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The Pancreatic Cancer Collective awards additional funding of $16 million for new therapies

The Pancreatic Cancer Collective, the strategic partnership of Lustgarten Foundation and Stand Up To Cancer, has awarded additional funding of up to $16 million to four teams of top researchers as part of its "New Therapies Challenge Grants," the American Association for Cancer Research, Scientific Partner of SU2C, announced today.

5 Mar 2020

Sphingotec’s bio-ADM can reliably support physicians in identifying high-risk sepsis patients

Diagnostics company SphingoTec GmbH today reported on new data on the utility of endothelial function biomarker bioactive Adrenomedullin

5 Mar 2020

Study provides new insight into neurofibromin-deficient ER+ breast cancer

An international team of researchers led by scientists at Baylor College of Medicine has new insights into the function of neurofibromin, a tumor suppressor produced by the NF1 gene.

5 Mar 2020

Active censoring of coronavirus information 'enabled' by China for months

In keeping with China's often repressive policy towards news outlets and the dissemination of news and views that it doesn't want to be in the public domain, it is becoming apparent that Chinese social media WeChat and live-streaming app YY have long been editing what they display about the novel coronavirus illness.

5 Mar 2020

Best practices shown to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19

In a new study published on March 5th, 2020, in the journal Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology, researchers claim that the meticulous application of best practices for infection control does protect healthcare workers from the COVID-19 illness.

5 Mar 2020

Understanding how the brain predicts future events could aid in autism treatment

Our brains make our lives easier by predicting what will happen next based on previous experiences. But what happens when those predictive powers don't work like they should?

5 Mar 2020

Common test for autism found wanting

A new study published in the March 2020 issue of the journal Experimental Results reports that based on data from over 6,500 subjects, the commonly used AQ10 test is not relevant in diagnosing autism. That means a re-examination of the approach used at present to pick up this condition in the population at large is needed. It also means there is a question mark on the validity of research based on this test.

5 Mar 2020

Two retinal imaging modalities cannot be interchanged when evaluating vision-threatening condition

Diabetic retinopathy can be diagnosed and graded with the use of a newer scanning technology called ultra-wide field imaging, a system that generates high-quality pictures showing most of the retina.

5 Mar 2020

Study: Whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent than Native Americans

Multiple past studies have reported that, compared to whites, Native Americans have relatively high cigarette use, and this has contributed to speculation that Native Americans might be inherently prone to such use.

5 Mar 2020

New bacteria-killing light-activated coating

A new antimicrobial coating that can be activated by light has been reported by researchers in the journal Nature Communications, in March 2020. The coating can be used to prevent transmission from computer and phone screens and keyboards, the inside of catheters, and breathing tubes. All these are significant routes of healthcare-associated infections (HCAIs).

5 Mar 2020

New sepsis intervention enhances the body's bacteria-capturing neutrophil extracellular traps

Researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have developed a novel treatment for sepsis - one of the leading causes of hospital death - that enhances the body's bacteria-capturing neutrophil extracellular traps so that they more effectively capture infectious bacteria, resist degradation, and improve sepsis outcomes and survival.

5 Mar 2020

Newly identified genetic signatures in common pediatric cancer pave way for precision medicine

Researchers with Nemours Children's Health System utilized Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) to more precisely identify genomic characteristics of leukemias in children, the most common childhood cancer.

5 Mar 2020

Public health experts call for coordinated communication and outreach on COVID-19

On Thursday in the National Academy of Medicine's Perspectives, public health leaders including CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy Distinguished Lecturer Scott Ratzan, MD called for informed and active public policy leadership to employ strategically coordinated health communication and outreach on COVID-19 and other emerging global health threats.

5 Mar 2020

Coronavirus and currency notes – the connection

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended people to avoid using currency notes to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus or the novel coronavirus that has caused a global panic infecting over ninety-thousand individuals and killing over 3,000 up until now.

5 Mar 2020

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The Pancreatic Cancer Collective awards additional funding of $16 million for new therapies

Sphingotec’s bio-ADM can reliably support physicians in identifying high-risk sepsis patients

Study provides new insight into neurofibromin-deficient ER+ breast cancer

Active censoring of coronavirus information 'enabled' by China for months

Best practices shown to protect healthcare workers from COVID-19

Understanding how the brain predicts future events could aid in autism treatment

Common test for autism found wanting

Two retinal imaging modalities cannot be interchanged when evaluating vision-threatening condition

Study: Whites consume more cigarettes and are more nicotine dependent than Native Americans

New bacteria-killing light-activated coating

New sepsis intervention enhances the body's bacteria-capturing neutrophil extracellular traps

Newly identified genetic signatures in common pediatric cancer pave way for precision medicine

Public health experts call for coordinated communication and outreach on COVID-19

Coronavirus and currency notes – the connection

PET imaging helps researchers to detect transplant patients with cardiac allograft vasculopathy

Bioscientists develop coinfection model to predict multipathogen epidemics

Fears prevent vaping to help smokers to quit

New data model helps identify areas where Lyme disease cases may go unreported

Enhanced care coordination may be beneficial to patients with multiple chronic conditions

Tuberculosis bacteria facilitate their spread by producing a molecule that triggers cough

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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