Cold Virus Injection, Adenoma Prevalence and More…

Surfing the web, I uncovered these news items worth sharing

  • As part of a clinical trial, doctors at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences successfully injected a cold virus into a woman’s brain tumor in an effort to eradicate it, making her the first person in the United States to participate in a clinical trial using this method, which incorporates immunotherapy.
  • A recent post on the NIH Director’s Blog, shared details of new research published on epigenetic patterns in glioblastoma with emphasis on a paper published by researchers at Dartmouth. The findings were first reported in Nature Communications.
  • Scientists at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified specific genomic changes that are significant to the development of testicular cancer. Read more on their findings in Nature.
  • A recent study published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences on adenoma prevalence in two Latino subgroups, specifically Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, revealed the prevalence of adenomas, advanced adenomas, and proximal neoplasia was high among both subgroups. These findings have implications for CRC screening and surveillance among the increasingly growing Latino population in the USA.

 

 

Stories from the Web on My Mind This Week

NIH Director Francis Collins blogged about his discussion and performance with Yo-Yo Ma during the recent J. Edward Rall Cultural Lecture in Bethesda. His post includes an overview of their conversation as well as a video of their duet.

Nature News included a story about two large scale biology projects which are moving towards requiring submission of manuscripts to preprint sharing servers in an effort to encourage sharing within the biological research community.

From the NY Times, on the life of John Glenn, who passed away Thursday at the age of 95.

A first proposal on Copyright Office Reform has been released by the House Judiciary Committee. Additional proposals will be forthcoming and written comments from stakeholders are being requested by the committee through the end of January.