Revolutionizing Care,” will include new findings from Yale Cancer Center researchers.

Newswise: Stellar Explosions and Cosmic Chemistry
Released: 1-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Stellar Explosions and Cosmic Chemistry
National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Astronomers have discovered the secrets of a starburst galaxy producing new stars at a rate much faster than our Milk Way. This research revealed many different molecules, more than ever seen before in a galaxy like this.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Mayo Clinic scientists pioneer immunotherapy technique for autoimmune diseases
Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic scientists have developed an immunotherapy strategy that potentially lays the groundwork for treating a spectrum of autoimmune diseases. 

Released: 1-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Georgia Tech Researchers Develop More Broadly Protective Coronavirus Vaccine
Georgia Institute of Technology

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology and the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new vaccine that offers broad protection against not only SARS-CoV-2 variants, but also other bat sarbecoviruses.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 1:05 PM EDT
Ochsner Health Nurses Honored by the Louisiana State Nursing Association
Ochsner Health

LSNA selected 40 outstanding nurse leaders 40 years of age and under who exemplify dedication to the nursing profession and demonstrate the qualities of a good leader.

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Released: 1-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Age: an overlooked factor in higher education DEI initiatives
Washington University in St. Louis

As universities around the world strive to cultivate diverse and equitable communities, a recent study from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis highlights the necessity of recognizing age as a fundamental dimension of diversity.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
UIC Engineers 'Symphonize' Cleaner Ammonia Production
University of Illinois Chicago

Low temperature, regenerative process saves energy and efficiently produces common chemical

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Released: 1-Apr-2024 12:05 PM EDT
The Vandal Theory Podcast - Season 6, Episode 2: Damon Woods — Energy Regulations
University of Idaho

Meet Damon Woods, director of the Integrated Design Lab and a research professor at University of Idaho. Woods has helped state officials drill down which energy regulations — among hundreds on the books — protect Idahoans from wasting energy and money in their homes, businesses and elsewhere. He’ll break down the tedious work he and other researchers did to discover how these rules help.

Newswise: Après une chirurgie de l'épilepsie : gérer les attentes et les soins
Released: 1-Apr-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Après une chirurgie de l'épilepsie : gérer les attentes et les soins
International League Against Epilepsy

Avant la chirurgie, les personnes atteintes d'épilepsie subissent une longue évaluation et des tests approfondis. Mais après une opération chirurgicale, certains professionnels et défenseurs affirment que les gens sont injustement laissés seuls pour gérer le traitement et les soins, sans beaucoup d’aide ou de conseils.

1-Apr-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Chatbot outperformed physicians in clinical reasoning in head-to-head study
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

ChatGPT-4, an artificial intelligence program designed to understand and generate human-like text, outperformed internal medicine residents and attending physicians at two academic medical centers at processing medical data and demonstrating clinical reasoning. In a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine, physician-scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) compared a large language model’s (LLM) reasoning abilities directly against human performance using standards developed to assess physicians.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 10:05 AM EDT
UChicago Medicine: NCI renews Cancer Center's premier 'Comprehensive' designation amid 50th anniversary celebration
University of Chicago Medical Center

A 'Comprehensive Cancer Center' is the top U.S. designation for cancer research and treatment facilities recognized by high-quality research that leads to major shifts in cancer care.

Newswise: Photonic Feature Extractor for Broadband Radio-Frequency Signals
Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:50 AM EDT
Photonic Feature Extractor for Broadband Radio-Frequency Signals
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Cognitive radio-frequency (RF) sensing is essential in modern sensing applications, but efficiently processing the broadband RF signals is challenging. To tackle this problem, scientists in China invented a photonic chip, which transforms the broadband RF signals into sparse features and lessens the challenge of digital processing.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:45 AM EDT
Facing a Potentially Warmer, Drier Washington State, Argonne Develops Plans to be Sure Nuclear Power Plants Stay Cool
Argonne National Laboratory

Nuclear science and environmental science experts at Argonne look beyond climate changes to model the design of tomorrow’s nuclear systems in the state of Washington.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Study Suggests Taking an Aggressive Stance in Crisis Communications Costs Companies Money
North Carolina State University

A new study tracked 10 years of data to capture shifts in how corporate interests and the public discussed a complex legal situation – and how those dynamics related to stock price. The bottom line? When the company took an aggressive stance, its stock price dropped.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
دراسة توثق السلامة والتحسينات الناتجة عن العلاج بالخلايا الجذعية بعد إصابة الحبل النخاعي
Mayo Clinic

مدينة روتشستر، ولاية مينيسوتا. — تظهر دراسة في مايو كلينك أن الخلايا الجذعية المشتقة من دهون المرضى آمنة وقد تحسن الحِسّ والحركة بعد إصابات الحبل النخاعي الرَضْحِيّة. تظهر النتائج من المرحلة الأولى من التجارب السريرية في مجلة ناتشور كوميونيكاشن. تقدم نتائج هذا البحث المبكر بعض الرؤى حول إمكانات العلاج بالخلايا للأشخاص الذين يتعايشون مع إصابات الحبل النخاعي والشَلَل والذين خياراتهم في تحسين وظائفهم محدودة للغاية.

Newswise: Prioritizing Tiger Conservation: Tiger Conservation Coalition Holds Virtual Press Briefing on Purpose and Goals 
Of The Sustainable Finance for Tiger Landscapes Conference in Bhutan
Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Prioritizing Tiger Conservation: Tiger Conservation Coalition Holds Virtual Press Briefing on Purpose and Goals Of The Sustainable Finance for Tiger Landscapes Conference in Bhutan
Wildlife Conservation Society

Panelists will announce a new funding target for tigers; focus on the goals of the Bhutan summit; and discuss why the conservation of tigers is key to addressing a wide range of conservation and environmental issues.

Newswise: Political scientist, students to look ‘behind the curtain’ at U.S. Supreme Court justices’ relationships
Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Political scientist, students to look ‘behind the curtain’ at U.S. Supreme Court justices’ relationships
West Virginia University

Jonathan King, assistant professor of political science at West Virginia University, will be traveling with graduate students to the Library of Congress in Washington to study and digitize the records, writings, opinion drafts and memos between U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and other justices.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Estudo documenta segurança e melhorias da terapia com células-tronco para lesões na medula espinhalrelata
Mayo Clinic

Um estudo da Mayo Clinic mostra que as células-tronco derivadas da própria gordura dos pacientes são seguras e podem melhorar a sensação e o movimento após lesões traumáticas na medula espinhal. As descobertas do ensaio clínico de fase 1 foram apresentadas na Nature Communications.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Un estudio muestra seguridad y mejoras con la terapia de células madre luego de una lesión de la médula espinal
Mayo Clinic

Un estudio de Mayo Clinic muestra que las células madre obtenidas de la grasa de los pacientes son seguras y pueden mejorar la sensibilidad y el movimiento luego de lesiones de la médula espinal causadas por traumatismos.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:05 AM EDT
Penn Medicine at the AACR Annual Meeting 2024
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Researchers from the Abramson Cancer Center (ACC) and Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will present data on the latest advances in cancer science and medicine at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2024, taking place April 5-10 in San Diego, California.

Newswise: Facility Dog Supports Physical and Occupational Therapy Patients
Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Facility Dog Supports Physical and Occupational Therapy Patients
Hackensack Meridian Pascack Valley Medical Center

After removing a cast from her healing broken arm, Dumont resident Margaret Klein began therapy sessions to increase her hand’s flexibility, where she experienced a lot of pain. She was introduced to Keltie: a Golden Retriever specially trained to help comfort and motivate patients during therapies.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Canton wins Wayne Bardin International Travel Award
Endocrine Society

The Endocrine Society selected Ana Canton, M.D., Ph.D., as the recipient of its 2024 C. Wayne Bardin, MD, International Travel Award for her outstanding ENDO abstract and her research contributions to the care of patients with pediatric endocrine disorders.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 9:00 AM EDT
Mountainside Medical Center Enhances Behavioral Health Services with Acquisition from Envision Healthcare
Hackensack Meridian Health (Mountainside Medical Center)

Mountainside Medical Center proudly announces the successful acquisition of behavioral health providers from Envision Healthcare. This marks a significant milestone in the hospital’s commitment to meeting the evolving needs of patients and the community.

Newswise: Revolutionizing Spectrometry with Ultra-Simplicity: Disrupting Conventional Designs through Novel Diffraction Computing
Released: 1-Apr-2024 8:15 AM EDT
Revolutionizing Spectrometry with Ultra-Simplicity: Disrupting Conventional Designs through Novel Diffraction Computing
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Miniaturizing spectrometers for compact and cost-effective mobile platforms is a significant challenge in current spectroscopy research.

Newswise: Powering the future: a game-changer for loT devices through advanced energy harvesting
Released: 1-Apr-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Powering the future: a game-changer for loT devices through advanced energy harvesting
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Researchers have developed a high-performance energy management unit (EMU) that significantly boosts the efficiency of electrostatic generators for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Released: 1-Apr-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Counseling Awareness Month Honors Professionals Who Foster Mental Health and Wellness
American Counseling Association

At a time when the need for mental health services in the U.S. is higher than ever, counselors play a key role in increasing access to and delivering mental health care.

Newswise: OptiDrop: a leap in single-cell analysis
Released: 1-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT
OptiDrop: a leap in single-cell analysis
Chinese Academy of Sciences

A recent study introduces the OptiDrop platform, revolutionizing droplet microfluidics by integrating innovative optical fibers into microfluidic chips. This breakthrough enhances sensitivity for detecting scatter and fluorescence signals, offering rapid and cost-effective insights into genetics, proteins, and metabolites.

Newswise: Enhancing Plant Growth Tracking with Satellite Image Fusion Techniques
Released: 1-Apr-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Enhancing Plant Growth Tracking with Satellite Image Fusion Techniques
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Recent research employs spatiotemporal data fusion techniques, specifically Spatial and Temporal Adaptive Reflectance Fusion Model (STARFM) and Simultaneously generate Full-length normalized difference vegetation Index Time series (SSFIT) algorithms, to address cloud cover challenges in satellite imagery, significantly improving the accuracy of land surface phenology (LSP) monitoring.

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Released: 1-Apr-2024 6:05 AM EDT
Eminent physician-scientist joins Virginia Tech to lead cancer research in Washington, D.C.
Virginia Tech

Formerly a National Institutes of Health senior investigator who studies and treats blood cancer, Christopher Hourigan has joined Virginia Tech to lead cancer research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute in Washington, D.C.

Newswise: Screening Tool Streamlines Requests for Palliative Care Consultations
26-Mar-2024 10:05 AM EDT
Screening Tool Streamlines Requests for Palliative Care Consultations
American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN)

An initiative at Bon Secours Mercy Health Anderson hospital in Cincinnati demonstrates the potential impact of integrating a simple screening tool at the point of admission to trigger automatic referrals for palliative care consultations for critically ill patients.

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Newswise: New Satellite Dataset Sheds Light on Earth's Plant Growth
Released: 1-Apr-2024 12:05 AM EDT
New Satellite Dataset Sheds Light on Earth's Plant Growth
Chinese Academy of Sciences

In the field of environmental and climate science, researchers have developed the Comprehensive Mechanistic Light Response (CMLR) gross primary production (GPP) dataset.

16-Apr-2021 9:00 AM EDT
Trial Tests Intervention to Reduce Sedentary Time in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)

• Sedentary time decreased, stepping time increased, and number of steps per day increased among patients with chronic kidney disease assigned to the ‘Sit Less, Interact, Move More’ intervention. • These effects were not sustained after 20 weeks, however.

Released: 31-Mar-2024 11:00 PM EDT
Globus Announces New Endochronic Communication Capability
Globus

Today we announce work by the Globus team that overcomes that limitation so that data transfers can start—and in some cases even complete—before a user makes a transfer request.

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Released: 31-Mar-2024 12:05 PM EDT
The Vandal Theory Podcast - Season 6, Episode 1: Adolfo Carmona — Latino Mental Health
University of Idaho

Meet Adolfo Carmona, a second-year medical student at Idaho WWAMI. Between his first and second year of medical school, Adolfo worked in Jerome, which has a large Latino population.

   
Newswise: Golden Lion Award For Lifetime Achievement Presented to the Italian-American Scientist Antonio Giordano
Released: 30-Mar-2024 10:05 PM EDT
Golden Lion Award For Lifetime Achievement Presented to the Italian-American Scientist Antonio Giordano
Sbarro Health Research Organization (SHRO)

Award recognizes Giordano for Italian Scientific Excellence in the world and the International Study on the correlation between health and pollution in the Land of Fire in Campania

26-Mar-2024 5:05 PM EDT
The Timing and Patterns of Drinking During Pregnancy, Not Just Amounts Consumed, are Linked to Varying Effects on Fetal and Child Development
Research Society on Alcoholism

When and how mothers drink alcohol during pregnancy has major implications for fetal and child development, according to two new studies in Alcohol: Clinical & Experimental Research. The effects of prenatal alcohol exposure (PAE) include stillbirth, preterm delivery, and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).

     


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