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PTSD can undermine healthy couple communication when people fear their emotions

Penn State
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fear of emotions among couples with PTSD is associated with unproductive communication, according to a new study led by researchers at Penn State.

Journal: Behaviour Research and Therapy
Funder: NIH/National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

$2.7 million NIH grant to fund next generation of synthetic blood

Penn State
Grant and Award Announcement

Blood loss is the leading cause of death in trauma patients between the ages of 1 and 46 years, largely because they cannot access safe blood sources quickly enough. A possible solution? Freeze-dried synthetic blood. A multi-institutional team led by Dipanjan Pan, the Dorothy Foehr Huck & J. Lloyd Chair Professor in Nanomedicine at Penn State, recently received a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to develop the next generation of synthetic blood.

Funder: NIH/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute

PFAS from fluorochemical plant found in dust of nearby homes

North Carolina State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers from the GenX Exposure Study have detected PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) associated with a nearby fluorochemical plant in the household dust of homes located in Cumberland and Bladen counties, North Carolina. Homes closer to the plant had higher concentrations of those specific PFAS than homes located farther away.

Journal: Environmental Science & Technology
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Center for Environmental and Health Effects of PFAS, North Carolina Policy Collaboratory

Delicate balancing act determines how many genome gateways form in cells

Sanford Burnham Prebys
Peer-Reviewed Publication

As warehouses go, nuclei are more like libraries than bank vaults. Too many cellular components need access to the genome to lock it down like Fort Knox. Instead, large groupings of more than 1,000 individual protein molecules called nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) pepper the dividing membrane, serving as gateways for materials and messages entering and exiting the nucleus.

While the basic need for this shuttle service is constant, scientists have shown that cells dynamically adjust their amounts of NPCs like a retail store opening more or fewer checkout lines throughout the day. Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys published findings March 31, 2025, in Cell Reports revealing the results of screening the entire human genome to find factors influencing how many NPCs are assembled.

Journal: Cell Reports
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society

Brain-to-voice neuroprosthesis restores naturalistic speech

University of California Berkeley College of Engineering
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Using recent advances in AI-based modeling, researchers from UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco developed a neuroprosthesis that synthesizes brain signals into audible speech in near-real time. The advance enables a more naturalistic speech pattern for people unable to talk because of paralysis.

Journal: Nature Neuroscience
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

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