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20-Dec-2024

Uncovering key molecular factors behind malaria’s deadliest strain

University of California - Riverside
Grant and Award Announcement

Nearly half the world’s population lives in regions where malaria is endemic, with the parasite Plasmodium falciparum accounting for approximately 95% of malaria-related deaths globally. Now, a new research project funded by the National Institutes of Health and led by a malaria expert at the University of California, Riverside aims to uncover the molecular factors that govern gene regulation and chromatin organization in P. falciparum.

Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

20-Dec-2024

Study reveals how alcohol use disorder impairs cognitive flexibility

Texas A&M University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers at the Texas A&M University College of Medicine have shed new light on how chronic alcohol use alters brain signaling pathways, specifically focusing on how it impairs cognitive flexibility. Their findings, recently published in Science Advances, demonstrate the significant role of cholinergic interneurons (CINs) in this process.

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

20-Dec-2024

TTUHSC’s Cornwall to investigate structure of brain extracellular matrix

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Grant and Award Announcement

The brain extracellular matrix plays a critical role in synaptic plasticity, including experience/adaptive-based changes in brain function. This suggests an inherent malleability in ECM structure, and although changes in certain other ECM molecules contribute to ECM remodeling, the underlying mechanisms that enable ECM plasticity are still unknown. To help uncover some of these mechanisms, the National Institute on Aging recently awarded a two-year R21 grant to Gail Cornwall, Ph.D., from the TTUHSC School of Medicine.

Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging

19-Dec-2024

Too tight! Loosening CAR’s grip on Tregs improves function, researchers find

Medical University of South Carolina
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study shows that decreasing CAR antigen affinity reduced inflammatory cytokine production by CAR Tregs.

Journal: Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development
Funder: Human Islet Research Network Emerging Leader in Type 1 Diabetes, American Cancer Society, Diabetes Research Connection, Swim Across America, NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Hollings Cancer Center Lowvelo Graduate Fellowship, Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Shared Resource, Hollings Cancer Center, MUSC, CCND Genomics and Bioinformatics Core, MUSC

19-Dec-2024

By looking at individual atoms in tooth enamel, UW and PNNL researchers are learning what happens to our teeth as we age

University of Washington
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A research team at the University of Washington and the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory examined the atomic composition of enamel samples from two human teeth.

Journal: Communications Materials
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Colgate-Palmolive Company, distinguished graduate research program between PNNL and UW