Engineered tissues and organs have been grown with various degrees of success in labs for many years. Many of them have used a scaffolding approach where cells are seeded onto biodegradable supportive structures that provide the underlying architecture of the organ or tissue desired. But scaffolds can be problematic — ultimately, they should degrade and…
IMAGE: This is Jennifer Diamond, MD, primary investigator of OKI-179 clinical trial. view more Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center OnKure, Inc. and the University of Colorado Cancer Center today announced enrollment of the first patient in a first-in-human phase 1 clinical trial testing investigational anti-cancer agent OKI-179, a novel and Class-selective HDAC inhibitor, in patients…
IMAGE: This is a predatory damselfly from the bromeliads. view more Credit: Jennifer Weathered/Utah State University The common perception that pesticides reduce or eliminate target insect species may not always hold. Jennifer Weathered and Edd Hammill report that the impacts of agricultural pesticides on assemblages of aquatic insects varied resulting in distinct ecological winners and losers…
Everyone knows cigarette smoking causes cancer and as a result, prices and advertising are closely regulated to discourage youth from starting. But another cancer risk, indoor tanning, which has been shown to cause melanoma, lags in regulation. Researchers at the Colorado School of Public Health have found that the tanning industry uses marketing strategies that…
IMAGE: SDSU public health researchers Caroline Thompson and Steven Zamora studied cancer mortality statistics by separating out data for each Hispanic American ethnic group. view more Credit: San Diego State University A San Diego State University study is among the first to describe trends in cancer mortality by specific Hispanic group for the 10 leading causes…
Kyle Davis is an environmental data scientist whose research seeks to increase food supplies in developing countries. He combines techniques from environmental science and data science to understand patterns in the global food system and develop strategies that make food-supply chains more nutritious and sustainable. Since joining the Data Science Institute as a postdoctoral fellow…
Researchers will review findings on implications for health and care of newborns at the final public session of the National Human Genome Research Institute’s Newborn Sequencing in Genomic Medicine and Public Health (NSIGHT) program. NSIGHT investigators will present their work addressing the challenges and opportunities associated with the possible use of genomic sequence information for…
IMAGE: By evaluating cognitive performance while a person is undergoing advanced brain imaging, scientists with the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute will determine the accuracy and relationship of blood biomarkers indicating brain… view more Credit: Virginia Tech A portable test to help people suspected of having concussions or mild traumatic brain injuries has received a boost from…
IMAGE: Journal of Women’s Health, published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are more prevalent among women, as well… view more Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 17, 2019–A new study has shown that patients are significantly more…
It can be hard to find common ground in Washington these days, but furor over drug prices could be one exception. Many Americans continue to struggle to pay for the prescription medicines they need. And rising drug costs are a problem for insurers and taxpayers, too — treatments for some rare diseases are topping $2…