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Public Release: 7-Aug-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Composite nanofibers developed by Penn scientists next chapter in orthopaedic biomaterials
Penn scientists have developed and validated a new technology in which composite nanofibrous scaffolds provide a loose enough structure for cells to colonize without impediment, but still can instruct cells how to lay down new tissue.
NIH/National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
Contact: Karen Kreeger
karen.kreeger@uphs.upenn.edu
215-349-5658
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Public Release: 7-Aug-2012
Molecular Psychiatry
BUSM/VA Boston Healthcare System investigators identify new gene linked to PTSD
Investigators at Boston University School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System have identified a new gene linked to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The findings, published online in Molecular Psychiatry, indicate that a gene known to play a role in protecting brain cells from the damaging effects of stress may also be involved in the development of PTSD.
NIH/National Institute on Mental Health, US Department of Veterans Affairs
Contact: Jenny Eriksen Leary
jenny.eriksen@bmc.org
617-638-6841
Boston University Medical Center
Public Release: 7-Aug-2012
JAMA
Thinner diabetics face higher death rate
American adults of a normal weight with new-onset diabetes die at a higher rate than overweight/obese adults with the same disease, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease
Contact: Erin White
ewhite@northwestern.edu
847-491-4888
Northwestern University
Public Release: 7-Aug-2012
Oncologist
Study questions value of calcium and vitamin D supplements
Prescribing calcium and vitamin D supplements for men at risk of bone loss from hormonal treatment for prostate cancer seems like good medicine.
NIH/National Cancer Institute
Contact: Bonnie Davis
bdavis@wakehealth.edu
336-399-8274
Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Public Release: 7-Aug-2012
Cell Metabolism
Treatment target for diabetes, Wolfram syndrome
Inflammation and cell stress play important roles in the death of insulin-secreting cells and are major factors in diabetes. Cell stress also plays a role in Wolfram syndrome, a rare, genetic disorder that afflicts children with many symptoms, including juvenile-onset diabetes. Now a molecule has been identified that's key to the cell stress-modulated inflammation that causes insulin cells to die, report scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
JDRF, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH/Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Contact: Jim Dryden
jdryden@wustl.edu
314-286-0110
Washington University School of Medicine
Public Release: 7-Aug-2012
Clinical Cancer Research
Grapefruit juice lets patients take lower dose of cancer drug
A glass a day of grapefruit juice lets patients derive the same benefits from an anti-cancer drug as they would get from more than three times as much of the drug by itself. The combination could help patients avoid side effects associated with high doses of the drug and reduce the cost of the medication.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: John Easton
john.easton@uchospitals.edu
773-795-5225
University of Chicago Medical Center
Public Release: 7-Aug-2012
American Journal of Preventive Medicine
Color-coded labels improve healthy food choices in employees from all backgrounds
A program designed to encourage more healthful food choices through simple color-coded labels and the positioning of items in display cases was equally successful across all categories of employees at a large hospital cafeteria.
National Center for Research Resources, NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Contact: Sue McGreevey
smcgreevey@partners.org
617-724-2764
Massachusetts General Hospital
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Annals of Internal Medicine
Racial differences in diabetes diagnostic thresholds
Health-care providers should take into account differences among racial groups when using hemoglobin A1C levels to diagnose and monitor diabetes, new research from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center suggests.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Kelly Lawman
klawman@bidmc.harvard.edu
617-667-7305
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Trends in Neurosciences
The scientific side of steroid use and abuse
Leslie Henderson investigates the cellular basis for behavioral changes seen with the abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids. In her laboratory work, Henderson has looked at three major behavioral systems typically associated with steroid abuse -- reproduction, aggression in males, and anxiety in both sexes. Studies have shown there are "critical periods" -- periods of time during adolescence when exposure to steroids can impose permanent changes in both brain organization and function.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Amy Olson
amy.d.olson@dartmouth.edu
603-646-3247
Dartmouth College
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
NYU College of Nursing's Dr. Anastasi awarded $2.5 million from NIH to study IBS symptom management
A $2.5 million NIH grant has been awarded to NYUCN's Dr. Anastasi for the study of symptom management for irritable bowel syndrome constipation using acupuncture/moxibustion.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Christopher James
christopher.james@nyu.edu
212-998-6876
New York University
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
Preschool children who can pay attention more likely to finish college
Young children who are able to pay attention and persist on a task have a 50 percent greater chance of completing college, according to a new study at Oregon State University.
Tracking a group of 430 preschool-age children, the study gives compelling evidence that social and behavioral skills, such as paying attention, following directions and completing a task may be even more crucial than academic abilities.
NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Colorado Adoption Project
Contact: Megan McClelland
megan.mcclelland@oregonstate.edu
541-737-9225
Oregon State University
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Cancer Causes & Control
US-born Latinas at great risk of having babies with retinoblastoma
In a large epidemiologic study, researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center found that the children of US-born Latina women are at higher risk of having retinoblastoma, a malignant tumor of the retina which typically occurs in children under six.
NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Contact: Kim Irwin
kirwin@mednet.ucla.edu
310-206-2805
University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Scripps Florida scientists awarded nearly $1.5 million to develop new approaches to treat cancer
Scientists from the Florida campus of the Scripps Research Institute have been awarded approximately $1.5 million from the National Institutes of Health to identify and develop new therapeutic approaches against a broad spectrum of cancers.
NIH/National Cancer Institute
Contact: Mika Ono
mikaono@scripps.edu
858-784-2052
Scripps Research Institute
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Possible muscle disease therapeutic target found
The study of muscular system protein myostatin has been of great interest to researchers as a potential therapeutic target for people with muscular disorders. Although much is known about how myostatin affects muscle growth, there has been disagreement about what types of muscle cells it acts upon. New research narrows down the field to one likely type of cell.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Chen-Ming Fan
fan@ciwemb.edu
410-246-3022
Carnegie Institution
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Researchers pursue red flag for schizophrenia relapse
Blood levels of a protein that helps regulate inflammation may also serve as a red flag for relapse in some schizophrenia patients, researchers said.
"There are no good, objective measures of treatment efficacy or indicators for relapse," said Dr. Brian Miller, a psychiatrist specializing in schizophrenia at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University.
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health/Mentored Patient-Oriented Research
Contact: Toni Baker
tbaker@georgiahealth.edu
706-721-4421
Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Pediatrics
Infants of overweight mothers grow more slowly
Babies born to overweight mothers gain less weight and grow more slowly than those born to normal-weight mothers, a University of Iowa study has found. But they do catch up, meaning that pediatricians should refrain from boosting their nutrition, which could make matters worse. Results appear in the Journal of Pediatrics.
National Institutes of Health, University of Minnesota
Contact: Richard Lewis
richard-c-lewis@uiowa.edu
319-384-0012
University of Iowa
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
OU research group awarded $9.7 million NIH CoBRE grant in structural biology
A University of Oklahoma research team has been awarded a five-year, $9.7 million National Institutes of Health grant to fund research that can lead to a greater understanding of human diseases and conditions associated with aging, osteoporosis, diabetes, bacterial and parasitic infections. The goal of the NIH grant is to increase the pace, competitiveness and success rate of structural biology research in Oklahoma.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Jana Smith
jana.smith@ou.edu
405-325-1322
University of Oklahoma
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Vanderbilt researchers find proteins may point way to new prostate cancer drug targets
Two proteins that act in opposing directions -- one that promotes cancer and one that suppresses cancer -- regulate the same set of genes in prostate cancer, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have found.
NIH/National Cancer Institute, US Department of Defense
Contact: Craig Boerner
craig.boerner@vanderbilt.edu
615-322-4747
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Nature Immunology
UNC team describes novel inflammatory protein function
A UNC-led team of scientists describes the function of a previously un-characterized protein that dramatically influences inflammation.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Dianne G. Shaw
dgs@med.unc.edu
919-966-7834
University of North Carolina Health Care
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Health Affairs
Despite financial challenges, safety-net hospitals provide high quality care
A Yale study of the care quality received at safety-net hospitals -- which provide care for the majority of uninsured and other vulnerable populations -- found that quality at these facilities is similar to non-safety-net hospitals. This is despite the unique financial challenges at safety-net hospitals in the face of rising costs and the potential impact of the health-care law.
NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, American Federation
Contact: Karen N. Peart
karen.peart@yale.edu
203-432-1326
Yale University
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Archives of Internal Medicine
Long-term use of blood pressure meds promoting sun sensitivity may raise lip cancer risk
Long-term use of commonly used blood pressure medications that increase sensitivity to sunlight is associated with an increased risk of lip cancer in non-Hispanic whites, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
NIH/National Cancer Institute
Contact: Vincent Staupe
vstaupe@golinharris.com
415-318-4386
Kaiser Permanente
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Archives of Internal Medicine
Weight training associated with reduced risk of type 2 diabetes
Men who do weight training regularly -- for example, for 30 minutes per day, five days per week -- may be able to reduce their risk of type 2 diabetes by up to 34 percent, according to a new study by Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and University of Southern Denmark researchers. And if they combine weight training and aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking or running, they may be able to reduce their risk even further -- up to 59 percent.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Marge Dwyer
mhdwyer@hsph.harvard.edu
617-432-8416
Harvard School of Public Health
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Archives of General Psychiatry
Behavioral intervention can reduce tics in adults with Tourette syndrome
Specially designed comprehensive behavioral therapy is more effective than sessions offering patient support and education in helping adults with Tourette syndrome manage their tics according to a study in the August issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.
NIH/National Institute of Mental Health
Contact: Kristen Stanton
kstanton3@partners.org
617-643-3907
Massachusetts General Hospital
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Researchers discover blood biomarker for Lou Gehrig's disease, could lead to new treatments
Researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital are the first to discover that changes in monocytes (a type of white blood cell) are a biomarker for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease. These findings open doors to new treatments.
National Institutes of Health
Contact: Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg
mmontemayor-quellenberg@partners.org
617-534-2208
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Public Release: 6-Aug-2012
Journal of Clinical Investigation
Identifying a new target for ALS treatment
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive disease wherein the cells of the central nervous system involved in movement and coordination are destroyed. Although the mechanism of ALS is not completely understood, inflammation is believed to play a role in the disease process. A recent study by Howard Weiner and colleagues at Harvard Medical School and Tufts School of Medicine investigated the role of inflammation in a mouse model of ALS.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association, National Institutes of Health, Tufts Center for Neuroscience Research
Contact: Sarah Jackson
press_releases@the-jci.org
Journal of Clinical Investigation
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