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Scientists determine trajectory and pathophysiology of post-COVID-19 syndrome

A new study utilizes multisystem imaging, along with biomarker analysis, to better understand the pathogenesis of COVID-19.

30 May 2022

Study uses critical race theory to examine disparities in treating opioid use disorder

Opioid use disorder is an addiction crisis in the United States that has become increasingly lethal during the COVID-19 pandemic.

29 May 2022

Fast-breeding sea urchin species could open new avenues for genetic research

Many people may not realize that the humble sea urchin is a titan when it comes to the study of biology. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered that sea urchins could help biological studies go further than ever before.

29 May 2022

Researchers develop oil-based gels as drug delivery systems for children in resource-limited countries

Administering medications to children poses unique challenges, especially in resource-limited countries with high infant and child mortality rates.

27 May 2022

T cells can die without rest and maintenance, scientists say

T cells, biology textbooks teach us, are the soldiers of the immune system, constantly on the ready to respond to a variety of threats, from viruses to tumors.

27 May 2022

Researchers gain understanding of biosynthetic mechanisms for producing cyanobacterin

Researchers in the groups of Prof. Tobias Gulder from TU Dresden and Prof. Tanja Gulder from Leipzig University have succeeded in understanding the biosynthetic mechanisms for the production of the natural product cyanobacterin, which in Nature is produced in small quantities by the cyanobacteria Scytonema hofmanni.

27 May 2022

Pediatric patients with prior COVID-19 or MIS-C are not protected against Omicron

Research drawing on the national Overcoming COVID-19 study, led by Boston Children's Hospital, and the hospital's own Taking On COVID-19 Together Group provides evidence that children who previously had COVID-19 (or the inflammatory condition MIS-C) are not protected against the newer Omicron variant.

27 May 2022

Study: Most clinicians do not follow recommendations against prescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria

An estimated 70 percent of primary care physicians reported in a survey that they would still prescribe antibiotics to treat asymptomatic infections based solely on a positive urine specimen.

27 May 2022

UK and Sweden commit to enhance co-operation in the life sciences

Today (27 May 2022), Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Innovation at the Department of Health and Social Care, Lord Kamall, and the Swedish Minister for Education, Anna Ekström, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) committing the UK and Sweden to ongoing co-operation in the life sciences.

27 May 2022

Researchers identify a gene that plays vital role in the innate human immune system

Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified a gene that plays an essential role in the innate human immune system. The gene, NLRP11, helps activate the inflammatory response that tells the body's white blood cells to go on the attack against a foreign presence.

27 May 2022

Scientists identify core factors that may put Long QT patients at higher risk of sudden cardiac death

Less than 1 percent of the population has been diagnosed with Long QT syndrome – a rare heart condition that can cause chaotic, sometimes fatal, heart rhythms.

27 May 2022

Discovery of new prostate cancer subtype opens the door to development of therapies

Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have identified a previously unrecognized form of hormone therapy-resistant prostate cancer, as well as a set of molecules that drive its growth.

27 May 2022

National cancer care spending has no link to population-level cancer mortality rates

While the U.S. spends twice as much on cancer care as the average high-income country, its cancer mortality rates are only slightly better than average, according to a new analysis by researchers at Yale University and Vassar College.

27 May 2022

Understanding transposons provides a new starting point to generate more powerful gene editing tools

CRISPR has ushered in the era of genomic medicine. A line of powerful tools has been developed from the popular CRISPR-Cas9 to cure genetic diseases.

27 May 2022

SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis could boost disease surveillance

Continued monitoring of the evolution of the virus that causes COVID-19 as the pandemic progresses could strengthen disease surveillance systems and aid preparedness for new variants, a study suggests.

27 May 2022

Betting on ‘golden age’ of colonoscopies, private equity invests in gastro docs

Mariel needed a new gastroenterologist. Having just moved back to San Antonio, the 30-something searched for a doctor to manage her Crohn's disease, an inflammatory bowel condition that is successfully managed with medications and lifelong monitoring — including regular colonoscopies.

27 May 2022

Burned out by covid and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize

In the early weeks of the pandemic, Dr. Lorenzo González, then a second-year resident of family medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, ran on fumes, working as many as 80 hours a week in the ICU.

27 May 2022

Complete Anatomy: Aiming for Education Equality with the World’s Most Advanced Full Female Anatomy Model

In this interview, News Medical speak to Irene Walsh, the director of Product, Design & Content, and 3D4Medical at Elsevier, and Professor Claire Smith, Head of Anatomy at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, about the real-world applications of the Complete Anatomy female model, the most advanced full female anatomy model in the world.

27 May 2022

New approach could treat brain tumors and also prevent or delay recurrences

Scientists at the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center were optimistic when they identified a small molecule that blocked a key pathway in brain tumors.

27 May 2022

Combined treatment approach proves to be beneficial for prostate cancer patients

Practice-changing research from Cedars-Sinai Cancer shows that a combination of androgen deprivation therapy - a commonly used hormone injection - plus pelvic lymph node radiation, kept nearly 90% of clinical trial patients' prostate cancer at bay for five years.

26 May 2022

Medicine News and Research

Scientists determine trajectory and pathophysiology of post-COVID-19 syndrome

Study uses critical race theory to examine disparities in treating opioid use disorder

Fast-breeding sea urchin species could open new avenues for genetic research

Researchers develop oil-based gels as drug delivery systems for children in resource-limited countries

T cells can die without rest and maintenance, scientists say

Researchers gain understanding of biosynthetic mechanisms for producing cyanobacterin

Pediatric patients with prior COVID-19 or MIS-C are not protected against Omicron

Study: Most clinicians do not follow recommendations against prescribing antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria

UK and Sweden commit to enhance co-operation in the life sciences

Researchers identify a gene that plays vital role in the innate human immune system

Scientists identify core factors that may put Long QT patients at higher risk of sudden cardiac death

Discovery of new prostate cancer subtype opens the door to development of therapies

National cancer care spending has no link to population-level cancer mortality rates

Understanding transposons provides a new starting point to generate more powerful gene editing tools

SARS-CoV-2 genome analysis could boost disease surveillance

Betting on ‘golden age’ of colonoscopies, private equity invests in gastro docs

Burned out by covid and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize

Complete Anatomy: Aiming for Education Equality with the World’s Most Advanced Full Female Anatomy Model

New approach could treat brain tumors and also prevent or delay recurrences

Combined treatment approach proves to be beneficial for prostate cancer patients

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