Page 252 - Research Program News Today

Measuring mitochondrial DNA could predict who will need ICU care, intubation January 15, 2021 SHARE A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that measuring mitochondrial DNA in the blood of patients with COVID-19 can help predict which patients are at highest risk of severe disease, requiring more intensive care. Mitochondrial DNA levels are a measure of tissue damage. Pictured are damaged mitochondria (dark grey areas) released from human lungs. The...

Resources for Safe, Convenient Pedestrian and Bike Infrastructure Despite the stated goals of state and federal agencies to encourage active modes of transportation, theres still a long way to go to make sure that all cities and communities have safe, convenient sidewalks and bike lanes. January 17, 2021, 7am PST | James Brasuell | The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has published a toolkit for state departments of transportation to deliver safe and convenient bik...

Now gone for three years, what could be a little irritating at times was perhaps one of the best things he could have done to ensure his longevity and maintain his quality of life. When combined with the social life he built, its no wonder he was able to fight off the cognitive decline so many men fear as they age.  Moreover, the enjoyment brought by his routines are textbook case studies from the psychology of well-being, offering men of all ages a lesson on behaviors that can serve them well...

Crystal Denlinger Named Chief Scientific Officer for National Comprehensive Cancer Network PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN )-an alliance of leading cancer centers-today announced the appointment of Crystal S. Denlinger, MD, FACP, to the newly-created role of Senior Vice President, Chief Scientific Officer. In this position, Dr. Denlinger will help to steer strategic direction for the nonprofit as well as oversee the NCCN Onc...

Blood sample analysis showed key differences in several groups of metabolites Blood sample analysis showed that, two to five years after they gave birth, mothers of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) had several significantly different metabolite levels compared to mothers of typically developing children. That’s according to new research recently published in BMC Pediatrics by a multidisciplinary team from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Arizona State University, and the Mayo Cli...

January 12, 2021 The WSU Office of Research, the WSU Graduate School, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) are pleased to announce the call for applications for the fifth cohort of the Distinguished Graduate Research Program (DGRP). Incoming students are nominated jointly by a WSU faculty and a PNNL scientist. The DGRP is intended to increase the quality and quantity of STEM doctoral students across the WSU system, while providing an enhanced research experience by aligning WSU facu...

This open access book shares the experiences of Tropical Legumes III (TLIII) project in facilitating access to seed of improved legume varieties to smallholder farmers through innovation platforms. It highlights practices and guiding principles implemented in eight developing countries of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This book details key processes that respective teams employed to create an innovation space that delivers seed, other inputs, knowledge and financial services to agricultura...

This Viewpoint reviews 3 policy options with broad political support that have been shown or are being studied to reduce gun violence: mapping sites for individ

Answer ALS Launches The Data is Here Campaign to Announce the Release of the Worlds Largest Open Sourced ALS Data Portal The Answer ALS Data Portal seeks to empower researchers around the globe with the data needed to finally answer ALS News provided by Share this article Share this article NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Answer ALS, in cooperation with the Stephen Hawking Foundation, launches "The Data is Here" campaign on January 8 and on what would have been the famed Theoretical ...

Credit: World Scientific The book is state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice summary of structural and geotechnical engineering from theory to practice since 1950s and Wai-Fah Chens tribute to his role models, Daniel C. Drucker, Lynn S. Beedle and more. When the mathematical theory of plasticity was first introduced to civil engineers in the 1950s under the leadership of William Prager of Brown University, the topic was taught in the applied mathematics department with tensor notations that ...