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November 10, 2025

Study shows convalescent plasma doesn’t benefit severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19

Convalescent plasma, widely given to severely ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19 during the pandemic, does not improve their ability to...

Peptide with anti-obesity action is successfully tested in animal trial

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil shows that the synthetic molecule Pep19 acts on...

Approaches to advance drug discovery for neglected tropical diseases

Experts warn about the need for seeking novel treatments for parasitic worm diseases

Advances in biology and medicinal chemistry, in conjunction with rising investment in research, have led to the development of promising...

Why don’t we have synthetic blood yet? (video)

WASHINGTON, July 5, 2022 — Millions of liters of blood are donated around the world every year, but there’s still...

Wellcome Leap announces breakthrough in funded project at Caltech – points to new all-in-one vaccine for SARS-like betacoronaviruses – Phase I clinical trials initiated by CEPI

Los Angeles – July 5, 2022: Wellcome Leap, a U.S. based non-profit organization founded by the Wellcome Trust to accelerate...

Psychogeography and Psychology: In and Beyond the Discipline

New psychogeography book assesses human interaction with the world

Dr Bridger, a Senior Lecturer in Critical Social Psychology, has just released 'Psychogeography and Psychology: In and Beyond the Discipline',...

A typical spiny plant Gleditsia microphylla (Fabaceae) native in Asia

Fossils confirm early diversification of spiny plants in central Tibet

Spinescence (a general term for the phenomena of spines, prickles, and thorns on plants) is an important functional trait shared...

Professor Imamizu and a volunteer carry out the experiment.

Link between recognizing our voice and feeling in control

Being able to recognize our own voice is a critical factor for our sense of control over our speech, according...

Eavesdropping on whales in the high Arctic

Whales are huge, but they live in an even larger environment — the world’s oceans. Researchers use a range of...

USC researcher leads effort to improve research on diet and dementia

Anyone searching the internet for brain healthy foods will find no shortage of stories making dietary recommendations. Some of those...

Study explores coevolution of mammals and their lice

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — According to a new study, the first louse to take up residence on a mammalian host likely...

Schematic illustration of the generation of PROTAC viruses

Researchers propose a new live-attenuated influenza A vaccine approach

A promising strategy to reduce the impact of viral infectious diseases, such as influenza, is the use of attenuated, live...

Quick and simple method to create antibacterial amino acid Schiff base copper complexes

Fast and facile synthesis of antibacterial amino acid Schiff base copper complexes

Ever since their development in the late 19th century, Schiff bases have been a popular group of organic compounds, owing...

Male dogs four times more likely to develop contagious cancer on nose or mouth than females

Sniffing or licking other dogs’ genitalia – the common site of Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumour – can spread this unusual...

UTSW researchers develop rapid COVID-19 test to identify variants in hours

July 2, 2022

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Scientists have demonstrated the pivotal role of an enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD), in facilitating ovarian cancer (OC) growth and metastasis in the omentum, a curtain of fatty tissue found in the abdominal cavity.

Ovarian cancer in the fatty omentum: Metabolic enzyme’s key role in tumor metastasis

(LOS ANGELES) – July 1, 2022 - In their recent publication in Cell Reports, a team of scientists, led by...

Dinosaurs took over amid ice, not warmth, says a new study of ancient mass extinction

Many of us know the conventional theory of how the dinosaurs died 66 million years ago: in Earth’s fiery collision...

Mining’s effect on fish warrants better science-based policies

A new paper published in Science Advances synthesizes the impact of metal and coal mines on salmon and trout in...

Hidden in genetics: The evolutionary relationships of two groups of ancient invertebrates revealed

Kamptozoa and Bryozoa are two phyla of small aquatic invertebrates. They are related to snails and clams (collectively called mollusks),...

Black nursing home residents, those under age 65 more likely to have repeat transfers to hospital, MU study finds