WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 22 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: A patient-specific tumor organoid platform developed by Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) researchers and their cancer center colleagues could someday take the guessing game out of immunotherapy treatments. The hope is that, one day, these tumor organoids will be used to personalize patients' treatments, to focus on those that will best help them fight their   more

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 22 -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release: Science has been able to create and employ a number of medical marvels, such as the artificial heart and synthetic insulin. But not a substitute for human blood. "There have been many attempts to make artificial blood, and many people are still trying, but so far nothing has worked quite exactly like human blood," said Emmanuel Fadeyi, MD, director of Wake Forest Baptist Medical   more

DURHAM, North Carolina, Jan. 24 -- The city of Durham issued the following news: City Manager Tom Bonfield has named Jina Bowman Propst as the new director of the City of Durham General Services Department. Propst, who has served as the acting director of the department since July 2019, brings to her newly appointed role knowledge and experience gained from increasing leadership positions with the City since she joined the organization in 2005. As director, Propst will be responsible for lead  more

BRISTOL, Connecticut, Jan. 23 -- ACC Network, a part of ESPN, issued the following news release: Mark Packer and Wes Durham, hosts of ACC Network's weekday morning show Packer and Durham (7-10 a.m. ET), unveiled the 2020 ACC football schedule Wednesday morning. Quotes and reactions from the duo as they provided quick analysis of each team's schedule during the 9 a.m. hour of the show are below. Overall Packer: I do think, given the national narrative, the conference has an incredible opportun  more

LA JOLLA, California, Jan. 25 [TNSmedicalresearch] -- The University of California San Diego campus issued the following news: * * * - Neural network modulating pain transmission affected; when researchers normalized function, rats' opioid consumption declined, pointing to possible therapeutic targets for humans * * * Approximately one-quarter of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain misuse them, with five to 10 percent developing an opioid use disorder or addiction. In a new   more

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, Jan. 24 [TNSgrants]-- Vanderbilt University issued the following news: A Vanderbilt Divinity School collaboration committed to harnessing the power of public theology to combat racism will thrive and expand its reach, thanks to renewed support from the Henry Luce Foundation. The Luce Foundation has awarded a $500,000 grant to the Divinity School's Public Theology and Racial Justice Collaborative for its second phase--to establish mobile institutes across the nation throug  more

BLACKSBURG, Virginia, Jan. 25 [TNSsociologyresearch] -- Virginia Tech issued the following news: For decades, there's been a widespread assumption among people with an interest in sports-related injury that youth football players are more vulnerable to concussion and other head injuries than their older, bigger counterparts. The Virginia Tech Helmet Lab has published the first data validating that conventional wisdom, in a study released in the January issue of the Annals of Biomedical Enginee  more