Study provides more evidence of how COVID-19 changed Americans’ values, activities
A UCLA-led survey bolsters findings of an earlier analysis of online behavior during the pandemic.
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Redington Life Sciences News | Special Issue October 2021 | ||
In this issue: Bats weigh in on driverless cars, Covid-19’s impact on our values, NIH on lazy eye, Mayo’s new ideas for breast cancer prevention, antibiotics and stunted growth, brain scans time dementia’s onset, opioids and IBD, gut bugs drive prostate cancer, Dana Farber on mast cell precursors, new model to study Down syndrome, and more… | |||
 | Can bats help us design a better driverless car? Bakar Fellow Michael Yartsev is translating bats’ neurological 'rules of the road' into computational algorithms to guide development of navigation systems for driverless cars. |
 | Study provides more evidence of how COVID-19 changed Americans’ values, activities |
 | NIH-funded study shows screening device accurately detects amblyopia (lazy eye) |
 | Mayo Clinic researchers advocate new approach to breast cancer prevention A commentary by Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology Practice suggests that advances in breast cancer prevention research have resulted in new and innovative opportunities to modify breast cancer risk and potentially reduce breast cancer incidence and mortality. " |
 | Stem cell project to create new model to study brain development and Down syndrome With an $11 million Transformative Research grant from the National Institutes of Health, University of Wisconsin–Madison Waisman Center researchers are creating a new approach to study how changes to brain development in the womb result in intellectual disability in people with Down syndrome. |
| Antibiotics Alone Can’t Protect Kids From Stunted Growth New findings suggest antibiotics alone won't end the cycle of stunted growth and poverty that afflicts children across the developing world. |
| Diving deeper to measure the toll of ‘ice’ on mental health A new study indicates methamphetamine smokers are likely to experience higher levels of depression and anxiety than the general population. |
 | 'Gut bugs' can drive prostate cancer growth and treatment resistance Common gut bacteria can fuel the growth of prostate cancers and allow them to evade the effects of treatment, a new study finds. |
 | Johns Hopkins researchers find thousands of unknown chemicals in electronic cigarettes Study identifies compounds undisclosed by popular brands including industrial chemicals, caffeine |
 | Allergic stimulation activates mast cell precursor cells Mast cell precursor cells do not just cause an increase in mature mast cells during inflammation, they also play an active role in diseases like asthma, according to a new study. |
| Time until dementia symptoms appear can be estimated via brain scan Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have developed an approach to estimating when a person who is likely to develop Alzheimer’s disease, but has no cognitive symptoms, will start showing signs of Alzheimer’s dementia. |
 | Staying on long-term antidepressants reduces risk of relapse study suggests |
 | New study suggests that aquaporin could be key to repairing corneal defects |
 | New treatment for inflammatory bowel disease: Opioids may cure that 'bad gut feeling' Opioid receptors play key roles in regulating our senses and emotions. Recently, their discovery outside the nervous system raised several questions about the effects of opioids on the immune system. Now, researchers have shown that KNT-127 -- a drug that targets delta opioid receptors... |
 | Most cases of never-smokers’ lung cancer treatable with mutation-targeting drugs Available, FDA-approved drugs may be effective in targeting about 80% of never-smokers’ lung tumors Full Details |
 | Gut microbe signatures may indicate adverse reaction to cancer treatments |
| NIAID Scientists Find a Key to Hepatitis C Entry into Cells |
| Scientists use AI to identify new drug combination for children with incurable brain cancer |
 | Cancer Cells’ Unexpected Genetic Tricks for Evading the Immune System
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| UCLA research reveals how a year of change affected Californians’ health
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 | Omega-3 Supplements May Slow Memory Decline |
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