CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 (TNSRes) -- The Broad Institute issued the following news release: Advancing COVID-19 diagnostics Julia Joung, Alim Ladha, MIT McGovern Fellows Omar Abudayyeh and Jonathan Gootenberg, core institute member Feng Zhang, and collaborators have been developing a CRISPR-based diagnostic for COVID-19 that can produce results in 30 minutes to an hour. The test, known as STOPCovid, could in principle be made cheaply enough to enable daily testing. In New England Jour  more

HOLYOKE, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 -- ISO New England issued the following news release: ISO New England announces the election of its 2020 board of directors. The slate includes two incumbent directors, Brook Colangelo and Roberto Denis, and a new director, Mark Vannoy (pictured). Vannoy will join the board on October 1, 2020, replacing retiring board member, Christopher Wilson. Welcoming new director, Mark Vannoy "We are thrilled to welcome Mark to the ISO New England board," said ISO board c  more

DENVER, Sept. 19 (TNSRes) -- National Jewish Health, a respiratory hospital, issued the following news release: Researchers at National Jewish Health and around the world have reported that the experimental medication brensocatib reduces exacerbations of bronchiectasis by approximately 40 percent as learned in a phase 2 trial. Bronchiectasis is chronic inflammation and dilation of the airways that results from damage caused by respiratory infections, genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, a  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 (TNSRes) -- The New England Foundation for the Arts issued the following news release: The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) is pleased to announce awards totaling $1.806 million to 71 arts and cultural nonprofits in New England through the New England Arts Resilience Fund, part of the national United States Arts Resilience Fund. The Fund, an initiative of the six U.S. Regional Arts Organizations (Arts Midwest, Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, Mid-America   more

LONDON, England, Sept. 19 (TNSJou) -- Queen Mary University of London issued the following news: This is the first time an immune therapy has resulted in a survival advantage in this setting in bladder cancer, and will potentially benefit thousands of patients each year. The results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and found that avelumab led to a 31 per cent reduction in risk of death of bladder cancer and extended median survival in advanced bladder cancer by more than s  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Sept. 19 (TNSRac) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: The summer of 2020 will be remembered as a time when Americans took to the streets across the country to protest systemic racism. But what does systemic racism mean, and what forces have allowed it to persist so vehemently for so long? As part of its commitment to addressing the greatest challenges facing society today, the University of New England Center for Global Humanities will present   more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Sept. 19 (TNSJou) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: Two researchers from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNE COM), one of them a fourth year medical student, have had their research about the social media discourse on palliative care published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. Divya Padmanabhan (D.O., '21) is the lead author of the paper, "The #PalliativeCare conversation on Twitter: An analysis of   more

COLLEGE PARK, Maryland, Sept. 18 (TNSPer) -- The University of Maryland issued the following news: The University of Maryland has named Spyridon (Spiro) Marinopoulos, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P., Director of the University Health Center. As director, Dr. Marinopoulos will be responsible for overall strategic leadership of the Center, which provides health care services for students, faculty, staff, and visitors, as well as oversight of the Maryland Athletics medical staff. Also serving as the Univer  more

BIDDEFORD, Maine, Sept. 19 (TNSRes) -- The University of New England issued the following news release: Scientists can tell the age of a tree by counting the number of rings inside or on a stump. John Mohan, Ph.D., assistant professor of Marine Sciences, can learn a lot more by looking at the rings inside fish. "Little bio minerals, that are part of their hearing organ, lay down rings kind of like tree rings that are useful for age, but looking at these growth bands and looking at the chemical  more