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Early convalescent plasma use — helpful in avoiding severe COVID — also may lower long COVID risk
Findings from a nationwide, multicenter study led by Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health...
Understanding and treating pain in children
Go ahead. Try asking a crying child or baby what’s wrong, and you most likely will come away as baffled...
NIH awards SMU chemistry professor and his team $3.5M to refine and test new tuberculosis treatments
DALLAS (SMU) – SMU chemistry professor John Buynak and his team have received a $3.5 million, 5-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to...
Precisely arranging nanoparticles
In the incredibly small world of molecules, the elementary building blocks – the atoms – join together in a very...
New project aims to study molecules to understand why you are exactly you
Most people know that DNA, our genetic material, plays a crucial role in our development, appearance, and susceptibility to diseases....
Colossal Biosciences joins BioRescue in its mission to save the Northern White Rhino from extinction
With only two living females left, the partnership will contribute to the genetic recovery of the northern white rhino from...
Durability of hepatitis b surface antigen seroclearance studied in real-world data from electronic health records
In a study published in the journal Genes & Diseases, researchers from The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University...
A mysterious blue molecule will help make better use of light energy
Researchers at IOCB Prague are the first to describe the causes of the behavior of one of the fundamental aromatic...
Tiny sea creatures reveal the ancient origins of neurons
A study in the journal Cell sheds new light on the evolution of neurons, focusing on the placozoans, a millimetre-sized...
Dennis L. Kasper to be awarded the Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize 2024
FRANKFURT. Around ten trillion bacteria live in the large intestine of every human being. They make up the majority of...
The “Choreography” between hormones and the brain key to understanding how women adapt to motherhood
Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), the Gregorio Marañón Health Research Institute and the Hospital del Mar Research...
The MIT Press announces the Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science, a paradigm shift in open access reference works
For over a generation, the MIT Encyclopedia of the Cognitive Sciences has been an essential resource for researchers and students...
Glacier Loss Day indicates record breaking glacier melt
The Hintereisferner, located at the back of the Tyrolean Ötztal, has been closely monitored for more than 100 years, and...
Three new articles in the Special Issue “Single-Cell and Spatially Resolved Omics – I” of Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis Articles describe how single-cell and spatially resolved omics can identify novel therapeutic targets
Single-cell and spatially resolved omics are emerging and rapidly evolving fields of biology and medicine. By allowing us to analyze...
Discovery of protein orientation helps scientists understand Parkinson’s disease
For several years, scientists have known that Parkinson’s disease is related to misfolding of the protein alpha-synuclein. Deposited aggregates of...
Electrons take flight at the nanoscale
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A study showing how electrons flow around sharp bends, such as those found in integrated circuits, has...
CDC awards $17.5 million to team led by UC San Diego to strengthen response to disease outbreaks
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded $17.5 million to a coalition led by researchers at UC...
Grant awarded to University of Louisville law professor will fund climate adaptation project
The Resilience Justice Project (RJ Project) at the University of Louisville’s Brandeis School of Law has been awarded a one-year multi-institutional grant through a...
Witchcraft accusations an ‘occupational hazard’ for female workers in early modern England
While both men and women have historically been accused of the malicious use of magic, only around 10–30% of suspected...
Keeping Vilsmeier reagent in the flow: From toxin to medicine in one go
The Vilsmeier reagent is necessary for producing a large range of pharmaceuticals, but its unstable nature and toxic precursor phosgene...
