WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Arizona, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 22: House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and House Committee on Science, Space and Technology Chair Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas) today led a letter with three other key House colleagues asking for an explanation of political interference in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) assessment o  more

BERLIN, Germany, Sept. 23 (TNSJou) -- Charite - University Medicine Berlin issued the following news: A team of researchers from Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin and the Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum (DRFZ) Berlin, a Leibniz Institute, have successfully treated two patients with the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus. Using daratumumab, a monoclonal antibody which targets specific immune cells known as plasma cells, the researchers were able to modulate the abnormal immuno  more

DUARTE, California, Sept. 23 (TNSJou) -- City of Hope issued the following news release on Sept. 22: A phase 1 clinical trial of sotorasib (AMG 510) in patients with heavily pretreated advanced solid tumors shows encouraging anti-cancer activity, especially in lung and colorectal cancers, reports a new study led by City of Hope and other comprehensive cancer centers. The multisite clinical trial included 129 metastatic cancer patients who had received an average of three prior therapies. These  more

WORCESTER, Massachusetts, Sept. 23 (TNSPer) -- College of the Holy Cross issued the following news: The Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., president of the College of the Holy Cross, announced Tuesday that this academic year will be his last, ending a nine-year tenure marked by the largest fundraising campaign in school history, new buildings, and expanded academic and cocurricular programming. Fr. Boroughs, 71, is the 32nd president of the Jesuit liberal arts college, the oldest Catholic college   more

GAINESVILLE, Florida, Sept. 23 (TNSJou) -- The Florida Museum of Natural History issued the following research news: Mushroom-munching bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have introduced scientists to a new species of truffle. Commonly used by Congolese communities to bait traps for small mammals, Hysterangium bonobo is also savored by bonobos, an endangered species of great ape. Scientists say the truffle hints at vast reserves of undescribed fungal diversity in the region. "Truf  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Joint Economic Committee issued the following testimony by Ashish K. Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, as part of a remote hearing entitled "The Economic Impact of America's Failure to Contain the Coronavirus" on Sept. 22: Our nation has suffered immensely from the coronavirus pandemic, losing over 200,000 of our fellow citizens. More Americans have been infected with and have died from this virus than citizens of any other nation in the worl  more

MONTPELIER, Vermont, Sept. 23 -- The Marijuana Policy Project issued the following news release on Sept. 22: Today, the Vermont Senate cast a final vote (23-6) in favor of S. 54 -- legislation that would legalize, regulate, and tax cannabis sales. Last week, the House of Representatives approved S. 54 in a final vote of 92-56. The bill now proceeds to the desk of Gov. Phil Scott, who has not said whether he will sign it. You can find a summary of the bill here (https://www.mpp.org/states/verm  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Siri Kindem, president of Equinor Wind, at a hearing on the development and deployment of emerging offshore energy technologies on Sept. 22: I appreciate the opportunity to discuss with you emerging offshore energy technologies, and more specifically offshore wind. My name is Siri Espedal Kindem and I am the President of Equinor Wind US. My responsibilities include our offshore wind port  more

ORONO, Maine, Sept. 22 (TNSRes) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: In response to a changing climate, populations of plants and animals move to more hospitable locations. Predicting where species will end up, and how New England farmers and rural communities need to plan and adapt accordingly is the focus of a new interdisciplinary research initiative led by the University of Maine. The National Science Foundation awarded $4 million over four years to the EPSCoR Res  more