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Advanced cancer patients can live longer with palliative care, Tulane study says

Outpatient palliative care can improve survival duration as well as quality of life in advanced cancer patients, according to a Tulane University study published in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Tulane study finds neurotic or introverted men more likely to be distressed after cancer diagnosis

Men who are neurotic or introverted are more likely to be distressed after their prostate cancer diagnosis, according to a new study by researchers at Tulane University.

The findings suggest those personality traits are important factors in how men responded to the bad health news. The results of the study lead by Laura Perry, a Tulane doctoral student in health psychology, are published in the journal Psycho-Oncology.

Tulane professor argues for science at Oxford Union

Frank Tipler, Tulane professor of mathematical physics, argued on Oct. 18 against the proposition “that science alone can never answer our biggest questions” at the Oxford Union, the famous debate society founded in 1823 at Oxford University to protect free speech.

Lessons from Peru

They delighted in everything Peru had to offer, from fishing on the Amazon to bird-watching in the rainforest to surfing on the Pacific. But this was anything but a vacation.

For Siyang Hu, Claire Sentilles, Shreya Gunda, Rachel Russell and Ellie Pepperell, seniors in biomedical engineering at Tulane University, this was a trip with a mission. With much of Peru’s rural population living below the poverty line, they wanted to experience for themselves what life is like for the country’s poorest people, particularly when it comes to health care.

Prostate cancer patients target of new $1.6M Tulane study

A Tulane University researcher has won a $1.6 million grant to develop a tool that could lower tumor recurrence in cancer patients, especially those with prostate cancer.

J. Quincy Brown, associate professor of biomedical engineering, will join forces with what he calls an interdisciplinary “dream team” of engineers, mathematicians and clinicians to develop a rapid microscopy scanner to assure that tumors are completely removed during surgery.

Tulane University joins regional biomedical technology accelerator hub

Tulane University has joined a consortium of 24 academic institutions to create a new hub to accelerate the commercialization of life sciences research and biomedical innovations.

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences, a division of the National Institutes of Health, awarded a $3.5 million, three-year grant to the universities of Kentucky, Louisville and West Virginia and healthcare technology accelerator XLerateHealth LLC to lead the initiative.

Fun happens

Local middle school teachers and their young male students gathered at the Lindy Boggs Center for Energy and Biotechnology on the uptown campus for the Fall 2018 Boys At Tulane in STEM event (BATS) on Saturday, Sept. 29. During the Capital One sponsored event, students participated in a variety of science and engineering experiments while teachers learned new ideas for teaching science.

Tulane faculty a valuable asset to undergraduate research

Research done by faculty at Tulane University touches the world — from the hunt for a cure for Ebola to uncovering clues from ancient civilizations — and Tulane students are part of these exciting endeavors almost from the moment they enroll.

A Studio in the Woods offers faculty a chance to unplug

The ByWater Institute and its retreat center, A Studio in the Woods, have awarded several one- and two-week residencies to Tulane University faculty and graduate students.

Former NFL quarterback addresses male privilege

First-year students at Tulane University attended a candid discussion about sex, consent and male privilege as they relate to sexual violence during the Tulane Reading Project keynote lecture Tuesday in McAlister Auditorium.