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Mayo Clinic receives $15 million gift to advance new ideas with potential to transform health care

After giving $200 million to Mayo Clinic - the largest gift in the organization's history - noted philanthropist Jay Alix has extended his generosity with an additional $15 million endowed gift.

30 Oct 2019

NTU study: Microorganisms show a precise daily rhythm in tropical air

Scientists from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore have found that the air in the tropics is teeming with a rich and diverse range of at least 725 different microorganisms.

30 Oct 2019

Liquid biopsy can predict prognosis in patients with glioblastoma

A blood test that measures the amount of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) in the bloodstream - called a liquid biopsy - correlates with how patients will progress after they are diagnosed with glioblastoma (GBM), the deadliest and most common primary brain tumor in adults.

30 Oct 2019

Newly discovered immune control switch could protect the brains of premature babies

Researchers have discovered an immune control switch that could protect the brains of premature babies, who often suffer brain injuries when their immune response goes into overdrive.

30 Oct 2019

Head and facial injuries from cycling remain steady over the past 10 years, study finds

Head and facial injuries from cycling have remained steady over the past 10 years according to a Rutgers-led study.

30 Oct 2019

New method helps assess the health of human hair follicles

A variety of factors can stop hair from forming and growing properly, leading to hair diseases and baldness.

30 Oct 2019

Study: Diagnosed levels of psychosis and anxiety more severe among men in Hackney

Excess psychosis diagnoses amongst Black and South Asian men in deprived urban areas could reflect a cluster of disadvantage in specific places, rather than individual experiences of deprivation alone, a study led by Queen Mary University of London researchers concludes.

30 Oct 2019

Five surgeons receive ACS/Pfizer Surgical Humanitarian Awards

Last night, five surgeons received the 2019 American College of Surgeons (ACS)/Pfizer Surgical Humanitarian Awards and Surgical Volunteerism Awards in recognition of their selfless efforts as volunteer surgeons who provide care to medically underserved patients.

30 Oct 2019

Prenatal exposure to air pollution associated with reduced cardiac response to stress in infants

A mother's exposure to particulate air pollution during pregnancy is associated with reduced cardiac response to stress in six-month-old infants, according to Mount Sinai research published in Environmental Health Perspectives in October.

30 Oct 2019

Almost all medical tests can lead to a cascade of follow-up tests, shows survey

Just about any medical test can turn up an incidental finding that leads to a cascade of follow-up tests.

30 Oct 2019

Behavioral, social, and biomedical strategies essential to end HIV epidemic in the US

To end the HIV epidemic in the United States, the use of behavioral and social science research - combined with biomedical strategies - is essential, according to a series of new papers in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS).

30 Oct 2019

American culture is uniquely favorable toward prescribing opioids, suggests study

The longer immigrants live in the United States, the more likely they are to use prescription opioids--a fact that contradicts popular views linking wealth and health, and suggests that American culture is uniquely favorable toward prescribing opioids.

30 Oct 2019

Rock icon receives replacement heart valve in New York City hospital

Mick Jagger owes some thanks for the fact he's alive and strutting to Ajit Yoganathan and his lab crew. In fact, millions of people do.

30 Oct 2019

Rutgers selected to speed up development of biomedical health technologies

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey was selected as one of five new hubs under the National Institutes of Health's Research Evaluation and Commercialization Hubs program to speed up the translation of biomedical discoveries into commercially viable diagnostics, devices, therapeutics, and tools to improve patient care, enhance health, and train the next generation of innovators.

29 Oct 2019

Discontinuing popular over-the-counter vitamin can lead of reversal of retinal swelling

In a first-of-its-kind clinical report, retina specialists at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary of Mount Sinai have shown that severe vision loss from a self-prescribed high dose of over-the-counter niacin is linked to injury of a specific cell type in a patient's eye.

29 Oct 2019

Polygenic scoring system shows promise to predict depression risk and resilience under stress

Depression doesn't come from one gene, one life event, or one personality trait. That's what makes it so hard to predict, prevent or treat effectively.

29 Oct 2019

Researchers make progress toward gene-based strategies to treat inherited neurometabolic diseases

Researchers are making great strides toward developing gene-based strategies to treat a variety of inherited neurometabolic diseases characterized by severe neurological involvement.

29 Oct 2019

Talk therapy and drugs hold the same value for people with depression in the long run

Spending an hour in talk therapy with a trained counselor costs much more, and takes more time, than swallowing an inexpensive antidepressant pill. But for people with a new diagnosis of major depression, the costs and benefits of the two approaches end up being equal after five years, a new study shows.

29 Oct 2019

Landmark study pinpoints the birthplace of modern humans

A landmark study led by Sydney researchers pinpoints the birthplace of modern humans in southern Africa and suggests how climate change may have driven the first migrations.

29 Oct 2019

New study implicates role of HDAC9 gene in calcification of the human aorta

Arterial wall calcification is the buildup of calcium in the blood vessel walls, which can often be a predictor of serious cardiovascular events like heart attacks and strokes. Scientists have long pointed to family history as one possible cause for this hardening of the arteries, but a new study published in Nature Genetics implicates a specific gene - HDAC9 - in the calcification of the human aorta, the largest blood vessel in the body.

29 Oct 2019

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Mayo Clinic receives $15 million gift to advance new ideas with potential to transform health care

NTU study: Microorganisms show a precise daily rhythm in tropical air

Liquid biopsy can predict prognosis in patients with glioblastoma

Newly discovered immune control switch could protect the brains of premature babies

Head and facial injuries from cycling remain steady over the past 10 years, study finds

New method helps assess the health of human hair follicles

Study: Diagnosed levels of psychosis and anxiety more severe among men in Hackney

Five surgeons receive ACS/Pfizer Surgical Humanitarian Awards

Prenatal exposure to air pollution associated with reduced cardiac response to stress in infants

Almost all medical tests can lead to a cascade of follow-up tests, shows survey

Behavioral, social, and biomedical strategies essential to end HIV epidemic in the US

American culture is uniquely favorable toward prescribing opioids, suggests study

Rock icon receives replacement heart valve in New York City hospital

Rutgers selected to speed up development of biomedical health technologies

Discontinuing popular over-the-counter vitamin can lead of reversal of retinal swelling

Polygenic scoring system shows promise to predict depression risk and resilience under stress

Researchers make progress toward gene-based strategies to treat inherited neurometabolic diseases

Talk therapy and drugs hold the same value for people with depression in the long run

Landmark study pinpoints the birthplace of modern humans

New study implicates role of HDAC9 gene in calcification of the human aorta

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

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