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Key: Meeting
Showing releases 1-25 out of 382.
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
 Archives of Sexual BehaviorWhy are some college students more likely to 'hook up'? A new study by researchers with The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine suggests there are certain factors and behaviors associated with sexual hookups, particularly among first-year college women. 
NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Contact: Jessica Collins Grimes
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Journal of Trauma and Acute Care SurgeryHartford consensus aims to improve survival after mass shootings In early April, senior leaders from medical, law enforcement, military, and fire/rescue agencies met in Hartford, Connecticut, to discuss one question: How can first responders improve survival after a mass casualty event? Contact: Connie Hughes
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Drug and Alcohol DependenceStates vary widely on success rates for minorities in drug treatment programs A University of Iowa study reveals significant disparities between minority and white clients in success rates for completing substance abuse treatment programs. Moreover, these disparities vary widely from state to state. Contact: Jennifer Brown
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Antimicrobial Agents and ChemotherapyHIV-derived antibacterial shows promise against drug-resistant bacteria A team of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh has developed antibacterial compounds, derived from the outer coating of HIV, that could be potential treatments for drug-resistant bacterial infections and appear to avoid generating resistance. Contact: Jim Sliwa
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Polar BiologyScientists use DNA from a museum specimen to study rarely observed type of killer whale In a scientific paper published in the journal Polar Biology, researchers report using DNA from tissues samples collected in 1955 to study what may be a new type of killer whale (Orcinus orca). Contact: Phillip A. Morin
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting Journal of PediatricsExtended primary care office hours might help keep kids out of the emergency department Children had half as many emergency department visits if their primary care office had evening office hours on five or more days a week, according to new research from child health experts at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and Johns Hopkins University. Contact: Mary F. Masson
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Human EcologyAre we pushing animals over the edge? Species of mammals and birds are threatened with extinction as a result of rising human population density, according to a study published in Springer's journal, Human Ecology. The work is also the first to show that the exponential growth of the human population will continue to pose a threat to other species. In other words, there does not appear to be a threshold above which population growth would cease to have an incremental negative effect. Contact: Joan Robinson
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Renewed hope in a once-abandoned cancer drug class Could drugs that block the body's system for repairing damage to the genetic material DNA become a boon to health? As unlikely as it may seem, those compounds are sparking optimism as potential treatments for ovarian and breast cancers driven by a mutation in BRCA. The compounds, termed PARP inhibitors, are the topic of the cover story in the current edition of Chemical & Engineering News. C&EN is the weekly newsmagazine of the American Chemical Society, the world's largest scientific society. Contact: Michael Bernstein
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
World Food Prize goes to a Belgian for the first time: The scientist Marc Van Montagu The Flemish plant scientist Marc Van Montagu is being awarded the "World Food Prize 2013," jointly with the American scientists Mary-Dell Chilton and Robert T. Fraley. This was announced by US Secretary of State, John Kerry. The World Food Prize gives the award annually to one or more people whose work has been of exceptional social importance for the quality, quantity or availability of food. Contact: Kris Van der Beken
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
LangmuirPearly perfection The mystery of how pearls form into the most perfectly spherical large objects in nature may have an unlikely explanation, scientists are proposing in a new study. It appears in ACS' journal Langmuir, named for 1932 Nobel Laureate Irving Langmuir. Contact: Michael Bernstein
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Journal of Agricultural and Food ChemistryNew canary seed is ideal for gluten-free diets in celiac disease A new variety of canary seeds bred specifically for human consumption qualifies as a gluten-free cereal that would be ideal for people with celiac disease, scientists have confirmed in a study published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Contact: Michael Bernstein
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Nano LettersAn environmentally friendly battery made from wood Taking inspiration from trees, scientists have developed a battery made from a sliver of wood coated with tin that shows promise for becoming a tiny, long-lasting, efficient and environmentally friendly energy source. Their report on the device -- 1,000 times thinner than a sheet of paper -- appears in the journal Nano Letters. Contact: Michael Bernstein
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
PLOS ONEMoffitt Cancer Center researchers identify genetic variants predicting aggressive prostate cancers Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at Louisiana State University have developed a method for identifying aggressive prostate cancers that require immediate therapy. It relies on understanding the genetic interaction between single nucleotide polymorphisms. The goal is to better predict a prostate cancer's aggressiveness to avoid unnecessary radical treatment.
American Cancer Society, NIH/National Cancer Institute
Contact: Kim Polacek
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Nature MedicineNo danger of cancer through gene therapy virus The first modified adeno-associated virus was recently approved for clinical gene therapy in the Western world. Scientists from the National Center for Tumor Diseases Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center, in collaboration with uniQure biotech company, have shown that no cancer risk emanates from the virus used for gene delivery. They reported their results in the journal Nature Medicine. Contact: Dr. Sibylle Kohlstädt
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and MetabolismBreakthrough research of essential molecule reveals important targets in diabetes and obesity A research team led by Assia Shisheva, Ph.D., professor of physiology in Wayne State University's School of Medicine, has made breakthrough advancements on a molecule that may provide more answers to the mystery of the molecular mechanisms by which insulin regulates glucose uptake in fat and muscle cells.
National Institutes of Health, Wayne State University, American Diabetes Association
Contact: Julie O'Connor
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
NatureCheap, color, holographic video A practical new approach to holographic video from MIT could also enable 2-D displays with higher resolution and lower power consumption. Contact: Sarah McDonnell
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
JAMANew data on islet autoantibodies in young children defines early type 1 diabetes development A decade-long JDRF-funded study led by the Institute of Diabetes Research in Helmholtz Zentrum München, Germany, is providing a deeper understanding of the link between autoantibodies and the risk of developing type 1 diabetes, highlighting the importance of pre-diabetes research into possible preventions for the disease.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Contact: Tara Wilcox-Ghanoonparvar
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Menopause InternationalBritish women 50 percent less likley to recieve treatment for common menopausal symptoms A new study in reveals how the sex lives of post-menopausal women in Britain are under threat from a common and simple-to-treat symptom of the menopause. Contact: Katie Baker
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Annals of NeurologyStaging system in ALS shows potential tracks of disease progression, Penn study finds The motor neuron disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, progresses in a stepwise, sequential pattern which can be classified into four distinct stages, report pathologists with the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in the Annals of Neurology.
National Institutes of Health, Wyncote Foundation, Koller Family Foundation, Deutsche Forschungsgeme
Contact: Kim Menard
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Neuroscience LettersAntioxidant shows promise in Parkinson's disease Diapocynin, a synthetic molecule derived from a naturally occurring compound (apocynin), has been found to protect neurobehavioral function in mice with Parkinson's Disease symptoms by preventing deficits in motor coordination. Contact: Maureen Mack
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
AntiquityUniversity of Tennessee professor finds prehistoric rock art connected; maps cosmological belief Recently, the discoveries of prehistoric rock art have become more common. With these discoveries comes a single giant one by a University of Tennessee professor -- all these drawing and engravings map the prehistoric peoples' cosmological world. Contact: Whitney Heins
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Human EcologyOutlook is grim for mammals and birds as human population grows The ongoing global growth in the human population will inevitably crowd out mammals and birds and has the potential to threaten hundreds of species with extinction within 40 years, new research shows. Contact: Jeffrey McKee
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
Human Performance'Ugly' finding: Unattractive workers suffer more People who are considered unattractive are more likely to be belittled and bullied in the workplace, according to a first-of-its-kind study led by a Michigan State University business scholar. Contact: Andy Henion
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
ACS NanoSound waves precisely position nanowires The smaller components become, the more difficult it is to create patterns in an economical and reproducible way, according to an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers who, using sound waves, can place nanowires in repeatable patterns for potential use in a variety of sensors, optoelectronics and nanoscale circuits.
National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation
Contact: A'ndrea Elyse Messer
Public Release: 19-Jun-2013
U-M researcher and colleagues predict possible record-setting Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' Spring floods across the Midwest are expected to contribute to a very large and potentially record-setting 2013 Gulf of Mexico "dead zone," according to a University of Michigan ecologist and colleagues who released their annual forecast today, along with one for the Chesapeake Bay.
NOAA
Contact: Jim Erickson
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