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Can digital health tools help younger cancer survivors better predict future health risks?

Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
Business Announcement

A groundbreaking new study from the Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology aims to test whether digital tools and chatbot technology can help young adult cancer survivors get the genetic counseling they need to better understand future health risks to themselves and family members.

Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute

Johns Hopkins researchers show novel immune system boost helps fight cancer cells

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In experiments with mouse models of breast, pancreatic, and muscle cancers, researchers at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital report new evidence that a novel means of boosting the natural immune system prevents cancer recurrence and improves survival.

Journal: Nature Immunology
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Cancer Research Program, Florida Department of Health Bankhead Coley Cancer Research Program

What helps fuel children’s ambitions to become political leaders? Their sense that they will be supported

New York University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a study of 5- to 11-year-olds in the United States and China, the authors found that children’s belief that their family and friends would support their pursuit of political leadership as adults predicted their expressed motivation to become political leaders—specifically, “president” for children in the US and “chairman” for children in China. In both countries, this relationship was particularly strong for girls compared to boys.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology General
Funder: U.S. National Science Foundation, NIH/National Institutes of Health

Study finds altering one area of the brain could rid alcohol withdrawal symptoms

Washington State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By targeting a specific area of the brain, researchers at Washington State University may now hold the key to curbing the debilitating symptoms of alcohol withdrawal that push many people back to drinking.

Journal: Neuropharmacology
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

Retraining after a lapse in endurance exercise adds to muscle gains, study finds

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

New research offers potential good news for those who’ve lapsed at the gym. The study found that mice that voluntarily ran on an exercise wheel for four weeks, stopped for four weeks and ran again for another four weeks saw unexpected gains. The second bout of wheel running led to a bigger increase in the size of muscle fibers than the first, even though the retraining effort was less intense than the initial bout, researchers report.

Journal: AJP Cell Physiology
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Muscular Dystrophy Association