DFG to fund 13 new research units
(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Topics range from DNA viruses and learning in visual computing to issues relating to migration due to labour, education and displacement / A total of some 47.4 million for the first funding period (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Technology that restores the sense of touch in nerves damaged as a result of injury
(Tel-Aviv University) Researchers have developed a sensor that can be implanted anywhere in the body, for example under the tip of a severed finger; the sensor connects to another nerve that functions properly and restores tactile sensation to the injured nerve.This unique development is biocompatible ( " human-body friendly " ) and does not require electricity, wires, or batteries. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Researchers: Let crop residues rot in the field -- it's a climate win
(University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science) Plant material that lies to rot in soil isn't just valuable as compost. In fact, agricultural crop residue plays a crucial role in sequestering carbon, which is vital for reducing global CO2 emissions. This, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Copenhagen, among others. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
'Tuning' for brain scanners
(DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases) Experts in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the DZNE are optimizing the operation of MRI scanners as part of an international research effort to enable visualization of finer details of the human brain. The project, called SCAIFIELD, is scheduled for three years and is funded under the aegis of the " EU Joint Programme - Neurodegenerative Disease Research (JPND) " . (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Brandon Jutras receives Emerging Leader Award to advance Lyme disease research
(Virginia Tech) The awards are designed to support established and up-and-coming scientists who have identified new and defined approaches to improve diagnostics or therapeutics for Lyme disease. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
India national school meal program linked to improved growth in children of beneficiaries
(International Food Policy Research Institute) New study provides the first examination of the impact school meals programs have on the children of those served, finding the next generation of beneficiaries tend to have better growth outcomes. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Preferred life expectancy and its association with hypothetical adverse life scenarios
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) A new study sheds light on how the specter of dementia and chronic pain reduce people's desire to live into older ages. Among Norwegians 60 years of age and older the desire to live into advanced ages was significantly reduced by hypothetical adverse life scenarios with the strongest effect caused by dementia and chronic pain. The paper is among the first to study Preferred Life Expectancy (PLE) based on hypothetical health and living conditions. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Progress towards new treatments for tuberculosis
(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) Boosting the body's own disease-fighting immune pathway could provide answers in the desperate search for new treatments for tuberculosis. Tuberculosis still represents an enormous global disease burden and is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide.The study uncovered how cells infected with tuberculosis bacteria can die, and that using new medicines to enhance particular forms of cell death decreased the severity of the disease in a preclinical model. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
People given 'friendly' bacteria in nose drops protected against meningitis
(University of Southampton) A world-first trial has shown that nose drops of modified 'friendly' bacteria protect against meningitis. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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NIH funds research into new method to predict atrial fibrillation recurrence
(Cleveland Clinic) A team led by researchers from Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University have received a $2.95 million grant over four years from the National Institutes of Health to explore how imaging can be used to predict the risk of atrial fibrillation recurrence. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
A third of teens, young adults reported worsening mental health during pandemic
(Ohio State University) As typical social and academic interaction screeched to a halt last year, many young people began experiencing declines in mental health, a problem that appeared to be worse for those whose connections to family and friends weren't as tight, a new study has found. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Sensing " junk " RNA after chemotherapy enhances blood regeneration
(Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics) Scientists from the MPI-IE reveal that during hematopoietic regeneration, RNA expressed from a part of the genome considered " junk DNA " is used by hematopoietic stem cells to get activated and proliferate. The study published in the scientific journal Nature Cell Biology shows that these so-called transposable elements make RNA after chemotherapy and activate an immune receptor which induces inflammatory signals enhancing hematopoietic stem cell cycling and thus participating in the regeneration of the hematopoietic system. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Fear of rejection vs. joy of inclusion: Faith communities from LGBTQ+ perspectives
(West Virginia University) New research from Megan Gandy in West Virginia University's School of Social Work suggests that faith communities can benefit LGBTQ+ individuals. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
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Study shows mental health, support, not just substance misuse key in parental neglect
(University of Kansas) Substance abuse has long been viewed as the top factor in parents neglecting children. But a new study has found that presence of clinical depression and social supports, when compared with substance use, are also key in predicting neglect; should be part of social services, researcher argues. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
MaxDIA -- taking proteomics to the next level
(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) A new software improves data-independent acquisition proteomics by providing a computational workflow that permits highly sensitive and accurate data analysis (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - July 12, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
