EurekAlert! - National Institutes of Health

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
$1.8 million grant to support research on impact of social stress
Dr. Kim Huhman, a researcher in the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience at Georgia State University, has received a federal five-year, $1.8 million grant for research that may lead to improved strategies for treating and preventing mental health problems associated with exposure to social stress.

NIH/National Institute of Mental Health

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
BIDMC's George Tsokos, M.D., receives NIH MERIT award
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Chief of Rheumatology George Tsokos, M.D., is the recipient of a MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health.

National Institutes of Health

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013

Nature Communications
Understanding the effects of genes on human traits
Recent technological developments in genomics have revealed a large number of genetic influences on common complex diseases, such as diabetes, asthma, cancer or schizophrenia. However, discovering a genetic variant predisposing to a disease is only a first step. In a study published today in Nature Communications, Montreal researchers with colleagues from Texas, propose a novel approach for scanning the entire genome that will help us understand the effect of genes on human traits.

Genome Canada, Genome Quebec, National Institutes of Health

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013

American Journal of Human Genetics
Penn: New variants at gene linked to kidney disease, sleeping sickness resistance
A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers involves a classic case of evolution's fickle nature: a genetic mutation that protects against a potentially fatal infectious disease also appears to increase the risk of developing a chronic, debilitating condition.

National Science Foundation, National Institutes of Health

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013

Diabetes
Genetic link to gestational diabetes
New Northwestern Medicine� research on the genetics of diabetes could one day help women know their risk for developing gestational diabetes before they become pregnant -- and lead to preventive measures to protect the health of offspring.

National Institutes of Health, American Diabetes Association

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013
Mount Sinai launches first-ever genetic testing program in the primary care setting
Primary-care providers will use patients' genomic information at the point-of-care to individualize treatment, testing and monitoring with Mount Sinai's Clinical Implementation of Personalized Medicine through Electronic Health Records and Genomic Program, or CLIPMERGE, a novel clinical-decision support engine for delivering guidelines with genetic variants of clinical significance to enhance treatment.

National Institutes of Health

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Study offers promising new direction for organ regeneration and tissue repair
Researchers have identified an entirely new approach to enhance tissue growth, findings that could lead to advances in organ regeneration and tissue repair, with widespread therapeutic applications.

National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH/National Cancer Institute, Robert A. Welch Foundation

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013

Nature
New protein discovered with vast potential for treatment of cancer and other diseases
In cancer research, discovering a new protein that plays a role in cancer is like finding a key and a treasure map: follow the clues and eventually there could be a big reward. At least that's the hope from a new study published in the journal Nature that discovered a novel protein called ceramide-1 phosphate transport protein.

NIH/National Cancer Institute, Veterans Administration

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013

Menopause
Exercise is good for you, but it won't cut hot flashes
Exercise has proven health benefits, but easing hot flashes isn't one of them. After participating in a 12-week aerobic exercise program, sedentary women with frequent hot flashes had no fewer or less bothersome hot flashes than a control group. This randomized, controlled study from the MsFLASH Research Network was published today in Menopause, the journal of the North American Menopause Society.

NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH/Office of Research and Women's Health, NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Development

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013

Clinical Psychological Science
Autism symptoms not explained by impaired attention
Two aspects of attention -- reorienting focus and attending to social information -- do not seem to account for the diversity symptoms seen in autistic children, according to new research from Clinical Psychological Science.

Ellison Medical Foundation, Simons Foundation, NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013

Human Reproduction
BPA exposure disrupts human egg maturation
New research led by Catherine Racowsky, Ph.D., director of the Assisted Reproductive Technologies Laboratory at Brigham and Women's Hospital, shows that exposure to BPA (Bisphenol-A) could be a contributing factor as to why some infertile couples are having difficulty conceiving. The study will be published online on July 31, 2013 in the journal Human Reproduction.

NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Public Release: 31-Jul-2013

Nature
Digest this: Cure for cancer may live in our intestines
Treating a cancerous tumor is like watering a houseplant with a fire hose -- too much water kills the plant, just as too much chemotherapy and radiation kills the patient before it kills the tumor.

National Institutes of Health

Public Release: 30-Jul-2013
Nurse researcher receives NIH award to study HIV prevention in young black women
The National Institute of Nursing Research recently awarded $267,732 to the University of South Florida College of Nursing to study ways to reduce HIV/AIDS risk in college-aged black women, who are disproportionately affected by the disease.

NIH/Natonal Institute of Nursing Research