Health
New study finds offering paid sick leave is good for U.S. business
With the exception of a temporary federal law providing paid sick leave to certain employees between March and December 2020,...
The molecular mechanism behind abdominal aneurysms
When the artery that supplies the stomach and the liver forms a bulge that ruptures, this medical emergency results in...
Two new papers demonstrate use of Outbreak.info as one-stop online source for COVID data
LA JOLLA, CA—While COVID-19 may be transitioning from a “pandemic” to an “endemic” phase, it remains critically important to continue...
A human interactome to prioritise drug discovery
Scientists at Open Targets, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and GSK are revealing the shared basis of diseases using a...
GIST researchers develop “AMP-BERT”: A new AI-based “finder” of antimicrobial peptides
Over the last few decades, antimicrobial resistance has become a major public health concern globally. This has led to a...
Children’s lung capacity improved in cleaner air
As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, so has the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, a new...
Octapharma USA requests FDA approval for wilate® VWD prophylaxis supplement
PARAMUS, N.J. (Feb. 23, 2023) – Octapharma USA has submitted a Biologics License Application Supplement (sBLA) to the U.S. Food...
Dr. Omar Abdul-Rahman named Chief of Division of Medical Genetics in Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian Komansky Children’s Hospital
Dr. Omar Abdul-Rahman, a leading specialist in pediatric genetic medicine, has been named chief of the Division of Medical Genetics...
Technical adequacy of artificial intelligence body composition assessed in external CT
Leesburg, VA, February 23, 2023—According to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), certain reasons for...
Surge in nitrous oxide abuse: New guidelines to help clinicians recognise cases and prevent spinal cord damage
Recommendations from research published today on the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord damage caused by nitrous oxide abuse have...
UMass Amherst researchers invent “electronic nose” built with sustainably sourced microbial nanowires that could revolutionize health monitoring
AMHERST, Mass. – Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced the invention of a nanowire, 10,000 times thinner...
Research team creates statistical model to predict Covid-19 resistance
Researchers from Johns Hopkins Medicine and The Johns Hopkins University have created and preliminarily tested what they believe may be...
Dial for tuning dopamine, environmental signals found in Parkinson’s
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Researchers at The University of Alabama identified a critical mechanism for how signals from the environment are...
UCI-led study reveals how lung cells protect themselves against RNA viral infection
Irvine, CA – February 22, 2023 - A new University of California, Irvine-led study uncovers how a protein, APOBEC3B, could...
Keeping babies alive will lower population growth – new research
Keeping babies alive will lower population growth – new research Credit: (c) Corey Bradshaw, Flinders University Keeping babies alive will lower population growth – new...
Two high status brothers had access to “brain surgery” in Bronze Age Israel
Two high status brothers buried in a Bronze Age tomb in Israel were severely ill but apparently had access to...
Twin-bioengine self-adaptive micro/nanorobots developed for gastrointestinal inflammation therapy
Micro/nanorobots with self-propelling and -navigating capabilities have attracted extensive attention in drug delivery and therapy owing to their controllable locomotion...
A new technique creates greater fidelity in bioprinting functional human tissues
A team of researchers at the University of California San Diego has made significant advances in solving some of the...
Professor Guido Kroemer will inaugurate Redox Medicine 2023 by Highlighting the Hallmarks of Aging & Redox Medicine
The 25th International Conference on Redox Medicine, on June 21-23 in Paris, will revolutionize tomorrow’s medicine through redox. The translation...
JNM publishes procedure standard/practice guideline for SSTR PET imaging of neuroendocrine tumors
Reston, VA — The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) and the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) have...
