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The Access to Advanced Health Institute reports encouraging results of first-in-human trial of its temperature-stable tuberculosis vaccine candidate
The Access to Advanced Health Institute (AAHI) published results of a Phase 1 clinical trial demonstrating the safety and immune...
Temperature-stable TB vaccine safe, prompts immune response in NIH-supported study
WHAT: A clinical trial testing a freeze-dried, temperature-stable experimental tuberculosis (TB) vaccine in healthy adults found that it was safe...
Community strategy reduced opioid overdose deaths in Pennsylvania counties
PITTSBURGH, March 6, 2023 — The monthly opioid overdose death (ODD) rate fell by 30% in Pennsylvania counties that implemented...
Testing for ApoB protein may be a more accurate marker for heart disease risk than testing for cholesterol alone
Getting tested for levels of HDL (the good) and LDL (the bad) cholesterol is part of the annual physical exam....
Transcatheter mitral valve repair in heart failure patients significantly reduces hospitalizations and improves survival
Transcatheter mitral valve repair for heart failure patients with mitral regurgitation can reduce the long-term rate of hospitalizations by almost...
COVID-19 infection leads to increased rates of chest pain six months to a year after infection in patients
Even patients with mild COVID-19 infections can suffer from health complications for months, even years, post infection. Nearly 19% of...
“Active” statin selection process using risk assessment tools increases appropriate medication use by 50%,
Statins are foundational preventive medications that can improve the prognosis and quality of the lives of patients who have or...
Humanity’s quest to discover the origins of life in the universe
“We are living in an extraordinary moment in history,” says Didier Queloz, who directs ETH Zurich’s Centre for Origin and...
COVID-19 pandemic increased rates and severity of depression, whether people were infected or not
The COVID-19 pandemic impacted just about every part of people’s lives. Quarantining, social distancing, societal disruptions and an ever-shifting, uncertain...
Scientists thread rows of metal atoms into nanofiber bundles
Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have successfully threaded atoms of indium metal in between individual fibers in...
Intellifoods Labs, LLC strengthens partnership with Mason scientists to reduce food bacterial contamination detection time
Mason Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Ramin M. Hakami has received a total of $35,000 in grants from Intellifoods Labs,...
Unique hybrid reefs deployed off Miami Beach
The first piece of a series of concrete structures was lowered into the water off the coast of Miami Beach...
$10 million grant will help MU double the acreage of cover crops in the US by 2030
Rob Myers, director of MU’s Center for Regenerative Agriculture, is leading a new $10 million grant project from the National...
Adding antipsychotic med to antidepressant may help older adults with treatment-resistant depression
For older adults with clinical depression that has not responded to standard treatments, adding the drug aripiprazole (brand name Abilify)...
Senior researcher at Illinois VA Hospital named 2023 VA Magnuson Award winner
Dr. Richard L. Lieber, a senior research career scientist at the Edward Hines, Jr., VA Hospital in Hines, Ill., has...
Speeding up extreme fast charging capability in lithium-ion batteries
Ishikawa, Japan -- Current society is transitioning en masse from fossil fuels to renewable resources and electric batteries. Despite the...
Case study of rare, endangered tortoise highlights conservation priorities for present, future World Wildlife Days
Though wildlife trafficking has been effectively disrupted since the first World Wildlife Day—established 50 years ago today via the 1973...
The dual face of photoreceptors during seed germination
Seed germination depends on light in many plants. But not always: Aethionema arabicum, a plant adapted to challenging environmental conditions,...
Fluorescent protein sheds light on bee brains
An international team of bee researchers involving Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) has integrated a calcium sensor into honey bees...
HKUMed discovers using real-world data that the newest glucose-lowering drug could reduce the risks of renal and respiratory diseases
A research team in the Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacy, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong (HKUMed)...
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