Tag: Medicine/Health

How does Covid-19 affect sperm and thus the next generation´s immune system? Norwegian researchers are collecting sperm to find the ...

Sugars could be the key to an earlier test for breast cancer

GlycoNet scientists are looking for clues in sugars to develop early diagnostics for breast cancerCredit: GlycoNet Early diagnosis of breast ...

Compression garments reduce strength loss after training

Credit: János Négyesi Regular training enhances your strength, but recovery is equally important. Elastic bandages and compression garments are widely ...

Difficult to build a family after exposure to chemical weapons

Credit: Photo by Siri Sjolin People who have been exposed to chemical warfare agents (CWAs) feel uncertain, decades after the ...

Trial targets deadly lung cancer

Urgent research as mesothelioma numbers peakCredit: Flinders University With more than 650 Australians diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma last year, Flinders ...

NEJM: clinical trial indicates monoclonal antibody lowered hospitalizations and emergency visits

Therapy may hold promise for fighting pandemicCredit: Photo by Cedars-Sinai COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients who were administered a novel antibody had ...

Salt wars: The battle over the biggest killer in the American diet by Michael F. Jacobson

Available now from The MIT PressCredit: The MIT Press A high-sodium diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high ...

Amount of COVID viral RNA detected at hospital admission predicts how patients will fare

Credit: American Thoracic Society Oct. 29, 2020-- A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society ...

Autoantibody order, timing predict genetically at-risk children most likely to get T1D

USF Health-led TEDDY analysis focuses on development of multiple distinct autoantibodies targeting insulin-producing cells, from initial autoimmunity to symptomatic type ...

Two-hour sepsis test in development at Penn State and Stanford University

A National Institutes of Health grant will fund a precise and quick test to help treat one of the largest ...

UMass Amherst research compares sensitivity of all genes to chemical exposure

Using an unbiased approach, scientists for the first time analyzed more than ½-million chemical-gene interactionsCredit: UMass Amherst A University of ...

‘Time machine’ offers new pancreatic cancer drug testing approach

Testing drugs within a tumor may combat pancreatic cancer drug resistanceCredit: Purdue University/Rebecca McElhoe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Many patients ...

Researcher develops app to reach Black community with COVID-19 information

University of Cincinnati physician gets a boost from the Association of Black Cardiologists for studyCredit: Photo by Colleen Kelley/UC Creative ...

New research shows SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins disrupt the blood-brain barrier

First study to show SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins disrupt the blood-brain barrier, potentially raising risk of neurological damage in COVID-19 patientsCredit: ...

Brainstem neurons control both behaviour and misbehaviour

Credit: Samir Sadik-Ogli A recent study at the University of Helsinki reveals how gene control mechanisms define the identity of ...

UH and CWRU announce study of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Phase 3 clinical trial of AZD1222 uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vectorCredit: UH CLEVELAND - University Hospitals (UH) and Case ...

How the immune system deals with the gut’s plethora of microbes

Credit: Laboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics of The Rockefeller University The gut is an unusually noisy place, where hundreds of species ...

VCUarts and Massey Cancer Center win Hamilton International Arts in Health Award

Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Last year, 12 patients in the Supportive Care Clinic at VCU Massey Cancer Center stepped ...

The need for speed and science: Virgin Hyperloop to benefit from WVU’s expertise on brain impacts

Credit: Greg Ellis/WVU Before the first Virgin Hyperloop ride takes off, the brains behind pioneering neuroscience research at West Virginia ...

Unravelling the origins of autoimmune psychosis