Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: Stefan Zimmerman Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a method for fast, cheap, yet accurate testing for COVID-19 infection. ...

Fourth large-scale COVID-19 vaccine trial begins in the United States

Trial evaluating investigational Janssen COVID-19 vaccineCredit: The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson A fourth Phase 3 clinical trial ...

Startup focused on genomics data joins national health care accelerator

Credit: Karyosoft/Rajesh Perianayagam WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue Foundry-affiliated company with a growing reputation as a search engine for ...

Analysis reveals heart-related side effects of hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine

Credit: Dr. Elad Maor As the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have drawn attention as potential therapies for COVID-19 and ...

Mount Sinai researchers develop COVID-19 mortality prediction model

Credit: Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Bottom Line: Given the toll that ...

Stanford psychologists investigate COVID-19’s mental toll on teenagers

Credit: Rajpreet Chahal The COVID-19 crisis has taken a psychological toll on people of all ages, but one group especially ...

Wound therapy device might not lower infection risk in women with obesity after C-section

Credit: IU School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS--Indiana University School of Medicine researchers are learning more about ways to prevent infections in ...

University of Cincinnati researchers to study the effects of razuprotafib on COVID-19 patients

Clinical trial targets blood vessel inflammation and injuryCredit: Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and ...

Herd immunity an impractical strategy, study finds

Results provide insight for public health policymakers fighting COVID-19Credit: (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA) Achieving herd immunity to COVID-19 is ...

Silk offers homemade solution for COVID-19 prevention

Biology study finds silk offers more protection than cotton or syntheticsCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative With personal protective equipment still ...

Researcher receives $3.75 million NCI grant for advanced cancer research software

New technologies will analyze and archive data focused on the interplay between the human microbiome and diverse types of cancerCredit: ...

NIST scientists get soft on 3D printing

New method could jump-start creation of tiny medical devices for the bodyCredit: A. Strelcov/NIST Researchers at the National Institute of ...

UB biophysicist to explore molecular mysteries of protein-RNA droplets

The research -- supported by $2 million in NIH funding -- will investigate biophysical processes that impact the function of human ...

When does a second COVID surge end? Look at the maths

New maths on US infection rates helps identify COVID turning pointsCredit: Max Menzies and Nick James Mathematicians have developed a ...

COVID-19: Second wave for some; others remain in first wave

Thirty-one US states plus DC were experiencing a second wave of COVID-19 cases while 13 others were still in the ...

Danila Barskiy receives Sofja Kovalevskaja Award to develop portable spectroscopic devices

New approaches to promote the use of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for analysis in chemistry, biology, and medicineCredit: Danila Barskiy ...

Test, isolate, communicate: Keys to controlling a COVID-19 outbreak in a long-term care facility

Credit: West Virginia University Widespread COVID-19 testing may be an obvious way to control an outbreak in a long-term care ...

Henry Ford study demonstrates UV-C light is effective for killing COVID-19 on N95s

Henry Ford, U-M team up for first-of-its kind research for facemask decontaminationCredit: Henry Ford Health System / University of Michigan ...

Divide and enlarge

Credit: Illustration: Robert Grosse/Ulrike Endesfelder By far the most important process in cell development is how cells divide and then ...

Revisions to drinking water standard tighten lead leaching allowance for plumbing products