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Researchers report a novel approach to generate T-cells faster

Adoptively transferred T-cells can prolong survival and sometimes cure patients with advanced solid tumors. While promising, it can take months to generate the necessary T-cells to help these patients. Such slow speed makes this therapy impractical for most patients who need immediate treatment.

30 Oct 2020

Princeton professor selected to receive new award recognizing faculty innovation

Robert Prud'homme, professor of chemical and biological engineering at Princeton University, has been selected to receive the inaugural Dean for Research Award for Distinguished Innovation for the invention of flash nanoprecipitation, a method for creating nanoparticles that promises to improve the delivery of drugs throughout the body.

30 Oct 2020

Collective impact partnership models help address critical gaps in health care workforce

Currently, approximately 1.6 million Virginians live in primary care shortage areas and 2.2 million in mental health care shortage areas (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2019), yet only three percent of Virginia's high school career and technical education courses are in the health sciences.

30 Oct 2020

Why state mask stockpiling orders are hurting nursing homes, small providers

Nursing homes, small physician offices and rural clinics are being left behind in the rush for N95 masks and other protective gear, exposing some of the country's most vulnerable populations and their caregivers to COVID-19 while larger, wealthier health care facilities build equipment stockpiles.

30 Oct 2020

COVID-19 study: Researchers recruit frontline workers to identify asymptomatic individuals

Fifteen hundred frontline workers are being recruited for a yearlong study to find what percentage are positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, what percentage become positive and whether the antibodies they produce protect them from reinfection.

30 Oct 2020

Massey Cancer Center and VCUarts win Hamilton International Arts in Health Award

Last year, 12 patients in the Supportive Care Clinic at VCU Massey Cancer Center stepped inside a conference room, donned motion sensors and engaged in a facilitated life review, acting out various parts of their lives through a virtual avatar displayed on a projection screen.

30 Oct 2020

Scientists use new approach to analyze millions of chemical-gene interactions

A University of Massachusetts Amherst environmental health scientist has used an unprecedented objective approach to identify which molecular mechanisms in mammals are the most sensitive to chemical exposures.

30 Oct 2020

UC scientist receives research grant to explore the benefits of proprietary surfactants

University of Cincinnati cosmetic scientist Harshita Kumari has received a research grant for more than $700,000 for a multi-year study to explore certain new proprietary surfactants for industrial applications and personal care products such as skin- and haircare as well as laundry detergents.

30 Oct 2020

Model includes spatial heterogeneity to analyze airborne disease spread

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have included parameters that consider a spatially heterogeneous population for transmission in a new model for airborne disease transmission. This allows for estimating superspreaders and appropriate mitigation strategies.

29 Oct 2020

New machine learning-based approach helps detect atrial fibrillation drivers

Researchers from Skoltech and their US colleagues have designed a new machine learning-based approach for detecting atrial fibrillation drivers, small patches of the heart muscle that are hypothesized to cause this most common type of cardiac arrhythmia.

29 Oct 2020

UH and CWRU announce Phase 3 trial of Astrazeneca's investigational COVID-19 vaccine

University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University announced today that UH Cleveland Medical Center has been selected as a clinical trial site for the Phase 3 global study of an investigational vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, sponsored by AstraZeneca.

29 Oct 2020

People with multiple depressive symptoms have higher stroke risk

People with multiple depressive symptoms have an increased risk for stroke, according to findings recently published in Neurology: Clinical Practice.

29 Oct 2020

Intercellular communication pathway drives motivation to seek cocaine

In the October 28, 2020 issue of the Journal of Neuroscience, researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina and the National Institutes of Health describe how reminders of drug use can change specific brain cells responsible for motivation, increasing the desire to seek drugs.

29 Oct 2020

Study examines COVID-19-related tweets to uncover public opinions, sentiments and trends

Twitter users initially didn't feel positive about the state of the economy, prevention, treatment and recovery concerning COVID-19.

29 Oct 2020

Remdesivir received FDA approval for treating COVID-19 patients: Benefits still not proven

The United States has become the epicenter of the world in the ever increasing pandemic of COVID-19. While public health prevention strategies of social distancing, crowd avoidance, masking and frequent hand washing are of proven benefit, effective drug therapies for treatment are sparse.

29 Oct 2020

Researchers develop infectious disease model for forecasting elections

Forecasting elections is a high-stakes problem. Politicians and voters alike are often desperate to know the outcome of a close race, but providing them with incomplete or inaccurate predictions can be misleading.

29 Oct 2020

Researchers estimate prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among adults in orange county

Testing a representative sample of Orange County residents for a wide range of coronavirus antibodies, University of California, Irvine researchers found that 11.5 percent of them have antibodies for COVID-19, in contrast to previous estimates of less than 2 percent.

29 Oct 2020

Research program aims to thwart prion-like spread of tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease

Tangles of misfolded tau proteins in the brain are closely associated with memory loss in patients with Alzheimer's disease. In order for this tau pathology to spread, the protein must interact with heparan sulfate, a sugar molecule found on the surface of neurons.

28 Oct 2020

Staff and families support use of COVID-19 mitigation measures in UK schools

Researchers in the UK have conducted a study showing that families and school staff support the use of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) mitigation measures in secondary schools as young people return to face-to-face education.

28 Oct 2020

Physical stress caused by interruptions in workplace

ETH researchers have used an experiment in a simulated group office environment to show for the first time that the body produces more stress hormones when people are repeatedly interrupted at work.

28 Oct 2020

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Researchers report a novel approach to generate T-cells faster

Princeton professor selected to receive new award recognizing faculty innovation

Collective impact partnership models help address critical gaps in health care workforce

Why state mask stockpiling orders are hurting nursing homes, small providers

COVID-19 study: Researchers recruit frontline workers to identify asymptomatic individuals

Massey Cancer Center and VCUarts win Hamilton International Arts in Health Award

Scientists use new approach to analyze millions of chemical-gene interactions

UC scientist receives research grant to explore the benefits of proprietary surfactants

Model includes spatial heterogeneity to analyze airborne disease spread

New machine learning-based approach helps detect atrial fibrillation drivers

UH and CWRU announce Phase 3 trial of Astrazeneca's investigational COVID-19 vaccine

People with multiple depressive symptoms have higher stroke risk

Intercellular communication pathway drives motivation to seek cocaine

Study examines COVID-19-related tweets to uncover public opinions, sentiments and trends

Remdesivir received FDA approval for treating COVID-19 patients: Benefits still not proven

Researchers develop infectious disease model for forecasting elections

Researchers estimate prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among adults in orange county

Research program aims to thwart prion-like spread of tau pathology in Alzheimer’s disease

Staff and families support use of COVID-19 mitigation measures in UK schools

Physical stress caused by interruptions in workplace

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