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Study explores the effectiveness of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine against omicron, delta variants

New Kaiser Permanente research published February 21, 2022 in Nature Medicine shows that while Moderna COVID-19 vaccine protection is strong against coronavirus infection by the delta variant, it is not as strong against infection from the omicron variant.

23 Feb 2022

Researchers show how the biological system can be steered with artificial organic neurons

For the first time, researchers demonstrate an artificial organic neuron, a nerve cell, that can be integrated with a living plant and an artificial organic synapse.

23 Feb 2022

Researchers create artificial tendons in vitro from human stem cells

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental develop artificial tendons in vitro from human stem cells that could fix common tendon injuries such as Achilles tendon rupture.

23 Feb 2022

Small breathing device could improve respiratory health and fitness levels of people with long COVID

New research presented at The Physiological Society's Long COVID: Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and Recovery on 22 – 23 February shows that a small handheld breathing device helped reduced breathlessness and improved physical fitness of people with long COVID.

23 Feb 2022

Real-time imaging shows cells of developing fruit fly eye move into position

The ability of cells to self-organize into specific patterns in tissues that serve a function is a universal feature of life.

23 Feb 2022

Tissue engineering advance could one day help patients regrow bones

Researchers have used sound waves to turn stem cells into bone cells, in a tissue engineering advance that could one day help patients regrow bone lost to cancer or degenerative disease.

23 Feb 2022

Dotmatics releases Platform 22.1

Latest Platform delivers new capabilities to streamline lab workflows and support customers’ data-informed decision making.

From Dotmatics 23 Feb 2022

White blood cell count as a prognostic indicator of COVID-19

Based on a new study, researchers concluded WBC count variations worsen clinical outcomes such as severity, mortality, and hospital discharge rates leading to a poorer prognosis in COVID-19 patients.

23 Feb 2022

Study demonstrates that TMPRSS2, which is key to SARS-CoV-2 cell entry, is a tumor suppressor

The role played by the host enzyme TMPRSS2 in infection and cancer is the focus of a new study.

23 Feb 2022

Subset of human auditory neurons responds to song

A new study indicates that not only does the human auditory cortex respond selectively to music compared to speech, but it is mediated by neuronal subpopulations that respond specifically to different types of music, including a subset for song.

23 Feb 2022

Understanding the immune responses after secondary vaccinations with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines

In a new study, researchers assessed the serological responses to secondary booster doses of Pfizer's Comirnaty and Moderna's Spikevax COVID-19 vaccines.

23 Feb 2022

Cardiopulmonary limitations six months after surviving COVID-19

A recent prospective cohort study assessed the cardiopulmonary effects in patients six months after COVID-19 infection.

23 Feb 2022

Why is it Important to Democratize Proteomics Data?

In this interview, we speak to Steve Kosteski from IsoPlexis about the importance of single-cell proteomics within the life sciences sector.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 23 Feb 2022

Targeted by politicians, trans youth struggle with growing fear and mental health concerns

Charlie Apple had experienced people calling into question his humanity, suggesting he was just a confused kid or even a moral aberration. As a transgender teen, he had accepted that his future could include discrimination, verbal abuse, and violence. The sense of peace he said he felt in transitioning physically, however, was worth the risk.

23 Feb 2022

Outcomes of phase 3 clinical trial of CVO PLUS CURATIF capsules for COVID-19 treatment

A phase 3 randomized clinical trial has recently been conducted to investigate the efficacy of a capsule formulation in treating mild-to-moderate COVID-19 patients.

23 Feb 2022

Other states keep watchful eye on snags in Washington’s pioneering public-option plan

With prospects dim for the U.S. to adopt a single-payer "Medicare for All" program, health care reform advocates turned instead to an insurance plan designed by the government that could compete with private insurance plans sold on the health care exchanges.

23 Feb 2022

Research News and Research

Study explores the effectiveness of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine against omicron, delta variants

Researchers show how the biological system can be steered with artificial organic neurons

Researchers create artificial tendons in vitro from human stem cells

Small breathing device could improve respiratory health and fitness levels of people with long COVID

Real-time imaging shows cells of developing fruit fly eye move into position

Tissue engineering advance could one day help patients regrow bones

Dotmatics releases Platform 22.1

White blood cell count as a prognostic indicator of COVID-19

Study demonstrates that TMPRSS2, which is key to SARS-CoV-2 cell entry, is a tumor suppressor

Subset of human auditory neurons responds to song

Understanding the immune responses after secondary vaccinations with Pfizer and Moderna vaccines

Cardiopulmonary limitations six months after surviving COVID-19

Why is it Important to Democratize Proteomics Data?

Targeted by politicians, trans youth struggle with growing fear and mental health concerns

Outcomes of phase 3 clinical trial of CVO PLUS CURATIF capsules for COVID-19 treatment

Other states keep watchful eye on snags in Washington’s pioneering public-option plan

An $80,000 tab for newborns lays out a loophole in the new law to curb surprise bills

Photoinactivating effect of visible light on viruses

Accelerating genomics research with the firefly

IUDs work at least as well as tubal ligation at preventing pregnancies, study says

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