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Study shows peer mentorship is more accessible than traditional hierarchical relationships

Peer mentorship is a critical and more accessible option for professional and personal growth than traditional mentor-mentee relationships, according to a new paper from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.

24 Jul 2020

A novel analytic approach to aiding Black male trauma victims

Many Black men suffer symptoms of traumatic stress in the aftermath of traumatic injury, and they also often carry social concerns, including experiences of discrimination and stigma.

23 Jul 2020

Online tools can help speed up autism diagnosis

Online tools and assessments can help speed up diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the first comprehensive survey of research in the field has concluded.

23 Jul 2020

Gene in fat cells plays a key role in regulating insulin sensitivity

Deleting a key gene in mice in just their fat made tissues throughout these animals insulin resistant, in addition to other effects, a new study by UT Southwestern researchers shows.

23 Jul 2020

Hollings Cancer Center researcher receives NCI grants for cancer immunotherapy studies

Hollings Cancer Center researcher Jessica Thaxton, Ph.D., is the recipient of two grants totaling $3.4 million from the National Cancer Institute for her work in cancer immunotherapy and cell stress, one of which is part of the Cancer Moonshot Initiative on immunometabolism.

23 Jul 2020

New technology could speed up drug discovery to fight tuberculosis

A new technology that combines high throughput imaging and machine learning could speed discovery of drugs to fight tuberculosis, which for generations has killed more people worldwide than any other disease caused by a single agent - 4,000 people every day.

23 Jul 2020

Novel imaging system can diagnose cancer more efficiently than conventional methods

Cancer diagnosis requires a lengthy process of multiple analyses of tissue biopsies, impeding the quick and early detection of cancers.

23 Jul 2020

Medicaid mystery: Millions of enrollees haven’t materialized in California

The predictions were dire: Coronavirus lockdowns would put millions of Americans out of work, stripping them of their health insurance and pushing them into Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income people.

23 Jul 2020

Adjunct professors: Jobs are low on pay and health benefits with high COVID risk

David Chatfield feels he transitioned from an unstable career in graphic design to what is becoming an even more unpredictable one in academia.

23 Jul 2020

New strategy allows long-term, non-invasive tracking of cardiomyocytes

A new platform reported on today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) will enable long-term tracking of cardiomyocytes produced from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) after implantation into the heart.

23 Jul 2020

Free SaTScan Software Rapidly Detects Emerging COVID-19 Hotspots in New York City

As an example of precision public health, a new study reports the successful detection of a potential new local COVID-19 case cluster.

23 Jul 2020

Analytik Jena Web Weeks – Analytik Jena launches new web seminar series for biomolecular applications, lab automation, and liquid handling

Analytik Jena is launching its brand new, English-language web seminar series “Analytik Jena Web Weeks” starting July 29, 2020. Until the end of the year, application specialists and product experts from Analytik Jena will present methods, technology solutions, and tips and tricks to make everyday laboratory work more efficient. Topics range from nucleic acid extraction, PCR, qPCR to liquid handling and laboratory automation.

From Analytik Jena 23 Jul 2020

Neo-self antibody could be a major cause of recurrent pregnancy loss

A research group centered around Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine's Professor YAMADA Hideto and Associate Professor TANIMURA Kenji (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology), and Professor ARASE Hisashi et al. of Osaka University's Research Institute for Microbial Diseases (RIMD) have revealed for the first time in the world the high frequency of a novel autoantibody in women suffering from recurrent pregnancy loss.

23 Jul 2020

New collaboration brings over 20,000 onsite COVID-19 tests to Detroit’s residents

A partnership among Altimetrik, a Southfield-based fast-growing global business transformation company, the 501(c)(3) Vattikutti Foundation, Henry Ford Health System and the City of Detroit has provided more than 20,000 onsite COVID-19 tests to residents in 163 of Detroit's senior and congregate living facilities, as well as the city's first responders and essential workers.

23 Jul 2020

Trained service dogs are most helpful to veterans with PTSD

Science has shown that service dogs can benefit some veterans with PTSD. But the exact role service dogs play in the day-to-day lives of veterans - and the helpfulness of the tasks they perform - is less known.

23 Jul 2020

Research could lead to more efficient cellular immunotherapies for advanced cancers

Adoptive cell transfer immunotherapy is one of the most promising new treatments for people with hard-to-treat cancers.

23 Jul 2020

Study finds viable drug target for triple negative breast cancer

One member of a larger family of oxygen sensing enzymes could offer a viable target for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), UTSW researchers report in a new study.

23 Jul 2020

Vesigen Therapeutics to develop and commercialize novel drug-delivery technologies

Harvard University's Office of Technology Development (OTD) and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health today announced the launch of Vesigen Therapeutics, a startup company that aims to overcome the challenge of delivering next-generation therapeutics, such as gene-editing complexes, RNA molecules, and other large proteins, to intracellular targets in specific tissues of interest.

23 Jul 2020

Arcturus and Duke-NUS announce approval of clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc., a leading clinical-stage messenger RNA medicines company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of therapeutics for rare diseases and vaccines, and Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore's flagship research-intensive graduate entry medical school, today announced that the Clinical Trial Application for COVID-19 vaccine candidate LUNAR-COV19 has been approved to proceed by the Singapore Health Sciences Authority.

22 Jul 2020

Clinical trial evaluates rapid PCR testing for COVID-19 in London care homes

In a UK-first, Queen Mary University of London is leading a clinical trial of a new rapid COVID-19 testing system that delivers results in under an hour.

22 Jul 2020

Education News and Research

Study shows peer mentorship is more accessible than traditional hierarchical relationships

A novel analytic approach to aiding Black male trauma victims

Online tools can help speed up autism diagnosis

Gene in fat cells plays a key role in regulating insulin sensitivity

Hollings Cancer Center researcher receives NCI grants for cancer immunotherapy studies

New technology could speed up drug discovery to fight tuberculosis

Novel imaging system can diagnose cancer more efficiently than conventional methods

Medicaid mystery: Millions of enrollees haven’t materialized in California

Adjunct professors: Jobs are low on pay and health benefits with high COVID risk

New strategy allows long-term, non-invasive tracking of cardiomyocytes

Free SaTScan Software Rapidly Detects Emerging COVID-19 Hotspots in New York City

Analytik Jena Web Weeks – Analytik Jena launches new web seminar series for biomolecular applications, lab automation, and liquid handling

Neo-self antibody could be a major cause of recurrent pregnancy loss

New collaboration brings over 20,000 onsite COVID-19 tests to Detroit’s residents

Trained service dogs are most helpful to veterans with PTSD

Research could lead to more efficient cellular immunotherapies for advanced cancers

Study finds viable drug target for triple negative breast cancer

Vesigen Therapeutics to develop and commercialize novel drug-delivery technologies

Arcturus and Duke-NUS announce approval of clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Clinical trial evaluates rapid PCR testing for COVID-19 in London care homes

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