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Researchers find a way to kill recurring prostate cancer with a lot of iron

Prostate cancer can come back from common hormone deprivation therapy with a vengeance and no clear treatment option, but scientists have early evidence that one way to kill these recurring cancer cells may be with a lot of iron.

7 Jul 2022

Study examines IMPACC trial results to understand clinical phenotypes of disease severity in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

In a recent article, longitudinal clinical phenotypes were described based on respiratory ordinal scales.

7 Jul 2022

TRIM7 inhibits coxsackievirus and norovirus infection

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers elucidated the underlying mechanisms of tripartite motif containing 7 (TRIM7) activity against coxsackievirus and norovirus.

7 Jul 2022

Understanding how the brain learns new concepts holds potential for tackling cognitive issues

A discovery about how algorithms can learn and retain information more efficiently offers potential insight into the brain's ability to absorb new knowledge.

6 Jul 2022

Hunger associated with stronger feelings of anger and irritability

New scientific research has discovered that feeling hungry really can make us "hangry", with emotions such as anger and irritability strongly linked with hunger.

6 Jul 2022

Study offers insights into potentially problematic interactions between viruses and live vaccines

A study of a herpes virus that infects chickens offers new insights into potentially problematic interactions between vaccines made from live viruses and the viruses they are meant to thwart.

6 Jul 2022

Study: Lactobacilli living in female urinary tract's microbiome can kill nearby pathogenic bacteria

Lactobacilli that live in the human female urinary tract's microbiome are competitive and kill nearby pathogenic bacteria, according to the first study of its kind by a team led by microbiologist Dr. Tanya Sysoeva of The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

6 Jul 2022

Scientists discover a key starting point for inhibiting inflammation in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

Around 250,000 people in Austria suffer from psoriasis. One third of them develop inflammation in their joints (psoriatic arthritis) as a result of the chronic skin condition.

6 Jul 2022

Widely used hospital gowns show signs of exposing workers to infection

Disposable gowns designed to deflect the splatter of bodily fluids, used in thousands of U.S. hospitals, have underperformed in recent and ongoing laboratory tests and may fall short of safety standards, leaving health care workers with a greater risk of infection than advertised.

6 Jul 2022

Latest omicron subvariants are better at eluding vaccines and antibody treatments

The latest omicron subvariants - including the BA.4 and BA.5 forms causing new surges in infections in the United States - are even better at eluding vaccines and most antibody treatments than previous variants, finds a study by researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

5 Jul 2022

What causes insomnia and how to treat it?

A new study evaluates the symptoms of insomnia and its treatment as reported by patients in primary care settings.

5 Jul 2022

Intensive nurse home visiting program did not improve birth outcomes for low-income mothers, finds study

A paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP), a prenatal and early child home visiting program, did not improve birth outcomes for low-income mothers in South Carolina.

5 Jul 2022

Scientists unravel the neuronal metabolism in learning and memory

Exploring the predictive properties of neuronal metabolism can contribute to our understanding of how humans learn and remember.

5 Jul 2022

Study opens up a new avenue for the development of selective drug therapies

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have definitively linked the function of a specific domain of proteins important in plant-microbe biology to a cancer trigger in humans, knowledge that had eluded scientists for decades.

5 Jul 2022

Synthetic molecule Pep19 helps regulate and balance key metabolic functions, study shows

A study conducted at the University of São Paulo in Brazil shows that the synthetic molecule Pep19 acts on the endocannabinoid system, which helps regulate and balance key metabolic functions, such as appetite, fat breakdown (lipolysis), and energy release.

5 Jul 2022

Laboratory News and Research

Researchers find a way to kill recurring prostate cancer with a lot of iron

Study examines IMPACC trial results to understand clinical phenotypes of disease severity in hospitalized COVID-19 patients

TRIM7 inhibits coxsackievirus and norovirus infection

Understanding how the brain learns new concepts holds potential for tackling cognitive issues

Hunger associated with stronger feelings of anger and irritability

Study offers insights into potentially problematic interactions between viruses and live vaccines

Study: Lactobacilli living in female urinary tract's microbiome can kill nearby pathogenic bacteria

Scientists discover a key starting point for inhibiting inflammation in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

Widely used hospital gowns show signs of exposing workers to infection

Latest omicron subvariants are better at eluding vaccines and antibody treatments

What causes insomnia and how to treat it?

Intensive nurse home visiting program did not improve birth outcomes for low-income mothers, finds study

Scientists unravel the neuronal metabolism in learning and memory

Study opens up a new avenue for the development of selective drug therapies

Synthetic molecule Pep19 helps regulate and balance key metabolic functions, study shows

Hereditary genes correlate with a greater probability of developing cancer mutations, finds study

Acute scrotal infections among COVID-19 patients significantly associated with disease severity in new study

Comprehensive atlas of genetic data on zebrafish will benefit medical and life science researchers

New discovery could lead to more effective treatments for asthma sufferers

Researchers investigate prevention and therapy against monkeypox infection

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