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Engaging the next generation of dairy leaders: strategies to inspire and retain undergraduates—especially women—in dairy science programs

A symposium presentation review published in JDS Communications explains how universities play a critical role in guiding the future leaders of the dairy industry into successful and fulfilling careers and highlights achievable strategies to improve the engagement of dairy science undergraduate students.

Journal: JDS Communications

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

New research from The Lundquist Institute finds ketogenic diet-induced high cholesterol does not predict heart disease

The Lundquist Institute
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The study, published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology: Advances, recruited 100 metabolically healthy individuals following a long-term low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet who developed elevated levels of LDL cholesterol–dubbed Lean Mass Hyper-Responders (LMHRs). The researchers found that traditional cholesterol markers (ApoB and LDL-C) were not associated with baseline heart disease or progression in this population, calling for investments in further research and personalized treatment strategies.

Journal: Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Neighborhood disadvantage, individual experiences of racism, and breast cancer survival

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: In this cohort of Black women, living in disadvantaged neighborhoods was associated with a higher mortality from breast cancer, even after accounting for stage at diagnosis, treatments, and individual-level lifestyle factors. Community-level interventions to reduce environmental stressors and improve conditions in disadvantaged neighborhoods, including access to high-quality cancer care, may be critical to reducing racial disparities in breast cancer survival.

Journal: JAMA Network Open

Cardioprotective glucose-lowering agents and dementia risk

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: While cardioprotective glucose-lowering therapies were not associated with an overall reduction in all-cause dementia, this meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials found that glucose lowering with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) was associated with a statistically significant reduction in all-cause dementia.

Journal: JAMA Neurology

Molecules that fight infection also act on the brain, inducing anxiety or sociability

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Peer-Reviewed Publication

MIT scientists find the protein IL-17 that fights infection also acts on the brain, inducing anxiety or sociability. This adds to evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness.

Journal: Cell
Funder: Jeongho Kim and the Brain Impact Foundation Neuro-Immune Fund, Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative, Simons Center for the Social Brain, Marcus Foundation, N of One: Autism Research Foundation, Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Picower Institute Innovation Fund, MIT John W. Jarve Seed Fund for Science Innovation, Young Soo Perry and Karen Ha, National Institutes of Health

Invasive group A streptococcal infections in 10 US states

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: Invasive group A Streptococcus infections increased substantially in 10 U.S. states during a surveillance period from 2013 to 2022. Accelerated efforts to prevent and control group A Streptococcus are needed, especially among groups at highest risk of infection.

Journal: JAMA