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Agricultural soil emissions impact population health and climate

Agricultural pollution comes from the prairie, but its economic impact on humans is a problem for cities.

21 Jun 2022

New model rapidly scans the genome of cancer cells and identifies mutations that drive tumor growth

Cancer cells can have thousands of mutations in their DNA. However, only a handful of those actually drive the progression of cancer; the rest are just along for the ride.

20 Jun 2022

Proteins in liquor could provide information about inflammatory processes in the brain

Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and other neurodegenerative diseases are associated with inflammatory processes in the brain.

20 Jun 2022

Illustrating a rapid response approach for monkeypox management

Researchers illustrated a rapid response strategy for managing monkeypox outbreaks.

20 Jun 2022

New combination of drugs effective against T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer affecting children. The T-ALL form of leukemia that emerges from early T lineage cells has a poorer prognosis than B-lineage ALL. The prognosis for relapsed T-ALL is very poor and new therapies are sorely needed.

20 Jun 2022

MRI-based machine learning approach can accurately predict Alzheimer’s disease

The research uses machine learning technology to look at structural features within the brain, including in regions not previously associated with Alzheimer's.

20 Jun 2022

Study points to a new direction for the development of NAMPT-targeted cancer therapies

In this new article publication from Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, authors Ying Wu, Congying Pu, Yixian Fu, Guoqiang Dong, Min Huang and Chunquan Sheng from Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China discuss how NAMPT-targeting PROTAC promotes antitumor immunity via suppressing myeloid-derived suppressor cell expansion.

18 Jun 2022

Disease ecologist receives $3.5 million to take modeling to the next level with EpiMoRPH

Mathematical modeling - which combines math, statistics, computing and data - is a critical tool for public health professionals, who use it to study how diseases spread, predict the future course of outbreaks and evaluate strategies for controlling epidemics.

18 Jun 2022

Adolescents and young adults less likely to get addiction treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic

A study analyzing prescription claims for a drug used to treat opioid addictions found that adolescents and young adults were less likely than usual to get treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially if they were covered by private, commercial health insurance.

17 Jun 2022

AI method automatically detects plaque erosion in the heart's arteries based on OCT images

Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) method that can automatically detect plaque erosion in the heart's arteries using optical coherence tomography (OCT) images.

16 Jun 2022

Unique 3D printed system for wide-scale production of stem cells

Researchers have developed a unique 3D printed system for harvesting stem cells from bioreactors, offering the potential for high quality, wide-scale production of stem cells in Australia at a lower cost.

16 Jun 2022

First-of-its-kind technology repairs and regenerates heart muscle cells

Researchers at the University of Houston are reporting a first-of-its-kind technology that not only repairs heart muscle cells in mice but also regenerates them following a heart attack, or myocardial infarction as its medically known.

16 Jun 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Closing in on covid vaccines for ‘the littles’

Children younger than 5 are the only population not eligible for a covid-19 vaccine in the U.S. But that may be about to change as an advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration recommends authorization for that group.

16 Jun 2022

UB program secures $12.8 million to improve the quality of global HIV research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $12.8 million to the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences to lead a clinical pharmacology quality assurance program for NIH-funded laboratories and research networks across the globe conducting HIV and infectious disease research.

16 Jun 2022

People living in South Asia could lose about five years of life expectancy to air pollution

People living in South Asia could lose about five years of their lives on average unless air quality improves to WHO-prescribed levels, according to a new assessment.

16 Jun 2022

Bruker introduces enhanced 3D holographic stimulation for optogenetics on its Ultima 2Pplus multiphoton microscope

Bruker Corporation today announced the release of the NeuraLight 3D Ultra™ module to support advanced neuroscience and optogenetics research applications on Bruker’s Ultima multiphoton microscopes.

From Bruker Nano Surfaces and Metrology 16 Jun 2022

New thulium fiber laser system may provide improved outcomes in pediatric patients with urinary stones

A new thulium fiber laser system may provide improved outcomes in the treatment of urinary stones for pediatric patients, compared to the current standard for laser lithotripsy, reports a study in The Journal of Urology, an Official Journal of the American Urological Association (AUA). The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

15 Jun 2022

LifeArc and UK DRI launch new partnership to accelerate development of new treatments for dementia

LifeArc and the UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) have today launched a new partnership to accelerate development of new diagnostic tests, treatments, and devices from scientific research discoveries to benefit people with dementia, which around 900,000 people in the UK are living with.

15 Jun 2022

More than £15 million funding will help local authorities to implement new social care charging reforms

More than £15 million will be given to local authorities across England today (Wednesday 15 June) to help them implement new social care charging reforms to bring an end to the unpredictable cost of care for the public.

15 Jun 2022

Scientists publish a robust framework to analyze chromosomal instability in human cancers

Scientists have found a way to identify and interpret 'signatures' that reveal the complex genetic causes of some of the deadliest cancers – which often have a survival rate of less than 10%.

15 Jun 2022

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Agricultural soil emissions impact population health and climate

New model rapidly scans the genome of cancer cells and identifies mutations that drive tumor growth

Proteins in liquor could provide information about inflammatory processes in the brain

Illustrating a rapid response approach for monkeypox management

New combination of drugs effective against T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

MRI-based machine learning approach can accurately predict Alzheimer’s disease

Study points to a new direction for the development of NAMPT-targeted cancer therapies

Disease ecologist receives $3.5 million to take modeling to the next level with EpiMoRPH

Adolescents and young adults less likely to get addiction treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic

AI method automatically detects plaque erosion in the heart's arteries based on OCT images

Unique 3D printed system for wide-scale production of stem cells

First-of-its-kind technology repairs and regenerates heart muscle cells

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Closing in on covid vaccines for ‘the littles’

UB program secures $12.8 million to improve the quality of global HIV research

People living in South Asia could lose about five years of life expectancy to air pollution

Bruker introduces enhanced 3D holographic stimulation for optogenetics on its Ultima 2Pplus multiphoton microscope

New thulium fiber laser system may provide improved outcomes in pediatric patients with urinary stones

LifeArc and UK DRI launch new partnership to accelerate development of new treatments for dementia

More than £15 million funding will help local authorities to implement new social care charging reforms

Scientists publish a robust framework to analyze chromosomal instability in human cancers

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