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Mental health services for farmers in rural areas need urgent attention, say researchers

Mental health services in rural areas need urgent attention to ensure the needs of farmers are properly met, according to researchers.

9 Dec 2022

People show prejudice, discriminatory attitudes towards unvaccinated individuals during the pandemic

Across all inhabited continents of the world, people show prejudice and discriminatory attitudes towards individuals not vaccinated against COVID-19.

8 Dec 2022

Research explores cell receptors for bat viruses to understand emergence of zoonotic diseases

New research shows that the closest bat virus relatives of the human Middle-East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus efficiently bind to bat ACE2 receptors as an entry point into these cells.

8 Dec 2022

Metrion Biosciences and The KCNC1 Foundation Collaborate on New Ion Channel Modulators

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What is the association between renal function and regular coffee consumption?

Researchers explored the correlation between regular coffee usage and renal function.

2 Dec 2022

New Collaborative Research Center investigates how Treg cells influence immunological and tissue-specific diseases

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the establishment and funding of the Collaborative Research Center/Transregio (CRC/TRR) 355 "Heterogeneity and functional specialization of regulatory T cells in distinct microenvironments".

2 Dec 2022

Research project obtains nearly seven million to study factors that affect human immune system in early life

The first few months and years of life are crucial to the development of the human immune system. This is an important phase as the immune system can define which diseases individuals might develop later in life.

2 Dec 2022

New metagenomic study reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance

There are large geographical differences in both how frequently resistant genes occur and in which types of bacteria the genes are found.

1 Dec 2022

Discontinuation of opioid therapy for pain may increase overdose risk

Opioid-related overdose is now a leading cause of accidental death in the United States and Canada. A study published December 1st in the open access journal PLOS Medicine by Mary Clare Kennedy at University of British Columbia, Kelowna, Canada, and colleagues suggests discontinuing prescribed opioids was associated with increased overdose risk.

1 Dec 2022

Newly identified genetic mutation may be a root cause of severe childhood glaucoma

An international team of scientists led by Mass Eye and Ear, a member of Mass General Brigham, and Boston Children's Hospital, has discovered a new genetic mutation that may be a root cause of severe cases of childhood glaucoma, a devastating condition that runs in families and can rob children of their vision by 3 years of age.

1 Dec 2022

Scientists discover new potential mechanism for vision loss

Visual cells in the human retina may not simply die in some diseases, but are mechanically transported out of the retina beforehand.

1 Dec 2022

New study questions the perception that autistic individuals experience less pain

People with autism have normal pain thresholds but increased sensitivity to painful stimuli, concludes a study in PAIN, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain.

30 Nov 2022

New EU-funded project aims to find better strategies to protect vulnerable people from mental illness

To improve understanding of mental health, today's symptom-based diagnoses need to be complemented with biological criteria accounting for differences between individuals and the sexes.

30 Nov 2022

UAB and Menkes International Association sign a donation agreement to boost research in Menkes disease

These funds, coming from the Menkes International Association, will allow a research project to search for new biomarkers to establish administration and monitoring protocols for a new drug that could improve the lives of children suffering from this rare disease.

29 Nov 2022

Georgia State researcher receives $1.93 million NIH award to study visual processing

Jordan Hamm, an assistant professor of neuroscience at Georgia State University, has received a five-year, $1.93 million award from the National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health.

28 Nov 2022

New tech solution to spot disease-transmitting mosquitoes

Researchers develop technology to detect disease-transmitting mosquitoes.

25 Nov 2022

Vaginal birth after previous cesarean section linked with higher risk of pelvic floor surgery

Vaginal birth after a previous cesarean section is associated with an increased risk of pelvic floor surgery compared with planning another cesarean, according to research publishing November 22nd in the open access journal PLOS Medicine.

23 Nov 2022

Monkeypox viruses can be inactivated by two who-recommended hand disinfectants

People in many countries are contracting monkeypox, even though they have not travelled to any regions where the virus is mainly circulating.

22 Nov 2022

Adolescents who experience gender incongruence enter puberty earlier, study shows

A new study from Aarhus University shows that children who have expressed a desire at the age of 11 to be a different gender enter puberty earlier than their peers. However, more research is required, says the researchers behind the study.

21 Nov 2022

Stress from fears about Covid-19 led to anxiety and depressive symptoms in pregnant women

A study that assessed stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms in pregnant women from seven Western countries during the first major wave of the Covid-19 pandemic (April 17 to May 31, 2020) shows that stress from fears about Covid-19 led to anxiety and depressive symptoms above normal levels.

16 Nov 2022

Research Project News and Research

Mental health services for farmers in rural areas need urgent attention, say researchers

People show prejudice, discriminatory attitudes towards unvaccinated individuals during the pandemic

Research explores cell receptors for bat viruses to understand emergence of zoonotic diseases

Metrion Biosciences and The KCNC1 Foundation Collaborate on New Ion Channel Modulators

What is the association between renal function and regular coffee consumption?

New Collaborative Research Center investigates how Treg cells influence immunological and tissue-specific diseases

Research project obtains nearly seven million to study factors that affect human immune system in early life

New metagenomic study reveals global landscape of antimicrobial resistance

Discontinuation of opioid therapy for pain may increase overdose risk

Newly identified genetic mutation may be a root cause of severe childhood glaucoma

Scientists discover new potential mechanism for vision loss

New study questions the perception that autistic individuals experience less pain

New EU-funded project aims to find better strategies to protect vulnerable people from mental illness

UAB and Menkes International Association sign a donation agreement to boost research in Menkes disease

Georgia State researcher receives $1.93 million NIH award to study visual processing

New tech solution to spot disease-transmitting mosquitoes

Vaginal birth after previous cesarean section linked with higher risk of pelvic floor surgery

Monkeypox viruses can be inactivated by two who-recommended hand disinfectants

Adolescents who experience gender incongruence enter puberty earlier, study shows

Stress from fears about Covid-19 led to anxiety and depressive symptoms in pregnant women

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