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31-Mar-2025

Association for Molecular Pathology celebrates U.S. District Court’s decision to vacate FDA rule on laboratory-developed test procedure regulation

Association for Molecular Pathology
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Professional society will continue to work with stakeholders to develop a more effective and efficient legislative regulatory framework that ensures high-quality patient care while fostering rapid innovation and the promise of new diagnostic technologies

31-Mar-2025

UTA takes lead with mobile lab to address rural health care crisis

University of Texas at Arlington
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Rural Texans face significant barriers to health care that their urban counterparts do not. More than a quarter of the state’s 172 rural counties lack a hospital, and those with at least one hospital often struggle with a shortage of qualified health care personnel, such as nurses and first responders. To address these growing challenges, The University of Texas at Arlington introduced its new Mobile Simulation Lab on Friday. It’s the first in Texas dedicated solely to rural training.

31-Mar-2025

Flatiron Institute becomes new hub for stellar evolution software suite MESA

Simons Foundation
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As part of its commitment to unraveling the universe’s mysteries through sustained support of the astrophysics community, the Flatiron Institute is securing the future of MESA (Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics), an open-source software suite that has transformed how researchers model the evolution of stars. The Flatiron Institute’s Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) is stepping up to support MESA’s need for ongoing maintenance and continued development. CCA has hired Philip Mocz as a full-time software engineer to help ensure MESA’s bright future for the collective benefit of the astrophysics community.

31-Mar-2025

MD Anderson breaks ground on new Sugar Land location

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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SUGAR LAND, Texas ― The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today broke ground on a new 470,000-square-foot facility in Sugar Land, bringing a range of cancer services and MD Anderson’s unparalleled patient experience closer to those living in Southwest Houston and the surrounding areas.

31-Mar-2025

New high-powered telescope reaches Chilean peak

Cornell University
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After a six-week ocean voyage, a week spent waiting to offload, and another week trekking through the mountains, the first major component of the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope (FYST) has arrived at its final home in Chile.

31-Mar-2025

UT Health San Antonio neurologists among first to treat patients with deep brain stimulation that adapts to patients’ symptoms

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
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Neurologists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio are among the nation's first to use new technology to treat patients with movement disorders with deep brain stimulation that automatically adapts as symptoms change.

31-Mar-2025

Administration is weakening U.S. research capacity and endangering Americans, nation’s leading scientists warn

Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
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America's longstanding position as the world leader in science, technology, and medical research is now under threat, about 1,900 elected members of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine warn today in a public statement to the American people.

31-Mar-2025

Oxford developing new AI tool to improve wildlife mentions in online media for more effective conservation efforts

University of Oxford
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A research team at the University of Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute is leading an innovative project to refine how wildlife is identified in digital news, helping conservationists direct their resources more effectively.

31-Mar-2025

Queen Mary launches new regenerative medicine spinout to repair joint damage and prevent arthritis

Queen Mary University of London
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Queen Mary scientists have invented a new way to fix cartilage defects – a form of joint damage often caused by sports injuries or trauma – and to stop progression to osteoarthritis.

Funder: Versus Arthritis, Rosetrees Trust, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, William Harvey Research Foundation

31-Mar-2025

MOPEVACLAS vaccine candidate for Lassa fever enters clinical trials

Institut Pasteur
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After more than 20 years of research on arenaviruses, an Institut Pasteur team led by Sylvain Baize has developed an original vaccine platform known as MOPEVAC, which will strengthen the Institut Pasteur's pandemic preparedness initiatives. A Phase Ia clinical trial led by a research team at the Institut Pasteur is set to begin for the platform's first vaccine candidate, which targets Lassa fever, a hemorrhagic fever responsible for thousands of deaths worldwide each year. In the long term, the MOPEVAC platform will enable scientists to respond to the emergence of new viruses with effective candidate vaccines aimed at pathogens with high mortality rates. The MOPEVAC clinical trials are funded by the France 2030 program as part of the "Emerging infectious diseases and CBRN threats" strategy. They are led by the French Health Innovation Agency and operated on behalf of the French government by Bpifrance, which also supported the preclinical trials.

31-Mar-2025

Boehringer Ingelheim and Lieber Institute for Brain Development advance development of COMT inhibitors to treat cognitive impairment in neuropsychiatric disorders

Lieber Institute for Brain Development
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The Lieber Institute of Brain Development and Boehringer Ingelheim will start clinical trials for a catechol Omethyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor that metabolizes dopamine for people with neuropsychiatric disorders.

31-Mar-2025

Beate Heinemann to lead DESY’s Board of Directors

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
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Professor Beate Heinemann is to become the new head of the research centre DESY. On 1 April 2025, she will take over as the Chairperson of DESY’s Board of Directors, to which she already belongs in her capacity as Director for Particle Physics. Beate Heinemann will be taking over from Helmut Dosch, who has presided over the centre for more than 16 years. This will make her the first woman to head the research centre.