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Researchers develop new biopsy technology for profiling multiple tumor microenvironment biomarkers

A team led by University of California, Irvine researchers has developed a new biopsy technology that can profile multiple tumor microenvironment biomarkers simultaneously, revealing cellular spatial organization and interactions that will help advance personalized disease diagnosis and treatment.

10 Jan 2022

T cells induced by common cold coronaviruses play a protective role against COVID-19 infection

A new study, published in Nature Communications and led by Imperial College London researchers, provides the first evidence of a protective role for these T cells.

10 Jan 2022

Study finds novel pathway for understanding why debilitating conditions happen for cancer patients

Severe and persistent disability often undermines the life-saving benefits of cancer treatment. Pain and fatigue - together with sensory, motor, and cognitive disorders - are chief among the constellation of side effects that occur with the platinum-based agents used widely in chemotherapy treatments worldwide.

9 Jan 2022

ED visits for pediatric poisonings increased nine times following cannabis legalization

Ontario saw nine times more emergency department (ED) visits per month for cannabis poisonings in young children under the age of 10 after Canada legalized recreational cannabis, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.

7 Jan 2022

Traditional martial arts can improve self-regulation in school children

The report, published in the journal Developmental Psychology, details how researchers from the University of Surrey studied 240 primary school students aged 7 - 11 years across a period of 11 weeks.

7 Jan 2022

Returning to college to earn a bachelor's degree leads to an increase in annual income

Returning to college to earn a bachelor's degree leads to both an immediate increase in annual income after graduation and an increase in annual income growth each year after graduation, according to a Kansas State University economics researcher.

7 Jan 2022

Maternal thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy may predict children's behavioral problems

Thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy may predict preschool boys' emotional and behavioral problems, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

6 Jan 2022

Research may pave the way for designing new therapies to combat schistosomiasis

Neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) represent a group of about 20 conditions that affect more than a billion people worldwide.

6 Jan 2022

PLOS and CSHL expand partnership to offer new options for sharing preprints in medicine

The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) today announced an expansion of their longstanding partnership to offer authors more options for rapidly and easily sharing their research before publication in a journal.

6 Jan 2022

Researchers set out to determine the brain and gravity’s effect on eyesight

Colonizing Mars is no longer solely the work of science fiction but a potential future option for people who desire to live among the weightless. For headline grabbers like Jeff Bezos, NASA and Elon Musk, space colonization - or space settlement, a preferred term recommended by Bill Nye - is a big goal for the 21st century.

6 Jan 2022

Mental health conservatorships led to lengthy inpatient stays among homeless people with mental illness

At a time when public and private agencies and the legal system are grappling with how to best assist people who live at the intersection of homelessness and mental illness during a global pandemic, UCLA researchers have found mental health conservatorships for people with disabling, severe mental illness who are also homeless can result in lengthy psychiatric hospitalizations.

6 Jan 2022

FAU researchers urge to prescribe aspirin based on benefit-to-risk not age

Recent guidelines have restricted aspirin use in the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease to patients under 70, and more recent guidance to patients under 60. Yet, the risks of heart attacks and strokes increase markedly with age.

5 Jan 2022

Study defines a novel way to identify potential new interventions for autism

Researchers from King's College London have shown that there are variations in how a brain chemical called GABA regulates the processing of visual stimuli.

5 Jan 2022

Homeschooling improved sleep and health-related quality of life for teenagers

The school closures in spring 2020 had a negative effect on the health and well-being of many young people.

5 Jan 2022

Parents of adolescents get more sleep when middle and high schools start about an hour later

A new study by researchers at National Jewish Health finds that parents of adolescents got more sleep when middle and high schools start about an hour later, while the sleep habits of parents of younger children were unaffected by earlier elementary school start times.

5 Jan 2022

Research demonstrates the safety, feasibility of psilocybin administered at doses of 10mg or 25mg

New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, in partnership with COMPASS Pathways, has established that psilocybin can be safely administered at doses of either 10mg or 25mg to up to six participants simultaneously.

4 Jan 2022

Study finds no evidence to link in-person schooling and SARS-CoV-2 community incidence

A new study led by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York shows that COVID-19 incidence rates were not statistically different in counties with in-person learning versus remote school modes in most regions of the U.S.

4 Jan 2022

CUNY SPH awarded $250,000 from KKR Grants to support the Career Skills Academy

The CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH) has been awarded $250,000 from KKR Grants to support the Career Skills Academy enhancing employment and advancement opportunities for public health graduate students from low- to moderate-income communities.

4 Jan 2022

New Potocsnak Longevity Institute aims to extend human 'healthspan'

In the not-too-distant future, you'll be able to check into the Human Longevity Laboratory to find out how old you really are, physiologically speaking.

4 Jan 2022

Why an HBCU med school decided to put CARES Act money into students’ pockets

Just before students at Meharry Medical College went home for Thanksgiving, Dr. James Hildreth, the school's president, emailed them a video message that he acknowledged seemed hard to believe. Or at least they had to give it a second listen.

4 Jan 2022

Students News and Research

Researchers develop new biopsy technology for profiling multiple tumor microenvironment biomarkers

T cells induced by common cold coronaviruses play a protective role against COVID-19 infection

Study finds novel pathway for understanding why debilitating conditions happen for cancer patients

ED visits for pediatric poisonings increased nine times following cannabis legalization

Traditional martial arts can improve self-regulation in school children

Returning to college to earn a bachelor's degree leads to an increase in annual income

Maternal thyroid hormone levels during pregnancy may predict children's behavioral problems

Research may pave the way for designing new therapies to combat schistosomiasis

PLOS and CSHL expand partnership to offer new options for sharing preprints in medicine

Researchers set out to determine the brain and gravity’s effect on eyesight

Mental health conservatorships led to lengthy inpatient stays among homeless people with mental illness

FAU researchers urge to prescribe aspirin based on benefit-to-risk not age

Study defines a novel way to identify potential new interventions for autism

Homeschooling improved sleep and health-related quality of life for teenagers

Parents of adolescents get more sleep when middle and high schools start about an hour later

Research demonstrates the safety, feasibility of psilocybin administered at doses of 10mg or 25mg

Study finds no evidence to link in-person schooling and SARS-CoV-2 community incidence

CUNY SPH awarded $250,000 from KKR Grants to support the Career Skills Academy

New Potocsnak Longevity Institute aims to extend human 'healthspan'

Why an HBCU med school decided to put CARES Act money into students’ pockets

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