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ASH commits $3 million annual funding to help sustain promising blood disease research

With a $3 million annual commitment to support promising blood disease research amid limited National Institutes of Health funding, the American Society of Hematology--the world's largest professional society concerned with the causes and treatment of blood disorders--today announced the formal establishment of the ASH Bridge Grant program after an extended four-year pilot study.

22 Jul 2016

Texas Biomed scientists receive $23 million NIH grant to develop AIDS vaccine

To support a coordinated, innovative approach to the development of an AIDS vaccine, Texas Biomedical Research Institute scientists, together with a multi-institutional coalition of experts from the United States and Europe, have received a grant for $23 million from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases of the National Institutes of Health.

22 Jul 2016

Researchers identify important therapeutic target for small cell lung cancer

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified a protein termed ASCL1 that is essential to the development of small cell lung cancer and that, when deleted in the lungs of mice, prevents the cancer from forming.

22 Jul 2016

Patients with cLBP more likely to use illicit drugs, study reports

People living with chronic low back pain (cLBP) are more likely to use illicit drugs -- including marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine -- compared to those without back pain, reports a study in Spine, published by Wolters Kluwer.

21 Jul 2016

New survey shows one-third of students experience high levels of psychological distress

More than one in three - an estimated 328,000 -- Ontario students in grades seven to 12 report moderate-to-serious psychological distress, according to new survey results from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Girls are twice as likely as boys to experience psychological distress.

21 Jul 2016

Key gene controls ability of adult stem cells to regenerate muscle after injury, study finds

A key gene enables the repair of injured muscle throughout life. This is the finding of a study in mice led by researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center and the University of Colorado at Boulder, and published online July 21 in Cell Reports.

21 Jul 2016

Study highlights role of BCL11A gene in intellectual disability syndrome

Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics have found a gene responsible for an intellectual disability disorder and proven how it works.

21 Jul 2016

ASTRO clinical practice statement outlines recommendations to customize treatment for rectal cancer

The American Society for Radiation Oncology recently issued a new clinical practice statement, "Appropriate Customization of Radiation Therapy for Stage II and III Rectal Cancer: An ASTRO Clinical Practice Statement Using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method."

21 Jul 2016

Early initiation of prophylaxis linked to lower rates of PE and DVT in patients with severe brain injuries

People who sustain a traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at high risk for developing deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). PE is a leading cause of death in these patients.

21 Jul 2016

Huntington's disease monkey model embodies full array of symptoms similar to human patients

Transgenic Huntington's disease monkeys display a full spectrum of symptoms resembling the human disease, ranging from motor problems and neurodegeneration to emotional dysregulation and immune system changes, scientists at Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University report.

21 Jul 2016

Neutrons key to discovering new HIV drugs? An interview with Dr Matthew Blakeley

Neutron crystallography allows us to determine the three-dimensional structures of biological macromolecules, such as proteins, by means of the diffraction of neutrons from the regularly spaced atoms of a crystal.

21 Jul 2016

Study identifies ADAM33 gene as novel target for preventing asthma

Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered a potential and novel way of preventing asthma at the origin of the disease, a finding that could challenge the current understanding of the condition.

21 Jul 2016

New imaging tool may help detect presence of androgen receptor in prostate cancer patients

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men. Tumor growth is critically regulated by the androgen receptor, and treatment strategies to lower androgens, such as testosterone, are a mainstay of clinical treatment.

21 Jul 2016

Improving efficiency of health facilities could extend ART to many people living with HIV

Health facilities in Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia could extend life-sustaining antiretroviral therapy (ART) to hundreds of thousands of people living with HIV if facilities improved the efficiency of service delivery.

21 Jul 2016

Innovative technology streamlines clinical trial management, improves patient experience

The University of Alabama at Birmingham recently integrated a clinical research management system that allows patient consent, data and documents from multiple sites to automatically flow from the the Enroll e-Consenting tablet application by Mytrus into the Velos eResearch interface.

21 Jul 2016

Research News and Research

ASH commits $3 million annual funding to help sustain promising blood disease research

Texas Biomed scientists receive $23 million NIH grant to develop AIDS vaccine

Researchers identify important therapeutic target for small cell lung cancer

Patients with cLBP more likely to use illicit drugs, study reports

New survey shows one-third of students experience high levels of psychological distress

Key gene controls ability of adult stem cells to regenerate muscle after injury, study finds

Study highlights role of BCL11A gene in intellectual disability syndrome

ASTRO clinical practice statement outlines recommendations to customize treatment for rectal cancer

Early initiation of prophylaxis linked to lower rates of PE and DVT in patients with severe brain injuries

Huntington's disease monkey model embodies full array of symptoms similar to human patients

Neutrons key to discovering new HIV drugs? An interview with Dr Matthew Blakeley

Study identifies ADAM33 gene as novel target for preventing asthma

New imaging tool may help detect presence of androgen receptor in prostate cancer patients

Improving efficiency of health facilities could extend ART to many people living with HIV

Innovative technology streamlines clinical trial management, improves patient experience

Andy Murray becomes brand ambassador for Scotland’s DHI

DPUK brings organisations together to tackle dementia across the UK

Study finds no significant decline in indoor tanning use among school children after under-17 ban

Study provides new insights into real-world use of PrEP

Researchers identify genetic causes underlying higher rate of melanoma in men

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