MIAMI, Florida, March 16 -- The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine posted the following news: * * * A New Therapy Keeps Cancer Care on Course When Low Platelets are an Obstacle * Summary * A phase 3 study shows that romiplostim significantly reduces chemotherapy dose delays and reductions by stabilizing platelet counts in patients with gastrointestinal cancers. * By addressing chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia directly, the therapy helps preserve chemotherapy dose intens more PR

GLASSBORO, New Jersey, March 17 (TNSxrep) -- Rowan University issued the following news: * * * CMSRU launches New Jersey's only PhD in cancer cell biology & genomics Cooper Medical School of Rowan University (CMSRU) has launched the PhD in Cancer Cell Biology & Genomics (CCBG), a new doctoral program designed to train the next generation of cancer researchers and accelerate discovery in one of medicine's most urgent fields. The program -- the only cancer biology PhD program in New Jersey --  more PR

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, March 16 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * Engineered yeast gives the U.S. a green edge in the critical minerals market * CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -There is a new, U.S.-based, environmentally friendly method for mining rare-earth elements used in consumer electronics, clean energy, defense and biomedical imaging. By using oxalic acid made by sugar-eating engineered yeast, the new technique can extract almost all the rare-earth  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, March 16 -- The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering posted the following news: * * * For the First Time, Scientists Have Mapped the Genetics of How the Brain Ages, Region by Region * When Nicholas Kim was in eighth grade, his grandfather, the man who had taken him to basketball practice and taught him to tie his shoes, began to change. He developed Alzheimer's disease, and the roles of caregiver and child quietly reversed. Kim, whose paren more PR

LOMA LINDA, California, March 17 (TNSjou) -- Loma Linda University Health issued the following news on March 16, 2026: * * * Myth defanged: baby rattlesnake bites aren't more dangerous than bites from adult rattlesnakes By Ansel Oliver Baby rattlesnake bites are less dangerous than bites from adult rattlesnakes, according to a new study from Loma Linda University that summarizes the origin, transmission, and prevalence of the longstanding myth that baby rattlesnake bites are more dangerous.  more PR

AMHERST, Massachusetts, March 16 -- The University of Massachusetts posted the following news: * * * UMass Amherst Research Links Early Adult Drinking to Middle Age Cognitive Decline * It's well known that alcohol consumption is an age-old method for coping with stress. But surprising? research led by the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that, when such self-medication begins in early adulthood, negative cognitive effects start to show up in middle-age-even after long periods of tot more PR

RENO, Nevada, March 17 -- The University of Nevada issued the following news: * * * University of Nevada, Reno convenes global experts to safeguard the world's largest trout Leading scientists, conservationists, tribal representatives and students from around the world addressed urgent conservation challenges facing the largest trout species on Earth * Hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno's Tahoe Institute for Global Sustainability at the Lake Tahoe campus, experts met for an inter more PR