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Scientists find that having one kind of autoimmune disease can lead to another

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that having one kind of autoimmune disease can lead to another.

4 Jan 2022

Children with chronic illness or special education needs require more support with online learning

Online learning poses additional challenges to children with chronic medical conditions or special education needs, and these patients could benefit from more support from pediatric clinicians to be academically successful, according to a new opinion piece in JAMA Pediatrics released today and co-written by researchers at Kennedy Krieger Institute and Johns Hopkins Medicine.

4 Jan 2022

Empire Discovery Institute collaborates with Novo Nordisk to launch new drug discovery initiative

Empire Discovery Institute entered into a five-year collaborative research partnership with global pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk A/S to launch LeapRx, a new initiative where EDI and Novo Nordisk will co-invest, incubate and accelerate innovative drug discovery and development projects from its academic partners.

4 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

Research provides compelling insights into the complex nature of genomic imprinting in mice

Mammalian offspring inherit two versions, or alleles, of each gene with one allele from each biological parent. However, gene expression is tightly regulated and certain genes undergo the phenomenon of "genomic imprinting", which is where only the allele received by the male or the female parent is expressed.

4 Jan 2022

Oxford researchers demonstrate the feasibility of increasing the speed and volume of vaccine production

The University of Oxford's vaccine manufacturing research team has today published a pre-print paper demonstrating the feasibility of a step change in the speed and volume of production of adenovirus-vectored vaccines against new virus variants or other future pandemics.

4 Jan 2022

Exposure to parasitic roundworm linked with lower lung-function and asthma in younger men

By looking at the exposure to the parasitic roundworm Ascaris lumbricoides/suum in Nothern Europe (Norway, Denmark and Estonia), the study finds that younger men exposed to Ascaris had a striking reduction in lung function and nearly five times higher odds of having asthma compared to the non-exposed.

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

Depression screening highly effective at identifying breast cancer patients in need of mental health care

Kaiser Permanente research published January 4, 2022, in JAMA showed depression screening for patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer was highly effective at identifying patients in need of behavioral health care, and the new screening initiative was subsequently and successfully built into the patient care and daily workflow of medical oncology teams at Kaiser Permanente in Southern California.

4 Jan 2022

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine boosters crucial in maintaining neutralizing antibodies in HCPs

Researchers evaluate the effects of a third dose of the BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine on antibody titers and breakthrough infections in healthcare workers.

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

Quitting smoking at or around diagnosis improves survival of lung cancer patients

Patients with lung cancer who quit smoking after their diagnosis have a 29 percent improvement in their overall survival compared to patients who continue smoking after diagnosis, according to a study published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the official journal of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer.

4 Jan 2022

Research News and Research

Scientists find that having one kind of autoimmune disease can lead to another

Children with chronic illness or special education needs require more support with online learning

Empire Discovery Institute collaborates with Novo Nordisk to launch new drug discovery initiative

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

Research provides compelling insights into the complex nature of genomic imprinting in mice

Oxford researchers demonstrate the feasibility of increasing the speed and volume of vaccine production

Exposure to parasitic roundworm linked with lower lung-function and asthma in younger men

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

Depression screening highly effective at identifying breast cancer patients in need of mental health care

SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccine boosters crucial in maintaining neutralizing antibodies in HCPs

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

Quitting smoking at or around diagnosis improves survival of lung cancer patients

Israeli study confirms drop in BNT162b2 efficacy after six months

Sustainable diet can lower the risk of bleeding or blood clots in the brain

Prescription drug misuse later in life linked to increased odds of substance use disorder

A closer look at the relationship between COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s disease

Study finds rise in marijuana use among pregnant and postpartum people living with HIV

Study offers more insight into respiratory event-related sleep fragmentation and OSA severity

Exercise performance in vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals previously infected with SARS-CoV-2

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