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International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies firefighting as carcinogenic

The International Agency for Research on Cancer recently classified occupational exposure as a firefighter as carcinogenic, changing the previous classification of possibly carcinogenic.

20 Jul 2022

New HSME program aims to move graduates to the forefront of healthcare innovation

The University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering, in conjunction with the Keck School of Medicine at USC, and the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy, has launched the first master of science in Health Systems Management Engineering (HSME) program on the West Coast.

20 Jul 2022

Researchers develop new protocol for using robotic pets with older dementia patients

You might think it was a typical therapy session at a long-term care facility. In a quiet room, a therapist sets down a pet carrier, brings out a cat, and sets it on a resident's lap.

20 Jul 2022

How are bacterial and fungal colonies on facemasks impacted by mask type, usage and lifestyle?

Researchers identified and quantified fungal and bacterial microbial colonies attached to face masks used in the COVID-19 pandemic, and investigated if the microbes were associated with mask type, usage and lifestyles of individuals in Japan.

20 Jul 2022

Simple, effective method can detect protein misfolding at an early stage of neurodegenerative disease

Neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease or Parkinson's disease are caused by folding errors (misfolding) in proteins or peptides, i.e. by changes in their spatial structure.

20 Jul 2022

Review: No clear evidence that serotonin levels are responsible for depression

After decades of study, there remains no clear evidence that serotonin levels or serotonin activity are responsible for depression, according to a major review of prior research led by UCL scientists.

20 Jul 2022

Marijuana use is higher among US states that have legalized recreational cannabis use

A study at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The City University of New York found that the rates of cannabis use and daily cannabis use have increased across the U.S., and that current cannabis use and daily use are substantially higher among individuals residing in states that have legalized recreational cannabis use, relative to those where cannabis use remains illegal.

20 Jul 2022

New way to test vaccines may be as rigorous and stringent as exposure to field strains of malaria

Malaria is the deadliest mosquito-borne parasitic infection of humans. In 2021, after a century of research, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the world's first malaria vaccine.

20 Jul 2022

First ever government-led Women's Health Strategy to benefit women and girls across England

Women and girls across England will benefit from improved healthcare following the publication of the first ever government-led Women's Health Strategy for England today (Wednesday 20 July).

19 Jul 2022

New microbiome-based predictive models to forecast human health outcomes

A new approach that uses artificial intelligence (AI) shows how to use microorganisms in the body and molecules in cells to predict human health outcomes, according to Penn State College of Medicine and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center researchers.

19 Jul 2022

Discovery about how a certain protein is activated in tumor cells could lead to better treatments

Better treatments for some of cancer's deadliest forms could be closer due to a University of California, Irvine-led discovery about how a certain protein is activated in tumor cells.

19 Jul 2022

Six-country African study highlights the potential dangers of getting COVID-19 during pregnancy

A new study involving hospitalized women in six African countries from the University of Maryland School of Medicine's (UMSOM) Institute of Human Virology (IHV) showed that pregnant women with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, had double the risk of being admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and four-times the risk of dying in-hospital than pregnant women who did not have COVID-19.

19 Jul 2022

students News and Research

International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies firefighting as carcinogenic

New HSME program aims to move graduates to the forefront of healthcare innovation

Researchers develop new protocol for using robotic pets with older dementia patients

How are bacterial and fungal colonies on facemasks impacted by mask type, usage and lifestyle?

Simple, effective method can detect protein misfolding at an early stage of neurodegenerative disease

Review: No clear evidence that serotonin levels are responsible for depression

Marijuana use is higher among US states that have legalized recreational cannabis use

New way to test vaccines may be as rigorous and stringent as exposure to field strains of malaria

First ever government-led Women's Health Strategy to benefit women and girls across England

New microbiome-based predictive models to forecast human health outcomes

Discovery about how a certain protein is activated in tumor cells could lead to better treatments

Six-country African study highlights the potential dangers of getting COVID-19 during pregnancy

Rice researchers use deactivated Cas9 proteins to synthetically trigger the transcription of genes

Decline in mental health during pregnancy throughout the COVID-19 lockdown period

Childhood loneliness associated with stress and alcohol-related problems in early adulthood

Conservative blocs unleash litigation to curb public health powers

Texas Biomed professor to join $577 million effort for developing antivirals against COVID-19 and other viruses

Tokyo Tech researchers develop the first synthetic mechanosensitive potassium channel

Future choices about trade, diet and climate change will be key in securing nutrient rich food

New wireless technology remotely activates specific brain circuits in under one second

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Why use light scattering to analyze proteins and viral vectors?

Changing the landscape of R&D to build clinical success from the ground up

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