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Viral clearance accompanied by persistent footprints

Viruses do not always kill the cells they infect. Researchers at the University of Basel have discovered in experiments with mice that cells have the power to self-heal and eliminate viruses. However, these cells undergo long-term changes.

24 Aug 2021

Do aerosol boxes prevent airborne spread of SARS-CoV-2?

An interesting new study describes a novel aerosol box design that has been produced and tested to prevent airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2.

24 Aug 2021

Glycyrrhizic acid as a drug candidate for COVID-19

A new study presents the benefits of licorice, an age-old herbal remedy, to treat COVID-19 at all stages.

24 Aug 2021

Major UK study redefines care for critically ill children on ventilation

A major UK clinical trial led by Queen’s University Belfast has shown how a new approach to reduce the use of mechanical ventilation can greatly improve outcomes for critically ill infants and children.

24 Aug 2021

COVID-19 economic downturn likely to have prompted an extra 267,000 infant deaths in 2020

An extra 267,000 infants will likely have died in 2020 in low and middle income countries as a result of the economic downturn caused by COVID-19, finds a modelling study, published in the online journal BMJ Open.

24 Aug 2021

New $14.5 million NIH grant to support research on HIV treatment and care in Central Africa

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy have been awarded a five-year, $14.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to continue leading and expand their research on HIV treatment and care in five Central African nations.

24 Aug 2021

Report reveals rising rates of diabetes among youth in the United States

Diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes are surging among youth in the United States. From 2001 to 2017, the number of people under age 20 living with type 1 diabetes increased by 45%, and the number living with type 2 diabetes grew by 95%.

24 Aug 2021

UCLA scientists receive $1 million translational award to advance CAR T cell therapy for rare melanomas

Scientists Dr. Cristina Puig-Saus and Dr. Daniel Shin from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have received a $1 million Translational Research Award from the U.S. Department of Defense Melanoma Research Program to help advance the use of chimeric antigen receptor, or CAR, T cell therapy as a treatment for people with acral, mucosal and uveal melanomas.

24 Aug 2021

New clinical trial to test third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised people

A new clinical trial to determine whether a third dose of vaccine will improve the immune response for people who have weakened immune systems is launching in the UK.

24 Aug 2021

Study identifies a key molecular mechanism driving COVID-19 mortality

An enzyme with an elusive role in severe inflammation may be a key mechanism driving COVID-19 severity and could provide a new therapeutic target to reduce COVID-19 mortality.

24 Aug 2021

New research aims to better understand motor problems in children with ASD

Anjana Bhat, associate professor in the University of Delaware's Department of Physical Therapy, has been awarded a research project (R01) grant through the National Institutes of Health for the next three years.

24 Aug 2021

Lack of inflammatory genes makes carnivores the biggest carriers of zoonotic pathogens

Carnivorous animals lack key genes needed to detect and respond to infection by pathogens, a study has found.

24 Aug 2021

Online, video-based exercise program can help postpartum women with diastasis rectus abdominis

A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that an online, video-based core exercise program can help with a condition many women experience after childbirth.

24 Aug 2021

Maternal obesity may raise the risk of bowel cancer in adult offspring

An obese mum-to-be may be raising the risk of bowel cancer in her adult children, suggests research of more than 18,000 mother and child pairs, published online in the journal Gut.

24 Aug 2021

Peptoids could one day cure or prevent herpes, COVID-19

In addition to antibodies and white blood cells, the immune system deploys peptides to fight viruses and other pathogens.

24 Aug 2021

Researchers identify a cluster of small molecules that contribute to coffee's mouthfeel

Coffee drinkers intuitively recognize the pleasure of swallowing a smooth, rich brew versus a watery one.

24 Aug 2021

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Meet the Mississippi lawyer who helped start the fight for charity care

Richard "Dickie" Scruggs, famous for taking on Big Tobacco in the ’90s and winning, worked on a series of ill-fated national lawsuits against nonprofit hospitals. The goal? Get nonprofit — or "charity" — hospitals to actually provide charity care instead of price-gouging and dunning low-income patients.

24 Aug 2021

Research News and Research

Viral clearance accompanied by persistent footprints

Do aerosol boxes prevent airborne spread of SARS-CoV-2?

Glycyrrhizic acid as a drug candidate for COVID-19

Major UK study redefines care for critically ill children on ventilation

COVID-19 economic downturn likely to have prompted an extra 267,000 infant deaths in 2020

New $14.5 million NIH grant to support research on HIV treatment and care in Central Africa

Report reveals rising rates of diabetes among youth in the United States

UCLA scientists receive $1 million translational award to advance CAR T cell therapy for rare melanomas

New clinical trial to test third dose of COVID-19 vaccine for immunocompromised people

Study identifies a key molecular mechanism driving COVID-19 mortality

New research aims to better understand motor problems in children with ASD

Lack of inflammatory genes makes carnivores the biggest carriers of zoonotic pathogens

Online, video-based exercise program can help postpartum women with diastasis rectus abdominis

Maternal obesity may raise the risk of bowel cancer in adult offspring

Peptoids could one day cure or prevent herpes, COVID-19

Researchers identify a cluster of small molecules that contribute to coffee's mouthfeel

‘An Arm and a Leg’: Meet the Mississippi lawyer who helped start the fight for charity care

Which interventions can help prevent SARS-CoV-2's spread in schools?

The impact of COVID-19 on mental health and family finances

Mission and money clash in nonprofit hospitals’ venture capital ambitions

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