October research news from the Ecological Society of America
Credit: M. G. Turner From Ecology: Why the tropics contain more fleshy fruits Author contact: Bo Wang ([email protected]) For decades, scientists have speculated about...
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New study finds no risk of pregnancy loss from COVID-19 vaccination
A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no correlation between COVID-19 vaccinations and risk of first-trimester miscarriages, providing further...
Artificial intelligence spots anomalies in medical images
Scientists from Skoltech, Philips Research, and Goethe University Frankfurt have trained a neural network to detect anomalies in medical images to assist physicians in sifting through...
Fungal outbreak in marine mammals began on land
In the early 2000s, a fungus infected hundreds of animals and people in British Columbia and Washington State. Scientists found that the disease also killed...
Novel peroxide-based material emits fluorescence in response to stress
Polymers make-up everything from the clothes we wear to the plastic we eat off. In recent years, polymers that can release small molecules (like drugs)...
Cell-free DNA identifies early signs of relapse in pediatric medulloblastoma
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have shown that cell-free DNA from cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) can be used to detect measurable residual disease (MRD) in children...
Bright prospects for OCT at 30
Around the world, every second, someone gets a retinal OCT scan, typically as a routine portion of an eye exam. The high-resolution images obtained by...
Cystic fibrosis patients may see personalized treatments emerge from “drug screening in a dish,” stem cell research finds
Stem cell researchers may soon have a new way to identify and develop novel, personalized therapies for patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) who lack effective...
Targeted drug shows activity against brain metastases in kidney cancer
BOSTON – A targeted drug has shown promising activity against brain metastases resulting from kidney cancer, achieving a 50 percent response rate, and supporting further...
Lab-grown ‘mini brains’ hint at potential treatment options for motor neurone disease and frontotemporal dementia
Cambridge researchers have developed ‘mini brains’ that allow them to study a fatal and untreatable neurological disorder causing paralysis and dementia – and for the...
Progress in xenotransplantation opens door to new supply of critically needed organs
NEW YORK, NY, OCTOBER 21, 2021 – The first investigational transplantation of a genetically engineered, nonhuman kidney to a human body was recently completed at...
New, promising opportunities for treating skin fibrosis
Collagen, the main component of the skin’s extracellular matrix, can cause a pathological condition if it is in excess. Applying an electric field to the...
TEDDY study compares characteristics of children diagnosed with type 1 diabetes before and after age 6
Tampa, FL (Oct. 21, 2021) -- New findings from the international The Environmental Determinants of Diabetes in the Young (TEDDY) study add to a growing...
‘Raptor-like’ dinosaur discovered in Australian mine, actually uncovered as a timid vegetarian
Fossil footprints found in an Australian coal mine around 50 years ago have long been thought to be that of a large ‘raptor-like’ predatory dinosaur,...
Back pain common among astronauts offers treatment insights for the earth-bound
— As more people travel into space, Johns Hopkins Medicine experts expect more physicians will see patients with space travel-related pain.Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine —...
