• New Flu Strains Prompt Review of Current Research, Call to Redouble Flu Fight:  Despite numerous medical advances over the past century, the flu—a seasonal rite of passage for many around the world—still remains deadly and dangerous. In April of this year, a new flu strain known as H7N9, thought to have the potential to cause a pandemic, emerged in China. This novel strain’s high mortality rate has led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue predictions of hospitalizations, deaths, and economic impacts several times higher than those caused by the typical seasonal flu. In light of this and other information researchers have published a comprehensive overview of current flu research and efforts to combat this potentially lethal disease, including global surveillance to track the flu and vaccines and antiviral drugs currently in use. They also issue a call to improve efforts to fight the flu, including improving efforts to educate the public about the flu.
  • Fish Oil May Help the Heart Beat Mental Stress:  Why is fish oil good for the heart? A new study suggests that this omega 3 fatty acid-rich nutrient could blunt some cardiovascular effects of mental stress.
  • Inaugural Outstanding Junior Investigator Award:  AJP-Lung delighted to announce that we received nineteen nominations for papers on all aspects of lung biology. The Editor In Chief and Associate Editors ranked the papers according to their originality and potential contributions to the field. Based on our combined scores, the following three papers were selected for first, second and third price respectively:
  • Odd Experiments by “America’s First Physiologist” Shed Light on Digestion:  A fur trader who suffered an accidental gunshot wound in 1822 and the physician who saw this unfortunate incident as an opportunity for research are keys to much of our early knowledge about the workings of the digestive system. Symposium, “William Beaumont: America’s First Physiologist and Pioneer of Gastrointestinal Research,” sponsored by American Physiological Society.
  • Drug Reduces Fat by Blocking Blood Vessels:  Researchers have long known that cancerous tumors grow collections of abnormal blood cells, the fuel that feeds this disease and keeps it growing. Now, new evidence in an animal model suggests that blood vessels in the fat tissue of obese individuals could provide the same purpose—and could provide the key to a new way for people to lose weight.
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