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UTHSC researcher receives funding to advance The Cancer Genome Atlas project

Neil Hayes, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Cancer Research at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, is one of two principal investigators for a $1.8 million grant that extends the work of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a groundbreaking multisite project to understand cancer at its molecular level through genome sequencing and extensive data analysis.

16 Sep 2021

Single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine found to be safe and effective in Malawian kids

A new study, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, finds a single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine (TCV) – the only typhoid vaccine licensed for children as young as 6 months – is safe and 84 percent effective in protecting against typhoid in Blantyre, Malawi.

16 Sep 2021

New research highlights the quality of life and mental health issues of adults with autism

New research led by psychologists at Edge Hill University has placed a spotlight on the quality of life and mental health issues experienced by adults diagnosed with autism.

16 Sep 2021

When covid deaths are dismissed or stigmatized, grief is mixed with shame and anger

Months after Kyle Dixon died, his old house in Lanse, Pennsylvania, is full of reminders of a life cut short.

16 Sep 2021

How Fauci and the NIH got ahead of the FDA and CDC in backing boosters

In January — long before the first jabs of covid-19 vaccine were even available to most Americans — scientists working under Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases were already thinking about potential booster shots.

16 Sep 2021

No papers, no care: Disabled migrants seek help through lawsuit, activism

Desperation led José Luis Hernández to ride atop a speeding train through northern Mexico with hopes of reaching the United States 13 years ago.

16 Sep 2021

Novel combination therapy approach to keep leukemia at bay

In chronic leukemias, blocking the overactive kinase JAK2 by a targeted therapy approach is only mitigating the patients' symptoms, but cannot truly change the course of the disease.

16 Sep 2021

Rockefeller saliva test turns out to be easier and safer to administer than conventional COVID tests

In the early days of the pandemic, with commercial COVID tests in short supply, Rockefeller's Robert B. Darnell developed an in-house assay to identify positive cases within the Rockefeller community.

16 Sep 2021

New modeling on efficacy of BioNTech-Pfizer's SARS-CoV-2 vaccine against variants

In order to address these issues, scientists from Xitific LTD and IDEAPharma in the UK proposed a novel approach to the framework of immune correlates, built upon the previous research. The framework formulated by the authors was developed for the mRNA-based vaccinations but could be applied to the other variations.

16 Sep 2021

Reframing the understanding of stress can make a big difference to students' wellbeing, success

Sweaty palms during a job interview. Racing heartbeat before the walk down the aisle. Stomach pains ahead of a final exam. Many of us have experienced a classic stress response in new, unusual, or high-pressure circumstances.

16 Sep 2021

Study looks at drug resistance in BRAF-mutated gliomas

Looking to understand why some brain tumors with a specific mutation can start to reject drugs commonly used to treat them, CU Cancer Center member Jean Mulcahy Levy, MD, led researchers from institutions around the country - including several from the University of Colorado School of Medicine - to study samples of brain tumors before and after being treated with the drug.

16 Sep 2021

Therapeutic potential of clinical-grade ACE2 for blocking SARS-CoV-2 variants

According to new research by an international team of scientists, all SARS-CoV-2 variants, including variants of concern (VOC) Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta, exhibit enhanced affinity toward recombinant human soluble ACE2.

16 Sep 2021

Study identifies probable cause of Alzheimer’s disease

Ground-breaking new Curtin University-led research has discovered a likely cause of Alzheimer's disease, in a significant finding that offers potential new prevention and treatment opportunities for Australia's second-leading cause of death.

16 Sep 2021

Scientists develop predictive computer model to alert surges in COVID-19 infections and mortalities

A team of scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has developed a predictive computer model that, when tested on real pandemic data, proposed strategies that would have reduced the rate of both COVID-19 infections and deaths by an average of 72 percent, based on a sample from four countries.

16 Sep 2021

Innocent children likely to admit guilt to avoid prosecution, says study

Children who have not committed a crime are likely to be admitting guilt and accepting cautions just to avoid prosecution, a new report warns.

16 Sep 2021

BAK/MCL1 complex in tumor cells can predict the sensitivity of chemotherapy drugs in ovarian cancer

A research team led by Prof. DAI Haiming from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) recently announced the constitutive BAK/MCL1 complexes could predict chemotherapy drugs sensitivity of ovarian cancer. The result has been published on Cell death & disease.

16 Sep 2021

Research News and Research

UTHSC researcher receives funding to advance The Cancer Genome Atlas project

Single dose of typhoid conjugate vaccine found to be safe and effective in Malawian kids

New research highlights the quality of life and mental health issues of adults with autism

When covid deaths are dismissed or stigmatized, grief is mixed with shame and anger

How Fauci and the NIH got ahead of the FDA and CDC in backing boosters

No papers, no care: Disabled migrants seek help through lawsuit, activism

Novel combination therapy approach to keep leukemia at bay

Rockefeller saliva test turns out to be easier and safer to administer than conventional COVID tests

New modeling on efficacy of BioNTech-Pfizer's SARS-CoV-2 vaccine against variants

Reframing the understanding of stress can make a big difference to students' wellbeing, success

Study looks at drug resistance in BRAF-mutated gliomas

Therapeutic potential of clinical-grade ACE2 for blocking SARS-CoV-2 variants

Study identifies probable cause of Alzheimer’s disease

Scientists develop predictive computer model to alert surges in COVID-19 infections and mortalities

Innocent children likely to admit guilt to avoid prosecution, says study

BAK/MCL1 complex in tumor cells can predict the sensitivity of chemotherapy drugs in ovarian cancer

Research reveals vital role of protein-coding gene in tumor development and immune therapy response

Research aims to improve job search skills among mid-career workers from lower SES families

Multiple factors influence the extent to which African countries are affected by Covid-19, study shows

Evolved SARS-CoV-2 viruses gain higher infectivity and cause more rapid infection spread

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