Health
Five leading children’s hospitals secure $29M in federal funding to enhance future pandemic readiness
A group of children’s hospitals from across the country will coordinate on the response to future pandemics and other disasters...
Nasal sprays will be essential to thwart variants, UVA collaborative research confirms
Those widely available COVID-19 vaccinations keeping the majority of the population free from serious illness will not be enough to...
Involvement of the liver-gut peripheral neural axis in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease pathologies via hepatic HTR2A
Niigata, Japan – The research group of Professor Kamimura in Niigata University have demonstrated that the autonomic liver–gut peripheral neural...
Six-country African study shows COVID-19 can be dangerous in pregnancy
A new study involving hospitalized women in six African countries from the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s (UMSOM) Institute...
With radically improved pain control, bone marrow donors can gift stem cells without worry of undue side effects or opioid use
Sharing gifts is a favorite way to sustain connection across peoples and cultures worldwide, but with bone marrow donation the...
Study reveals how novel coronavirus manipulates cells to replicate
An article published in the journal Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology reports a study by researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)...
Highlights from the journal CHEST®, July 2022
Glenview, Illinois – Published monthly, the journal CHEST® features peer-reviewed, cutting-edge original research in chest medicine: Pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine and...
The retron switch
Since first discovered in the 1980s, retrons have puzzled researchers who simply wanted to know what these bacterial DNA sequences...
Researchers validate a new cardiovascular risk score for Latin America and the Caribbean
Researchers from the Latin American and Caribbean Cohort Consortium (CC-LAC) developed a risk algorithm specific to the Latin American and...
IVI kicks off first ‘Introductory Course for Biologics Development and Manufacturing’ to train 117 people from 25 LMICs on July 18
July 18, 2022, SEOUL, Republic of Korea – The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) kicked off a global training course to...
Synthetic tools conduct messages from station to station in DNA
HOUSTON – (July 18, 2022) – Rice University researchers have demonstrated that CRISPR-Cas9, increasingly famous as a gene-editing tool, can be...
Just half of parents recognize screen time impact on children’s eye health
In some homes, summer may mean more screen time for kids.Credit: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health...
In survey, COVID-19 vaccine recipients report changes in menstrual bleeding
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new analysis of reports from more than 35,000 people offers the most comprehensive assessment so far...
Cats injured in wildfires at risk of deadly blood clots
Cats who suffered burns and smoke inhalation in urban California wildfires are at risk of forming deadly blood clots, according...
Using AI to diagnose birth defect in fetal ultrasound images
In a new proof-of-concept study led by Dr. Mark Walker at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine, researchers are...
A type of ‘step therapy’ is an effective strategy for diabetic eye disease
Clinical trial results from the DRCR Retina Network suggest that a specific step strategy, in which patients with diabetic macular...
DTC genetics company Nucleus Genomics raises $18 million in funding in one year
New York City, NY, July 14, 2022 – Nucleus Genomics, a next-generation consumer genetic testing and analysis company, has raised...
New research from Dignity Health on improving quality of life for LVAD patients
Sacramento, Calif. (July 14, 2022) – A study at Dignity Health Mercy General Hospital showed that use of a special...
Consumer product-related traumatic brain injury in children has increased significantly since 2000
Ann Arbor, July 14, 2022 – A major public health concern, traumatic brain injury is the leading cause of death...
Genetic discovery to improve lung cancer treatment
Lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer, accounting for an estimated 1.8 million deaths worldwide. Credit: Edith Cowan University Lung...
