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Public Release: 16-May-2008
American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
Drug fends off kidney cancer progression
New data from an international, multicenter Phase III clinical trial has found that the experimental targeted therapy everolimus (RAD001) significantly delays cancer progression in patients with metastatic kidney cancer whose disease had worsened on other treatments.
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Contact: Jeanne D'Agostino
dagostij@mskcc.org
212-639-3573
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Journal of Political Economy
Item! Candidates are buying your vote
A daring new article in the Journal of Political Economy creates a theoretical voting system where, in addition to the already accepted campaign promises, votes can be bought and sold free of stigma. Within this system, the authors are able to shed light on the economics of our approaching general election
Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, Guggenheim Foundation, National Science Foundation
Contact: Rudy Faust
rfaust@press.uchicago.edu
773-834-0386
University of Chicago Press Journals
Public Release: 16-May-2008
American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
New method proposed for determining which patients should get treatment for colorectal cancer
A new study being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago (Abstract #4020), may change treatment practice in about 25 percent of patients with colon cancer, and is the basis for proposed changes to the way colorectal cancers will be staged.
Contact: Traci Klein
newsbureau@mayo.edu
507-284-5005
Mayo Clinic
Public Release: 16-May-2008
NIST tool helps Internet master top-level domains
At the request of a worldwide Internet organization, a computer scientist at NIST developed an algorithm that may guide applicants in proposing new "top-level domains." The NIST algorithm checks whether the newly proposed name is confusingly similar to existing ones by looking for visual likenesses in its appearance.
Contact: Ben Stein
bstein@nist.gov
301-975-3097
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Bitter orange SRMs: Tools for product analysis/quality
NIST has developed Standard Reference Materials for bitter orange, long used in folk medicine and now increasingly used in herbal weight-loss products. Researchers can use the new materials to develop and test analytical methods for compounds in bitter orange or as control materials for quality assurance.
NIH/Office of Dietary Supplements, US Food and Drug Administration
Contact: John Blair
john.blair@nist.gov
301-975-4261
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Nature Materials
Disorder enables extreme sensitivity in piezoelectric materials
A research team working at NIST has found an explanation for the extreme sensitivity to mechanical pressure or voltage of a special class of solid materials called relaxors. The ability to control and tailor this sensitivity would allow industry to enhance a range of devices used in medical ultrasound imaging, loudspeakers, sonar and computer hard drives.
US Department of Energy, Natural Science and Research Council of Canada
Contact: Evelyn Brown
evelyn.brown@nist.gov
301-975-5661
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Journal of American Chemical Society
Improved ion mobility is key to new hydrogen storage compound
A materials scientist at NIST has deciphered the structure of a new class of materials that can store relatively large quantities of hydrogen. The new analysis may point to a practical hydrogen storage material for automobile fuel cells and similar applications.
Contact: Evelyn Brown
evelyn.brown@nist.gov
301-975-5661
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Advanced Materials
Spin control: New technique sorts nanotubes by length
Researchers at NIST have reported a new technique to sort batches of carbon nanotubes by length using high-speed centrifuges. The technique should be easy to scale to industrial quantities for a variety of nanotube applications where length is an important factor.
Contact: Michael Baum
michael.baum@nist.gov
301-975-2763
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Public Release: 16-May-2008
NIST Technical Notes
Emergency links: NIST identifies 'sweet spot' for radios in tunnels
Researchers at NIST have confirmed that underground tunnels -- generally a difficult setting for radios -- can have a frequency "sweet spot" at which signals may travel several times farther than at other frequencies. The finding may point to strategies for enhancing rescue communications in subways and mines.
US Department of Justice, US Department of Homeland Security
Contact: Laura Ost
laura.ost@nist.gov
303-497-4880
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Public Release: 16-May-2008
American Journal of Roentgenology
Fibroids common, but women have options
Small fibroids located just beneath the lining of the uterus (submucosal) are more likely to move to the endometrial cavity after uterine artery embolization but usually don’t cause major complications, according to a new study.
Contact: Necoya Tyson
necoya@arrs.org
703-858-4304
American Roentgen Ray Society
Public Release: 16-May-2008
How did that chain letter get to my inbox?
Everyone who has an e-mail account has probably received a forwarded chain letter promising good luck if the message is forwarded on to others -- or terrible misfortune if it isn't. The sheer volume of forwarded messages such as chain letters, online petitions, jokes and other materials leads to a simple question -- how do these messages reach so many people so quickly?
Contact: Dana Cruikshank
dcruiksh@nsf.gov
703-292-8070
National Science Foundation
Public Release: 16-May-2008
New E-health recommendations from ACP aim to improve health care quality, safety, and access
In a new position paper released today, the American College of Physicians says that collaboration among physicians, patients, technology developers, and policymakers must occur if E-health activities like electronic communication between physicians and their patients, remote monitoring of patients, personal and electronic health records, and patients seeking health information online are to transform health care in the US.
Contact: Steve Majewski
smajewski@acponline.org
202-249-4026
American College of Physicians
Public Release: 16-May-2008
American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
Bone drug could help prevent the spread of breast cancer
Maintaining bone density could be a key to decreasing the spread of cancer in women with locally advanced breast cancer, according to research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Novartis, Pfizer Inc.
Contact: Gwen Ericson
ericsong@wustl.edu
314-286-0141
Washington University School of Medicine
Public Release: 16-May-2008
American Society of Hypertension 23rd Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition
Calpis' AmealPeptide lowers blood pressure in 2 placebo-controlled trials
Two new clinical trials presented by Calpis Co., Ltd. at the American Society of Hypertension Twenty-Third Annual Scientific Meeting and Exposition in New Orleans show that the milk-derived dietary supplement AmealPeptide reduces blood pressure in hypertensive patients.
Calpis Co., Ltd.
Contact: Maureen Kiggins
mkiggins@optonline.net
516-676-6774
HCIL
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Tectonics
Scientists identified earthquake faults in Sichuan, China
Only last summer research published by earth scientists in the international journal Tectonics concluded that geological faults in the Sichuan Basin, China "are sufficiently long to sustain a strong ground-shaking earthquake, making them potentially serious sources of regional seismic hazard."
An international team of scientists carefully mapped and analyzed a series of geologically young faults that cross Sichuan Province like recently healed scars.
Contact: Dr. Marie Cowan
mtc@bgs.ac.uk
44-781-421-2644
British Geological Survey
Public Release: 16-May-2008
33rd Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society
CAPHOSOL relieves oral mucositis and improves quality-of-life in cancer patients
New data show that CAPHOSOL, an advanced electrolyte solution, relieves painful oral mucositis and improves quality of life for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy. These data will be reported in two separate presentations, one today in an oral podium presentation and one tomorrow as a poster session, at the 33rd Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society.
EUSA Pharma
Contact: David Avitabile
davitabile@jfkhealth.com
609-514-5117
JFK Communcations
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Experts tackle shipment issues for beneficial radiation sources
Delays and denials of shipments involving regulated radioactive materials used in medicine and industry are of growing concern to safety and industry experts. Meeting in Rome this week at an IAEA workshop, they agreed on an action plan for the Mediterranean region that seeks to ease hardships for hospitals, research centers and organizations that rely on timely delivery of beneficial radiation sources.
Contact: Giovanni Verlini
G.VERLINI@iaea.org
43-126-002-1281
International Atomic Energy Agency
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Disabling mouse enzyme increases fertility
Changing the sugars attached to a hormone produced in the pituitary gland increased fertility levels in mice nearly 50 percent, a research group at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has found. The change appears to alter a reproductive "thermostat," unveiling part of an intricate regulatory system that may one day be used to enhance human fertility.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Michael Purdy
purdym@wustl.edu
314-286-0122
Washington University School of Medicine
Public Release: 16-May-2008
American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
Iressa shows promise for treatment of metastatic breast cancer when combined with hormonal therapy
Gefitinib, the once-promising drug formerly approved as a second line treatment for lung cancer, also known as Iressa, enhanced the effectiveness of hormonal therapy for the treatment of specific types of metastatic breast cancer, according to a Phase II clinical trial led by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Contact: Laura Sussman
lsussman@mdanderson.org
713-745-2457
University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Breaking news: Study revives Olympic prospects for amputee sprinter
Based on Rice and MIT findings, the Court of Arbitration for Sports in Lausanne, Switzerland, has ruled that Pistorius is eligible to participate in International Association of Athletics Federations sanctioned competitions. If he qualifies for the 2008 Beijing games, Pistorius would be the first disabled athlete ever to run against able-bodied athletes in an Olympic event.
Contact: David Ruth
druth@rice.edu
713-348-6327
Rice University
Public Release: 16-May-2008
American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
NYU Langone Medical Center's tip sheet to the 44th annual meeting of ASCO
The following news tips are based on abstracts or poster presentations at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology to be held in Chicago, Ill., May 30-June 3, 2008.
Contact: Jennifer Berman
Jennifer.Berman@nyumc.org
212-404-3555
NYU Langone Medical Center / New York University School of Medicine
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Environmental Science & Technology
New study links fate of personal care products to environmental pollution and human health concerns
People's concern in maintaining germ-free homes has led to the widespread use of anti-bacterial soaps and cleaning agents. But the active ingredients of those antiseptic soaps have come under scrutiny due to environmental and human health concerns. Now, ASU Biodesign Institute researcher Rolf Halden and co-workers have shown that antimicrobial ingredients used a half a century ago persist today in estuarine sediments into which New York City and Baltimore have discharged their treated domestic wastewater.
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Contact: Joe Caspermeyer
joseph.caspermeyer@asu.edu
480-727-0369
Arizona State University
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Weather, waves and wireless: Super strength signalling
Leicester scientist explains how radio waves traveling over the sea can have enhanced signal strengths.
Contact: Dr. Salil Gunashekar
sdg10@le.ac.uk
University of Leicester
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Sulfur in marine archaeological shipwrecks -- the 'hull story' gives a sour aftertaste
Sulfur in marine archaeological shipwrecks -- the "hull story" gives a sour aftertaste.
Contact: Maria Erlandssson
maria.erlandsson@kommunikation.su.se
467-016-3953
Swedish Research Council
Public Release: 16-May-2008
Nature Methods
Biosensor for measuring stress in cells
Reactive oxygen compounds, including the well-known "free radicals," have an oxidation effect and, thereby, damage cells. However, at low levels, they also regulate key life processes. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center have developed a highly sensitive biological measuring system for determining the oxidation state of living cells in real time.
European Commission, Marie Curie Excellence Grant
Contact: Dr. Sibylle Kohlstädt
s.kohlstaedt@dkfz.de
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
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