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Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Newswise Daily Wire Friday, December 12, 2014 Public Edition | newswise.com Medical (24 New) Science (16 New) Life (8 New) Business (0 New) Marketplace (0 New) Featured Science: Human DNA Shows Traces of 40 Million-Year Battle For Survival Between Primate and Pathogen Examination of DNA from 21 primate species – from squirrel monkeys to humans – exposes an evolutionary war against infectious bacteria... (more) (Embargo expired on 11-Dec-2014 at 14:00 ET) – University of Utah Health Sciences Featured Science: Birds of a Feather? NSU Researcher Working to Unlock the Genome of Birds A group of international scientists and researchers investigated how various birds are related genetically. (more) (Embargo expired on 11-Dec-2014 at 14:05 ET) – Nova Southeastern University Medical News Drug May Help Prevent Bone Fractures in Patients on Dialysis • In patients on dialysis, cinacalcet reduced the rate of bone fracture by 16% to 29%, after accounting for patient characteristics and other factors. (Embargo expired on 11-Dec-2014 at 17:00 ET) Journal of the American Society of Nephrology – American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Early Adoption of Robotic Surgery Leads to Organ Preservation for Kidney Cancer Patients Researchers found that partial nephrectomy -- the recommended treatment for localized kidney tumors -- was performed more frequently at hospitals that were early adopters of robotic surgery. (Embargo expired on 11-Dec-2014 at 10:00 ET) Medical Care – NYU Langone Medical Center Rate of Prescribing Psychotropic Drugs to Kentucky Kids Studied at UofL A team of researchers at the University of Louisville has received a grant from Passport Health Plan to study why Kentucky kids are prescribed psychotropic meds at a rate almost twice the national average. Media embedded: Image(s) (Embargo expired on 12-Dec-2014 at 07:30 ET) – University of Louisville Surgical Robot Adopters Use More of Recommended Procedure for Kidney Cancer, Reports Medical Care Hospitals with robotic surgical systems are more likely to perform "nephron-sparing" partial nephrectomy—a recommended alternative to removal of the entire kidney—in patients with kidney cancer, reports a study in the December issue of Medical Care. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. Medical Care – Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Roller Coaster Rides Trigger Stroke in Young Boy Riding a couple roller coasters at an amusement park appears to have triggered an unusual stroke in a 4-year-old boy, according to a report in the journal Pediatric Neurology. Pediatric Neurology – Loyola University Health System Diagnostic Tool Oncotype DX Associated with Reduction in Chemotherapy Rates Post-Surgery in Younger Women with Breast Cancer MD Anderson study finds no association with assay and decreased chemotherapy use in older patients. – University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Low Income Kids Eat More Fruits and Vegetables When They are in School The fruits and vegetables provided at school deliver an important dietary boost to low income adolescents, according to Meghan Longacre, PhD and Madeline Dalton, PhD of Dartmouth Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center and The Hood Center for Children and Families RO1-ES014218 – Norris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center One of the Most Difficult Challenges in Weight Loss is Keeping the Weight Off Over the Long Term A new NIH Working Group report published in the journal Obesity identifies differences between individuals as one of the key challenges associated with weight loss and long-term weight control. Obesity Journal, Jan-2014 – Obesity Society Geospatial Study Identifies Hotspots in Deaths From HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C in Massachusetts A new retrospective study by epidemiologists at Tufts finds significant geographic disparities in HIV and hepatitis C related mortality in Massachusetts from 2002-2011. The study, published in PLOS ONE, used geospatial techniques to identify hotspots and coldspots in the state. Media embedded: Image(s) PLOS ONE – Tufts University Youngest Bone Marrow Transplant Patients at Higher Risk of Cognitive Decline St. Jude Children's Research Hospital study identifies small group of patients at risk for intellectual decline after bone marrow transplantation; results set stage for new strategies to preserve IQ and fight cancer CA60616 – St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Cause of Malaria Drug Resistance in Southeast Asia Identified Malaria drug resistance in Southeast Asia is caused by a single mutated gene in the disease-causing parasite, a Columbia-led study has found. R01AI109023 – Columbia University Medical Center Hepatitis C Ruled Out as Cause of Mental Impairment in HIV Patients Secondary infection with the hepatitis C virus does not contribute to the mental impairments seen in many long-term survivors of HIV infection, a new study reveals. Media embedded: Image(s) Neurology – Washington University in St. Louis Obese Children's Brains More Responsive to Sugar A new study led by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine finds that the brains of obese children literally light up differently when tasting sugar. International Journal of Obesity – University of California, San Diego Health Sciences Live Trees and Scented Candles Hijack the Holidays for Allergy Sufferers The many smells and tastes of the holidays that get so many in a festive mood can sicken others, thanks to allergic reactions. But with some seasonal savvy, allergy sufferers can breathe easy this festive time of year. "The dust from the boxes and on the decorations that have been packed away in dank basements or dusty attics is triggering reactions in my allergy and asthma patients," said Rachna Shah, MD, affiliate faculty member at Loyola Chicago Stritch School of Medicine and allergist at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital. Media embedded: Image(s) – Loyola University Health System "The Next Big Things" in Cardiovascular Medicine More than 2,000 experts in the field of cardiovascular medicine will attend the annual American College of Cardiology 47th New York Cardiovascular Symposium December 12-14 at the New York Hilton-Midtown, which will highlight "The Next Big Things" in cardiovascular medicine. Media embedded: Image(s) – Mount Sinai Medical Center Cancer Therapy Using Specialized Apheresis Holds Great Promise Apheresis, the simple process of drawing blood, becomes a powerful therapeutic in extracorporeal photopherisis (ECP) according to clinicians and scientists who met at the NIH State of the Science Symposium in Therapeutic Apheresis. Expert(s) available – Norris Cotton Cancer Center Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center MD Anderson Applauds FDA Approval of HPV Vaccine The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval of a new vaccine that targets five additional strains of human papilloma virus (HPV) fortifies a proven cancer-prevention weapon, according to Ronald A. DePinho, M.D., president of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. – University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Congress Finalizes Legislation That Will Renew Critical Funding for Pediatric Medical Testing; AACC Urges President Obama to Sign Into Law The U.S. House of Representatives passed a revised version of the Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013 yesterday, finalizing Congressional reauthorization of the legislation. AACC commends Congress for approving this bipartisan legislation, which will enable the continuation and advancement of pediatric testing programs that help thousands of infants receive life-saving treatments every year. – American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Endocrine Society Awarded Prestigious Gold LEED Certification for New Green Headquarters Today, the Endocrine Society was awarded Gold LEED Certification for their new headquarters at 2055 L Street by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a green building certification program that recognizes best-in-class building strategies and practices and is recognized across the globe as the premier mark of achievement in green building. – Endocrine Society ProMedica to Address Social Determinants of Health with Food Market and Community Hub Model ProMedica Plans to Bring Healthy Food, Job Training and Basic Needs Services to Central City Toledo. Media embedded: Video / Image(s) – ProMedica How Is Michigan's New Healthy Michigan Plan Working? New Five-Year U-M Study Will Find Out Since its launch in April, 477,000 Michiganders have signed up for a new Medicaid health insurance option offered by the state, called the Healthy Michigan Plan. Now, University of Michigan researchers will study how well the new plan works, and advise the state government on how well it's living up to what lawmakers intended. Media embedded: Video / Image(s) – University of Michigan Health System University of Louisville Physiologist Wins Early Career Award Cynthia Miller, Ph.D., has won one of just four Outstanding Early Career in Post-Secondary Education Superlative awards from the Kentucky Academy of Science. Media embedded: Image(s) – University of Louisville Data on Nurse Workforce Now Available Quarterly at healthworkforcestudies.com For many years, key national data on the registered nurse (RN) workforce has only been made available yearly, and was often a year out of date when it was released. That has now changed. Quarterly data on trends in employment-related and certain demographic characteristics of RNs is now available at healthworkforcestudies.com. – Vanderbilt University Medical Center Philanthropic Prize Supporting High Risk, High Reward Research Addressing Modern Problems Awarded To Laurie T. Krug For Research on How Viruses Cause Disease Laurie T. Krug is the first early career scientist to be named Stony Brook University Discovery Prize Fellow, a new philanthropically-sponsored award established to fund high-risk, high-reward basic research projects. Krug was named today following a "Shark Tank"-meets-"TED Talk"-styled competition at the Simons Foundation headquarters in New York City. Krug was selected from one of four finalists for her project that researches herpes viruses that are associated with cancer and the idea of delivering molecular scissors to the site of virus infection using nanoparticles. Media embedded: Image(s) – Stony Brook University Science News Ebola Virus May Replicate in an Exotic Way University of Utah researchers ran biochemical analysis and computer simulations of a livestock virus to discover a likely and exotic mechanism to explain the replication of related viruses such as Ebola, measles and rabies. The mechanism may be a possible target for new treatments within a decade. Media embedded: Image(s) (Embargo expired on 11-Dec-2014 at 14:00 ET) PLOS Computational Biology, Dec. 11, 2014; National Science Foundation MCB-1121972 – University of Utah Human DNA Shows Traces of 40 Million-Year Battle For Survival Between Primate and Pathogen Examination of DNA from 21 primate species – from squirrel monkeys to humans – exposes an evolutionary war against infectious bacteria over iron that circulates in the host's bloodstream. Supported by experimental evidence, these findings, published in Science on Dec. 12, demonstrate the vital importance of an increasingly appreciated defensive strategy called nutritional immunity. Media embedded: Image(s) (Embargo expired on 11-Dec-2014 at 14:00 ET) Science, Dec-2014; GM090042; 1F32GM108288 – University of Utah Health Sciences Birds of a Feather? NSU Researcher Working to Unlock the Genome of Birds A group of international scientists and researchers investigated how various birds are related genetically. Media embedded: Image(s) (Embargo expired on 11-Dec-2014 at 14:05 ET) – Nova Southeastern University Texas Tech Biologist Leads Group That Mapped Crocodilian Genomes Understanding these reptiles' genome can help scientists better understand birds. Media embedded: Image(s) (Embargo expired on 11-Dec-2014 at 14:00 ET) Science – Texas Tech University Swarms of Pluto-Size Objects Kick-Up Dust around Adolescent Sun-Like Star Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) may have detected the dusty hallmarks of an entire family of Pluto-size objects swarming around an adolescent version of our own Sun. Media embedded: Image(s) Astrophysical Journal, Dec-2014 – National Radio Astronomy Observatory How Long Can Ebola Survive Outside the Body? The Ebola virus travels from person to person through direct contact with infected body fluids. But how long can the virus survive on glass surfaces or countertops? How long can it live in wastewater when liquid wastes from a patient end up in the sewage system? In an article published Dec. 9 in the journal Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Drexel University plot a course for future study of the virus. Environmental Science & Technology Letters, 2014 – Drexel University WCS Documents a Major Comeback for Sea Turtles A WCS team in Nicaragua reported today a dramatic increase in nesting of critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles including the highest nest counts since a conservation project began there in 2000. Media embedded: Video / Image(s) – Wildlife Conservation Society UB Research Raises Consciousness for Dehydration Concerns in Diabetic Patients Some drugs used to treat diabetes mimic the behavior of a hormone that a University at Buffalo psychologist has learned controls fluid intake in subjects. The finding creates new awareness for diabetics who are already at risk for dehydration. Journal of Neuroscience – University at Buffalo Herpes Virus Rearranges Telomeres to Improve Viral Replication In a newly published study, Paul Lieberman and his lab report how this aggressive virus known for cold sores can manipulate the protective ends of our chromosomes to replicate and spread. Media embedded: Image(s) American Heart Association grant (11SDG5330017) ; National Institutes of Health grant (RO1CA140652); Institute's National Cancer Institute Cancer Center Support Grant (P30CA010815)... – Wistar Institute Decoding the Tree of Life: UF Geneticist Contributes to Groundbreaking Study of Bird Evolution GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Nature abhors a vacuum, which may explain the findings of a new study showing that bird evolution exploded 65 million years ago when nearly everything else on earth -- dinosaurs included -- died out. Science – University of Florida Seeing Is Believing Using indium tin oxide, a common coating in modern electronics, an engineer developed a biosensor that enables simultaneous electrical measurements and visual observation. Media embedded: Image(s) – Michigan Technological University New Studies Power Legacy of UW-Madison Research, 60 Years Later Dave Pagliarini, a UW-Madison assistant professor of biochemistry, recently published two studies shedding more light on coenzyme Q and how it's made, one in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS) in October and another today in Molecular Cell. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, Oct-2014 ; Molecular Cell, Dec-2014 – University of Wisconsin-Madison Guideline Through the Labyrinth of Nanomaterials The LICARA guidelines are geared towards small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from all branches of industry, and help weigh up the pros and cons of nanomaterials and make decisions on their use. The guidelines also do their bit towards efficient communication in the value added chain. – Empa Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology Producing Fish Feed Ingredients Using Plant-Based Proteins The use of expensive, marine-derived protein drives up the cost of high-quality fish feed. A South Dakota State University microbiologist and fisheries expert joined forces to produce fish feed ingredients from plant-based proteins, such as soybean meal. Their company, Prairie Aquatech, is scaling up production of the feed ingredients and expanding fish feeding trials. Media embedded: Image(s) Expert(s) available – South Dakota State University Agenus and Ludwig Sign Agreement for Further Development of Novel Immunotherapies Ludwig Cancer Research announced today an agreement with Agenus that grants the Lexington, MA-based biotechnology company exclusive license to further develop and commercialize antibodies against three molecules—GITR, OX40 and TIM3—that play distinct and important roles in immune cell regulation and have been identified and assessed as drug targets by Ludwig researchers. Antibodies that activate GITR and OX40 or block TIM-3 have been shown to induce potent anti-tumor immune responses in preclinical studies and could prove to be important anti-cancer immunotherapies. – Ludwig Cancer Research DESY's Henry Chapman Awarded Leibniz Prize for X-ray Laser Research Henry Chapman, a scientist at Germany's DESY lab who participated in pioneering studies at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray laser, has been awarded the Leibniz Prize. The 2.5 million euro ($3.1 million) scientific award is bestowed by a German research foundation. LCLS is a Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility. Media embedded: Image(s) – SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory Lifestyle & Social Sciences Mental Illness Is the Wrong Scapegoat After Mass Shootings In the shadow of the two year anniversary of one of the worst mass shootings in American history, at Sandy Hook Elementary School, an extensive new study by two Vanderbilt University researchers challenges common assumptions about gun violence and mental illness that often emerge in the aftermath of mass shootings. When a mass shooting occurs there seems to be a familiar narrative that untreated mental illness is the primary cause for the terrifying act. But a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health by Dr. Jonathan Metzl and Kenneth T. MacLeish finds that an isolated focus on mental illness is misguided. Media embedded: Video / Image(s) American Journal of Public Health – Vanderbilt University Weighing in on the Role of Mindfulness in Slimming Down If dieting is on your New Year agenda, it might pay to be mindful of a study suggesting there is little hard evidence that mindfulness leads to weight loss. Psychosomatic Medicine – Ohio State University Stritch Students Hold 'Die-in' to Protest Brutality Approximately 60 Stritch School of Medicine students, faculty and staff participated in a "die-in" demonstration Wednesday to protest police brutality across the nation. The event was meant to align with Loyola's Jesuit beliefs in social justice. Media embedded: Image(s) – Loyola University Health System Forget Shouting: Guide to Productive Family Arguments Over Holidays While many people try to steer clear of arguments with family members during holiday celebrations, two philosophy professors offer a better solution. Scott Aikin and Robert Talisse co-wrote "Why We Argue (and How We Should)." Media embedded: Video / Image(s) – Vanderbilt University Putin Falters Using Yeltsin's Playbook Today marks the 20th anniversary of the first (contemporary) Russian invasion of Chechnya. While made by the Yeltsin administration, that decision has had an enormous impact on current Russian identity and now President Vladimir Putin's power. Moreover, this strategy of two decades ago has a familiar ring: promote popular approval during hard times by turning to violence against some undesirable "other" — Chechen terrorists in 1994 and Ukrainian fascists today. Expert(s) available – Saint Joseph's University National Museum Showcases Art From Dr. J.W. Wiggins Collection at UALR Dr. J.W. Wiggins, the collection manager and curator for the Sequoyah National Research Center (SNRC) at UALR, has in-depth knowledge of Native American artists and their works. Curators and artists alike seek his counsel and occasionally request loans of his artworks for their projects. Media embedded: Image(s) Expert(s) available – University of Arkansas at Little Rock Martin Riesebrodt, Sociologist of Religion, 1948-2014 Riesebrodt, professor emeritus of the sociology of religion in the Divinity School and Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago, died Dec. 6 of cancer in Berlin. He was 66. – University of Chicago C Submits Multi-Site Proposal for Obama Library The University of Illinois at Chicago and its North Lawndale community partner submitted a comprehensive proposal to host the Obama Presidential Library. The proposal outlines a vision for creating an east-west cultural and civic corridor extending from the lakefront Museum Campus through UIC to North Lawndale, uniting and serving community and academic purposes and establishing dramatic new public green spaces throughout the corridor. – University of Illinois at Chicago More News from: » Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins » Texas Tech University » University of Texas M. D. 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