A CNIO team describes how a virus can cause diabetes
Credit: CNIO It has recently been described that infection by some enteroviruses - a genus of viruses that commonly cause ...
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Targeting the shell of the Ebola virus
UD research team looking at ways to destabilize virus, knock it out with antiviralsCredit: Juan Perilla Laboratory As the world ...
$1 million grant to study the survival of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces in the food supply chain
Credit: Andrew Mann From the delivery of an Amazon package to ordering takeout food, people touch a multitude of surfaces ...
Salt-based mosquito-control products are ineffective, study shows
Researchers find no evidence that salt-water ingestion kills mosquitoesCredit: Joseph Berger, Bugwood.org Annapolis, MD; October 20, 2020--A new study by ...
Conversation about suicide prevention leads to safe gun storage
Credit: Forefront Suicide Prevention/University of Washington Talking to people at gun shows about suicide prevention and the risks of unsecured ...
Food waste: cities can make the difference
Credit: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC ...
Using plasma jets to decontaminate medical equipment exposed to Covid-19
Lancaster University researchers working with local hospital trust on new application of groundbreaking technologyImages: A NEW project developed by Lancaster ...
Changes in blood metabolite profile are visible years before diagnosis of alcohol-related disease
Credit: UEF / Raija Törrönen A new study from the University of Eastern Finland is the first in the world ...
New research comparing HIV medications set to change international recommendations
Credit: University of British Columbia A new study by UBC researchers is set to change international treatment recommendations for people ...
New study highlights the role of risk communication in coping with COVID-19
Credit: Zheng JIN The mental effects of pandemics on people can arise not only from the burden of preventive measures, ...
Is sitting always bad for your mind? A new study suggests maybe not
Credit: Colorado State University It's generally accepted health advice that adults of all ages should sit less, move more, and ...
Body MRI reinterpretations plagued by discrepancies and errors
Secondary interpretations of body MR images at tertiary care centers identify high rate of discrepancies, with cognitive error types predominating, ...
NIH begins large clinical trial to test immune modulators for treatment of COVID-19
Credit: Credit: NIH/NIAID The National Institutes of Health has launched an adaptive Phase 3 clinical trial to evaluate the safety ...
COVID: women are less likely to put themselves in danger
Women's attitudes and behaviors may have contributed to their reduced vulnerability and mortality. A survey in 8 countries shows they ...
New technology diagnoses sickle cell disease in record time
Credit: CU Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of ...
Researchers develop framework to identify health impacts of self-driving vehicles
They identified 32 transportation-related risk factors that affect healthCredit: Texas A&M University College of Engineering Autonomous vehicles (AV) are the ...
Predicting influenza epidemics
Credit: Linköping University Researchers at Linköping University, Sweden, have developed a unique method to predict influenza epidemics by combining several ...
Novel antiviral strategy for treatment of COVID-19
HKU scientists and microbiologists jointly discover a novel antiviral strategy for treatment of COVID-19 using existing metallodrugsCredit: The University of ...
Could an existing vaccine make COVID-19 less deadly? Mexico City study provides support
A prospective observational study testing the concept of trained immunity for protection from severe COVID-19 reported milder symptoms in COVID ...
WVU partners with the CDC to conduct mask observation study, reports encouraging baseline results
Credit: West Virginia University The rate of COVID-19 positivity among young adults has been higher than other age groups during ...
