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National study urges expanded vaccine screening in emergency departments

University of California - Riverside
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About 49% of people are unaware of one or more vaccines recommended for them. Further, 86% have not received one or more of these vaccines. These are the findings of a University of California, Riverside-led study -- the first national comprehensive vaccine surveillance study conducted in emergency departments.

Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

MIT imaging tech promises deepest looks yet into living brain tissue at single-cell resolution

Picower Institute at MIT
Peer-Reviewed Publication

By combining several cutting-edge imaging technologies, a new microscope system could enable unprecedentedly deep and precise visualization of metabolic and neuronal activity, potentially even in humans

Journal: Light Science & Applications
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, Simons Center for the Social Brain, Freedom Together Foundation

The first 25 years of SuperAger research

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Over 25 years of studying individuals aged 80 and older — dubbed “SuperAgers” — Northwestern University scientists have seen some notable lifestyle and personality differences between SuperAgers and those aging typically — such as being social and gregarious — but “it’s really what we’ve found in their brains that’s been so earth-shattering for us,” the corresponding author said.

Journal: Alzheimer s & Dementia
Funder: NIH/National Institute on Aging, NIH/National Institute on Aging

Potatoes may increase risk of type 2 diabetes—depending on their preparation

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Peer-Reviewed Publication

French fries were associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D), while other forms of potatoes—including baked, boiled, and mashed—were not, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The study also found that swapping any form of potato for whole grains may lower the risk of T2D.

Journal: The BMJ
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, NIH/National Institutes of Health, the Friends of FACES/Kids Connect, the Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre Cambridge Theme on Nutrition, Obesity, Metabolism and Endocrinology, the UK National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre Cambridge Theme on Nutrition, Obesity, Metabolism and Endocrinology, the Kuwait Heart Foundation

Sweet disguise: body hides RNA with sugar

University of Connecticut
Peer-Reviewed Publication

To our immune system, naked RNA is a sign of a viral or bacterial invasion and must be attacked. But our own cells also have RNA. To ward off trouble, our cells clothe their RNA in sugars, Vijay Rathinam and colleagues in the UConn School of Medicine and Ryan Flynn at Boston Children’s Hospital report on Aug. 6 in Nature.

Journal: Nature
Funder: Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Rita Allen Foundation, Sontag Foundation, Scleroderma Research Foundation, NIH/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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