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Every week there are numerous scientific studies published. Here’s a look at some of the more interesting ones.
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Singapore Completes World’s Largest Whole Genome Sequencing Analysis Of Multi-Ethnic Asian Populations
10/18/2019
Comprehensive genomic information of largely understudied Asian populations will expand understanding on the biology of diseases
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Pediatric critical care physician awarded federal grant to better understand sepsis
10/18/2019
The National Institutes of Health has awarded Matthew David Taylor, MD, instructor in the Institute of Molecular Medicine at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, with a four-year, $781,920 grant for his efforts to determine whether prior infections change how the body responds to sepsis, a condition responsible for more than 300,000 deaths in the United States each year.
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HSS Receives $3 Million Grant from The Starr Foundation
10/17/2019
Gift Will Establish the C.V. Starr Endowed Chair in Pain Management
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Talc powder exposure linked to mesothelioma
10/17/2019
The first large-scale published case study connects the cause of malignant mesothelioma to household talcum powder contaminated with asbestos
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Regenstrief leaders to deliver keynote addresses at health data workshop in South America
10/16/2019
Two of Regenstrief Institute’s leaders are sharing their expertise in artificial intelligence and data infrastructure at a workshop hosted by Brazil’s National Institute of Science and Technology in Scientific Assisted Medicine in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
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Menssana Research Introduces Breath Test to Predict Lung Cancer
10/15/2019
Menssana Research, Inc., a leading innovator in diagnostic breath tests, announced the successful outcome of a clinical trial of their breath test to predict lung cancer.
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Government announces Bill to improve access to new treatments
10/14/2019
Alzheimer’s Research UK has responded to an announcement that could see new legislation aimed at providing faster access to medicines.
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UCD Researcher wins US-Ireland grant for personalised nutrition project with Harvard and QUB
10/14/2019
Professor Lorraine Brennan from University College Dublin is delighted to have been awarded a US-Ireland grant, funded by the Health Research Board (HRB), to the tune of almost €1 million.
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ExxonMobil Expands Low-Emissions Technology Research with Universities in India
10/14/2019
ExxonMobil said that it has signed agreements with the Indian Institute of Technology locations in Madras and Bombay, further expanding its extensive portfolio of research collaboration with India’s universities.
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Jumping genes can cause rare developmental disorders in children
10/11/2019
The largest study of its kind into childhood developmental disorders has discovered that jumping genes cause genetic changes in some patients with undiagnosed neurodevelopmental diseases.
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City of Hope Helps Found Biotechnology Hub for Los Angeles County’s Life Sciences Industry
10/10/2019
Harlan Levine, M.D., president of strategy and business ventures at City of Hope, joins the governing board of the bioscience ecosystem catalyst, BioLA
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Datar Cancer Genetics Announces Positive Results With 42.9% Objective Response Rate, and 90.5% Disease Control Rate in Heavily Pre-treated Patients With Ultra-personalised Pan-cancer Treatment Protocol in the RESILIENT Trial
10/9/2019
RESILIENT Protocol captures Encyclopedic information from tumors and uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) to optimize treatments;
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Identifying Rare Diseases In Newborns: Broader Screening For Better Outcomes
10/8/2019
Montefiore Einstein Doctor Receives NIH Grant to Expand Newborn Screening and Improve Diagnosis and Access to Treatment [08-October-2019] NEW YORK , Oct. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Pediatric genetic expert Dr. Melissa Wasserstein has been awarded $3.2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to conduct the most expansive consented pilot newborn screenin
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Their work has helped in the development of new medications to fight anemia, cancer and many other diseases.
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The drug is called BOS172722 and it forces cancer cells to multiply faster, which would seem to be counterintuitive. However, this faster cell division causes more fatal errors in the cells.
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New evolution-busting drug overcomes resistance in aggressive breast cancers
10/7/2019
A new type of drug that blocks one of cancer’s key evolutionary escape routes from chemotherapy could be used to treat aggressive breast cancers, a new study has shown.
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This institute will focus on educating and training URI’s nursing and pharmacy students, faculty and staff in immuno-oncology.
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50 Years of Tackling Addiction
10/4/2019
Montefiore-Einstein Leaders Share Research and New Strategies as the Opioid Epidemic Marches On
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New Biosimilars Study Shows Massive State and Taxpayer Savings Possible by Expanding Biosimilars Market
10/3/2019
Biosimilars have the opportunity to bring significant savings to state Medicaid programs and consumers with commercial insurance according to a new study released by Pacific Research Institute.