Health
Researchers map mechanism to explain role of gene mutations in kidney disease
Study could pave the way for future targeted treatments for kidney diseaseCredit: University of Maryland School of Medicine Researchers from...
Rice University emergency ventilator plans now online
ApolloBVM, an open-source bag valve mask automation device, could help patients in treatment for COVID-19Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -...
Coronavirus: Virological findings from patients treated in a Munich hospital
Comprehensive research data now published in NatureCredit: Photo: Müller/Charité In early February, research teams from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, München...
Clues to COVID-19 coronavirus’s vulnerability emerge from an antibody against SARS
A Scripps Research study reveals a likely site of vulnerability on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.Credit: Meng Yuan and Nicholas Wu LA...
First SARS-CoV-2 genomes in Austria openly available
Credit: Bobby Rajesh Malhotra / CeMM The COVID-19 outbreak caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was declared a pandemic by the...
Rapid infectious disease shifts in Chinese children and adolescents prior to COVID-19
Credit: Marisa Estivill Deaths of children and adolescents in China due to infectious diseases were becoming rare prior to the...
Researchers develop a computer simulator that recreates the spread of COVID-19 in Europe
Credit: UC3M A team of Spanish researchers have designed and validated a simulator to enable study of the evolution of...
New molecular mechanism that regulates the sentinel cells of the immune system
CNIC's study suggests that it may be possible to regulate the number and activity of these macrophages with drugs that...
Study shows ICU patients with low-risk penicillin allergies can be tested and treated
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Many patients previously diagnosed with a penicillin allergy can have their allergy label removed after...
Trial drug can significantly block early stages of COVID-19 in engineered human tissues
'There is hope for this horrible pandemic,' says UBC scientist Dr. Josef PenningerCredit: IMBA/Tibor Kulcsar An international team led by...
Trial drug may block early stages of COVID-19, study in human cells shows
Credit: Bildmakarna A drug already tested against lung disease could potentially inhibit COVID-19 by reducing the coronavirus load that enters...
Single mutation leads to big effects in autism-related gene
NIH study provides insight into one mechanism underlying the higher prevalence of males in some cases of autismCredit: Image courtesy...
Advanced liver disease patients and transplant recipients need specific care during COVID-19
EASL and ESCMID have issued a Position Paper, providing recommendations for clinicians caring for patients with liver diseases during the...
For stroke survivors, light physical activity linked to better daily function
Credit: Photo courtesy Neha Gothe CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers used accelerometers to measure daily physical activity in 30 stroke survivors...
Repair instead of renew: Damaged powerhouses of cells have their own ‘workshop mode’
Credit: Alexandra Kukat If the energy supply of a cell is disturbed by damage, it can protect itself from functional...
UIC clinical trials investigate COVID-19 treatments
Trials study Ebola, rheumatoid arthritis drugs in hospitalized patientsCredit: UIC The University of Illinois at Chicago is participating in two...
Penn State engineer developing device that may be able to test for COVID-19
Credit: Gihoon Choi, Penn State A point-of-care testing device that may help diagnose the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is under...
Russian antitumor drugs first time registered in Europe
Credit: BIOCAD Two BIOCAD products, Acellbia (INN: rituximab) and Herticad (INN: trastuzumab), received the first European registration certificate in Bosnia...
Arkansas researchers developing prediction models for coronavirus
Data science professor collaborating with colleagues at UAMSCredit: University of Arkansas Data science professor Justin Zhan is collaborating with University...
Geneticists are bringing personal medicine closer to recently admixed individuals
Credit: Davide Marnetto A new study in Nature Communications proposes a method to extend polygenic scores, the estimate of genetic...
