Medical News
B-cell protectors
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) A research group at the MDC has discovered a protein that protects mature B lymphocytes from stress-induced cell death. It also helps immune cell...
SUNY Downstate study finds wide variation in trust of health information by Hispanics
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(SUNY Downstate Health Science University) Hispanic adults vary widely in their reported trust of health information sources, suggesting that information tailored to specific ethnic subgroups and targeted by age group ma...
Researchers receive American Cancer Society Flatiron Health Real-World Data Impact Awards
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(American Cancer Society) Three American Cancer Society researchers will receive the Real-World Data Impact Award to advance patient-centric research. The researchers, already funded by the ACS, will receive additional f...
Long-term culture of human pancreatic slices reveals regeneration of beta cells
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(Diabetes Research Institute Foundation) Scientists from the Diabetes Research Institute (DRI) at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have developed a method allowing for the long-term culture of 'pancreati...
Study shows asthma drug salbutamol's potential as Alzheimer's treatment
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(Lancaster University) A new study reveals that the common asthma drug salbutamol may offer potential as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease.
Scientists use a Teflon pipe to make a cheap, simple reactor for silica particle synthesis
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science) The synthesis of silica particles, used in bioimaging and drug delivery, could become considerably cheaper and more efficient by adopting a new flow synthesis method demonstr...
Study: 35% of excess deaths in pandemic's early months tied to causes other than COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(Virginia Commonwealth University) Since COVID-19's spread to the United States earlier this year, death rates in the U.S. have risen significantly. But deaths attributed to COVID-19 only account for about two-thirds of ...
NIH ACTIV working group weighs human challenge studies for SARS-CoV-2 vaccine development
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(NIH/Office of the Director) In a Perspective for the New England Journal of Medicine, members of the National Institutes of Health's Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) Vaccines Working ...
NIH funds centers to improve the role of genomics in assessing and managing disease risk
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute) NHGRI announces the provision of $75 million in funding for the Electronic Medical Records and Genomics (eMERGE) Genomic Risk Assessment and Management Network, which establ...
Lifetime discrimination may increase risk of hypertension among African Americans
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(American Heart Association) A study of African Americans in Mississippi shows an association between experiencing discrimination over a lifetime and developing hypertension (also referred to as high blood pressure).Afri...
Moffitt develops tool to detect patients at high risk for poor lung cancer outcomes
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) In a new study published in Nature Scientific Reports, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers have shown how the use of radiomics can improve lung cancer screening by identi...
Need to check patient's jugular venous pressure? There's an app for that
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) A new report from cardiologists at UT Southwestern raises the hope that doctors will be able to visually check the jugular venous pressure of heart failure patients remotely, using the ca...
New 'Blood Cancer Discoveries Grant Program' supported by a novel 3-way collaboration
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(Allen Institute) Seeking to ignite the next major breakthroughs to treat blood cancers, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS), The Mark Foundation, and The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group today announced more than $6.75 m...
New plastic biomaterials could lead to tougher, more versatile medical implants
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(University of Birmingham) A new thermoplastic biomaterial, which is tough and strong but also easy to process and shape has been developed by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
New research examines links between religion and parental support from non-family members
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(University of Otago) 'Be fruitful and multiply' says the Bible, and worldwide religious people tend to have more children than their secular counterparts. New research suggests that this 'multiplying' may be the result ...
New study confirms high prevalence of depression during the menopause transition
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Depression has been shown to be prevalent during menopause, affecting as many as 70% of women transitioning into menopause. A new study not only confirms the high prevalence ...
New study finds that menopause increases risk of metabolic syndrome
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Perimenopause is a time when women become more vulnerable to a number of health problems. A new study based on data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging identified m...
R&D of mRNA vaccine production technology against COVID-19 and further new coronavirus
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(Innovation Center of NanoMedicine) The Innovation Center of NanoMedicine (iCONM) and the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (TMIMS) started joint research with the aim of establishing a rapid vaccine develo...
Reducing high school prescription drug abuse through a hybrid prevention program
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(George Mason University) Dr. Kenneth W. Griffin received $156,581 from National Health Promotion Associates for his part in a randomized control trial to prevent prescription drug abuse among high school students across...
Research shows telehealth is an important tool for rural hospitals in treating COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(Florida Atlantic University) A study of 3,268 hospitals in the U.S. shows that rural hospitals are more likely than urban facilities to have access to telehealth, a once-underused service that now is playing a key role ...
Scientists discover a new mechanism controlling liver cancer development
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.)) CNIC scientists have designed an animal model to study the development of liver cancer caused by bile acids. This study, published in PNAS, shows ...
Task force formed to identify genetic clues to COVID-19 susceptibility
EurekAlert! - 1 Jul 2020 06:00
(Osaka University) Universities and medical institutions in Japan established a task force to examine genes associated with COVID-19 immune response by collecting samples from Japanese patients, aiming to apply their fin...