Tag: Medicine/Health

November 20, 2020

Some viruses can get inside cells via a mechanism that involves sulfur organic molecules. Chemists at UNIGE have discovered effective ...

Collaborative AI effort unraveling SARS-CoV-2 mysteries wins Gordon Bell Special Prize

November 20, 2020

Credit: (Image produced by Anda Trifan, Argonne/University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC); John Stone, UIUC; Lorenzo Casalino and Rommie ...

T-cell abnormalities in severe COVID-19 cases

November 20, 2020

Credit: Associate Professor Masahiro Ono There is an idea within the coronavirus research field that there is some kind of ...

USAMRIID scientist receives medal of honor from French military

Credit: Embassy of France MAJ Jeffrey R. Kugelman, Ph.D., received the Medal of Honor from the French Military Health Service ...

How the flu virus spreads within cities

Credit: CDC, 2020 New insights into the local transmission of seasonal influenza may be valuable for planning interventions to combat ...

Insights in the search for new antibiotics

Credit: Zhao, S., Adamiak, J.W., Bonifay, V. et al. Defining new chemical space for drug penetration into Gram-negative bacteria. Nat ...

Vibrations of coronavirus proteins may play a role in infection

Study suggests mechanical properties of spike proteins can predict infectivity and lethality of different coronavirusesCredit: Markus Buehler and Yiwen Hu/MIT ...

Antibody cocktails at low doses could be more effective at treating COVID-19

Credit: University of North Carolina/Megan May Pairs of antibodies may be more effective than single antibodies at preventing and treating ...

Insights on a mechanism to stop COVID-19 replication

Just published the study of the Politecnico di Milano in the New Journal of ChemistryCredit: Politecnico di Milano Stopping the ...

A novel drug target for neonatal and infant heart failure

Credit: Mitsuhiko Yamada MD, PhD., Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan Researchers have identified a new ...

Researchers peer inside deadly pathogen’s burglary kit

Structural insights about a deadly bacterium's toolbox point to ways to block itCredit: Maria Schumacher Lab, Duke Biochemistry DURHAM, N.C. ...

Texas Heart Institute to participate in global stem cell study to treat ARDS due to COVID

Cell therapy trial for ICU patients with Acute Respirator Distress Syndrome due to COVID-19Credit: Texas Heart Institute Texas Heart Institute ...

Iceland to become centre for sleep research

Scientists at Reykjavik University (RU) to lead a research project receiving a 15-million Euro Horizon 2020 grantCredit: Golli / Reykjavik ...

Parkinson’s patients use telehealth access for speech improvement during pandemic

Credit: Steve Mogensen/SpeechVive WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - SpeechVive Inc. announced Thursday (Nov. 19) it is making its remote calibration software ...

Solving a mystery: How the TB bacterium develops rapid resistance to antibiotics

Credit: SDSU For a slow-growing microbe that multiplies infrequently, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the pathogen that causes tuberculosis (TB) has long puzzled ...

In the lab, St. Jude scientists identify possible COVID-19 treatment

Immunologists have determined the process driving life-threatening inflammation, lung damage and organ failure in patients with COVID-19, sepsis and other ...

UIC launches three COVID-19 clinical trials for blood clot prevention

Researchers help design, implement all three national NIH studiesCredit: UIC The University of Illinois Chicago will conduct three clinical trials ...

Alzheimer’s disease drug may help fight against antibiotic resistance

Credit: The University of Queensland An experimental Alzheimer's disease treatment is proving effective at treating some of the most persistent, ...

App could provide new way to track vaccine safety

Canadian researchers launch pilot study of CANImmunize for tracking adverse events related to flu vaccineCredit: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Vaccines ...

Can memory manipulation help treat alcohol addiction?