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Multi-million pound deal launched to help people in the UK lead longer, happier lives

A multi-million pound deal to help all of us in the UK lead longer, happier lives has been launched today and will drive new jobs, skills and businesses in the North of Tyne region.

28 Jan 2022

Study identifies genetic link between early maturation and high aerobic performance in juvenile salmon

A study conducted at the University of Helsinki indicates that early sexual maturation and high aerobic performance in salmon have a genetic link that is already evident in juvenile salmon.

28 Jan 2022

New model can localize sounds in the real world

The human brain is finely tuned not only to recognize particular sounds, but also to determine which direction they came from. By comparing differences in sounds that reach the right and left ear, the brain can estimate the location of a barking dog, wailing fire engine, or approaching car.

28 Jan 2022

Origins of West African dishes with leafy vegetables date back to 3,500 years

Over 450 prehistoric pots were examined, 66 of them contained traces of lipids, that is, substances insoluble in water.

28 Jan 2022

Rural adults more likely to think fatalistically about cancer than urban residents

Compared to U.S. urban adults, rural adults were more likely to think fatalistically about cancer and feel overwhelmed by information about cancer prevention.

28 Jan 2022

COVID-19 pandemic-induced changes have a wide-ranging impact on maternity care

Changes necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic have had a wide-ranging impact on maternity care – affecting provider well-being as well as patient care, reports a study in the January/March issue of The Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing.

28 Jan 2022

Research opens up new avenues for cancer treatment

Researchers at Koç University discovered why a promising class of cancer treatments fail, and their findings point to how such treatments might be made to work.

28 Jan 2022

Blood test and MRI combination in prostate cancer screening can reduce overdiagnosis, societal costs

The combination of a novel blood test and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can reduce overdiagnosis of low-risk cancers as well as societal costs in prostate cancer screening, according to a cost-effectiveness study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal European Urology.

28 Jan 2022

Study reveals potential new way to treat breast cancer brain metastases

A study led by researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and the Beaumont RCSI Cancer Centre (BRCC) has revealed a potential new way to treat secondary breast cancer that has spread to the brain, using existing drugs.

28 Jan 2022

Researchers develop new tool to determine patients' liver cancer risk after hepatitis C

Hepatitis C can now be effectively treated, thanks to modern drugs. However, despite having been cured, some patients can go on to develop liver cancer. Currently, biannual ultrasound screening is done to monitor for incipient cancer.

28 Jan 2022

Mix-and-match of COVID-19 vaccine boosters found to be safe and effective

In adults who had previously received a full regimen of a COVID-19 vaccine approved or authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an additional dose of any of these COVID-19 vaccines was safe and prompted an immune response, according to study findings published Jan. 26 in The New England Journal of Medicine.

28 Jan 2022

New tool harnesses immune cells from tumors to effectively fight cancer

Northwestern scientists have developed a new tool to harness immune cells from tumors to fight cancer rapidly and effectively, published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering.

28 Jan 2022

UK's most vulnerable will soon be able to access second ground-breaking antiviral

Thousands of the country's most vulnerable will be able to access the UK's second ground-breaking antiviral - Pfizer's PF-07321332+ritonavir (Paxlovid) - from Thursday 10 February, the government has announced today.

28 Jan 2022

A synthesis of evidence sheds light on major immune components and mechanisms involved in COVID-19

New research highlights principal host factors that may explain the immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 and its variants in the context of infection susceptibility, disease severity, and previous immunity.

28 Jan 2022

Evidence on intra-host recombination of SARS-CoV-2 during superinfection by Alpha and Epsilon variants in USA

A new study captured an instance of SARS-CoV-2 superinfection in an individual, simultaneously infected by two SARS-CoV-2 variants, Alpha and Epsilon during the second COVID-19 wave in New York City in early 2021.

28 Jan 2022

Medicare patients win the right to appeal gap in nursing home coverage

A three-judge federal appeals court panel in Connecticut has likely ended an 11-year fight against a frustrating and confusing rule that left hundreds of thousands of Medicare beneficiaries without coverage for nursing home care, and no way to challenge a denial.

28 Jan 2022

Research News and Research

Multi-million pound deal launched to help people in the UK lead longer, happier lives

Study identifies genetic link between early maturation and high aerobic performance in juvenile salmon

New model can localize sounds in the real world

Origins of West African dishes with leafy vegetables date back to 3,500 years

Rural adults more likely to think fatalistically about cancer than urban residents

COVID-19 pandemic-induced changes have a wide-ranging impact on maternity care

Research opens up new avenues for cancer treatment

Blood test and MRI combination in prostate cancer screening can reduce overdiagnosis, societal costs

Study reveals potential new way to treat breast cancer brain metastases

Researchers develop new tool to determine patients' liver cancer risk after hepatitis C

Mix-and-match of COVID-19 vaccine boosters found to be safe and effective

New tool harnesses immune cells from tumors to effectively fight cancer

UK's most vulnerable will soon be able to access second ground-breaking antiviral

A synthesis of evidence sheds light on major immune components and mechanisms involved in COVID-19

Evidence on intra-host recombination of SARS-CoV-2 during superinfection by Alpha and Epsilon variants in USA

Medicare patients win the right to appeal gap in nursing home coverage

γ’ fibrinogen as a disease progression marker for COVID-19

In super-vaxxed Vermont, covid strikes — but packs far less punch

Intranasal interferon-λ treatment protects mice against SARS-CoV-2 Beta and Omicron variants

Living human breast milk cells offer insight into breast cancer development

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