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Kumar K, Angdisen J, Ma J, Datta K, Fornace AJ Jr, Suman S.**Simulated galactic cosmic radiation exposure-induced mammary tumorigenesis in ApcMin/+ mice coincides with activation of ER α-ERRα-SPP1 signaling axis.**Cancers. 2024 Nov 26;16(23):3954.PIs:A.J. Fornace Jr, S. SumanNote: This article is part of Special Issue “Radiation Exposure, Inflammation and Cancers” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cancers/special_issues/33Q81IUBU9). The Special Issue also includes an article from previous Current Awareness List #1,119 https://doi.org/10.3390/cancers16193392. Additional articles will be forthcoming and may be found in the Special Issue. This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 4.5
Funding: “This research was funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), grant number 80NSSC19K1649 and 80NSSC24K0287.”
Hameed A, McDonagh F, Sengupta P, Miliotis G, Sivabalan SKM, Szydlowski L, Simpson A, Singh NK, Rekha PD, Raman K, Venkateswaran K.**Neobacillus driksii sp. nov. isolated from a Mars 2020 spacecraft assembly facility and genomic potential for lasso peptide production in Neobacillus .**Microbiol Spectr. 2024 Nov 29;e0137624. Online ahead of print.Note: From the abstract: “This study highlights the unique metabolic capabilities of N. driksii, underscoring their potential in antimicrobial research and biotechnology.” This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 3.7
Funding: “…Part of the research described in this publication was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with National Aeronautics and Space Administration. This research was funded by the JPL Mars Program award to KV in 2016. …”
Ribeiro Rodrigues V, Pratt RA, Stephens CL, Alexander DJ, Napoli NJ.**Work of breathing for aviators: A missing link in human performance.**Life (Basel). 2024 Oct 28;14(11):1388.Note: This article is part of Section “Physiology and Pathology” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life/sections/Physiology_and_Pathology) and may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 3.2
Funding: “This research was funded by NASA Langley Research Center, NASA System-Wide Safety Project, and San Jose State University Research Foundation (Agreement #: 80NSSC22M0060).”
Singh A, Santa Maria SR, Gentry DM, Liddell LC, Lera MP, Lee JA.**Agent-based model for microbial populations exposed to radiation (AMMPER) simulates yeast growth for deep-space experiments.**Gravit Space Res. 2024 Nov 22;12(1):159-76.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 1.82
Funding: “Support for A.S. was provided by the California Space Grant (stipend) and the NASA BPS Space Biology Program (computing costs). Empirical data were generated by S.S.M., L.L., and D.G. as part of the BioSentinel Project, supported by NASA’s Advanced Exploration Systems (AES) Program Office.”
Tran MT, Gomez SV, Alenicheva V, Remcho VT.**A paper-based assay for the determination of total antioxidant capacity in human serum samples.**Biosensors. 2024 Nov 18;14(11):559.Note: This article is part of Section “Nano- and Micro-Technologies in Biosensors” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/biosensors/sections/nano_micro-technologies_biosensors) and may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: 4.9
Funding: “This work was supported by a NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunity, grant number 80NSSC20K1173.”
Tronolone JJ, Mohamed N, Chaftari CP, Sun Y, Mathur T, Jain A.**Engineering and evaluating vascularized organotypic spheroids on-chip.**Current Protocols. 2024 Nov 21;4(11):e70058.PI:A. JainNote: This article may be obtained online without charge.
Journal Impact Factor: Not available for this journal.
Funding: “Acknowledgments This material is based upon work supported by the US Army Medical Research (USAMRAA) Contract No. HT94252410432; NASA, BARDA, NIH, and USFDA, under Contract No. 80ARC023CA002; NHLBI of NIH under Award Number R01HL157790; NSF CAREER Award number 1944322; and TAMU Office of Innovation Translational Investment Funds to A.J.; and by an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship under Grant No. 906239, a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship under Grant No. 1650114, and a Texas A&M Biomedical Engineering Department National Excellence Fellowship to J.J.T.”