Latest News Releases 22 June

A type of small-cell lung cancer originates from cells known as tuft cells, and has poor prognoses and treatment options. CSHL Professor Christopher Vakoc’s team has discovered how tuft cells are made in the body. Disrupting tuft cell development may be a new way to treat this deadly lung cancer.

To identify variations in climate across Maine wild blueberry fields at different times of the day and year, University of Maine researchers analyzed annual and seasonal data from 1980–2020 for Washington, Hancock, Piscataquis, Waldo, Knox, Lincoln, Kennebec and York counties. They found that location, season and the time of day influence how fast temperatures are rising at wild blueberry fields due to climate change.

Women in science are less likely than their male counterparts to receive authorship credit for the work they do, an innovative new study finds. Researchers for the first time used a large set of administrative data from universities that revealed exactly who was involved with and paid on various research projects.

A new study shows that breast cancer metastases form more efficiently while patients are sleeping. This finding, in a study led by researchers at ETH Zurich, could significantly change the way cancer is diagnosed and treated in future.

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About The Study: This systematic review evaluated the standards of evidence used in patient-reported outcome measures assessing health-related quality of life for adults or adolescents with acne.

About The Study: Researchers investigated changes in the proportions of racial and ethnic groups among COVID-19 vaccine recipients before and after digital and community-based outreach interventions in an underserved community in New York.