Broadening Opportunities for Students in STEM at Brown University and Beyond
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Andrew G. Campbell, Ph.D., a professor of medical science at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and previous dean of the graduate school, is passionate about researching understudied diseases and helping students reach their full potential.
Dr. Campbell’s lab has studied the single-cell organism Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei), a parasite transmitted through the bite of the tsetse fly, which is only found in specific regions of Africa. In humans, T. brucei causes African Trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. Symptoms of this illness include headache, weakne...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 8, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist STEM Education Profiles Training Source Type: blogs
Increasing Opportunities in STEM at Brown University and Beyond
Credit: Courtesy of Brown University.
Andrew G. Campbell, Ph.D., a professor of medical science at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and previous dean of the graduate school, is passionate about researching understudied diseases and helping students reach their full potential.
Dr. Campbell’s lab has studied the single-cell organism Trypanosoma brucei (T. brucei), a parasite transmitted through the bite of the tsetse fly, which is only found in specific regions of Africa. In humans, T. brucei causes African Trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness. Symptoms of this illness include headache, weakne...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - February 7, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Being a Scientist STEM Education Profiles Training Source Type: blogs
A Satellite Takes a Bite of Phage
by Gertrud U. Rey Satellite viruses lack one or more of the elements needed to replicate, and thus they depend on co-infection with a helper virus that can provide the missing components. In a well-known example of a satellite-helper system, Hepatitis D virus requires the presence of its helper Hepatitis B virus to make copies … A Satellite Takes a Bite of Phage Read More » (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - December 7, 2023 Category: Virology Authors: Gertrud U. Rey Tags: Basic virology Gertrud Rey bacteriophage helper virus phage satellite plaque assay satellite virus satellite-helper system vampire virus Source Type: blogs
Navigating COVID: Why it still matters
This article is sponsored by Gilead Sciences, Inc. In this special sponsored episode from Gilead, I’m joined by Anu Osinusi, an infectious disease physician and Vice President of Clinical Research for Hepatitis, Respiratory, and Emerging Viruses at Gilead, to discuss navigating COVID-19 today. We look back on the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic and
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Navigating COVID: Why it still matters originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - November 28, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Anu Osinusi, MD, MPH & What's new in midwifery - 13th September 2023 - other material
And some other types of material.First, aHouse of Commons Library briefing on the quality and safety of maternity care in England (PDF).Then a review article in the New England Journal of Medicine, ondefining the neurologic consequences of preterm birth. And the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Clinical Practice Guideline no. 6, onViral hepatitis in pregnancy. The link is to the record in PubMed. (Source: Browsing)
Source: Browsing - September 14, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, September 11th 2023
This article reviews the current regulatory role of miR-7 in inflammation and related diseases, including viral infection, autoimmune hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and encephalitis. It expounds on the molecular mechanism by which miR-7 regulates the occurrence of inflammatory diseases. Finally, the existing problems and future development directions of miR-7-based intervention on inflammation and related diseases are discussed to provide new references and help strengthen the understanding of the pathogenesis of inflammation and related diseases, as well as the development of new strategies for clinical interventi...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 10, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Diversified treatments are needed to fight the increasing threat of liver cancer
Since the mid-1970s, rates for liver cancer have been on the rise. A 2017 study found that liver cancer increased by 75 percent worldwide between 1990 and 2015, with the highest rate increases occurring in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Worldwide, hepatitis B—a virus that damages the liver and is spread through contact with infected
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Diversified treatments are needed to fight the increasing threat of liver cancer originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 8, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Eugene Chan, MD Tags: Conditions Oncology/Hematology Source Type: blogs
Towards an Improved Suppression of Maladaptive Inflammation
This article reviews the current regulatory role of miR-7 in inflammation and related diseases, including viral infection, autoimmune hepatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, and encephalitis. It expounds on the molecular mechanism by which miR-7 regulates the occurrence of inflammatory diseases. Finally, the existing problems and future development directions of miR-7-based intervention on inflammation and related diseases are discussed to provide new references and help strengthen the understanding of the pathogenesis of inflammation and related diseases, as well as the development of new strategies for clinical interventi...
Source: Fight Aging! - September 7, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Shelf-Stable Breast Milk Powder: Interview with Dr. Vansh Langer, CEO at BBy
BBy, a medtech company based in New York, has developed a spray drying method that hospitals can use to process human breast milk into a shelf-stable powder. Human breast milk is an incredibly important source of nutrition for neonates in intensive care units (NICUs). At present, human donor milk is frozen and must be defrosted prior to use in such facilities. This is highly labor intensive for staff and is very wasteful, as excess defrosted milk must be thrown away and large freezers use a lot of electricity.
The spray drying technology developed by BBy converts human breast milk into a shelf-stable dry powder that can...
Source: Medgadget - June 26, 2023 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Exclusive Pediatrics BByCares breast milk Source Type: blogs
Scene Health Secures $17.7 Million Series B Financing Led by ABS Capital Partners
Funding Will Grow Medication Adherence Services for Medicaid and Other Under-Resourced Populations
Scene Health, the leading medication engagement company, has closed an oversubscribed $17.7 million Series B growth financing led by ABS Capital Partners with participation from existing investors Claritas Health Ventures, as well as Healthworx, the innovation and investment arm of CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, PTX Capital, and Kapor Capital.
The investment is the latest validation of Scene Health’s unique video-based platform, which empowers people to take medication properly through person-to-person connections, ...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - April 21, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Healthcare IT News Tags: Health IT Company Healthcare IT ABS Capital Partners Cal Wheaton CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Chronic Conditions Claritas Health Ventures Health IT Funding Health IT Fundings Health IT Investment Healthworx Kapor Capital Medicai Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, February 13th 2023
This study investigated whether taller Polish adults live longer than their shorter counterparts. Data on declared height were available from 848,860 individuals who died in the years 2004-2008 in Poland. To allow for the cohort effect, the Z-values were generated. Separately for both sexes, Pearson's r coefficients of correlation were calculated. Subsequently, one way ANOVA was performed.
The correlation between adult height and longevity was negative and statistically significant in both men and women. After eliminating the effects of secular trends in height, the correlation was very weak (r = -0.0044 in men and ...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 12, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Viral Infection in Middle Age Correlates with Later Dementia Risk
A range of evidence suggests that persistent viral infection contributes to the risk of suffering neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's disease. This may be due to mechanisms relating to amyloid-β accumulation, in its role as an anti-microbial peptide, a part of the innate immune system. It may have more to do with lasting chronic inflammation subsequent to infection. Researchers here note another addition to the epidemiological data on this topic, in this case linking severe infections requiring hospitalization with later dementia risk. The effect sizes here are large and last for a long time following infecti...
Source: Fight Aging! - February 10, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Daily News Source Type: blogs
As Balwani and Holmes Head To Jail …Will Others in Health Tech Follow?
by MIKE MAGEE
This week’s headlines seemingly closed a chapter on the story of medical research criminality in America. Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, former president and COO of Theranos was sentenced to 13 years in prison for fraud. That’s 2 years more than his former business and romantic partner, Elizabeth Holmes.
White crime criminal defense attorney for all things science tech, Michael Weinstein, took the opportunity to trumpet out a confident message that crime doesn’t pay in Medicine with these words, “It clearly sends a signal to Silicon Valley that puffery and fraud and misrepresentation will be pr...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Medical Practice Ethics Henry K. Beecher Medical Ethics Mike Magee Theranos Source Type: blogs
Here Is How Digital Health Devices Helped Me Recover From A Serious Infection
This article – like all our articles and technology reviews – was not sponsored by the company. However, having all these devices available allowed me to track a good amount of data on a single platform – which was comfortable, but by no means necessary, you could do the same with devices from a number of manufacturers)
Here is what I learned as the disease progressed
The sleep sensor showed my average heart rate (HR) was above 80 even during my sleep during the acute phase of the infection, while it is around 55 during my resting hours normally. I was able to track when the acute phase ended ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 6, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Andrea Koncz Tags: TMF E-Patients Health Sensors & Trackers digital health digital health sensors recovery Source Type: blogs
TWiV 937: Pediatric hepatitis with Emma Thomson
From the European Society for Clinical Virology 2022 Conference in Manchester UK, Vincent speaks with Emma Thomson about the recent outbreak of pediatric hepatitis of unknown etiology and the finding that it is linked to infection by adenovirus-associated virus 2. (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - September 18, 2022 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: This Week in Virology adenovirus adenovirus-associated virus 2 herpesvirus HHV6 HLA allele non A-E hepatitis pediatric hepatitis viral Source Type: blogs
