WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The American Action Forum issued the following commentary on Dec. 3, 2025: * * * Assessing the FDA's Commissioner's National Priority Voucher Program By Michael Baker Executive Summary * The Commissioner's National Priority Voucher Program (CNPV), initiated by Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary, has dramatically shifted the previously tightly controlled and regulated drug and biologic approval process. * Announced in June 2025, the program offers more PR

CHEVY CHASE, Maryland, Dec. 3 [Category: Health Care] -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine posted the following news wrap up: * * * The ASAM Weekly for December 2, 2025 * This Week in the ASAM Weekly Contingency Management Saves Lives: From Evidence to Action By Lara Coughlin, PhD, and Allison Lin, MD, DFASAM With helpful feedback from Devin C. Tomlinson, PhD, Lan Zhang, PhD, H. Myra Kim, ScD, MPH, Gabriela Khazanov, PhD, James R. McKay, PhD, and Dominick DePhilippis, PhD F more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration issued the following news release: * * * FDA Announces Leadership Appointments at Center for Drug Evaluation and Research * The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced that Tracy Beth Hoeg, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER). A physician and epidemiologist, Dr. Hoeg was a Visiting Scholar at the Massachusetts In more PR

ITHACA, New York, Dec. 3 -- Cornell University posted the following news: * * * Forever young? Extracellular vesicles may be key to halt aging * Researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) are a step closer to finding the fountain of youth. In a study published Oct. 14 in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, scientists have outlined exactly how embryonic stem cells (ESCs) protect other cells from the effects of oxidative stress, thus preventing cellular aging. "It was almost  more PR

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 3 -- Georgia State University issued the following news: * * * Georgia State Brain Researchers Draw Cellular Blueprint for How We Think, Feel A new study from experts with Georgia State University has achieved a long-standing goal in neuroscience: showing how the brain's smallest components build the systems that shape thought, emotion and behavior. The research, published in the journal Nature Communications, could transform how scientists understand cognition and agi more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Journal Retracts Key Paper Claiming Glyphosate Not Linked to Cancer * WASHINGTONThe scientific journal Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology has issued a rare retraction of one of the most cited studies on the safety of the pesticide glyphosate, the main ingredient in the weedkiller Roundup. The study, which found that glyphosate poses no cancer or other health risks to p more PR

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico, Dec. 3 -- New Mexico State University issued the following news release: * * * MicroBooNE international collaboration rules out existence of sterile neutrino * An anomaly in the behavior of neutrinos, nearly massless particles that rarely interact with other matter, has intrigued physicists for decades. In a paper published Dec. 3 in the Journal Nature, scientists on the MicroBooNE experiment have ruled out a long-standing hypothesis - the existence of a sterile neutr more PR

PASADENA, California, Dec. 4 (TNSres) -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news: * * * NASA Rover Detects Electric Sparks in Mars Dust Devils, Storms Perseverance confirmed a long-suspected phenomenon in which electrical discharges and their associated shock waves can be born within Red Planet mini-twisters. * NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of electrical discharges --sparks -- and mini-sonic booms in dust devils on Mars. Long theorized, the phenomen more PR

LINCOLN, Nebraska, Dec. 3 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news: * * * Nebraska in the national news: November 2025 * University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members were interviewed about the impacts of tariffs and "forever chemicals" for national and international news stories in November. The articles were among 30-plus such stories featuring Husker faculty, staff, students, centers and programs during the month. * Lia Nogueira, associate professor of agricultural econ more PR

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Dec. 3 -- The University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Public Policy Center posted the following news release: * * * New HIV Mapping Tool Helps Public Health Workers Track and Predict HIV Outbreaks * While effective prevention and treatment for HIV exist, rates of HIV infections in the United States are still concerning, and public health officials are always looking for more effective ways to monitor and curtail the spread of the virus. A new tool, CyberGIS-HIV, crea more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Dec. 3 -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release: * * * Poor kidney health linked to higher levels of Alzheimer's biomarkers in blood People with impaired kidney function have higher levels of Alzheimer's biomarkers in their blood, but not an increased risk of dementia, according to a study published December 3, 2025, in Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology The study does not prove that poor kidney functio more PR

KENNESAW, Georgia, Dec. 3 -- Kennesaw State University posted the following news release: * * * Rising above challenges marks inspiring career of President's Award of Distinction recipient * KENNESAW, Ga. | Dec 3, 2025 Kennesaw State University senior biology major Ari Schwartz has been recognized with the President's Award of Distinction and has the resume one would associate with such an honor. The award is given at fall and spring commencements to a graduate "who serves as an inspirat more PR

CEDARVILLE, Ohio, Dec. 3 -- Cedarville University posted the following news: * * * Seoul to Cedarville: Dr. Kim Builds Global Understanding * by Ella Smith and Allyson O'Bryant, Student Public Relations Writers Language is more than words it's a gateway to understanding other people, cultures and ways of life. At Cedarville University, students are getting the opportunity to learn about another culture through K-Talk Table, a new weekly program designed to bridge cultural barriers and la more PR

SWANSEA, Wales, Dec. 3 (TNSjou) -- Swansea University issued the following news: * * * Study proves how local knowledge enhances the sustainability of interconnected fisheries New research has revealed just how valuable local knowledge and communication is when it comes to protecting the world largest freshwater fish in the western Amazon. The study looked at the local fishers' work designing protection strategies for the pirarucu, and how this can be applied to other socioecological systems more PR

HAIFA, Israel, Dec. 3 (TNSjou) -- The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology issued the following news: * * * Between the Heart and Cancer Technion Researchers reveal complex interactions between heart disease and cancer, in the hope that their findings will lead to improved treatment for both conditions * A surprising new discovery by Prof. Ami Aronheim and his team at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology shows that, in the absence of anti-cancer treatments, cancer development ma more PR

BRISTOL, England, Dec. 3 (TNSjou) -- The University of Bristol issued the following news release: * * * Complex life developed earlier than previously thought, new study reveals Complex life began to develop earlier, and over a longer span of time, than previously believed, a groundbreaking new study has revealed. The research sheds new light on the conditions needed for early organisms to evolve and challenges several long-standing scientific theories in this area. Led by the University of  more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Dec. 4 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * Six-year study reveals ancient quakes along 150-mile fault system in Nepal Sean Bemis, a research scientist in the Department of Geosciences, and Elizabeth Curtiss, a Ph.D. student, were part of a collaborative project that studied earthquake history in western Nepal. By Jimmy Robertson A common misconception about research is that it takes place in climate-controlled labs with microscopes, beakers, and more PR