Tag: Medicine/Health

The new open access, rapid-review overlay journal aims to combat misinformation in COVID-19 researchCredit: The MIT Press CAMBRIDGE, MA - ...

Newly designed ligands for a catalytic reaction to synthesize drugs and useful compounds

Scientists spur advances in the field of drug development by designing a novel strategy to generate useful compoundsCredit: Gwangju Institute ...

Human Brain Project announces new phase

Credit: Forschungszentrum Jülich The Human Brain Project (HBP) announces the start of its final phase as an EU-funded FET Flagship. ...

NIH study finds out why some words may be more memorable than others

Results suggest our brains use internet search engine strategies to remember words and memories of past experiences.Credit: Courtesy of Zaghloul ...

How upregulation of a single gene by SARS-CoV-2 can result in a cytokine storm

Changes in gene expression suggest possible therapies to prevent and treat COVID-19 based on dexamethasone, calcitriol (vitamin D) and tocopherol ...

Engineered immune cells recognize, attack human and mouse solid-tumor cancer cells

Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A method known as CAR-T therapy has been used successfully in patients ...

Spraying ethanol to nanofiber masks makes them reusable

Credit: Hyung Joon Cha (POSTECH) As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, masks have become an essential personal hygiene ...

Sanford Burnham Prebys enters research agreement with Lilly for COVID-19 antibody research

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute today announced a research agreement with Eli ...

UNC researcher leads national survey on mental health impact of COVID-19 pandemic

Olafur Palsson, PsyD, professor of medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, led a study investigating the emotional and mental ...

Declining eyesight improved by looking at deep red light

Peer-reviewed | experimental study | peopleCredit: UCL Staring at a deep red light for three minutes a day can significantly ...

1/3 of parents in 3 states may not send children to school because of COVID-19

Parents in Michigan, Ohio and Illinois varied in their support for risk-reduction measures like random COVID-19 testing and face mask ...

Early-onset colorectal cancer study in young adult men reveals ‘hotspots’ of death in US

Credit: Rogers et al. American Journal of Cancer Research SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Over the last three decades, colorectal ...

A focused approach to imaging neural activity in the brain

New molecule for imaging calcium in neurons reduces crosstalk from neighboring neuronsCredit: Howard Gritton, Boston University CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When ...

Children more resilient against coronavirus, study reveals

Texas team reviews 131 studies of children from 26 countriesCredit: UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO - The majority of ...

Rapid genomic profiling of colon cancers can improve therapy selection for patients

Multicenter study led by Dartmouth's and Dartmouth-Hitchcock's Norris Cotton Cancer Center shows vastly improved turnaround time to get results from ...

Scientists propose strategy for site-selective chiral drug synthesis in living systems

Credit: CIAC Enantioselectivity plays an important role in the pharmacological and toxicological processes of chiral drugs. In chiral drug synthesis ...

FCC grant to expand UVA Health’s COVID-19 telehealth care

More than $750,000 to support remote patient monitoring, virtual urgent careCredit: UVA Health The Federal Communications Commission awarded UVA Health ...

From the lab, the first cartilage-mimicking gel that’s strong enough for knees

Cartilage provides a combination of cushiony-yet-strong that hydrogels haven't been able to match, until nowCredit: By Feichen Yang, Duke University. ...

Templating S100A9 amyloids on Aβ fibrillar surfaces revealed

Credit: Jonathan Pansieri A research team lead by Ludmilla Morozova Roche at Umeå University, Sweden, has provided the mechanistic insight ...

Nationwide EMS calls have dropped 26% since the start of the pandemic