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Public Release: 8-Nov-2009

Nature Nanotechnology
Findings show nanomedicine promising for treating spinal cord injuries
Researchers at Purdue University have discovered a new approach for repairing damaged nerve fibers in spinal cord injuries using nano-spheres that could be injected into the blood shortly after an accident.

NIH/National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, Indiana Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Fund

Public Release: 6-Nov-2009
Can stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation help CHD patients prevent future heart attacks?
The National Institutes of Health's National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute will fund a $1 million collaborative study by the Center for Natural Medicine and Prevention at Maharishi University of Management Research Institute and Columbia University Medical Center to determine whether the stress-reducing Transcendental Meditation technique can help patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) prevent future heart attacks, strokes and death.

NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Public Release: 5-Nov-2009
UAB awarded $11.5 million to explore ways to test youth for HIV, link them to care
Two new grants are for leadership and coordination of the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Intervention (ATN), a research network in the United States and Puerto Rico working to curb the epidemic through prevention, testing and treatment for youth ages 12 to 24. Projections show at least one-half of all new HIV infections each year worldwide are in youth under age 25, says Craig Wilson, M.D., a UAB professor and ATN leader.

NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Public Release: 5-Nov-2009

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine
Physical education key to improving health in low-income adolescents
School-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley.

California Endowment, Kaiser Permanente, NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, American Heart Association

Public Release: 5-Nov-2009
Researcher: 'Optical biopsy' for breast cancer increasingly accurate
Most biopsies following mammograms reveal benign abnormalities, not cancer.

NIH/National Cancer Institute

Public Release: 5-Nov-2009

Current Biology
New Notre Dame study provides insights into the molecular basis of tumor cell behavior
A new study by a team of researchers led by Crislyn D'Souza-Schorey, associate professor of biological sciences, sheds light on the molecular basis by which tumor cells modulate their surroundings to favor cancer progression.

NIH/National Cancer Institute

Public Release: 5-Nov-2009
$11 million NIH grant for stem cell research awarded to Rhode Island Hospital
Rhode Island Hospital has received an $11 million grant that will fund research that will lead to a general understanding of stem cell biology and identify unique approaches to tissue regeneration in lung and marrow diseases. The 5-year grant, awarded to Peter Quesenberry, MD, director of hematology/oncology at Rhode Island Hospital, also provides funding for the development of a major stem cell research center at Rhode Island Hospital.

NIH/National Center for Research Resources

Public Release: 5-Nov-2009

Nutrition Today
Lactose intolerance rates may be significantly lower than previously believed
Prevalence of lactose intolerance may be far lower than previously estimated, according to a new study. These new findings indicate that previous estimates of lactose intolerance incidence -- based on the incidence of lactose maldigestion -- may be overestimated by wide margins.

US Department of Agriculture, ARS, NIH/National Cancer Institute, National Dairy Council

Public Release: 5-Nov-2009

Science
Genome sequence for the domestic horse to be unveiled
The whole genome sequence of the domestic horse has been completed by the genome-sequencing center of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, in collaboration with an international team of researchers that includes scientists at the University of California, Davis. The findings, which have important implications for improved breeding of horses and for studies of human health, will be reported in the Nov. 6 issue of the journal Science.

NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute, Dorothy Russell Havemeyer Foundation, Volkswagen Foundation, Morris Animal Foundation, Italy's Programmi di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale

Public Release: 5-Nov-2009

Science
Horse genome sequence and analysis published in Science
An international team of researchers has decoded the genome of the domestic horse Equus caballus, revealing a genome structure with remarkable similarities to humans and more than one million genetic differences across a variety of horse breeds. In addition to shedding light on a key part of the mammalian branch of the evolutionary tree, the work also provides a critical starting point for mapping disease genes in horses.

NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute, Dorothy Russell Havemeyer Foundation, Volkswagen Foundation, Morris Animal Foundation, Programmi di Ricerca Scientifica di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale