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Mount Sinai dermatologist reports Phase 3 success for rocatinlimab in moderate-to-severe eczema

The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Peer-Reviewed Publication

An international team of investigators led by Emma Guttman-Yassky, MD, PhD, Waldman Professor and System Chair of the Kimberly and Eric J. Waldman Department of Dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, has reported results from the first phase 3 clinical trials of rocatinlimab, a novel treatment for moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis (eczema). The landmark findings from the ROCKET-IGNITE and ROCKET-HORIZON studies were published today in The Lancet.

Journal: The Lancet

Fame itself may be critical factor in shortening singers’ lives

BMJ Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Fame itself may be a critical factor in shortening singers’ lives beyond the hazards of the job—at least those in the UK/Europe and North America—suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.

Journal: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Daily coffee drinking may slow biological ageing of people with major mental illness

BMJ Group
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Drinking a maximum of 3-4 cups of coffee a day may slow the ‘biological’ ageing of people with severe mental illness, by lengthening their telomeres—indicators of cellular ageing—and giving them the equivalent of 5 extra biological years, compared with non-coffee drinkers, finds research published in the open access journal BMJ Mental Health.

Journal: BMJ Mental Health
Funder: Medical Research Council, Research Council of Norway

A type of immune cell could hold a key to preventing scar tissue buildup in wounds

University of Arizona, Office of Research and Partnerships
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Researchers in the College of Medicine – Tucson’s Department of Surgery are uncovering new insights into how mechanical strain on cells affects healing.

Journal: Nature Biomedical Engineering

UT Health San Antonio leads $4 million study on glucagon hormone’s role in diabetes, obesity

The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center
Grant and Award Announcement

UT Health San Antonio researchers have been awarded a five-year, nearly $4 million NIH grant to study how the hormone glucagon could benefit diabetes and obesity patients, despite its reputation for raising blood sugar.

UH researchers unveil X-ray breakthrough that captures 3 image-contrast types in a single shot

University of Houston
Peer-Reviewed Publication

University of Houston researchers developed a new X-ray imaging method capable of revealing hidden features in a single shot, a breakthrough that could advance cancer detection, disease monitoring, security screening and material analysis.

Journal: Optica

Royal recognition for university’s dementia work

Newcastle University
Grant and Award Announcement

Newcastle University's work transforming the understanding, diagnosis and care of people with Dementia with Lewy Bodies has won the UK’s highest national honor for universities. The prestigious Queen Elizabeth Prizes for Higher and Further Education are awarded by the monarch every two years in recognition of world-class excellence and achievement at academic institutions. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease, affecting an estimated 130,000 people in the United Kingdom and researchers at Newcastle University have transformed global understanding, diagnosis, and treatment of the condition.

Funder: NIHR Biomedical Research Centre

Routine first trimester ultrasounds lead to earlier detection of fetal anomalies

PLOS
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Scanning for serious structural issues in fetuses during the first trimester can result in earlier detection of these issues, reports a new study led by Aris Papageorghiou at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom, published November 25^th in the open-access journal PLOS Medicine.

Journal: PLOS Medicine

Metabolic roots of memory loss

Arizona State University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Obesity in early adulthood may shape long-term brain health, new research shows.

Journal: Aging and Disease