Science News-Egg Hunt -- Scientists Discover Eggs of One of World's Most Endangered Turtles

Medical News People Suffering Heart Attacks Near Major Marathons Face Grimmer Survival Odds At a glance: People who suffer heart attacks and cardiac arrests in the vicinity of major marathons are more likely to die within a month. The bleaker survival odds are linked to delays in transportation to nearby hospitals. The delays are be... – Harvard Medical School New England Journal of Medicine Embargo expired on 12-Apr-2017 at 05:00 ET Researchers Identify New Target for Abnormal Blood Vessel Growth in the Eyes A team led by Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers has identified a novel therapeutic target for retinal neovascularization, or abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, a hallmark of advanced diabetic eye disease (proliferative diabetic retinopat... – Massachusetts Eye and Ear Diabetes; National Eye Institute R01EY005318; National Eye Institute R00EY021624; National Institutes of Health UH2NS100121-01; National Eye Institute R21EY027061; National Eye Institute K12EY16335 ... Embargo expired on 11-Apr-2017 at 10:00 ET Success of Sensory Cell Regeneration Raises Hope for Hearing Restoration St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have regenerated immature auditory hair cells in adult mice by manipulating two genes. The research offers clues for better treatment of hearing loss. – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital DC006471, DC015010, DC015444, DC013879, CA21765, 000140911014, N000141210191, N000141210775, N000141612315 Embargo expired on 11-Apr-2017 at 12:00 ET Knowledge as an “Antidote to the Opioid Crisis HMS launches free online course to educate clinicians, the public – Harvard Medical School 3-D Printing Helps Surgeons Sharpen Their Craft Lifelike 3D printed replicas are providing a cost-efficient tool to improve hands-on training for surgeons in training. – Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Cortical Nerve Function in Former Amputees Remains Poor Decades after Reconstructive Surgery Researchers have found that the nerve cells (neurons) controlling sensation and movement of the hands show injury-induced changes for years after hand amputation, reattachment or transplant. – American Physiological Society (APS) Journal of Neurophysiology New Potential Treatment for Aggressive Brain Cancer in Children Using state-of-the-art gene editing technology, scientists from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago have discovered a promising target to treat atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) – a highly aggressive and therapy resistant ... – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago Pediatric Blood & Cancer, Apr-2017 JAMA Study Provides Further Support for Spinal Manipulation for Acute Low Back Pain A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), adds to a growing body of recent research supporting the use of spinal manipulative therapy (SMT) as a first line treatment for acute low back pain, according to the Ame... – American Chiropractic Association JAMA. 2017;317(14):1451-1460. doi:10.1001/jama.2017.3086 New Study Quadruples Known Genetic Risk Factors for Fuchs Dystrophy Researchers discovered three novel genetic mutations associated with Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy, the most common corneal disorder requiring transplantation. – Case Western Reserve University Nature Communications, Mar-2017; R01 EY023196; R01 EY016482; R01 EY016514; R01 EY016835; R21 EY015145 ; P30 EY11373; 1031362;; 1X01HG006619... 'Neuron-Reading' Nanowires Could Accelerate Development of Drugs to Treat Neurological Diseases A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed nanowires that can record the electrical activity of neurons in fine detail. The new nanowire technology could one day serve as a platform to screen drugs for neurologica... – University of California San Diego Nano Letters, Apr-2017 Can Latina Breast Cancer Patients and Their Doctors Bridge the Cultural Divide? The largest study to date of how Latina breast cancer patients evaluate treatment options highlights the need to counteract language barriers, information overload and a tendency to defer to rather than partner with doctors. – Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan Cancer; CA163223 Discovering How Insulin-Producing Cells Show Their Age Diabetes researchers have puzzled for decades about why insulin-producing beta cells in one pancreatic islet often look and behave quite differently than their counterparts in the same islet or in nearby islets. Using newly identified cellular marker... – Joslin Diabetes Center Cell Metabolism First-of-Its-Kind App Offers Personalized Rehab Therapy for Stroke Patients A new, first-of-its-kind app is now available to support clinicians with decisions on best practice rehabilitation strategies for patients with arm impairment due to stroke. – University Health Network (UHN) IBM Watson Health Executive to Speak at RLI Summit Anne Le Grand, general manager of Watson Health Imaging, will explore the potential of cognitive imaging to aid radiologists in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care as this year’s Radiology Leadership Institute® (RLI) Summit keynote spea... – American College of Radiology (ACR) TVT 2017 At-A-Glance Now Available For 10 years, TVT (Transcatheter Valve Therapies) has provided healthcare professionals with the latest advances, tools, and techniques for the treatment of valvular heart disease using nonsurgical procedures. The first TVT was held in 2008 and has s... – Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) NYU Lutheran Expanding Maternity Services to Become Premier Destination for Growing Families of Brooklyn NYU Lutheran is expanding maternity services to serve a growing Brooklyn. Ming C. Tsai, MD, will lead the way as the newly appointed chief of OB/GYN. – NYU Lutheran Medical Center Testing Device Aimed at Reducing Stroke Risk During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement An international clinical trial, called REFLECT, studies the safety and efficacy of the Keystone Heart TriGuard™ cerebral embolic protection device to minimize the risk of cerebral damage during TAVR and other cardiovascular procedures. – PinnacleHealth Texas Biomed Part of Research Efforts to Screen and Develop Ebola Virus Drug Dr. Robert Davey, Scientist at Texas Biomedical Research Institute, is part of a team of researchers working to find new drugs that will stop Ebola virus from growing inside infected cells. Dr. Christopher Basler, a professor in the Institute for Bio... – Texas Biomedical Research Institute Focus on Alzheimer’s Disease Shifts to Prevention UAB physicians say prevention, not cure, may be the key to coping with the rising incidence of Alzheimer's disease. New imaging techniques, coupled with a better understanding of the disease, provide new hope. – University of Alabama at Birmingham Tips to Prevent and Treat Bug Bites Although warm, spring weather means more time outdoors, it also means more bugs – like bees, ticks and mosquitoes. The best way to deal with pesky bites and stings, say dermatologists from the American Academy of Dermatology, is to prevent them in ... – American Academy of Dermatology Families of Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Band Together to Fund Research Ryan’s Quest, Michael’s Cause and Pietro’s Fight are non-profits founded by families of boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy who believe that their global collaboration is paramount to see potential therapies through the drug pipeline. – Kennedy Krieger Institute The Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) Introduces Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for the Specialty of Physiatry The AAP has published the first ever EPAs for the specialty of Physiatry. Members and nonmembers alike can view these EPAs on AAP's Virtual Campus located on their website - https://www.pathlms.com/aap. – Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) American Thyroid Association Awards Research Grant to Irene M. Min, Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medical College Irene Min, M.D. is the recipient of the ATA's 2016 Bite Me Cancer Grant. Dr. Min, Assistant Research Professor, Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, submitted the winning project entitled "Application of Chimeric Antige... – American Thyroid Association Scripps Florida Scientist Awarded $4.8 Million to Bring HIV Vaccine Closer to Human Trials Professor Michael Farzan, co-chair of the Department of Immunology and Microbiology on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has received $4.8 million in funding through a 2017 Avant-Garde Award for HIV/AIDS research from the Na... – Scripps Research Institute Nature; DA043912-01 Media Advisory: Maryland’s Top Cancer Scientists Discuss Research on Tracking and Treating Cancer At the annual “Research Matters” conference on Wednesday, April 12, scientists at Maryland’s two academic cancer centers will meet to discuss how scientists are using advanced imaging methods to develop better ways pinpoint and track cancer cel... – Johns Hopkins Medicine American Thyroid Association Awards Research Grant to Liora S. Katz, PhD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai A 2016 Research Grant has been presented to Liora Katz, Ph.D., Instructor at the Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY. Dr. Katz's project, "T3 and Glucose Signaling in Pancreatic ß-cells," ... – American Thyroid Association American Thyroid Association Awards Research Grant to to Connie Rhee, MD, MSc, The Regents of the University of California (University of California Irvine) A 2016 Thyroid Research Grant to Connie Rhee, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, University of California Irvine (Orange, CA), for the project entitled "Thyroid Functional Disease, Mental Health,... – American Thyroid Association American Thyroid Association Awards Research Grant to Kristen R. Vella, Ph.D., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School A 2016 Research Grant has been presented to Kristen Vella, PhD, to support her project entitled "Neuronal Regulation of Hepatic Thyroid Hormone Clearance." Dr. Vella is an Instructor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes ... – American Thyroid Association American Thyroid Association Awards Research Grant to Viswanath Gunda, Ph.D, Massachusetts General Hospital Viswanath Gunda, Ph.D., is the recipient of a 2016 American Thyroid Association (ATA) ThyCa Research Grant for his project entitled "Combining Immune Checkpoints Inhibitors with BRAF Targeted Therapy in Thyroid Cancer." Dr. Gunda is an Instructor in ... – American Thyroid Association American Thyroid Research Grant to Nikita Pozdeyev, MD, PhD, University of Colorado Nikita Pozdeyev, M.D., Ph.D., Instructor, Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism & Diabetes, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, has been awarded a 2016 research grant for his project entitled "Rational Combination Therapies with L... – American Thyroid Association Temple University Students and Entrepreneurs Prepare to Tackle Football’s Concussion Crisis Two events for students held in the lead-up to 2017 NFL Draft in Philadelphia will focus on sport innovation and player safety – Temple University Science News What’s a Knot -- and What’s Not -- in Genomic Mapping Genome mapping complements DNA sequencing, offering insight into huge, intact molecules between 150,000 and 1 million base pairs in length. Obtaining measurements of such large segments is not without its challenges, but new research into the physics... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Embargo expired on 11-Apr-2017 at 11:00 ET ‘Indistinguishable Photons’ Key to Advancing Quantum Technologies Indistinguishable photons are critical for quantum information processing, and a group of researchers in Japan is tapping nitrogen impurity centers found within gallium arsenide to generate them -- making a significant contribution toward realizing a... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Embargo expired on 11-Apr-2017 at 11:00 ET The Problem Expands for Avocado Growers: 9 Beetle Species Carry Deadly Fungus Many people love their avocados – not to mention guacamole dip. So it was bad enough when scientists said a beetle was ravaging avocado trees in South Florida. Then scientists found out that the redbay ambrosia beetle -- originally determined to tr... – University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Group Works Toward Devising Next-Gen Superconductor A team led by physics associate professor Eun-Ah Kim of Cornell has proposed a topological superconductor made from an ultrathin transition metal dichalcogenide that is a step toward quantum computing. – Cornell University DMR-1539918 Did You Catch That? Robot’s Speed of Light Communication Could Protect You From Danger If you were monitoring a security camera and saw someone set down a backpack and walk away, you might pay special attention – especially if you had been alerted to watch that particular person. According to Cornell University researchers, this migh... – Cornell University Bubble Group Dancing A group of researchers at Zhejiang University recently discovered that a new bubbling mechanism may exist within the realm of physics. They made this surprising finding while studying the bubbling phenomena in submerged gas-liquid jets in microchanne... – American Institute of Physics (AIP) Egg Hunt -- Scientists Discover Eggs of One of World's Most Endangered Turtles ... – Wildlife Conservation Society Tunable Electric Eyeglasses Bend to the Will of the Wearer Engineers funded by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) have developed glasses with liquid-based lenses that “flex” to refocus on whatever the wearer is viewing. – National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering Optics Express, Jan-2017; EB023048 Researchers Develop Predictive Model Measuring Nitrous Oxide Emissions in Streams and Rivers The new model will be a valuable tool for scientists and water managers alike, as the framework allows for accurate prediction of N2O emissions under a variety of scenarios including water temperature, changes in land use and the influence of climate... – University of Notre Dame Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Self-Assembling Polymers Provide Thin Nanowire Template In a recent study, a team of researchers from Argonne, the University of Chicago and MIT has developed a new way to create some of the world’s thinnest wires, using a process that could enable mass manufacturing with standard types of equipment. – Argonne National Laboratory Nature Nanotechnology, Mar-2017 Your Phone's Power Use Can Give Hackers an Opening Experts have long known the risks associated with charging a smartphone using a USB cord that can also transfer data, but new research shows that even without data wires, hackers using a "side channel" can quickly find out what websites a user has vi... – New York Institute of Technology IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security American Thyroid Association Awards Research Grant to David Sharlin, PhD, Minnesota State University, Mankato The American Thyroid Association has awarded a Research Grant to David Sharlin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State University, Mankato, for his project entitled "Thyroid Hormone and Local Insulin-like Growt... – American Thyroid Association UAH Supplies Critical Systems for NASA 's EUSO Super Pressure Balloon Critical systems for NASA’s Extreme Universe Space Observatory (EUSO) Super Pressure Balloon have been supplied and calibrated by The University of Alabama in Huntsville. – University of Alabama Huntsville Champions in Science: Profile of Shireen Haque Each year, the DOE Office of Science write profiles on past NSB competitors. These features include their memories of their high school adventures and information on their education and career accomplishments. This feature profiles Shireen Haque, an ... – Department of Energy, Office of Science University of Wisconsin Project Brings Milky Way’s Ionized Hydrogen Into Focus Building on efforts to tease out a new and mostly hidden feature of our galaxy, a team from UW-Madison’s astronomy department developed WHAM, a spectrometer capable of detecting the faint, diffuse light emanating from the space between the stars. ... – University of Wisconsin-Madison Internet Atlas Maps the Physical Internet to Enhance Security Despite the internet-dependent nature of our world, a thorough understanding of the internet’s physical makeup has only recently emerged, thanks to painstaking work by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers and their collaborators. – University of Wisconsin-Madison New SLAC Theory Institute Aims to Speed Research on Exotic Materials at Light Sources A new institute at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is using the power of theory to search for new types of materials that could revolutionize society – by making it possible, for instance, to transmit electricity o... – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Lifestyle & Social Sciences Mayo, ASU Program Helps Mothers in Medical Professions Lower Stress and Beat Burnout Mothers who work as health care professionals, such as physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, can reduce their stress levels and burnout significantly by participating in close supportive groups at work, according to a new study by... – Arizona State University (ASU) Women’s Health Issues Embargo expired on 12-Apr-2017 at 09:00 ET Project Examines 14th-Century Poetry to Broaden Interpretation of Hindu Prayer A University of Kansas researcher has examined a collection of literary hymns from 14th-century Kashmir to argue that carefully-constructed poetry has been a key feature of prayer in India for centuries. – University of Kansas International Journal of Hindu Studies ‘Our Declaration’ Selected for One Book Program Author Danielle Allen argues for defense of equality as cornerstone of democracy. – Northwestern University Big Pixel Initiative Invites Public to Help Map our World Big Pixel Initiative researchers at the University of California San Diego are partnering with Columbia University and Arizona State University to create a continuous, global map of the urbanization process, and they’re looking to the public to he... – University of California San Diego Designing for Growth: 5 Keys to Innovation UVA Darden Professor Jeanne Liedtka and co-author Randy Salzman discuss growth through design thinking and offer five keys to achieving a core competency in innovation. – University of Virginia Darden School Foundation Professors Discuss Consequences of 'Brain-Hacking' Software for Smartphones Anderson Cooper visited CSU Dominguez Hills for story about the effects of habit-forming smartphone applications. Expert Available – California State University, Dominguez Hills Miriam Pierson '18 and Nathaniel Urban '18 Win National Debate Tournament When Miriam Pierson ’18 and Nathaniel Urban ’18 heard their topic — the filibustering of Supreme Court nominees — for the finals of the Stanford Debate Tournament, they smiled. Some of their friends burst out laughing. – Swarthmore College Former Eagles Coach Dick Vermeil and Public Service Champion Estelle Richman to Receive Honorary Degrees From Temple The two will attend Temple’s 130th Commencement, and Vermeil will address 2017 graduates. – Temple University Babson Launches Business and Social Innovation Intensity Track for MBA Students Babson College F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business has launched a Business and Social Innovation Intensity Track for MBA students, focused on developing the mindset, skills, and competencies needed to create economic and social value simultaneously... – Babson College Southeastern Offers Only IB Certification Tract for Teachers in the South Certification – which is granted by the International Baccalaureate Organization – prepares teachers to use advanced academic techniques in the growing number of IB schools. IB programs offer students in elementary through high school a comprehen... – Southeastern Louisiana University Photographs Documenting Japanese-American Life in L.A. to be Preserved at CSU Dominguez Hills CSU Dominguez Hill’s Library Archives received a $39,200 archival grant from the Haynes Foundation to continue preserving the history of Japanese Americans in Los Angeles and throughout the state. – California State University, Dominguez Hills Michael Spagna Named Provost, VP for Academic Affairs at CSU Dominguez Hills Following a national search, Willie J. Hagan, president of California State University, Dominguez Hills (CSUDH), has appointed Michael E. Spagna as provost and vice president for academic affairs effective July 1, 2017. – California State University, Dominguez Hills Business News Paving the Way: Four Darden Alumnae on Female Leadership in Private Equity Features Darden alumnae Lisa Parks, Peggy Roberts, Kristin Gunther and Courtney McCarthy and their careers in private equity – University of Virginia Darden School Foundation United Airlines in PR Nightmare The forcible removal of an airline passenger en route from Chicago to Louisivlle has gone viral and become a public relations nightmare for United Airlines. Two notable experts are available to offer analysis of the problem and what the airline shoul... Expert Available – University of Louisville