Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 6, 2020) Salk Institute Assistant Professor Edward Stites has been named an NIH Director's New ...

UQ tech could offer ‘faster, cheaper and mobile’ COVID-19 diagnosis

Credit: The University of Queensland Technology that helps to quickly extract and analyse genetic material could be used for cheap, ...

Has COVID-19 knocked us onto our backsides?

Kent State researchers study pandemic's effects on physical activity and sedentary behaviorCredit: Photo credit: Kent State University Because of the ...

Yale cancer receives ACGT grant to advance strategies for treating pancreatic cancer

Versatile and highly scalable technology simultaneously targets multiple differences and activates multiple immune system responsesCredit: Yale Cancer Center With a ...

Dried blood spot sampling offers inexpensive way to widen access to antibody testing for COVID-19

Credit: University of Birmingham Using dried blood spot samples (DBS) is an accurate alternative to venous blood in detecting SARS-CoV-2 ...

Supercharged clones spark scarlet fevers re-emergence

Credit: The University of Queensland A University of Queensland-led team of international researchers says supercharged "clones" of the bacteria Streptococcus ...

Targeting our second brain to fight diabetes

Credit: UCLouvain Since 2004, Claude Knauf (INSERM) and Patrice Cani (UCLouvain) have been collaborating on molecular and cellular mechanisms in ...

Novel testing platform designed for breast cancer cells

Credit: Purdue University/Hyowon Lee WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University team has developed a novel testing platform to evaluate ...

Weill Cornell Medicine receives third consecutive HEED award for diversity and inclusion

Credit: Ashley Jones For the third year in a row, Weill Cornell Medicine has been awarded the Health Professions Higher ...

University of Alberta virologist awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Michael Houghton discovered hepatitis C virus and now is developing a vaccineCredit: Photo: Michael Holly Michael Houghton was awarded the ...

‘Repliclones’ fuel perplexing persistence of HIV in the blood of some patients on therapy

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5, 2020 - Increasingly, UPMC's chief of infectious diseases--a well-regarded expert in HIV/AIDS--is contacted by a ...

How malaria parasites withstand a fever’s heat

Findings could lead to ways to maximize our existing antimalarial arsenalCredit: Kuan-Yi Lu, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Even when ...

Impact of HPV vaccination mandates on social inequalities

Policy has limited impact on vaccine uptake because of individual decision making, UC Riverside study findsCredit: UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ...

Vigorous exercise, spongy heart

CNIC scientists have shown that vigorous physical exercise is linked to "noncompaction" of the heart, causing it to acquire a ...

Ludwig study finds a common nutritional supplement might boost cancer immunotherapy

Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research OCTOBER 5, 2020, NEW YORK - A Ludwig Cancer Research study has uncovered a mechanism by ...

NIH scientists reveal how the brain may fuel intense neural communication

Results suggest retrieval of cellular powerplants via an energy feedback loop sustains communicationCredit: Courtesy of Sheng lab NINDS/NIH. Our thoughts, ...

NIH awards $13.8 million for studies on the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine October 5, 2020--(BRONX, N.Y)--Joe Verghese, M.B.B.S., M.S., , an international leader in aging and ...

Examining primary health care for patients with mental illness

Credit: University of Ottawa For those living with serious mental illness, ensuring primary care providers do not overlook their chronic ...

Holidays bring severe spike in nut allergies for children

Education and awareness may help reduce anaphylaxis riskCredit: Canadian Medical Association Journal A new study examining the link between peanut ...

Study reveals risk factors for acute kidney injury after brain hemorrhage