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Virginia Tech receives grant for improving rural wastewater pathogen detection

Testing wastewater to assess the spread of the COVID-19 virus became common and well-publicized during the pandemic, but it has been focused mostly on urban areas.

16 Feb 2024

Researchers develop groundbreaking technique to detect chemoresistance using ultrasound

Researchers at Purdue University have developed a technique to better predict chemotherapy resistance in canines and humans.

13 Feb 2024

Fungicide resistance: A global threat to human, animal, and plant health

Fungi can cause disease in both humans, animals, and plants. Every year, 1.5 million people die from fungal infections, and fungal attacks in food crops threaten food production.

9 Feb 2024

Standard bacterial test for raw, organic milk needs to be updated

Cornell food scientists show that a standard quality test used for raw, organic milk is insufficient for distinguishing between specific groups of bacteria, suggesting that the criteria for determining milk quality at processing plants needs to be updated.

6 Feb 2024

Congressman off-base in ad claiming Fauci shipped covid to Montana before the pandemic

A fundraising ad for U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.) shows a photo of Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, behind bars, swarmed by flying bats.

5 Feb 2024

Possibility of wildlife-to-human crossover heightens concern about chronic wasting disease

Each fall, millions of hunters across North America make their way into forests and grasslands to kill deer. Over the winter, people chow down on the venison steaks, sausage, and burgers made from the animals.

2 Feb 2024

Scientists identify highly infectious, antibiotic-resistant E. coli strain in China

A new type of E. coli that is both highly infectious and resistant to some antibiotics has been discovered.

31 Jan 2024

Dr. Chao Ma: Pioneering 'Leukemia-on-a-Chip' for CAR T Cell Therapy at SLAS 2024

NewsMedical speaks with Chao Ma, Ph.D. a Research Assistant Professor at New York University Tandon School of Engineering, ahead of his presentation at SLAS 2024.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 29 Jan 2024

New study of daylight vision using canine model offers critical insight into restoring cone function

In the retinas of human eyes, the cones are photoreceptor cells responsible for color vision, daylight vision, and the perception of small details.

27 Jan 2024

Europe gears up for future pandemics with AI-powered "PAIR" project

The new EU-funded five-year project PAIR just kicked off in Copenaghen with the participation of 20 partners from 7 countries.

27 Jan 2024

A record number of Californians are visiting emergency rooms for dog bites

Those pandemic puppies are growing up to be a public health concern.

26 Jan 2024

New study unlocks secrets to preventing birth defects

Cleft lip and palate are the most common craniofacial birth defects in humans, affecting more than 175,000 newborns around the world each year.

22 Jan 2024

Prior mycobacterium exposure remodels immune cells, impacting tuberculosis defense

Tuberculosis, caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) kills upwards of 1.6 million people a year, making it one of the leading causes of death by an infectious agent worldwide-;and that number is only growing larger.

18 Jan 2024

SARS-CoV-2 BA.2.86 shows increased lung targeting despite vaccine effectiveness

New research shows that the recently emerged BA.2.86 omicron subvariant of the virus that causes COVID-19 can be neutralized by bivalent mRNA vaccine-induced antibodies in the blood, which explains why this variant did not cause a widespread surge as previously feared.

8 Jan 2024

First-of-its-kind research shines light on how certain pathogens can outwit the body's immune system

In a first-of-its-kind research breakthrough, a team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has analyzed and described what they call the "mosquito effect," which sheds light on how certain pathogens, such as cancerous tumor cells, can outwit the body's immune system.

8 Jan 2024

New research project seeks to find innovative treatment pathways for Type 2 diabetes and obesity

A team of Virginia Tech researchers was awarded nearly $2 million from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease, part of the National Institutes of Health, to explore novel approaches for treating Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

3 Jan 2024

Understanding acylspermidines' secrets could lead to treatments for various diseases

In a significant advancement in the field of biochemistry, scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute (BTI) and Cornell University have uncovered new insights into a family of metabolites, acylspermidines, that could change how we understand aging and fight diseases.

2 Jan 2024

Attitudes toward pet vaccination may be linked with human vaccine hesitancy

Texas A&M University School of Public Health research on attitudes toward pet vaccination and how they may be linked with human vaccine hesitancy was the subject of a new study recently published in the journal Vaccine.

25 Dec 2023

Brain injury markers found in the blood months after COVID-19 infection

A new study published today (22 December 2023) in Nature Communications details that markers of brain injury are present in the blood many months after COVID-19 infection, despite inflammation blood tests being normal.

22 Dec 2023

Scientists reprogram canine stem cells from urine

Dog owners may need to learn to appreciate their best friend's urine. Scientists at Osaka Metropolitan University have devised an efficient, non-invasive, and pain-free method to reprogram canine stem cells from urine samples, bringing furry companions one step closer to veterinary regenerative treatment.

21 Dec 2023