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The neurological effects of COVID-19

What is the relationship between COVID-19 and the brain? A new review published in Tropical Biomedicine summarizes the key findings on how severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes severe COVID-19 infection, disrupts brain activity and produces a range of long-term neurological disorders.

10 Oct 2021

Severe influenza outbreak expected in the United States after relaxation of COVID control measures

New research warns that the United States could experience a severe influenza outbreak after public health measures like face masks and social distancing are lifted.

8 Oct 2021

Wyss Center to lead a collaborative project aimed at improving brain cancer treatment

The Wyss Center announced today that it will lead a collaborative project, as part of Wellcome Leap's Delta Tissue Program, to improve understanding of the brain cancer glioblastoma (GBM) and help develop more effective therapies.

8 Oct 2021

Covid immunity through infection or vaccination: Are they equal?

Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, a University of California-Irvine psychiatry professor, felt he didn't need to be vaccinated against covid because he'd fallen ill with the disease in July 2020.

8 Oct 2021

mRNA vaccination associated with decreased risk of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization in U.S. veterans

Researchers from the U.S. Veterans Affairs have examined the U.S. effort to vaccinate its Veteran population to investigate further.

8 Oct 2021

Assay to assess and quantify presence of RBD-directed antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 following vaccination

Researchers from Roche Diagnostics have been testing a new assay known as the Elecsys assay.

8 Oct 2021

Study identifies cells that may play a pivotal role in fibrotic scarring after lung transplant

A lung transplant can mean the difference between life and death for people with diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and even severe COVID-19.

8 Oct 2021

Altering the metabolism of macrophages improves recovery after neve injury in mice

Peripheral nerves — the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord — have the capacity for regeneration, but the rate of renewal is so slow that many nerve injuries lead to incomplete recovery and permanent disability for patients.

7 Oct 2021

Teen’s mysterious condition spurs the opening of Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic

Thirteen-year-old Gregory Rhoden's condition has been a mystery his entire life. He was born prematurely and his lungs seemed underdeveloped.

7 Oct 2021

Allergens in breastmilk could be the key for child's immune system education and allergy prevention

Mothers who breastfeed produce signals that influence the immune system development of their babies and help to prevent future food allergies, according to new global research.

7 Oct 2021

Massage can enhance healing and strength of muscles, study finds

Massage has been used to treat sore, injured muscles for more than 3,000 years, and today many athletes swear by massage guns to rehabilitate their bodies. But other than making people feel good, do these "mechanotherapies" actually improve healing after a severe injury? According to a new study from researchers at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), the answer is "yes."

7 Oct 2021

Newly developed gel helps improve the effectiveness of immunotherapy in glioblastoma

Pairing a newly developed gel with immunotherapy that was delivered to post-surgical mouse brains with glioblastoma, a highly malignant and deadly cancer, improved the immunotherapy's effectiveness, report researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center and colleagues. The findings appeared on Oct. 6, 2021, in Science Advances.

7 Oct 2021

Durability of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 reinfection

The current study used data on the durability of immunity among evolutionarily close coronavirus relatives of SARS-CoV-2 to estimate times to reinfection.

6 Oct 2021

First of its kind ‘living medicine’ designed to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria on medical implants

Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation and Pulmobiotics S.L have created the first 'living medicine' to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria growing on the surfaces of medical implants. The researchers created the treatment by removing a common bacteria's ability to cause disease and repurposing it to attack harmful microbes instead.

6 Oct 2021

Autoimmune disease drug helps prevent lung damage, death in mice with SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a new paper, researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago report that a drug approved for treating patients with autoimmune disease helped to prevent lung damage and death in mice infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19 in humans.

6 Oct 2021

Hollings Cancer Center researcher awarded NCI grant to pursue early investigator studies in leukemia

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher Haizhen (Jen) Wang, Ph.D., was awarded a five-year $344,000 per year grant by the National Cancer Institute to pursue her early investigator studies in leukemia.

5 Oct 2021

The role of ZBP1 in promoting SARS-CoV-2-induced cytokine expression

A new study reported that the ZBP1-induced inflammatory signaling pathway is dependent on ubiquitination and RIPK3’s scaffolding ability, independent of cell death.

5 Oct 2021

Managing metabolic disease through time-restricted eating

In this interview, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Satchin Panda about his latest research into time-restricted eating and how it can be used to manage metabolic diseases.

5 Oct 2021

Racism a strong factor in Black women’s high rate of premature births, study finds

The tipping point for Dr. Paula Braveman came when a longtime patient of hers at a community clinic in San Francisco's Mission District slipped past the front desk and knocked on her office door to say goodbye. He wouldn't be coming to the clinic anymore, he told her, because he could no longer afford it.

5 Oct 2021

CAR-T cells require an abundance of antigens to efficiently kill solid tumors

Immunotherapy, which harnesses the power of the body's immune system to fight disease, is gaining huge traction in treating cancer.

5 Oct 2021

Immune System News and Research

The neurological effects of COVID-19

Severe influenza outbreak expected in the United States after relaxation of COVID control measures

Wyss Center to lead a collaborative project aimed at improving brain cancer treatment

Covid immunity through infection or vaccination: Are they equal?

mRNA vaccination associated with decreased risk of COVID-19 infection and hospitalization in U.S. veterans

Assay to assess and quantify presence of RBD-directed antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 following vaccination

Study identifies cells that may play a pivotal role in fibrotic scarring after lung transplant

Altering the metabolism of macrophages improves recovery after neve injury in mice

Teen’s mysterious condition spurs the opening of Childhood Interstitial Lung Disease Clinic

Allergens in breastmilk could be the key for child's immune system education and allergy prevention

Massage can enhance healing and strength of muscles, study finds

Newly developed gel helps improve the effectiveness of immunotherapy in glioblastoma

Durability of immunity to SARS-CoV-2 reinfection

First of its kind ‘living medicine’ designed to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria on medical implants

Autoimmune disease drug helps prevent lung damage, death in mice with SARS-CoV-2 infection

Hollings Cancer Center researcher awarded NCI grant to pursue early investigator studies in leukemia

The role of ZBP1 in promoting SARS-CoV-2-induced cytokine expression

Managing metabolic disease through time-restricted eating

Racism a strong factor in Black women’s high rate of premature births, study finds

CAR-T cells require an abundance of antigens to efficiently kill solid tumors

Understanding the DNA Damage Response in Innate Immunity eBook

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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