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Bubble pop? Brownie batter? Vapes’ added flavors fuel e-cig debate

A heated debate is redrawing alliances in the tobacco control movement as federal officials wrestle with how to regulate the growing e-cigarette market.

4 Jun 2018

Forum of International Respiratory Societies urges to protect youth from e-cigarettes

Tobacco is the leading underlying single cause of death worldwide. In 2016, tobacco use caused over 7.1 million deaths mostly related to lung and heart disease, cancer, and stroke. Every year, on May 31, people and organizations mark World No Tobacco Day, by highlighting the health and other risks associated with tobacco use and advocating for effective policies to reduce tobacco consumption.

31 May 2018

UTSA scientists explore stuttering and develop new technology to optimize brain function

A team of researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio received a two-year, $387,000 grant, from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to develop technology that will identify brain activity patterns that contribute to stuttering and use that technology to train people how to optimize brain functions.

31 May 2018

Study proposes a new way to reverse the aging process

A new discovery about the effects of aging in our cells could allow doctors to cure or prevent diabetes, fatty liver disease and other metabolic diseases - and possibly even turn back the clock on aging itself.

29 May 2018

Lung-on-a-chip technology could streamline drug-testing for pulmonary fibrosis

Developing new medicines to treat pulmonary fibrosis, one of the most common and serious forms of lung disease, is not easy.

25 May 2018

Students propose revision of listeriosis guidelines for safer pregnancy

In an effort to sustain and educate the next generation of food safety experts in the United States, Dr. Bob Buchanan of the University of Maryland has served as a scientific mentor to a pair of academically accelerated high school students who are challenging the current food avoidance recommendations for pregnant women as established by the CDC and ACOG.

25 May 2018

New research will use mathematics to solve mysteries in cell biology

A new interdisciplinary research and education center at the University of California, Irvine will apply the power of mathematics to some of the more vexing mysteries in cell biology.

25 May 2018

Origami inspires researchers to develop new solution for tissue regeneration

Origami - the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes and figures - dates back to the sixth century. At UMass Lowell, it is inspiring researchers as they develop a 21st-century solution to the shortage of tissue and organ donors.

25 May 2018

New research project aims at developing effective interventions for kids with DLD

In an average kindergarten class of 30 students, about two are experiencing developmental language disorder, meaning they learn language more slowly than their peers. While DLD is just as common as dyslexia or ADHD, fewer people have heard of the disorder, and less research and funding go into developing effective interventions.

25 May 2018

Study links cell size with commitment to division

How does a cell know when to divide? We know that hundreds of genes contribute to a wave of activity linked to cell division, but to generate that wave new research shows that cells must first grow large enough to produce four key proteins in adequate amounts.

24 May 2018

Study identifies key food allergy policies that parents want in schools to improve safety of kids

One in five parents did not feel that their child with food allergy was safe while at school, according to results of a national survey published in BMC Pediatrics.

23 May 2018

Study identifies new mechanism involved in development of Lou Gehrig's disease

A new Tel Aviv University study identifies a previously unknown mechanism involved in the development of Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

23 May 2018

Medical students take to the streets to learn about real world problems at the root of poor health

Medical students seldom learn much about the real-life problems (hunger, joblessness, addiction) their patients face outside the clinic walls. Yet, these problems are at the root of poor health in many low-income communities.

23 May 2018

Slower rates of stimulation may be more effective in brain therapy, suggests research

One of the promising non-invasive brain therapeutic methods is the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation. During such a procedure, a magnetic coil is placed near the head of the patient and a magnetic pulse is transmitted to a specific damaged region of the brain.

23 May 2018

Formaldehyde risk found to be higher in e-cigarettes than originally thought

Portland State University researchers who published an article three years ago in the New England Journal of Medicine about the presence of previously undiscovered forms of formaldehyde in e-cigarette vapor revisited their research and found that formaldehyde risks were even higher than they originally thought.

23 May 2018

Researcher develops nanoparticle-based tags to detect viruses and cancer with high sensitivity

How can we detect cancer and viruses with high sensitivity? Physical chemist Laura Fabris - an associate professor in the Materials Science and Engineering Department at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and principal investigator of the Fabris NanoBio Group - is addressing this very question.

22 May 2018

Students News and Research

Bubble pop? Brownie batter? Vapes’ added flavors fuel e-cig debate

Forum of International Respiratory Societies urges to protect youth from e-cigarettes

UTSA scientists explore stuttering and develop new technology to optimize brain function

Study proposes a new way to reverse the aging process

Lung-on-a-chip technology could streamline drug-testing for pulmonary fibrosis

Students propose revision of listeriosis guidelines for safer pregnancy

New research will use mathematics to solve mysteries in cell biology

Origami inspires researchers to develop new solution for tissue regeneration

New research project aims at developing effective interventions for kids with DLD

Study links cell size with commitment to division

Study identifies key food allergy policies that parents want in schools to improve safety of kids

Study identifies new mechanism involved in development of Lou Gehrig's disease

Medical students take to the streets to learn about real world problems at the root of poor health

Slower rates of stimulation may be more effective in brain therapy, suggests research

Formaldehyde risk found to be higher in e-cigarettes than originally thought

Researcher develops nanoparticle-based tags to detect viruses and cancer with high sensitivity

Researchers identify protein essential for eye lens development and clear vision

Developing a High Throughput Mass Spectrometry Platform for Drug Discovery

Mindfulness-based Stress Management Course for cancer survivors

Brain abnormality linked to general risk for mental illness

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

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