PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 25 [Category: Health Care] -- The Fox Chase Cancer Center, a part of Temple University Health System, posted the following news: * * * Basic Science, Big Impact: How Studying Viruses Could Transform Cancer Care * Siddharth Balachandran, PhD, Director of the Center for Immunology at Fox Chase Cancer Center, conducts research that sits at the intersection of virology, cell death, and immunology. For years, his lab at Fox Chase has explored how infected cells tr more PR

STORRS, Connecticut, Feb. 26 -- The University of Connecticut posted the following news: * * * CAHNR's Sarah Reed Recognized for Excellence in Food and Agricultural Education by APLU, USDA * Sarah Reed, associate professor of animal science in the College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources (CAHNR), has been honored for excellence in teaching by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agricu more PR

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana, Feb. 24 (TNSjou) -- Indiana University issued the following news: * * * Fat shaming doesn't improve human health, it harms it, IU researchers find Adolescence is a period defined by rapid physical, emotional, and social change, and for many young people, it is also shaped by body image issues and weight stigma. Those experiences, researchers say, can drive chronic stress with long-term health consequences. Research from Indiana University reveals how weight-based stigma more PR

HONG KONG, Feb. 26 -- The University of Hong Kong issued the following news release: * * * HKU Marine Scientists Reveal Giant Clam Feeding Strategy Could Determine Their Future Survival * Giant clams ( Tridacna gigas ), members of the family Tridacnidae and among the most striking inhabitants of tropical coral reefs, are being driven towards extinction. Over-harvesting for jewellery, the aquarium trade, and food, together with habitat loss and pollution, has severely reduced their population more PR

NEW YORK, Feb. 25 [Category: BizHospital] -- Mount Sinai Health System posted the following news release: * * * New Research Sheds Light on Why Eczema So Often Begins in Childhood * A team of researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Weill Cornell Medicine, and other institutions have uncovered a key biological explanation for why eczema so often starts in childhood. The study, in young mice, found that some types of immune cells in early-life skin are more reactive than th more PR

LONDON, England, Feb. 26 -- The Institute of Cancer Research issued the following news: * * * Researchers overcome major obstacle in targeted protein degradation In a significant advancement, cancer researchers have found a long-sought way to overcome a critical design barrier in the generation of small-molecule chemical tools and drugs that work by targeted protein degradation. They recently demonstrated the feasibility of targeting a protein, Aurora A, that is involved in cancer cell prolif more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, Feb. 27 (TNSjou) -- Rowan University issued the following news: * * * Research team wins top prize for paper on virus evolution A Rowan University research team led by Chun Wu, Ph.D., has received the 2025 Zuckerkandl Prize for the year's best paper published in the Journal of Molecular Evolution, a leading journal in the field. The award recognizes exceptional scholarship in understanding how DNA, RNA and proteins change over time. Wu, an associate professor in the De more PR

CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 26 -- The University of Chicago posted the following news: * * * Three scholars to receive honorary degrees at UChicago's 2026 Convocation * The University of Chicago will award honorary degrees to three distinguished scholars on June 6 during its Convocation celebration of the Class of 2026: chemist Sir Shankar Balasubramanian, economic and legal scholar Louis Kaplow, and historian and archaeologist Greg Woolf. Shankar Balasubramanian Shankar Balasubramanian, the more PR

BOCHUM, Germany, Feb. 26 -- The University in Bochum issued the following news release: * * * Transforming waste into valuable materials * Instead of fossil raw materials, researchers want to upgrade waste materials to curb CO 2 emissions. Our current living standards rapidly consume energy and resources while burdening the climate with immense levels of CO 2. One solution could be to recover carbon dioxide from waste streams, as this would allow it to be used in circulation. An internatio more PR

WILLIAMSBURG, Virginia, Feb. 26 -- William and Mary issued the following news: * * * Undergrads expand the chemical toolbox for cancer drugs * Thanks to modern therapies, a cancer diagnosis is no longer an automatic death sentence. But many patients still suffer from unwanted side effects and limited efficacy. In a recent Bioconjugate Chemistry publication, William & Mary researchers designed an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) with the potential to improve the potency and decrease the cost of  more PR

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Feb. 26 (TNSjou) -- Yale University issued the following news: * * * Cracking a 'holy grail' challenge in cancer cell therapy Yale scientists have engineered natural killer cells that eliminate solid tumors in mouse models. The study may lead to a simpler, "off the shelf" immunotherapy for hard-to-treat cancers. By Karen Guzman Since scientists first discovered that human immune cells could be modified to become cancer-fighting agents, they've been trying to engine more PR