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Public Release: 2-Nov-2009

Nature Neuroscience
Study reveals second pathway to feeling your heartbeat
A new study suggests that the inner sense of our cardiovascular state, our "interoceptive awareness" of the heart pounding, relies on two independent pathways, contrary to what had been asserted by prominent researchers. The University of Iowa study was published online this week in the journal Nature Neuroscience.

NIH/National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH/National Center for Research Resources

Public Release: 2-Nov-2009

Obesity Reviews
Decrease in physical activity may not be a factor in increased obesity rates among adolescents
Decreased physical activity may have little to do with the recent spike in obesity rates among US adolescents, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Public Release: 2-Nov-2009

Journal of Biological Chemistry
Study reveals a 'missing link' in immune response to disease
How do T cells shift so swiftly from being both jury and executioner when it comes to disease? Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators and colleagues report using an array of techniques -- including "optical tweezers" that exploit laser light to press molecules against surface structures found on T cells -- to find out what operates the switch that changes T cells from disease hunter to attacker. Their answer: sheer mechanical force.

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Public Release: 2-Nov-2009

51st ASTRO Annual Meeting
Preventative brain radiation for lung cancer patients: Benefits and risks
A new study is taking a closer look at the benefits vs. risks for lung cancer patients to undergo preventative brain radiation therapy as a means to stop cancer from spreading to the brain. Study results show that while preventative brain radiation for patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer -- the most common form of lung cancer -- does reduce the chance of developing brain metastases, it impacts some short-term and long-term memory.

NIH/National Cancer Institute

Public Release: 2-Nov-2009
Stereotactic radiotherapy offers noninvasive, effective treatment for lung cancer patients
Stereotactic body radiation therapy should be considered a new standard of care for early stage lung cancer treatment in patients with co-existing medical problems, according to results from a national clinical trial led by UT Southwestern Medical Center physicians.

NIH/National Cancer Institute

Public Release: 2-Nov-2009

Blood
Immune therapy can protect against or treat later lymphoma
Specially developed immune system cells that target the common Epstein-Barr virus can protect immune-suppressed bone marrow transplant recipients against lymph system disease and cancers that arise from the viral infection, said a group of researchers led by those from Baylor College of Medicine, the Methodist Hospital and Texas Children's Hospital.

National Institutes of Health, Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, NIH/National Cancer Institute, Assisi Foundation, American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities

Public Release: 2-Nov-2009

Health Psychology
U-M research shows chronically ill may be happier if they give up hope
Holding on to hope may not make patients happier as they deal with chronic illness or diseases, U-M research shows.

NIH/National Institute on Child Health and Human Development

Public Release: 30-Oct-2009
Hutchinson Center researcher secures $7.9 million NCI grant for esophageal cancer research
Thomas Vaughan, M.D., head of the Epidemiology Program in the Public Health Sciences Division of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, has received a three-year, $7.9 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study genetic susceptibility for Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma, a rapidly fatal cancer whose incidence has increased more than 500 percent in the past 30 years, faster than any other cancer in the United States.

NIH/National Cancer Institute

Public Release: 30-Oct-2009

Cell
Sight gone, but not necessarily lost?
Like all tissues in the body, the eye needs a healthy blood supply to function properly. Poorly developed blood vessels can lead to visual impairment or even blindness. While many of the molecules involved in guiding the development of the intricate blood vessel architecture are known, only now are we learning how these molecules work and how they might affect sight.

NIH/National Eye Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Public Release: 30-Oct-2009

Neuron
This is your brain on fatty acids
Saturated fats have a deservedly bad reputation, but Johns Hopkins scientists have discovered that a sticky lipid occurring naturally at high levels in the brain may help us memorize grandma's recipe for cinnamon buns, as well as recall how, decades ago, she served them up steaming from the oven.

NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Public Release: 30-Oct-2009

Journal of Neuroscience
Caltech researchers show efficacy of gene therapy in mouse models of Huntington's disease
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology have shown that a highly specific intrabody (an antibody fragment that works against a target inside a cell) is capable of stalling the development of Huntington's disease in a variety of mouse models. "Gene therapy in these models successfully attenuated the symptoms of Huntington's disease and increased life span," notes Paul Patterson, the Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences.

Hereditary Disease Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Public Release: 29-Oct-2009

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Stress-induced changes in brain circuitry linked to cocaine relapse
Stress-evoked changes in circuits that regulate serotonin in certain parts of the brain can precipitate a low mood and a relapse of cocaine-seeking, based on mouse studies at the University of Washington.

US Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse, Hope for Depression Foundation

Public Release: 29-Oct-2009
Charles Drew University awarded $9.8 million
Charles Drew University has been awarded $9.8 million to support the university's long-term, UCLA partnership aimed at reducing the risk of cancer among minorities in poor and disadvantaged communities.

National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Health Disparities

Public Release: 29-Oct-2009

Molecular Cell
Inhibitor of heat shock protein is a potential anticancer drug, Penn study finds
Researchers identified a small molecule that inhibits the heat shock protein HSP70. They also showed that the HSP inhibitor, called PES, could stop tumor formation, and significantly extend survival of mice. PES seems to be specifically targeting HSP70, a protein that is differentially expressed in normal vs. cancerous cells.

NIH/National Cancer Institute, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

Public Release: 29-Oct-2009

Women's Health Issues
Pregnant women risk early delivery from using psychiatric medication
Women who used psychiatric medication during pregnancy have triple the odds of delivering prematurely.

NIH/National Center for Research Resources, NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH/National Institute of Nursing Research, March of Dimes Foundation, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Public Release: 29-Oct-2009

Cell
'Moonlighting' molecules discovered
Since the completion of the human genome sequence, a question has baffled researchers studying gene control: How is it that humans, being far more complex than the lowly yeast, do not proportionally contain in our genome significantly more gene-control proteins?

National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Eye Institute, W. M. Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Investigator in Medical Research Award, Ruth and Milton Steinbach Fund, private donors

Public Release: 28-Oct-2009

Psychosomatic Medicine
Study: depression can lead to inflated reports of physical symptoms
New research shows people who feel depressed tend to recall having more physical symptoms than they actually experienced. The study indicates that depression -- not neuroticism -- is the cause of such over-reporting. Psychologist Jerry Suls, professor and collegiate fellow in the University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, attributes the findings to depressed individuals recalling experiences differently, tending to ruminate over and exaggerate the bad.

NIH/National Institute on Aging

Public Release: 28-Oct-2009
Study targets stroke prevention in children with sickle cell anemia
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators were recently awarded a $23 million federal grant to launch a national study of the drug hydroxyurea to prevent first strokes in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia.

NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Public Release: 27-Oct-2009
$4.8M stimulus grant launches feasibility study of massive endeavor to measure all human proteins
An expert in cancer proteomics at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has received $4.8 million in federal stimulus funding from the National Cancer Institute to co-lead a pilot study to assess the feasibility and scalability of a project that aims to measure all of the proteins in the human body.

NIH/National Cancer Institute

Public Release: 27-Oct-2009
Trial to test whether behavioral therapy can reduce anxiety in young adolescents with autism
The USF Health Rothman Center for Neuropsychiatry in St. Petersburg, Fla., is conducting a two-year federal trial testing the effectiveness of behavioral psychotherapy in treating anxiety among young adolescents with autism. The University of South Florida is one three sites for the $1 million study, sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Development through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

NIH/National Institute of Child Health and Development

Public Release: 27-Oct-2009
Gladstone scientists receive $10 million to identify genetic cause of congenital heart disease
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease will receive $10 million over the next six years to find the genetic causes of congenital heart disease.

NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

Public Release: 27-Oct-2009
UT leads collaborative initiative for innovative cancer research
A consortium led by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has been awarded a major grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish a center to conduct innovative cancer research. The center will receive $2.4 million during the first year and could receive funds totaling $11.6 million over a five-year period. The new center is called the Center for Transport Oncophysics.

NIH/National Cancer Institute

Public Release: 27-Oct-2009
BU School of Medicine CityLab program awarded grant from NIH Center for Research Resources
Boston University School of Medicine's CityLab program has received a five year, $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health National Center for Research Resources.

NIH/National Center for Research Resources

Public Release: 27-Oct-2009

Journal of American Geriatrics Society
Older patients with dementia at increased risk for flu mortality
An epidemiological study finds that patients over age 65 with dementia have an increased risk of dying from complications of the flu. The obstacles to early diagnosis and treatment of flu among older patients with dementia include limited access to health care and inadequate testing practices, as well as patients' difficulty communicating symptoms.

NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Public Release: 26-Oct-2009
New center to open up new directions in cancer research
Northwestern University has been awarded a $13.6 million five-year grant from the National Cancer Institute to establish an interdisciplinary research center for the study of genes and their role in cancer. The Physical Sciences-Oncology Center brings together physical scientists and cancer biologists to use nontraditional, physical sciences-based approaches to understand and control cancer. A better understanding of the mechanisms could lead to better diagnostics and therapeutics, and open up new directions for research.

NIH/National Cancer Institute

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