SMART researchers find new way to make bacteria more sensitive to antibiotics
Study finds that exposing bacteria to hydrogen sulfide can increase antimicrobial sensitivity in bacteria that do not produce H2SCredit: Jessie ...
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Scientists identify hundreds of drug candidates to treat COVID-19
UC Riverside researchers used a powerful machine-learning approach to screen millions of chemicals to find suitable candidatesCredit: L. Duka. RIVERSIDE, ...
Novateur Ventures explores new strategy to reduce hyperinflammatory response caused by COVID-19
Credit: Novateur Ventures A novel strategy has been developed by Novateur Ventures, which provides new hope in battle against COVID-19. ...
Rapid Reviews: COVID-19 looks at neurological side effects of COVID-19, vaccines, and more
The new open access journal also looks at antidepressants and risk of death or intubation with COVID-19 and seroprevalence between ...
Improving ladder safety, one rung at a time
Kurt Beschorner receives a $1.8M NIOSH grant to develop safer ladder design and climbing practicesCredit: Ric Evans/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH ...
Researchers create mask filtration effectiveness hierarchy
Research conducted at an EPA facility on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus shows that expired and sterilized used N95 masks are ...
AI with ‘imagination’ could help doctors with diagnosis, particularly for complex case
Babylon's new Artificial Intelligence with 'imagination' could help doctors with diagnosis, particularly for complex casesCredit: Babylon Health Doctors are overworked ...
WVU toxicologist earns $3 million NIH grant to study impact of air pollution on lung healing
Credit: Greg Ellis/West Virginia University Each time we breathe in, we're not inhaling just one component that seeps into our ...
Masks, PPE materials should be hydrophilic
Making masks and personal protective equipment (PPE) with hydrophilic surfaces, where droplets of coronavirus spread out and dry faster, could ...
Virginia Universities will use COVID Health Check to screen for COVID-19 on campuses
George Mason University developed and other Viriginia colleges are adopting the first-of-its-kind screening tool for real-time surveillance, early detection, coordinated ...
COVID-19 Prevention Network launches two research studies evaluating monoclonal antibodies
Credit: CoVPN DURHAM, N.C. - The COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN) today announced two Phase 3 trials to determine whether monoclonal ...
Analysis of Ugandan cervical carcinomas, an aid for understudied sub-Saharan women
This is the first comprehensive genomic study of cervical cancers in sub-Saharan Africa, with a focus on tumors from 212 ...
Youth’s risks from first-time opioid prescriptions may not be as high as once thought
Credit: Indiana University Young adults and adolescents who are prescribed opioids for the first time may be at a slightly ...
NIH grant to UC Riverside physicist focuses on how pathogens evolve
Research could lead to the design of new and better treatments to fight diseaseCredit: Barton lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ...
Gene therapy targets inner retina to combat blindness
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 10, 2020--Gene therapy to the inner retina prevented blindness in ...
Cannabis use in pregnancy linked to a greater risk of autism
Credit: The Ottawa Hospital In the largest study of its kind, Ottawa researchers found that children whose mothers reported using ...
Retesting for COVID-19: UPMC shares its experience
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Aug. 10, 2020 - In the first large, multicenter analysis of its kind, the 40-hospital UPMC health ...
IVI welcomes Finland as 36th member state with flag-raising ceremony
Credit: IVI August 10, 2020 - SEOUL, South Korea - The flag of Finland was raised at the International Vaccine ...
Intranasal vaccine platform has potential for more effective vaccines, fewer side effects
Study shows that peptide nanofibers induce immune response in lungs and lymph nodes without requiring adjuvants for efficacy, indicating promise ...
Vaccines through microneedle skin patches
Grant means tests can go aheadCredit: Innoture A revolutionary new way to give vaccines through microneedle skin patches is being ...
