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How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the wellbeing of healthcare workers?

A new study by US-based researchers – at the Northwest Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center and Columbia University – has found that healthcare workers have experienced significant psychiatric distress during the pandemic.

21 Dec 2020

Cross-reactive coronavirus antibodies shape COVID-19 convalescent plasma functionality

The onset of the current COVID-19 pandemic revealed the seventh known pathogenic human coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.

21 Dec 2020

Study reveals critical role of perirhinal cortex in managing learning process

The famous patient Henry Molaison (long known as H.M.) suffered damage to his hippocampus after a surgical attempt to cure his epilepsy. As a result, he had anterograde amnesia, which meant that things he learned never made it past his short-term memory.

21 Dec 2020

FDA approves first implant system for adults who have above-the-knee amputations

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Osseoanchored Prostheses for the Rehabilitation of Amputees (OPRA) Implant System, the first implant system marketed in the U.S. for adults who have transfemoral—or above-the-knee—amputations and who have or are anticipated to have rehabilitation problems with, or cannot use, a conventional socket prosthesis.

18 Dec 2020

Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission in large urban areas

A team of international researchers used mobility information and socio-demographic data to build a model of SARS-CoV-2 transmission to understand where, when, and how many transmission events occurred in the first wave of the pandemic in the United States.

18 Dec 2020

New microscope could allow surgeons to inspect tumor margins within minutes

When surgeons remove cancer, one of the first questions is, "Did they get it all?" Researchers from Rice University and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have created a new microscope that can quickly and inexpensively image large tissue sections, potentially during surgery, to find the answer.

18 Dec 2020

Can online health forums track the effect of COVID-19 on mental health?

A team of researchers at King's College London, UK, and other institutions used publicly accessible sources of real-world data, such as online health forums. They found that authors of COVID-19 related posts most frequently mentioned mental health symptom keywords during the first wave, followed by physical symptoms and intensive care keywords.

18 Dec 2020

Researchers develop a technique to predict epileptic seizures

A third of epilepsy sufferers are resistant to treatment for this neurological disease that affects 1% of the population.

18 Dec 2020

Study uncovers a new means of neuronal communication in the brain

An international research group has discovered in the human brain a new functional coupling mechanism between neurons, which may serve as a communication channel between brain regions.

17 Dec 2020

Study shows high prevalence of back pain in patients undergoing neuroendovascular procedures

Multiple studies have evaluated the incidence of back pain among patients who undergo catheter-based heart procedures while conscious.

17 Dec 2020

Researchers highlight the need to renew understanding of adverse events in interventional radiology

Medical errors pose a serious threat to patient safety and are estimated to account for more than 250,000 deaths in the U.S. each year.

17 Dec 2020

Gene surfing caused the SARS-CoV-2 D614G variant to rise to dominance in the US

A recent preprint that appeared on the bioRxiv* server applies a new approach to conventional birth-death lineage modeling.

17 Dec 2020

SARS-CoV-2 spike deletion ΔH69/ΔV70 shows repeated emergence and spread

Since the COVID 19 pandemic, it has been established that the causative virus, SARS-CoV-2 gains entry to the target host cell via its spike glycoprotein.

17 Dec 2020

FAT1 mutations act as tumor suppressor and prevent cancer development, indicates study

Cancer metastasis, which is the dissemination of tumor cells into distant organs, is the leading cause of mortality in cancer patients. To undergo metastasis, cells must leave the primary tumor, circulate into the blood, colonize distant organs, and form distant metastasis.

17 Dec 2020

Expanded biodiversity infrastructure is essential for pandemic preparedness, say experts

When you imagine a visit to a natural history museum, the first thing that springs to mind could be dinosaur bones or taxidermized animals.

16 Dec 2020

New screening platform can be used to discover more effective drugs for type 1 diabetes

With nearly 2 million Americans battling type 1 diabetes, it is no surprise that clinical therapies for the disease are constantly evolving and improving.

16 Dec 2020

Azithromycin trial fails to provide evidence of benefit in COVID-19

Early on in the COVID-19 pandemic, azithromycin was regarded as being a potentially highly effective drug against the virus that causes it, SARS-CoV-2.

16 Dec 2020

Study reports increase in outdoor activity among women during COVID-19

Spotting horned owls in neighborhood trees? Raising a bumper crop of winter squash? You may have much in common with individuals in a new study.

16 Dec 2020

Mild exercise habits during development could prevent schizophrenia, study reveals

Although schizophrenia is increasingly understood as a neurodevelopmental disorder, environmental factors are known to play an important role in the disease onset and progression.

16 Dec 2020

SARS-CoV-2 unique deletion variants found in clinical specimens

While participating in the SPHERES Consortium project, US researchers sequenced 2,726 clinical patient specimens gathered in March 2020 and identified eight unique ORF7a deletion variants of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Their results are currently available on the bioRxiv* preprint server.

15 Dec 2020

Frequency News and Research

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the wellbeing of healthcare workers?

Cross-reactive coronavirus antibodies shape COVID-19 convalescent plasma functionality

Study reveals critical role of perirhinal cortex in managing learning process

FDA approves first implant system for adults who have above-the-knee amputations

Quantifying SARS-CoV-2 transmission in large urban areas

New microscope could allow surgeons to inspect tumor margins within minutes

Can online health forums track the effect of COVID-19 on mental health?

Researchers develop a technique to predict epileptic seizures

Study uncovers a new means of neuronal communication in the brain

Study shows high prevalence of back pain in patients undergoing neuroendovascular procedures

Researchers highlight the need to renew understanding of adverse events in interventional radiology

Gene surfing caused the SARS-CoV-2 D614G variant to rise to dominance in the US

SARS-CoV-2 spike deletion ΔH69/ΔV70 shows repeated emergence and spread

FAT1 mutations act as tumor suppressor and prevent cancer development, indicates study

Expanded biodiversity infrastructure is essential for pandemic preparedness, say experts

New screening platform can be used to discover more effective drugs for type 1 diabetes

Azithromycin trial fails to provide evidence of benefit in COVID-19

Study reports increase in outdoor activity among women during COVID-19

Mild exercise habits during development could prevent schizophrenia, study reveals

SARS-CoV-2 unique deletion variants found in clinical specimens

Lab Matters host Harriet Gould on building a more connected lab community

The Critical Role of Sample Storage in Drug Discovery and Development

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

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