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Yale School of Public Health and Tevogen Bio partner to expand school's regulatory sciences program

The Yale School of Public Health is partnering with Tevogen Bio, a clinical stage biotechnology company, on a major expansion of the school's regulatory sciences program.

14 Jul 2021

Research finds Cannabis terpenes as a promising new target for pain therapies

When it comes to the medicinal and therapeutic properties of Cannabis sativa, an unsolved mystery is whether there exists an "entourage effect," whereby the pain-relieving effects of the plant as a whole are greater than any of its individual parts.

14 Jul 2021

Study sheds new light on why some people may be more prone to serious gum infection

A team led by University of Washington researchers has, for the first time, identified and classified how different people respond to the accumulation of dental plaque, the sticky biofilm that gathers on teeth.

14 Jul 2021

New study outlines a means to better estimate COVID-19 occurrence and trends

A new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey outlines a means to better estimate COVID-19 occurrence and trends in populations.

14 Jul 2021

Minimally invasive exosome spray may help repair the heart after myocardial infarction

Heart attack, or myocardial infarction, is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Although modern surgical techniques, diagnostics and medications have greatly improved early survival from these events, many patients struggle with the long-term effects of permanently damaged tissue, and the 5-year mortality rate remains high.

14 Jul 2021

Component derived from turmeric essential oil exhibits neuroprotective effects

Researchers from Kumamoto University, Japan have found that a component derived from turmeric essential oil, aromatic turmerone (ar-turmerone), and its derivatives act directly on dopaminergic nerves to create a neuroprotective effect on tissue cultures of a Parkinson's disease model.

14 Jul 2021

Antidepressants may lower risk of death, complications in people with diabetes and depression

People with diabetes and depression who take antidepressants may have a lower risk of death and of serious diabetes complications, according to a new study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

14 Jul 2021

Vaccine hesitancy among young adults may stall efforts to achieve herd immunity

Vaccine skepticism among young adults may stall efforts to achieve herd immunity - a threshold in which approximately 80 percent of a population is vaccinated against the coronavirus.

14 Jul 2021

Study highlights burden of methamphetamine-associated heart failure hospitalizations in California

Heart failure hospitalizations and costs related to methamphetamine use jumped sharply over a decade in California, according to new research published today in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, an American Heart Association journal.

14 Jul 2021

Curia to Acquire US-based LakePharma, Expanding End-to-End R&D Capabilities and Scale for Biologics

Curia today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire LakePharma Inc.

From Curia 14 Jul 2021

Fungi and bacteria in the gut may equally impact human health and disease severity

The gut microbiome has received a lot of attention, but research shows that fungi in the gut is also an important microorganism in gut functioning and health.

14 Jul 2021

Quantum physics helps trigger cancer cell death

Cancer cell death is triggered within three days when X-rays are shone onto tumor tissue containing iodine-carrying nanoparticles.

14 Jul 2021

Is niclosamide a potential SARS-CoV-2 antiviral inhibitor?

Niclosamide is an antihelminthic drug, historically used to treat tapeworm infestations, though has been investigated and repurposed for use against SARS-CoV-2. In a new study recently uploaded to the preprint server bioRxiv* by Garrett et al. (July 12, 2021), the drug demonstrates the ability to reorganize the lipid profile of SARS-CoV-2 infected Vero E6 cells, thereby limiting virus replication.

14 Jul 2021

Red state, blue state, twin outbreak: Behind Wyoming and Colorado’s anomalous covid spikes

Brandon Graves said covid-19 arrived in Wheatland the way new movies do in this High Plains farming town: months after hitting the big cities and without much fanfare.

14 Jul 2021

Dying patients with rare diseases struggle to get experimental therapies

At 15, Autumn Fuernisen is dying. She was diagnosed at age 11 with a rare degenerative brain disorder that has no known cure or way to slow it down: juvenile-onset Huntington's disease.

14 Jul 2021

New study finds an association between alcohol use and higher risk of several cancers

A new study from the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), published in the journal Lancet Oncology, has found an association between alcohol and a substantially higher risk of several forms of cancer, including breast, colon, and oral cancers.

14 Jul 2021

Metabolomics: The Individual Metabolic Profile is the Key to Personalized Medicine

The study of these unique substances in each of us paves the way for a revolution in the treatment and prevention of diseases, allowing for early diagnosis and increasingly targeted pharmacological treatments.

From Bruker BioSpin Division 14 Jul 2021

Research identifies key role of CXCL9 cytokine in age-related chronic inflammation

An inflammatory-aging clock called developed by Stanford University School of Medicine and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging can predict how strong your immune system will be in 10 years, when you'll become frail or whether you may develop cardiovascular diseases a few years down the road.

14 Jul 2021

People with learning disabilities are at higher risk of covid-19 related hospitalizations, deaths

People with learning disabilities with covid-19 are five times more likely to be admitted to hospital and eight times more likely to die compared with the general population of England, finds a study published by The BMJ today.

14 Jul 2021

Sleep twitches guide metamorphosis of motor cortex in rats

Electrical activity in the motor cortex of rats transforms from redundant to complex over the span of four days shortly after birth. Sleep twitches guide this metamorphosis, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

14 Jul 2021

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Yale School of Public Health and Tevogen Bio partner to expand school's regulatory sciences program

Research finds Cannabis terpenes as a promising new target for pain therapies

Study sheds new light on why some people may be more prone to serious gum infection

New study outlines a means to better estimate COVID-19 occurrence and trends

Minimally invasive exosome spray may help repair the heart after myocardial infarction

Component derived from turmeric essential oil exhibits neuroprotective effects

Antidepressants may lower risk of death, complications in people with diabetes and depression

Vaccine hesitancy among young adults may stall efforts to achieve herd immunity

Study highlights burden of methamphetamine-associated heart failure hospitalizations in California

Curia to Acquire US-based LakePharma, Expanding End-to-End R&D Capabilities and Scale for Biologics

Fungi and bacteria in the gut may equally impact human health and disease severity

Quantum physics helps trigger cancer cell death

Is niclosamide a potential SARS-CoV-2 antiviral inhibitor?

Red state, blue state, twin outbreak: Behind Wyoming and Colorado’s anomalous covid spikes

Dying patients with rare diseases struggle to get experimental therapies

New study finds an association between alcohol use and higher risk of several cancers

Metabolomics: The Individual Metabolic Profile is the Key to Personalized Medicine

Research identifies key role of CXCL9 cytokine in age-related chronic inflammation

People with learning disabilities are at higher risk of covid-19 related hospitalizations, deaths

Sleep twitches guide metamorphosis of motor cortex in rats

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