How an MSK Librarian Can be Your Most Valuable Resource

Posted on by

October is National Medical Librarians Month! The MSK Library staff is committed to serving our community in any way that improves patient care or facilitates research goals and activities. Below is a list of things a MSK Librarian can do for you (some items may surprise you!):

  • Offer a diverse set of training workshops ranging from PubMed and EndNote, to systematic reviews and tools for authors–did you know that customized individual or group/department-wide presentations can be requested? Just ask us!

New mouse model, breast implants, tumors at night and more….

Posted on by

Here are a few highlights of cancer research news that have recently caught my attention:

  • Researchers at Dana-Farber, MIT, and other institutions have discovered a sign of the early development of pancreatic cancer. Read more on their findings in Nature Medicine.
  • A new mouse model created by researchers at the Broad Institute and MIT will help edit multiple genes in a variety of cell types. The paper describing the new model can be found in Cell.
  • Cases of possible association between breast implants and a form of lymphoma that may develop tumors at a later stage is currently under investigation. Read more in the journal Mutation Research.
  • Do tumors grow faster at night? A recent study by researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science demonstrates that nighttime is the best time for cancer to grow and spread. More on their findings in Nature Communications.
  • New novel therapies for Glioblastoma multiforme are showing promise according to a recent paper by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine and City of Hope.
  • The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded to a British-American scientist and two Norwegian researchers on the discovery of the brain’s “inner GPS”.

Please feel free to contact Marisol Hernandez to share any comments.

Updates to NIH’s World RePORT

Posted on by

The World Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT) is a map and database of biomedical research funded by major government agencies and philanthropic organizations around the world. Launched last year, the beta version was limited to 2012 research conducted in sub-Saharan Africa.

Since then, coverage has been expanded to include South Asia and East Asia/Pacific region data, and a new funding agency has been added – the European & Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP).

2013 projects funded by NIH are now available, and the other 9 funding agencies are in the process of adding 2013 data for the new coverage regions.

For more information, see Sally Rockey’s blog post at Rock Talk.