We CARE: a joint initiative by PCR and Stent – Save a Life!
A global call for action is fostering timely care for patients with heart disease, despite COVID-19Credit: PCR Paris, France, 3 May 2021. Since the start...
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Addressing the persistent controversies and questions in preterm infant nutrition
Translating the Pre-B project into clinical practice and a research agendaCredit: PAS A hot topic symposia session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual...
The intersection of child poverty with race, immigrant status and environmental threats
Credit: PAS A state of the art plenary session during the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) 2021 Virtual Meeting will bring together national experts on child...
Investigating the role of Brd4 in diet-induced obesity
Credit: Lin-Feng Chen A new study, published in JCI Insight, looks at how Brd4, a regulator of the innate immune response, influences diet-induced obesity. The...
Soybean cyst nematode is the most damaging soybean pathogen–and it’s rapidly spreading
Credit: Christopher Marett and Gregory Tylka The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most damaging pathogen of soybean in the United States and Canada and...
Matching exascale supercomputers work with complex petascale data
Rensselaer faculty member awarded prestigious CAREER award to address problemCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- The next generations of supercomputers will be powerful enough...
TSET HPRC researcher receives federal grant to help low-income Oklahomans quit smoking
Credit: OU Health OKLAHOMA CITY -Darla Kendzor, Ph.D., co-director of the TSET Health Promotion Research Center, was recently awarded a 5-year, $3.1 million grant from...
With new treatments, PET imaging adds valuable information to brain metastasis monitoring
Credit: Image created by N. Galldiks et al., Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany. Reston, VA--For patients with brain metastases, amino acid positron emission tomography (PET)...
UTA researchers combining light waves and nanoparticles to treat battlefield TBIs
New approaches to battlefield brain injuriesCredit: UT Arlington chair of the Bioengineering Department at The University of Texas at Arlington is investigating whether a combination...
Forest fires drive expansion of savannas in the heart of the Amazon
Researchers analyzed the effects of wildfires on plant cover and soil quality in the last 40 years. The findings of the study show that the...
One step closer to efficient cannabis production
Bringing a technique that has been a boon to other plants to the budding cannabis industryCredit: Jessica Lubell-Brand As nurseries and garden centers fill up...
New neuroimaging technique studies brain stimulation for depression
First-in-human study of diffuse optical tomography during rTMS suggests treatment target or parameters may need adjusting to benefit more patients with severe depressionCredit: USF Health/University...
Using 4D printing to enable vascularization, bone tissue regeneration, spinal fusion
4D printing helps create a biomimetic microchannel scaffold made of collagen and hydroxyapatite.Credit: Hanjun Hwangbo, Hyeongjin Lee WASHINGTON, May 4, 2021 -- Spinal fusion is...
New look at a bright stellar nursery
VLA observations reveal changes over timeCredit: CREDIT: DePree, et al.; Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF; Spitzer/NASA. This overlay shows radio (orange) and infrared images of a giant...
Surfaces can be designed with antiviral properties to mitigate COVID-19
An optimally designed surface can speed the decay of a viral loadCredit: S. Chatterjee, J.S. Murallidharan, A. Agrawal, and R. Bhardwaj WASHINGTON, May 4, 2021...