New Study Finds Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty an Effective Treatment for Some Obese Patients
A new weight loss procedure that reduces the size of the stomach without the need for surgery known as endoscopic sleeve gastroplasty (ESG) is safe and effective way for the treatment obesity and obesity-related comorbidities such as diabetes, high b...
– New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Embargo expired on 20-Apr-2017 at 07:00 ET
Antibody Helps Detect Protein Implicated in Alzheimer’s, Other Diseases
Tangles of the protein tau dot the brains of people with diseases like Alzheimer’s. Now, researchers have found a way to measure tau in the blood that accurately reflects tau in the brain. The study, in mice and a small group of people, could be th...
– Washington University in St. Louis
Science Translational Medicine, Apr-2017; R01AG048678
Embargo expired on 19-Apr-2017 at 14:00 ET
150-Year-Old Drug May Provide ‘Off’ Time Relief for People with Advanced Parkinson’s Disease
New research provides evidence that an old drug may provide relief for people with advanced Parkinson’s, according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology’s 69th Annual Meeting in Boston, April 22 to ...
– American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
American Academy of Neurology’s 69th Annual Meeting
Embargo expired on 19-Apr-2017 at 16:00 ET
Could Fixing the Body Clock Help People Regain Consciousness?
For people with severe brain injuries, researchers have found that the rhythm of daily fluctuations in body temperature is related to their level of consciousness, according to a preliminary study published in the April 19, 2017, online issue of Neur...
– American Academy of Neurology (AAN)
Embargo expired on 19-Apr-2017 at 16:00 ET
Older, Impoverished African Americans are at High Risk for Binge Drinking
Binge drinking tends to be lower among African Americans and Hispanics than non-Hispanic Whites. However, among older adult populations, minority groups are at higher risk for binge drinking. This study examined whether there was a “crossover effe...
– Research Society on Alcoholism
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
Embargo expired on 19-Apr-2017 at 17:00 ET
Significant Connections Between Diet and Drinking During Pregnancy
It has been shown that both heavy and occasional drinking among the general population are linked to eating less fruits and vegetables, and eating more processed and fried meat. This is particularly worrisome for pregnant women, as both drinking and ...
– Research Society on Alcoholism
Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
Embargo expired on 19-Apr-2017 at 17:00 ET
May Is Melanoma Awareness Month
Pennsylvania physicians recognize Melanoma Awareness Month by educating public.
– Pennsylvania Medical Society
Embargo expired on 20-Apr-2017 at 06:00 ET
From the NICU to Med School: An ‘Outrageous’ Idea That’s Saved Thousands of Babies
The technology and machine known as ECMO was once seen as a "far-fetched" idea. Today, it's a critical, lifesaving treatment, thanks to years of research and federal funding.
– Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan
Tired? Try Walking Up Stairs Instead of Soda
Research from the University of Georgia shows that 10 minutes of walking up and down stairs was more likely to make participants feel energized than ingesting 50 milligrams of caffeine.
– University of Georgia
Physiology and Behavior
Women More Sensitized Than Men to Metal Used in Joint Replacement
Why are women at higher risk of complications after total hip or knee replacement surgery? An increased rate of hypersensitivity to the metals contained in joint implants might be a contributing factor, suggests a study in the April 19 issue of The J...
– Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
New Evidence: Defective HIV Proviruses Hinder Immune System Response and Cure
Researchers at Johns Hopkins and George Washington universities report new evidence that proteins created by defective forms of HIV long previously believed to be harmless actually interact with our immune systems and are actively monitored by a spec...
– Johns Hopkins Medicine
Cell Host & Microbe; 1R21AI118402-01, AI096114, 1U1AI096109
New AATS Consensus Statement Highlights the Safety of Surgical Ablation for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
. While there is no cure for atrial fibrillation, many successful treatments are available, including surgical ablation. A growing population of patients means an increased demand for care. In an effort to provide practitioners with the most up-to-da...
– American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Malaria Drug Successfully Treats 26-Year-Old Brain Cancer Patient
Small trial uses chloroquine to nix the process of "autophagy" that some cancer cells use to resist treatment, resensitzing glioblastoma to targeted therapy
– University of Colorado Cancer Center
Study Defines Thunderstorm Asthma Epidemic Conditions
Researchers are exploring new ways of predicting thunderstorm asthma outbreaks that may one day provide early warnings for health professionals, emergency management officials and residents in affected areas.
– University of Georgia
SLU Researcher Hones in on Plaque-Causing Protein in ALS and Dementia
Saint Louis University scientist Yuna Ayala, Ph.D., and her research team have made advances in understanding how damaging plaques build up in neurodegenerative illnesses like ALS and dementia.
– Saint Louis University Medical Center
Pathologic Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Therapy in Certain Breast Cancer Patients Predicts Low Risk for Local Metastases
Select breast cancer patients who achieved pathologic complete response (pCR) after chemotherapy may be able to avoid follow-up breast and lymph node, or axillary, surgery, according to new findings from researchers at The University of Texas MD Ande...
– University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
CA16672
IRCM Research Team Discovers How Immunotherapy Can Fight Some Cancers
Dr. André Veillette and his team have discovered why immunotherapy would work in some patients and not at all in others. The discovery published in the prestigious journal Nature.
– Universite de Montreal
Nature April-2017
Closer Look at Brain Circuits Reveals Important Role of Genetics
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in La Jolla have revealed new clues to the wiring of the brain. A team led by Associate Professor Anton Maximov found that neurons in brain regions that store memory can form networks in the absence...
– Scripps Research Institute
Neuron, 19 April 2017; R01MH085776; R01NS087026; P41GM103412; NS027177I; DA038896; F31MH094059
Broad Advance from TSRI Chemists Dramatically Simplifies Olefin Synthesis
Chemists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered a new method that greatly simplifies, and in many cases enables for the first time, the making of a vast range of organic molecules.
– Scripps Research Institute
Nature; F32GM117816; GM106210
Going Viral: Using a Deadly Disease to Kill Ovarian Cancer
After studying viruses for 15 years, Dr. Anthony van den Pol believes he has found one that can safely and effectively kill chemotherapy-resistant ovarian cancer.
– Yale Cancer Center
Early Tests Show Opdivo Triples Life Expectancy in Lung-Cancer Patients
An early round of clinical testing shows that users of Opdivo, a drug sanctioned for treatment of small-cell lung cancer, more than tripled their five-year survival rate beyond the statistical average.
– Yale Cancer Center
Volunteering Might Prevent Substance Abuse for Female Student-Athletes
As substance abuse continues to be a health concern in colleges and universities across the U.S., a social scientist from the University of Missouri has found that female student-athletes who volunteer in their communities and engage in helping behav...
– University of Missouri Health
Defective HIV Proviruses Reduce Effective Immune System Response, Interfere with HIV Cure
A new study finds defective HIV proviruses, long thought to be harmless, produce viral proteins and distract the immune system from killing intact proviruses needed to reduce the HIV reservoir and cure HIV. The study was published by researchers at t...
– George Washington University
Cell Host & Microbe
Children at Greater Risk for Complications From Brown Recluse Spider Bites
Medical complications of brown recluse spider bites are uncommon but they can be severe, particularly in children, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) reported today.
– Vanderbilt University Medical Center
PLOS ONE
Peer Reviewed Publication Confirms the Absence of Rhabdovirus in Cell Line Used for Manufacturing of Flublok®
/PRNewswire/ -- Protein Sciences Corporation is pleased to announce the publication of its manuscript entitled "Complete Study Demonstrating the Absence of Rhabdovirus in a Distinct Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) Cell Line" in the peer-reviewed journal ...
– Protein Sciences Corporation
PLOS ONE, Volume 12 issue 4
Natural Experiment, Dogged Investigation, Yield Clue to Devastating Neurological Disease
After a 29-year quest, Ian Duncan, a professor of veterinary medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has finally pinpointed the cause of a serious neurologic disease in a colony of rats.
– University of Wisconsin-Madison
Global Warming and Outdoor Allergies
Global warming and climate change are in the headlines today. For allergy sufferers, the impact of warmer temperatures on their daily lives may soon become very apparent. If you think that your spring allergies have worsened, you may be right, and gl...
– Valley Health System
The Little Care Plan That Could
In April of 2007, Penn's OncoLink launched the OncoLife Survivorship Care Plan, a user-generated service that creates care plans for patients who have survived cancer. As that plan marks 10 years, OncoLink’s Managing Editor, Carolyn Vachani, looks ...
– Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
The Difficult Choices: Managing Chronic Pain While Avoiding Opioid Abuse
Rather than being considered a miracle pill that magically takes away pain, prescription opioids are increasingly being seen as a precursor to heroin addiction and the cause of potentially deadly overdoses themselves.
– Texas A&M University
Periodic Check-Ups Key to Baby Boomer Health and Longevity
For some baby boomers, getting ready for a routine visit with their doctor is like training for a marathon. Some patients want to be in the best shape possible before stepping on that scale and getting those lab results. Others are so anxious about t...
– University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
Rock Tour “Text2Give” Supports Immunotherapy at UC San Diego Health
Rock star drummer Rikki Rockett feels very lucky to be on tour with his band, Poison, this spring. A year ago, he didn’t know if he would survive tongue cancer. But after participating in an immunotherapy clinical trial at Moores Cancer Center at U...
– University of California San Diego Health
Webcam Service Enables Parents to have “Virtual Visits” with their Newborns in the NICU
Being apart from your newborn while he or she is cared for the in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can be heart-wrenching. To make the separation a little bit easier, The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, NJ, has introduced an innovative system th...
– Valley Health System
Surgery Helps Young Girl with Cerebral Palsy Walk
Bhoomi was born with cerebral palsy and spasticity, a muscle control disorder that involves tight or stiff muscles and the inability to control those muscles. A spinal surgery called selective dorsal rhizotomy, has helped Bhoomi continue to make stri...
– Nationwide Children's Hospital
Know What Resources Help Protect Against Asthma Attacks
May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month – the perfect time to help your audience discover previously unknown facts about controlling asthma.
Expert Available
– American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)
Preventing HIV Among Youth, Transgender People
According to the most recent statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 22 percent of new HIV diagnoses in the United States in 2014 occurred among young people ages 13 to 24, 80 percent of whom were gay and bisexual males.
Expert Available
– University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences
NCCN Survey Reveals Oncology’s Concerns About Financial Distress, Patient Access to Care
Oncology community professionals are concerned about the ability of their patients to access cancer screening and treatment under the proposed American Health Care Act, according to a survey conducted March 23–25, 2017 at the National Comprehensive...
– National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)
Nurse Practitioners Will Go To Albany To Urge Passage of Important Patient-Centered Legislation
Nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students from across New York State will travel to Albany on Tuesday, April 25, 2017, to call for passage of important legislation.
– Nurse Practitioner Association New York State
Johns Hopkins Center for Inherited Disease Research Receives $213 Million of New Funding
The Johns Hopkins Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR) marked its 20-year history supporting large-scale scientific collaboration by securing funding to the center through 2023. CIDR successfully competed for a seven-year contract from the N...
– Johns Hopkins Medicine
Nine New Disease Sites Added to the NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™
The NCCN Radiation Therapy Compendium™, launched in March 2017, provides a single access point for radiation therapy recommendations within 33 NCCN Guidelines®.
– National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®)
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Presents Fifth Edition of Best-Selling Consumer Reference Book: Complete Food and Nutrition Guide
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Complete Food and Nutrition Guide has been widely recognized as the ultimate resource for practical, accurate healthy eating information for individuals and families. The new fifth edition, published by Houghton Mif...
– Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
In Young Bilingual Children Two Languages Develop Simultaneously but Independently
A new study of Spanish-English bilingual children finds that when children learn any two languages from birth each language proceeds on its own independent course, at a rate that reflects the quality of the children’s exposure to each language. ...
– Florida Atlantic University
Developmental Science
Looping the Genome: How Cohesin Does the Trick
DNA molecules in the cells‘ nuclei are neatly folded into loops. This serves to wrap them up tightly, but also to bring distant gene regulatory sequences into close contact. In a paper published this week by NATURE, scientists at the Research Insti...
– IMP - Research Institute of Molecular Pathology
Nature, 19 April 2017
Experts Plan Conservation Roadmap for Shark and Ray Hotspot
Marine experts and conservationists have produced a status report and roadmap for protecting sharks and rays in the southwest Indian Ocean, one of the last remaining strongholds for these ancient creatures in the world’s oceans.
– Wildlife Conservation Society
In New Paper, Scientists Explain Climate Change Using Before/After Photographic Evidence
A group of scientists offers photographic proof of climate change using images of glaciers in a new paper appearing in GSA Today. Along with Gregory Baker of the University of Kansas, co-authors include an Emmy Award-winning documentarian and a promi...
– University of Kansas
10.1130/GSATG293A.1
A Scientific Advance for Cool Clothing: Temperature-Wise, That Is
Stanford University researchers, with the aid of the Comet supercomputer at the San Diego Supercomputer at UC San Diego, have engineered a low-cost plastic material that could become the basis for clothing that cools the wearer, reducing the need for...
– University of California San Diego
Science; DE-AR0000533
A Better Way to Manage Phosphorus?
A new project proposes a restructured index to build on phosphorus management efforts in farm fields in New York state and beyond. The new index structure improves upon previous approaches. It focuses on the existing risk of phosphorus runoff from a ...
– American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
Journal of Environmental Quality, March 2, 2017
March for Science Participants Interested in Both Promoting, Defending Science
Encouraging science-based policies and defending science from political attacks are strong motivators for March for Science participants, according to a new University of Delaware Center for Political Communication survey.
– University of Delaware
Chesapeake Bay Pollution Extends to Early 19th Century
Humans began measurably and negatively impacting water quality in the Chesapeake Bay in the first half of the 19th century, according to a study of eastern oysters by researchers at The University of Alabama.
– University of Alabama
Scientific Reports
Plant Scientists Identify Aphid-Destroying Wasps in Cup Plants
A photo of a cup plant teaming with insects led a better understanding of the biology of Acanthocaudus wasps which inject their eggs into aphids that eat the plant. The adult wasps burst out of the aphids like an alien movie.
– South Dakota State University
Zootaxa, January 2017
Deciphering Material Properties at the Single-Atom Level
Scientists determine the precise location and identity of all 23,000 atoms in a nanoparticle.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science
Nature 542, 75 (2017). [DOI: 10.1038/nature21042]
In a Flash! A New Way for Making Ceramics
A new process controllably but instantly consolidates ceramic parts, potentially important for manufacturing.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science
Scientific Reports 6, 3348 (2016). [DOI: 10.1038/srep33408]
Q&A with CFN User Davood Shahrjerdi
NYU’s Shahrjerdi has been using facilities at Brookhaven Lab’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) to fabricate and characterize nano-bioelectronic devices that combine the unique properties of emerging nanomaterials with advanced silicon-b...
– Brookhaven National Laboratory
A New Data Spoke for Materials Science Innovation in the Midwest
A new $700,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will fund a consortium of Midwestern universities to address challenges and stimulate innovative research in materials science.
– Computation Institute
Developing Tools to Understand Lithium-Ion Battery Instabilities
Scientists develop tools to understand Li-ion battery instabilities, enabling the study of electrodes and solid-electrolyte interphase formation.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science
Advanced Energy Materials 6(12), 1600099 (2016) [DOI 10.1002/aenm.201600099]
Creation of Artificial Atoms
For the first time, scientists created a tunable artificial atom in graphene. The results from this research demonstrate a viable, controllable, and reversible technique to confine electrons in graphene.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science
Nature Physics 12, 545-549 (2016). [DOI: 10.1038/nphys3665]
Edison Agrosciences Licenses Technology From the Danforth Center
Edison Agrosciences has licensed technology from the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center to enhance its ability to identify high-value gene candidates to improve natural rubber content in crops.
– Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Smallest Transistor Ever
It has long been thought that building nanometer-sized transistors was impossible. Simply put, the physics and atomic structural imperfections couldn’t be overcome. However, scientists built fully functional, nanometer-sized transistors.
– Department of Energy, Office of Science
Science 354(6308), 99-102 (2016). [DOI: 10.1126/science.aah4698]
As DNA Tests Become More Common, Researchers Rapidly Add Equipment to Keep Up
April 25 is National DNA Day commemorating the day in 1953 when scientists published papers in the journal Nature on the structure of DNA. Now, 64 years later, the concept is much more familiar to the average person and researchers are challenged to ...
– Texas A&M AgriLife
Eruptions Examiner
University of Iowa volcanologist Ingrid Ukstins spent two weeks collecting samples from Yasur, a continuously erupting volcano on Tanna, an island in the remote South Pacific archipelago of Vanuatu, to study its chemical composition and determine how...
– University of Iowa
Johns Hopkins APL Collaborates with Facebook’s Building 8 to Develop Breakthrough Brain–Computer Interface Technologies
The Lab has been designing noninvasive optical imaging methods to increase the reach of neural prosthetics, and ultimately produce technologies that could offer high-speed, thought-driven interfaces.
– Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
UF/IFAS Expert: For Earth Day, Save Energy with Small Steps
Wendell Porter, a senior lecturer in the UF/IFAS department of agricultural and biological engineering, offers hints to save energy: Change the temperature on your thermostat by 1 degree. Change the temperature on your hot water tank from 130 to 120....
Expert Available
– University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Live Webcast to Explore the “Soundtrack” of the Universe
In a live webcast on May 3, physicist and author Janna Levin will discuss the landmark detection of gravitational waves and what it means for our understanding of our universe.
Expert Available
– Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Why Children Struggle to Safely Cross Busy Streets
Researchers have found children up to early teenagers lack the perceptual judgment and motor skills to safely cross a busy road consistently. Children placed in realistic, simulated environments were tested for their road-crossing abilities. Those fr...
– University of Iowa
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
Embargo expired on 20-Apr-2017 at 00:00 ET
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