Health
Two COVID-19 papers published in PLOS ONE
Studies use SIRD model to forecast COVID-19 spread; examine patient CT scans to correlate clinical features with mortalityCredit: Yuan et...
Less expensive, more effective pneumonia vaccines are tested in humans
Developed by researchers at the Butantan Institute (Brazil) and Boston Children's Hospital, part of the Harvard Medical School (USA), the...
NJIT designers fabricate masks, shields and swabs to battle COVID-19
Credit: NJIT As emergency response teams in the region scramble to acquire dwindling medical supplies to combat the surge in...
Caring for seniors during COVID-19 pandemic
Guidelines and best practices published in Journal of Geriatric Emergency MedicineCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Older adults are at elevated...
Where in the brain does creativity come from? Evidence from jazz musicians
A new brain-imaging study out of Drexel University's Creativity Research Lab sheds light on the controversy of which side of...
Children’s book ‘Battle Robots of the Blood’ launches
Sharing a child's view of immune disordersCredit: Dr Sonia Agüera-Gonzalez (Tenmei) Key points: A new children's book 'Battle Robots of...
COVID-19: Visualizing regional indicators for better decision making
Credit: IIASA As the COVID-19 pandemic sweeps across the globe, it is fast becoming clear that no one is exempt...
Preservation of testicular cells to save endangered feline species
Testicular cells survive cryopreservation after dissociationCredit: Ex-situ Iberian Lynx Program A research team at the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo...
Total-body PET imaging successfully identifies antibodies up to 30 days after injection
Credit: Eric Berg, University of California, Davis, CA Combining 89Zr-labeled antibodies with total-body positron emission tomography (PET) has extended the...
Not just for bones! X-rays can now tell us about soft tissues too
Credit: Wataru Yashiro, the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials (IMRAM), Tohoku University We all learnt in school that...
Needing a change? Researchers find GABA is the key to metamorphosis
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba demonstrate that the neurotransmitter GABA is a key regulator of metamorphosis using model sea...
Cells must age for muscles to regenerate in muscle-degenerating diseases
Exercise and a cell-aging drug could help cases of chronic myopathyCredit: Yuki Saito et al., Nature Communications. February 14, 2020...
NIH researchers discover gene for rare disease of excess bone tissue growth
Findings provide insight that may inform search for treatmentsCredit: National Institutes of Health WHAT: Researchers at the National Institutes of...
New Yorkers think feds not doing enough for the city and state
Anxiety rises over job and housing loss, and more New Yorkers fear getting sick as the virus hits people they...
Biological ‘atlas’ shows dual personality for immune cells that cause Type 1 diabetes
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital mapped the epigenetic controls on T cells, which could aid Type 1 diabetes...
In new book, OU professor presents new theory on LGBTQ stigma
Credit: Meredith G. F. Worthen In a new book, Meredith G. F. Worthen, professor of sociology at the University of...
HSC professor on team using stem cells to combat COVID-19 pneumonia
Instead of finding the next Tamiflu, the team started testing whether stem cells can be used to boost a person's...
Evidence suggests that ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers may improve prognosis in COVID-19 hypertensive patients
Recent concerns that common antihypertensive drugs may have a negative effect in COVID-19 patients are not supported by the evidence,...
Critical care surgery team develops blueprint for essential operations during COVID-19
A system-wide tiered approach to triage the most pressing operations aims to keep hospital resources focused on treating COVID-19 patientsCredit:...
Alcohol consumption by fathers before conception could negatively impact child development
UC Riverside researchers' mouse studies also show how a common nutrient can help babies of alcoholic momsCredit: Huffman lab, UC...
