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Crossing Species: The Rising Threat of H5N1 Bird Flu in the U.S.
April 16, 2024
Image courtesy of T N/Flickr The CDC recently confirmed a human case of HPAI A (H5N1) in Texas. Renowned epidemiologist Syra Madad and distinguished virologist Jason Kindrachuk offer tips to farmers, animal caretakers, and the general public on how to avoid contracting and spreading this strain of avian influenza. Published April 16, 2024 By Syra Madad, D.H.Sc., M.Sc., MCP, CHEP and Jason Kindrachuk, PhD Avian influenza H5N1, commonly known as bird flu, is a viral...
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Women’s Health 2.0: The AI Era
April 12, 2024
Charting the evolution of women's healthcare in the AI era, illuminating the promise and challenges of predictive tech to close the health gender gap. Published April 12, 2024 Panelists Sara Reistad-Long (left), Dr. Alicia Jackson, Dr. Christina Jenkins, and Dr. Robin Berzin speak at SXSW on March 9, 2024. The panelists discussed the promise and risks that AI and predictive tech carry as a path to closing the healthcare gender gap. Less than 2% of...
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The Academy’s Role in Asbestos Abatement
April 5, 2024
While the United States recently took formal action to ban the use of chrysotile asbestos, experts with The New York Academy of Sciences have voiced concern about this dangerous carcinogen for more than half a century. Published April 5, 2024 By Nick Fetty Piping with an asbestos wrap.Image courtesy of Alan Levine/Flickr. In March 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a regulation prohibiting “the use, manufacture and import of chrysotile asbestos,” a source of...
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The Origin of the Term “Psychedelic”
April 4, 2024
The man who is known to have supplied author Aldous Huxley with hallucinogenic drugs coined the word “psychedelic” during an Academy event in 1957. Published April 4, 2024 By Nick Fetty Psilocybin, also known as "magic mushrooms," are among the hallucinogenic drugs that are studied for their medicinal and therapeutic benefits. For many, the term “psychedelic” may conjure familiar images of the 1960s, mind-altering substances, and bands like Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead. What...
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Janssen Award Symposium Spotlights Robert Langer, Biomaterials Pioneer and Beloved Mentor
March 6, 2024
Self-boosting vaccines. Regeneration of diseased tissues and missing limbs. Organs on a chip. Published March 06, 2024By David Freeman Such life-saving advances in biotechnology—some already in existence and others in the works--took the spotlight on February 8, 2024, when thousands of attendees around the world gathered online for the Paul Janssen Award Symposium in honor of Robert S. Langer, ScD, a renowned chemical engineer and entrepreneur best known for his pioneering work in drug delivery...
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The Adventures of the Nutritional Kingdom Project
February 27, 2024
Meet the winning team of the Spring 2023 Junior Academy "Healthy Snacks" Challenge Team members: Natalie O. (Team Lead) (United States), Lara K. (Jordan), Connie H. (United States), Mariem M. (Egypt), Ibrahim S. (United States), Amena S. (Jordan) Mentor: Leticia Mendoza-Martínez (Mexico) Childhood obesity has become a major public health issue around the world. In the United States alone, 1 in 5 children is overweight or obese– a particularly prevalent issue in the Hispanic community,...
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An App to Improve Health for Underserved, Rural Communities
December 21, 2023
Meet the winning team from the Fall 2022 Junior Academy Challenge, “Public Health Impacts of Climate Change.” Published December 21, 2023 In Fall 2022, 42 international teams of high school students participated in a Junior Academy Challenge to find innovative solutions for the multiple impacts of climate change on human health. The winning team, MiHealth — comprised of Betsy D. (United States, Team Lead), Joanna A. (United States), Mehmet A. (United States), Grace Chenxin L....
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Takeda and The New York Academy of Sciences Announce 2024 Innovators in Science Award Winners
December 5, 2023
2024 Award Celebrates Outstanding Research in Cancer Immunology Winners Discovered Novel Connections Between the Immune System and Cancer Recipients Each Receive Unrestricted USD 200,000 Awards OSAKA, Japan, and CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, December 5, 2023 – Takeda (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) and The New York Academy of Sciences today announced the winners of the 2024 Innovators in Science Award for their excellence in, and commitment to, innovative science that has significantly advanced the field of research in cancer immunology. Each...
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Neuroscience and Music VII: Connecting with Music Across the Life Span
November 10, 2023
Continuing a long-running collaboration between Ann NY Acad Sci and the community of scientists in the cross-domain fields of neuroscience and music, this collection presents papers invited from participants of the 2021 Neurosciences and Music conference in Aarhus, Denmark, organized by the Mariani Foundation. Several previous collections of papers have been published in Ann NY Acad Sci, including volumes 1423, 1337, 1252, 1169, 1060, and 999. See https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1749-6632.neuroscience-music-vii.
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Cooley’s Anemia
November 10, 2023
The papers in this virtual issue were invited from speakers of the Eleventh Cooley's Anemia Symposium, held at The New York Academy of Sciences on October 17-20, 2022. The symposium brought together basic scientists, clinical investigators, and clinicians to review and discuss recent research for thalassemia syndromes. Several previous Annals issues have presented papers from past Cooley's Anemia Symposia, all in collaboration with The New York Academy of Sciences. See https://nyaspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1749-6632.cooleys-anemia.