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Interviews with primary care providers showed support for removal of the FDAs mifepristone Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, which prevents pharmacists from dispensing the drugs needed for medication abortions.

Penn State University Libraries presented its fourth annual Undergraduate Research Award: Excellence in Information Literacy honors to 100 students at nearly all undergraduate Penn State campuses. Awards recognized 96 current undergraduate students and recent graduates, four graduate students, plus two additional College of Medicine students and two collaborating faculty

Date Time Clingy Copper Ions Contribute to Catalyst Slowdown Heavy-duty diesel trucks on the road today are equipped with aftertreatment systems that include selective catalytic reduction (SCR) technology using urea solution as a reducing agent to curtail harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from engine exhaust before they reach the tailpipe. SCRs rely on a catalyst to help chemically convert NOx gases into nitrogen, water, and small amounts of carbon dioxide. Like anything else subject to th...

 E-Mail IMAGE: DNA replication cycles are tied to the circadian clock, and interruptions can lead to incomplete chromosomes. view more  Credit: Image courtesy of Yi Liao. A new study from the University of Chicago has found that the photosynthetic bacterium Synechococcus elongatus uses a circadian clock to precisely time DNA replication, and that interrupting this circadian rhythm prevents replication from completing and leaves chromosomes unfinished overnight. The results, published ...

(Oak Ridge National Laboratory) Esther Parish is one of eight scientists from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory talking to students in nine schools across East Tennessee as part of National Environmental Education Week, or EE Week. On April 13, she spoke to Cathy Kimball’s fifth grade class at Lenoir City Middle School. The discussion covered renewable energy resources, science career paths and how climate change may affect East Tennessee. “I think it is important...

BusinessWorld May 5, 2021 | 12:03 am Patricia B. Mirasol A DEPRESSION, anxiety, and stress scale that was translated into several Philippine languages revealed that the pandemic has had a larger psychological impact on Filipinos: the translated scales show a higher incidence of severe anxiety as compared to a similar study conducted solely in English. The importance of psychological assessment tools in local languages — considering the country’s linguistically diverse socie...

New high-tech lab at Fred Hutch creates 3D maps of proteins to aid therapeutics and vaccine research April 24, 2021 at 12:10 am Assistant Professor Melody Campbell prepares a sample in the Shared Resources Cryo-EM Lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. (Fred Hutch Photo) Dr. Melody Campbell was an undergraduate student when she first noticed the beauty and power of cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM), a technique that uses extreme temperatures and an electron microsco...

EPA Awards $400,000 to Los Angeles Small Business to Support Commercialization of Environmental Technologies Funds are part of $3 million awarded nationwide through EPA’s Small Business Innovation Research program Apr 22, 2021 LOS ANGELES - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $400,000 in grant funding to Los Angeles-based Lucendi, Inc. to further develop and commercialize technology to protect public health and the environment. Lucendi will use the funding to...

 E-Mail A phase 1 clinical trial led by investigators at the University of Chicago Medicine testing the effects of stereotactic body radiotherapy for treating multiple metastases has determined that treatments used for single tumors can also be safely used for treating patients with multiple metastases. The study was run through NRG Oncology and sponsored by the National Cancer Institute. The results were published on April 22 in Cancer is traditionally treated with a combined approach, with ...

Scandion Oncology engages former ASCO executive as clinical advisor Scandion Oncology is pleased to announce that we have appointed Dr. Richard L. Schilsky, a seasoned and highly profiled international leader as a member of our clinical advisory board (CAB). Dr. Schilsky is the former CMO and Executive Vice President of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and a long-time faculty member of the University of Chicago. Scandion Oncology A/S Publicerad: 21 april 2021, 11:30 Copenhagen, ...