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Research finds higher rates of cancer in world's ‘better’ countries

The world's "better" countries, with greater access to healthcare, experience much higher rates of cancer incidence than the world's "worse off" countries, according to new research from the University of Adelaide.

11 Oct 2017

Study finds brain chemical elevations in young people experiencing first episode of psychosis

A new study of young people experiencing a first episode of psychosis reports elevations in the brain chemicals glutamate and glycine. Published in Biological Psychiatry, the study led by Dr. Dost öngür of Harvard Medical School provides the first-ever measurement of glycine levels in patients with psychotic disorders.

11 Oct 2017

SUNY Downstate receives $10 million NIH grant for health disparities research program

SUNY Downstate Medical Center has been awarded a $10 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to form a translational health disparities research program, with a focus on recruiting and training underrepresented minority scientists.

10 Oct 2017

Epidural medication has no effect on duration of labor, study shows

Epidural analgesia – a mix of anesthetics and narcotics delivered by catheter placed close to the nerves of the spine – is the most effective method of labor pain relief. In widespread use since the 1970s, epidurals have long been thought to slow the second stage of labor – defined as beginning when the cervix is completely dilated and ending when the baby is delivered.

10 Oct 2017

Taking sleep medications to treat insomnia may increase risk of falling for older adults

Taking physician-recommended sleep medications to treat insomnia may actually increase the risk of falling for older adults, according to a team of sleep researchers.

10 Oct 2017

Penn’s ITMAT 12th Annual International Symposium focuses on pain biology, aging, and brain disorders

The latest science in why pain afflicts people differently, precision medicine and brain disorders, and how the bat genome informs the study of human aging, among many other topics, will be covered at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics' 12th Annual International Symposium.

9 Oct 2017

Penn Medicine professor receives New Innovator Award from NIH

Hao Wu, PhD, an assistant professor of Genetics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has received a New Innovator Award from the National Institutes of Health. These awards provide each recipient $1.5 million over five years to pursue high-risk, high-reward investigations that could have implications for human health.

9 Oct 2017

Rutgers scientist receives $2.4 million grant to reduce indoor tanning among young women

A five-year, $2.4 million grant from the National Cancer Institute awarded to Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey behavioral scientist Jerod L. Stapleton, PhD, will support the development and testing of a novel behavioral intervention delivered through the social media site Facebook to reduce high-risk indoor tanning behaviors among young women.

9 Oct 2017

Researchers identify molecular clues to understand formation of CCMs

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with national collaborators, have identified a series of molecular clues to understanding the formation of cerebral cavernous malformations (CCMs).

9 Oct 2017

Training new doctors right where they’re needed

Dr. Olga Meave didn't mind the dry, 105-degree heat that scorched this Central Valley city on a recent afternoon. The sweltering summer days remind her of home in Sonora, Mexico. So do the people of the Valley — especially the Latino first-generation immigrants present here in large numbers, toiling in the fields or piloting big rigs laden with fruits and vegetables.

9 Oct 2017

Researchers discover mutation that amplifies capabilities of tumor-suppressor protein

Cancer researchers have long hailed p53, a tumor-suppressor protein, for its ability to keep unruly cells from forming tumors. But for such a highly studied protein, p53 has hidden its tactics well.

9 Oct 2017

Study sheds new light on underlying genetic causes of congenital heart disease

Approximately one in every 100 babies is born with congenital heart disease (CHD), and CHD remains the leading cause of mortality from birth defects.

9 Oct 2017

GW researchers receive NIH award to bring Zika vaccine trial to Brazil

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease of the National Institutes of Health awarded more than $2 million to a research team at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences to facilitate a Zika vaccine trial in Brazil.

9 Oct 2017

Patients with documented penicillin allergy more likely to develop surgical site infections, study finds

A study by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators found that surgical patients believed to be allergic to penicillin were significantly more likely to develop surgical site infections than were patients with no documented allergy, a difference totally attributable to the alternative antibiotics used to prevent such infections.

9 Oct 2017

Primary care practices unable to meet health care needs of cancer survivors, study finds

Primary care medicine is currently not able to meet the health care needs of cancer survivors, despite a decade-long effort by the medical establishment to move long-term survivorship care out of the specialists' realm, according to a new Rutgers study.

6 Oct 2017

Forsyth researchers win $5.4 million NIH award to pursue research on oral microbes

A research team led by the Forsyth Institute today received a $5.4 million award from the National Institutes of Health to pursue revolutionary research of microbes living in the mouth and within the human body.

6 Oct 2017

Smart bandage could quickly heal chronic wounds or battlefield injuries

Researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Harvard Medical School and MIT have designed a smart bandage that could eventually heal chronic wounds or battlefield injuries with every fiber of its being.

5 Oct 2017

New body-on-a-chip system holds potential for advanced drug screening

Using the same expertise they've employed to build new organs for patients, scientists at Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine and colleagues have engineered micro hearts, lungs and livers that can potentially be used to test new drugs. By combining the micro-organs in a monitored system, the researchers aim to mimic how the human body responds to medications.

5 Oct 2017

GW researcher awarded NIH grant to study how cocaine use affects HIV infection

Following studies showing that cocaine influences the replication and transcription of HIV, a researcher at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences was awarded more than $2.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to look deeper into the involved molecular mechanisms that allow this effect to happen.

5 Oct 2017

New research uncovers how blood cancer 'steals' parts of bone marrow cells to thrive

New research published today uncovers how the blood cancer 'steals' parts of surrounding healthy bone marrow cells to thrive, in work that could help form new approaches to cancer treatment in the future.

5 Oct 2017

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Research finds higher rates of cancer in world's ‘better’ countries

Study finds brain chemical elevations in young people experiencing first episode of psychosis

SUNY Downstate receives $10 million NIH grant for health disparities research program

Epidural medication has no effect on duration of labor, study shows

Taking sleep medications to treat insomnia may increase risk of falling for older adults

Penn’s ITMAT 12th Annual International Symposium focuses on pain biology, aging, and brain disorders

Penn Medicine professor receives New Innovator Award from NIH

Rutgers scientist receives $2.4 million grant to reduce indoor tanning among young women

Researchers identify molecular clues to understand formation of CCMs

Training new doctors right where they’re needed

Researchers discover mutation that amplifies capabilities of tumor-suppressor protein

Study sheds new light on underlying genetic causes of congenital heart disease

GW researchers receive NIH award to bring Zika vaccine trial to Brazil

Patients with documented penicillin allergy more likely to develop surgical site infections, study finds

Primary care practices unable to meet health care needs of cancer survivors, study finds

Forsyth researchers win $5.4 million NIH award to pursue research on oral microbes

Smart bandage could quickly heal chronic wounds or battlefield injuries

New body-on-a-chip system holds potential for advanced drug screening

GW researcher awarded NIH grant to study how cocaine use affects HIV infection

New research uncovers how blood cancer 'steals' parts of bone marrow cells to thrive

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Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

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