LSU’s Pennington Biomedical Research Center has received a five-year, $5.66 million renewal of its Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC) grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The award, totaling $5,659,389, extends support for the Pennington-Louisiana Nutrition Obesity Research Center through 2031 and reaffirms Pennington Biomedical's position as a national leader in nutrition, obesity and metabolic health research.

University of Calgary researchers invented a new way to analyze cells inside our body. The methodology coined Cellular Behavioromics has enhanced understanding of deadly sepsis infections. During sepsis immune cells cluster together, clogging up the circulatory system, which can cause organs to fail. Researchers discovered the cell clusters are the result of complex swarming behaviors like bird murmuration. This heightened understanding could lead to targeted therapeutics to prevent cell clusters and improve survival during sepsis.

More than half of U.S. adults ages 30 to 79—about 87.5 million people—are now recommended for statins to prevent cardiovascular disease under newly updated clinical guidelines, according to a study by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers published today in JAMA.