New blood test predicts which COVID-19 patients will develop severe infection
Test could inform doctors on best treatment optionsCredit: Ray Lohan Wednesday, 14 October 2020: Scientists have developed, for the first time, a score that can...
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New study highlights links between inflammation and Parkinson’s disease
Luxembourg research on Parkinson's diseaseCredit: ©University Of Luxembourg Around 15% of Parkinson's disease cases are related to a known genetic background, out of which mutations...
World first study shows that some microorganisms can bend the rules of evolution
Credit: no credit In a world first Monash University scientists have discovered that HGT can bend the rules of evolution. The discovery is outlined in...
Study provides new hope for children suffering from rare muscle diseases
Credit: Credit: Stephen Greenspan . Known as myofibrillar myopathies, these rare genetic diseases lead to progressive muscle wasting, affecting muscle function and causing weakness. Using...
Cognitive behavioral therapy normalizes brain abnormality in OCD patients
The abnormality also may predict treatment success or failureCredit: UCLA Health FINDINGS UCLA scientists and colleagues studying the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) discovered...
Diamond-studded silk wound dressing detects infection and improves healing
Credit: RMIT University Scientists have developed a next generation wound dressing that can detect infection and improve healing in burns, skin grafts and chronic wounds....
Immune failure can cause serious COVID-19
Persons with critical corona-disease may have antibodies blocking the body´s most important defence mechanisms.Credit: Ingvild Festervoll Melien While most people dying from COVID-19 are elderly,...
FAU researchers receive $1.3 million NIH grant for stem cell research
FAU Schmidt College of Medicine scientists will analyze stem cell activation with a focus on age-related and degenerative diseasesCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University Researchers...
From puppyhood to senior age: Different personality traits age differently
Dogs' personality changes over time, but these changes occur unevenly during the dogs' life, and each trait follows a distinct age trajectory.Credit: Photo: Kubinyi Dogs'...
Study confirms plastics threat to south pacific seabirds
Credit: Canterbury Museum Plastic gathered from remote corners of the South Pacific Ocean, including nesting areas of New Zealand albatrosses, has confirmed the global threat...
Wolves attached – Adult wolves miss their human handler in separation similar to dogs
Adult, intensively socialised wolves form individualized social bonds with their human handlersCredit: Photo: Paula Pérez Fraga Based on the new study published in Scientific Reports...
Research demonstrates a molecular dance that keeps your heart beating
Credit: WSU It might look like a little game at the molecular scale. Filament-like proteins in heart muscle cells have to be exactly the same...
Finding its way to the top: How a cell surface receptor reaches its destination
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University Dr. Guangyu Wu is dissecting the molecular homing that enables a nascent protein to ultimately find its way...
An innovative method to tune lasers toward infrared wavelengths
Researchers at Institut national de la recherche scientifique (INRS) have discovered a cost-effective way to tune the spectrum of a laser to the infraredCredit: Riccardo...
Scientists shed new light on viruses’ role in coral bleaching
Credit: (photo by Andrew Thurber, OSU). CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists at Oregon State University have shown that viral infection is involved in coral bleaching -...
