INGELHEIM AM RHEIN, Germany, June 23 (TNSxrep) -- Boehringer Ingelheim, a pharmaceutical company, issued the following news release: * * * Boehringer Ingelheim accelerates precision oncology research with initiation of three Phase III trials in hard-to-treat cancers * Boehringer Ingelheim is committed to improving outcomes for people facing aggressive cancers where there are currently few treatment options * DAREON(R)-Lung-1 and DAREON(R)-NEC-1 will evaluate obrixtamig as a DLL3 biomarker-informed approach designed to help identify patients more PR

LEXINGTON, Kentucky, June 22 -- The University of Kentucky issued the following news: * * * Could nighttime light affect brain health? UK researchers investigate Alzheimer's links * A growing body of research suggests that sleep may be more than a symptom of Alzheimer's disease -it may also play a role in how the disease develops and progresses. Now, new research from the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging is shedding light on how everyday environmental factors and inflammation in the brain could influence sleep, circadi more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 22 -- The Washington University School of Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Faster aging in younger generations linked to rise in early-onset cancer * Cancer is often considered a disease of aging. Older adults are at higher risk because they have had more time to accumulate cellular damage that can trigger tumor formation. But as cancer rates in younger adults rise, with each successive generation facing higher risks than the one before it, researchers are asking whether cellular damage is accumula more PR

PLYMOUTH, England, June 22 -- The University of Plymouth posted the following news: * * * New theory aims to provide hope for people with fibromyalgia and ME/CFS * Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS are debilitating conditions and patients can feel misunderstood and abandoned, in addition to a wide range of physical and mental symptoms. Several psychological and biological theories have been proposed as ways to explain why the conditions occur, but there is no agreement over whether any one theory is true. Now Emeritus Professor Professor Michael  more PR

DAYTON, Ohio, June 22 -- The University of Dayton posted the following news: * * * UD in the News June 6-19 * Faculty contributed pieces to Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion, Catholic World Report, Liberty and School Business Now. Dayton Business Journal featured UD's new health and wellbeing center in its "Story of the Week." Great laboratories of hope? Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning in Theology and Religion Meghan Henning, provost's office Legal issues: IDEA eligibility beyond the age of 1 more PR

CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 23 -- The University of Cincinnati posted the following news: * * * Humidity cycles steer insect behavior UC researchers identify new circadian rhythms. Does it affect us, too? By Michael Miller, 513-556-6757, michael.miller3@uc.edu Some insects are attuned to daily cycles of humidity just as they are to daylight and temperature. In a novel experiment at the University of Cincinnati, researchers isolated kissing bugs, fruit flies, mosquitoes and spider beetles in a climate- and light-controlled environment and found more PR

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, June 19 (TNSjou) -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: * * * A cautionary tale': Study challenges assumption about brain activity in movement disorders Meike van der Heijden, assistant professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, finds activity in easily measured cerebellar cells may not reliably predict signals in deeper brain regions linked to dystonia, ataxia, and tremor. By Matt Chittum A new finding by a Virginia Tech neuroscientist at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC is cha more PR

CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, June 22 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news: * * * What have decades of eradication efforts taught us about the New World screwworm? * The value of basic science into insect biology is no more evident than when a crisis arises involving a devastating insect pest like the New World screwworm, says University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign entomology professor and department head May Berenbaum. In a 2016 essay in the journal Science, Berenbaum wrote about the successful -if tempor more PR