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7-Apr-2025

Childhood experiences shape the brain’s white matter with cognitive effects seen years later

Mass General Brigham
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Mass General Brigham investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This reduced connectivity is also associated with lower performance on cognitive tasks.

Journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

7-Apr-2025

Tulane researchers use AI to improve diagnosis of drug-resistant infections

Tulane University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Tulane University scientists have developed a new artificial intelligence-based method to more accurately detect antibiotic resistance in deadly bacteria such as tuberculosis and staph. The breakthrough could lead to faster and more effective treatments and help mitigate the rise of drug-resistant infections, a growing global health crisis.

Journal: Nature Communications
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, U.S. Department of Defense, Lavin-Bernick Award of Tulane University

7-Apr-2025

Researchers’ study show advancements in GP38 contributions to CCHFV and monoclonal antibody therapies

US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A recent study published in Science Translational Medicine involving scientists from the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases in collaboration with scientists from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the University of California-Berkeley have advanced discoveries surrounding the viral glycoprotein GP38 expressed by the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV).

Journal: Science Translational Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, The Welch Foundation award, American Heart Association predoctoral fellowship

7-Apr-2025

Proteins shown to act as ‘guardians’ to keep cells’ energy making mitochondria safe

Johns Hopkins Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have discovered how a group of proteins linked to Parkinson’s disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis act as “guardians” of mitochondria, small organelles, or subunits, within a cell that make and store energy and are found in almost all plants and animals.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Human Aging Project and the Adrienne Helis Malvin Medical Research Foundation

7-Apr-2025

Home care cooperatives may be key to addressing the critical shortage of caregivers for the elderly

University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Home care cooperatives may be the key to alleviating the shortage of paid caregivers for older Americans. Participants in cooperatives experienced more respect, control, job support, and compensation than their counterparts in traditional care services.

Journal: JAMA Network Open
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, NIH/National Institutes of Health, Cornell University Industrial and Labor Relations Center for Applied Research on Work, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation