Health

October 13, 2025

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...

New guidelines on caring for ICU patients with COVID-19

International panel does quick turnaroundCredit: Photo courtesy McMaster University Hamilton, ON (April 1, 2020) - An international team including McMaster...

New CT scoring criteria for timely diagnosis, treatment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Updated CT scoring criteria from AJR considers both lobe involvement and changes in CT findings to quantitatively and accurately evaluate...

Mindfulness app may help address physician anxiety, burnout

Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- As novel coronavirus cases continue to increase across the nation, health professionals on the...

PREDICT receives extension for COVID-19 pandemic emergency response

Early laboratory detection of SARS CoV-2, tracking animal source among prioritiesCredit: Courtesy USAID PREDICT PREDICT will provide emergency support to...

Rutgers launches genetic testing service for new coronavirus

Thousands of samples can be analyzed dailyCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Rutgers' RUCDR Infinite Biologics has launched...

Guidelines on caring for ICU patients with COVID-19

The guidelines will be used by frontline clinicians, allied health professionals and policy makers involved in the care of patients...

Online NeurekaTM challenge launches to crowdsource EEG solutions for epilepsy

Novela Neurotech and NeuroTechX are teaming up in an effort to accelerate epilepsy researchCredit: NeuroTechX/Novela Neurotech San Francisco, CA -...

BESSY II: Ultra-fast switching of helicity of circularly polarized light pulses

The ultra-fast change of light helicity is particularly interesting to observe processes in magnetic materials and has long been expected...

NYU researchers rush to capture human interactions with surfaces likely to carry COVID-19