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News Release 18-Jul-2019

Many of the deadliest cancers receive the least amount of research funding

Many of the deadliest or most common cancers get the least amount of nonprofit research funding, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. 'Embarrassing' or stigmatized cancers, like lung and liver, are underfunded. Colon, endometrial, liver and bile duct, cervical, ovarian, pancreatic and lung cancers were all poorly funded compared to how common they are and how many deaths they cause, the study found. In contrast, breast cancer, leukemia, lymphoma and pediatric cancers were all well-funded, respective to their impact on society.

Journal: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network

News Release 17-Jul-2019

New study works with historically disenfranchised communities to combat sudden oak death

American Phytopathological Society

Science often reflects the priorities of dominant industries and ignores the needs of disenfranchised communities, resulting in the perpetuation of historical injustices. One team of scientists in Northern California studying sudden oak death, which poses a threat to the longstanding cultural heritage of several indigenous tribes, sought to chip away at this cycle through a new collaboration with these communities.

Journal: Phytopathology
Funder: USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Special Technology Development Program grant/award number

News Release 12-Jul-2019

Dartmouth study examines association between care management and outcomes in Medicare ACOs

The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

New research from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice finds that Accountable Care Organization (ACO)-reported care management and coordination activities were not associated with improved outcomes or lower spending for patients with complex needs.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: Six Foundation Collaborative, Commonwealth Fund, Peterson Center on Healthcare, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, SCAN Foundation, John Hartford Foundation, Milbank Memorial Fund, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health

News Release 12-Jul-2019

From the Oscars to the Nobel Prize, winners need to choose their friends wisely

City University London

Being friends with an award juror can increase a person's chance of being nominated but decrease their chances of being selected as the victor, according to new research published in the Academy of Management Journal.

Journal: Academy of Management Journal

News Release 9-Jul-2019

Study highlights need for tailored skin cancer prevention programs

George Washington University

Researchers at the GW Cancer Center found that sun safety practices for attendees at skin cancer screening events differ from the general public.

Journal: Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

News Release 3-Jul-2019

First time human-on-a-chip predicts in vivo results based on in vitro model

Bioscribe

In a study published in Nature Scientific Reports, in collaboration with AstraZeneca, Hesperos described how they used a pumpless heart model and a heart:liver system to evaluate the temporal pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationship for terfenadine, an antihistamine that was banned due to toxic cardiac effects, as well as determine its mechanism of toxicity. The findings further support the potential of body-on-a-chip systems to transform the drug discovery process and prevent needless time consuming and costly animal studies.

Journal: Nature Scientific Reports
Funder: Hesperos, Astra Zeneca, National Institutes of Health

News Release 2-Jul-2019

Details of UK-led solar science mission revealed at National Astronomy Meeting

Royal Astronomical Society

Details of a UK-led solar science mission designed to to answer fundamental questions about the physics of solar storms will be presented at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting on Wednesday, July 3. The mission will also demonstrate the use of laser power transfer in space and laser communications in Low Earth Orbits (i.e. for both inter-satellite communications and satellite-to-Earth communications).

Meeting: RAS National Astronomy Meeting 2019

News Release 1-Jul-2019

Gender bias alive and well in health care roles, study shows

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

Results of a multi-center study of patients' assumptions about health care professionals' roles based on gender show significant stereotypical bias towards males as physicians and females as nurses. The research team, led in New Orleans by Lisa Moreno-Walton, MD, LSU Health New Orleans Emergency Medicine at University Medical Center (UMC), found patients recognized males as physicians nearly 76% of the time. Female attending physicians were recognized as physicians only 58% of the time.

Journal: Journal of Women's Health

News Release 1-Jul-2019

Geisel study finds downside risk contracts still less common for ACOs

The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Dartmouth-led study shows that while the number and variety of contracts held by Accountable Care Organizations have increased dramatically in recent years, the proportion of those bearing downside risk has seen only modest growth.

Journal: Health Affairs
Funder: Commonwealth Fund, NIH/National Institute of Mental Health, California Health Care Foundation

News Release 1-Jul-2019

High doses of 60 plus-year-old chemo drug found to spur immune system attack on lymphoma

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Cyclophosphamide, a mainstay of chemotherapy for many cancers, acts as both chemotherapy and immunotherapy at high doses, study finds.

Journal: Cancer Discovery
Funder: NIH/National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Cancer Systems Biology Consortium, Searle Scholars Program, Beckman Young Investigator Program, NIH New Innovator Awards, Pew-Stewart Scholars, Sloan Fellowship in Chemistry, and others

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