2019

NETRF-funded research may help predict pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor (pNET) recurrence

IMAGE: Dr. Ramesh Shivdasani finds a clinical marker for non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor metastasis view more  Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Center A group of researchers funded by Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation (NETRF) has discovered molecular information that may help predict recurrence of non-functional pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs), which do not release excess hormones into the bloodstream. In…

Biomedical sciences researcher gets $3.26 million grant to develop universal flu vaccine

IMAGE: Dr. Baozhong Wang, associate professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University view more  Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–Influenza remains a major public health risk, and Dr. Baozhong Wang, associate professor in Georgia State University’s Institute for Biomedical Sciences, has received a five-year, $3.26 million federal grant to combat this threat by…

Gender bias alive and well in health care roles, study shows

New Orleans, LA — Results of a multi-center study of patients’ assumptions about health care professionals’ roles based on gender show significant stereotypical bias towards males as physicians and females as nurses. The research team, led in New Orleans by Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD, LSU Health New Orleans Emergency Medicine at University Medical Center (UMC), found…

How you and your friends can play a video game together using only your minds

IMAGE: University of Washington researchers created a method for two people help a third person solve a task using only their minds. Heather Wessel, a recent UW graduate with a bachelor’s… view more  Telepathic communication might be one step closer to reality thanks to new research from the University of Washington. A team created a method…

Docs should consider a patient’s weight before prescribing new chemotherapy drugs

A new class of cancer drugs just now entering the marketplace seems promising so far, but researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago urge doctors to take into account a patient’s weight and liver status before prescribing them once they come on the market. The drugs are known as PI3K inhibitors, and they dramatically…

Yellow fever virus responsible for current epidemic in Brazil originated in Amazon in 1980

The origin of the virus responsible for the ongoing yellow fever epidemic in Brazil, the worst for 40 years, has just been identified by scientists affiliated with two Brazilian institutions: Adolfo Lutz Institute (IAL) and the University of São Paulo (USP). By means of a molecular study of yellow fever viruses found in dead monkeys…

Harnessing reliability for neuroscience research

The neuroimaging community has made significant strides towards collecting large-scale neuroimaging datasets, which–until the past decade–had seemed out of reach. Between initiatives focused on the aggregation and open sharing of previously collected datasets and de novo data generation initiatives tasked with the creation of community resources, tens of thousands of datasets are now available online.…

Sense of smell, pollution and neurological disease connection explored

IMAGE: Schematic of the mid-sagittal plane of the mouse skul and brain. The pathway of cerebrospinal fuid flow is shown by blue arrows, flowing around the brain and spinal cord…. view more  A consensus is building that air pollution can cause neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, but how fine, sooty particles cause…

CCNY experts in lateralization of speech publish discovery

City College of New York-led researchers have published a breakthrough in understanding previously unknown inner workings related to the lateralization of speech processing in the brain. Their study, headed by biologist Hysell V. Oviedo of CCNY’s Division of Science and published in the journal “Nature Communications,” could shine a light on miswiring of brain circuits…

Toddler Dies From E. Coli Linked to Contact With Animals at San Diego County Fair

A 2-year-old boy died from complications of E. coli and three other children were sickened in cases that officials said were linked to contact with animals at the San Diego County Fair in June. Four children, ages 2 to 13, visited the fair from June 8 to 15 and exhibited symptoms of Shiga toxin-producing E.…