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NIAID awards approximately $36.3 million to fuel vaccine research for coronaviruses

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded approximately $36.3 million to three academic institutions to conduct research to develop vaccines to protect against multiple types of coronaviruses and viral variants.

28 Sep 2021

U-M lab receives $13.2 million NIDA grant to optimize interventions for substance abuse disorders

A University of Michigan lab focused on developing cutting-edge methods to inform effective interventions for drug abuse, HIV and other chronic conditions has been awarded a $13.2 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

28 Sep 2021

Eating more fruit and veg linked to better mental wellbeing among children

Children who eat a better diet, packed with fruit and vegetables, have better mental wellbeing – according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

28 Sep 2021

Researchers find cliché-sounding behavioral patterns from first coronavirus lockdown

In a crisis, women make significantly longer phone calls and adhere more closely to governmental measures than men; men are less likely to have their mobility restricted and return to normal more quickly than women.

28 Sep 2021

Wildfire smoke is here to stay. Here’s how to clean the air inside your home.

The fierce wildfires that broke out across much of the western United States this summer, spreading smoke across hundreds of miles, continue to pose a serious health hazard to millions.

28 Sep 2021

The ‘burn scars’ of wildfires threaten the West’s drinking water

Colorado saw its worst fire season last year, with the three largest fires in state history and more than 600,000 acres burned.

28 Sep 2021

An ad’s charge that price haggling would ‘swipe $500 billion from Medicare’ is incorrect

The advertisement opens with a doctor sitting across from his patient and holding a prescription drug pill bottle. "You want to continue with this medication?" the doctor asks while an older patient nods.

28 Sep 2021

Southampton researchers invent new way to generate cartilage tissue from stem cells

Researchers at the University of Southampton have invented a new way to generate human cartilage tissue from stem cells. The technique could pave the way for the development of a much-needed new treatment for people with cartilage damage.

28 Sep 2021

Supercoiling and looping can transmit mechanical stress along the DNA backbone, research shows

When people think of DNA, they visualize a string-like double helix structure. In reality, the DNA double helix in cells is supercoiled and constrained into loops. This supercoiling and looping are known to influence every aspect of DNA activity, but how this happens has not been clear.

28 Sep 2021

Researchers develop efficient approach to identify 3D features of post-infarction scarring

A multidisciplinary team of scientists based at the Universidad de Valladolid and the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC) has developed a highly efficient method for identifying the 3-dimensional features of the scar tissue formed after a myocardial infarction.

28 Sep 2021

Higher fruit and veg intake associated with better mental health in secondary school pupils

Nutritious breakfast and lunch linked to emotional wellbeing in pupils across the age spectrum Include good nutrition in public health strategies for kids' mental health, urge researchers.

28 Sep 2021

Research uncovers exclusion of people with disabilities from COVID-19 planning and relief efforts

Three new publications by Inclusive Futures have revealed how people with disabilities were not only disproportionately and 'catastrophically' excluded from COVID-19 pandemic planning and relief efforts, but that representative disability groups were vital in aiding those left behind by the systems that are supposed to support them.

28 Sep 2021

Primary sclerosing cholangitis: Therapy with synthetic bile acid acts directly on the immune system

Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC) is a rare, chronic inflammatory disease of the bile ducts and is difficult to treat. Studies conducted by the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at MedUni Wien under the guidance of Michael Trauner (Department of Internal Medicine III) were able to show positive effects from the administration of synthetically produced bile acids and bile acid receptor agonists.

28 Sep 2021

Classic antidepressants show potential to enhance modern cancer treatments

Classic antidepressants could help improve modern cancer treatments. They slowed the growth of pancreatic and colon cancers in mice, and when combined with immunotherapy, they even stopped the cancer growth long-term.

28 Sep 2021

COVID-19 vaccination reduces risk and duration of SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a study conducted at the European Institute of Oncology, scientists have found that the risk and duration of SARS-CoV-2 infection reduced significantly after COVID-19 vaccination.

28 Sep 2021

Caspase-11 identified as regulator of inflammatory pathology in SARS-CoV-2 infections

New findings identify CASP4/11 as detrimental to inflammation and coagulopathy associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection.

28 Sep 2021

Scientists create new compliance-based model for SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Researchers from Utrecht University have been investigating the interactions between compliance social distance measurements, infection, and vaccination coverage in order to inform public health policy further. A research paper covering their work is available on the medRxiv* preprint server.

28 Sep 2021

Study shows link between smoking and COVID-19 severity, death

Smoking is highly likely to worsen the severity of COVID-19 and the risk of dying from the infection, finds a large UK Biobank study published online in the respiratory journal Thorax.

28 Sep 2021

Researchers create an integrated pipeline for performing genetic screening studies

Today's genetic engineers have a plethora of resources at their disposal: an ever-increasing number of massive datasets available online, highly precise gene editing tools like CRISPR, and cheap gene sequencing methods. But the proliferation of new technologies has not come with a clear roadmap to help researchers figure out which genes to target, which tools to use, and how to interpret their results. So, a team of scientists and engineers at Harvard's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard Medical School (HMS), and the MIT Media Lab decided to make one.

28 Sep 2021

Research reveals nucleolar RNA interference based on C. elegans as a model organism

A research group led by Prof. GUANG Shouhong from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, collaborating with Prof. FENG Xuezhu from the First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, revealed the nucleolar RNA interference based on Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) as a model organism. The study was published in Nuclear Acids Research.

28 Sep 2021

Research News and Research

NIAID awards approximately $36.3 million to fuel vaccine research for coronaviruses

U-M lab receives $13.2 million NIDA grant to optimize interventions for substance abuse disorders

Eating more fruit and veg linked to better mental wellbeing among children

Researchers find cliché-sounding behavioral patterns from first coronavirus lockdown

Wildfire smoke is here to stay. Here’s how to clean the air inside your home.

The ‘burn scars’ of wildfires threaten the West’s drinking water

An ad’s charge that price haggling would ‘swipe $500 billion from Medicare’ is incorrect

Southampton researchers invent new way to generate cartilage tissue from stem cells

Supercoiling and looping can transmit mechanical stress along the DNA backbone, research shows

Researchers develop efficient approach to identify 3D features of post-infarction scarring

Higher fruit and veg intake associated with better mental health in secondary school pupils

Research uncovers exclusion of people with disabilities from COVID-19 planning and relief efforts

Primary sclerosing cholangitis: Therapy with synthetic bile acid acts directly on the immune system

Classic antidepressants show potential to enhance modern cancer treatments

COVID-19 vaccination reduces risk and duration of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Caspase-11 identified as regulator of inflammatory pathology in SARS-CoV-2 infections

Scientists create new compliance-based model for SARS-CoV-2 transmission

Study shows link between smoking and COVID-19 severity, death

Researchers create an integrated pipeline for performing genetic screening studies

Research reveals nucleolar RNA interference based on C. elegans as a model organism

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