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Specific changes in DNA affect the existence and amount of gut bacteria, study finds

The role genetics and gut bacteria play in human health has long been a fruitful source of scientific enquiry, but new research marks a significant step forward in unraveling this complex relationship.

22 Jun 2020

Special time-locked encoding mechanism may have evolved for human speech

Humans can effortlessly recognize and react to natural sounds and are especially tuned to speech. There have been several studies aimed to localize and understand the speech-specific parts of the brain, but as the same brain areas are mostly active for all sounds, it has remained unclear whether or not the brain has unique processes for speech processing, and how it performs these processes.

22 Jun 2020

Novel vaccine platform against COVID-19 based on engineered human mesenchymal stem cells

In a recent groundbreaking bioRxiv paper, Chinese researchers describe a novel approach towards coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine design based on engineered human mesenchymal stem cells, with favorable and promising antibody response.

22 Jun 2020

Scientists show how harmless adenovirus disrupts the heart's electrical signaling

Adenovirus, which typically can cause a common cold, has a far more dangerous impact if it reaches the heart.

22 Jun 2020

Computational tool provides growth rate and acceleration analysis of COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Araçatuba, Brazil, have developed a computational tool that acts like a "COVID-19 accelerometer," plotting in real time the rate at which growth is accelerating or decelerating in more than 200 countries and territories.

22 Jun 2020

Insight into merits and limitations of direct reprogramming strategies for cardiac regeneration

Direct reprogramming or Transdifferentiation is a way of inducing changes in the cell type from one lineage into another lineage, bypassing pluripotency.

22 Jun 2020

Reassuring news on the Oxford vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2

A new paper from the UK vaccine research group, currently available on the bioRxiv preprint server, reveals that a single dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (AZD1222) can induce antigen-specific antibody and T cells responses against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and a booster shot additionally enhances antibody production with an increase in neutralizing titers – particularly in pigs.

22 Jun 2020

Mice study shows how oxytocin can amplify aggression as well as friendliness

During the pandemic lockdown, as couples have been forced to spend days and weeks in one another's company, some have found their love renewed while others are on their way to divorce court.

22 Jun 2020

Dust mite allergens activate well-known inflammatory factor to trigger allergies

A research team at MedUni Vienna, working in cooperation with the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, has discovered how certain dust mite allergens activate a well-known inflammatory factor - serum amyloid A protein -and can thus "trim" the lung tissue "in the direction of allergy".

22 Jun 2020

COVID-19 may delay clean energy investments and innovation

Traveling restraints and shelter-in-place orders that grounded planes and emptied streets during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic brought greenhouse gas emissions down and air quality up.

22 Jun 2020

Inhaled corticosteroids have no effect on COVID-19 mortality, say researchers

A study conducted by UK researchers has found no evidence to support the hypothesis that regular use of inhaled corticosteroids may have a beneficial effect on mortality outcomes among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

22 Jun 2020

New, five-minute urine test measures the health of a person's diet

Scientists have completed large-scale tests on a new type of five-minute urine test that measures the health of a person's diet, and produces an individual's unique urine 'fingerprint'.

22 Jun 2020

Simple blood test found to accurately diagnose and classify brain tumors

A simple but highly sensitive blood test has been found to accurately diagnose and classify different types of brain tumors, resulting in more accurate diagnosis, less invasive methods and better treatment planning for patients, in the future.

22 Jun 2020

Hormone involved in obesity could increase the risk for sepsis infection

A group of scientists from Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, led by Luís Moita, discovered that a hormone that has been pointed out as a treatment for obesity reduces the resistance to infection caused by bacteria and is a risk factor for sepsis.

22 Jun 2020

Black cancer patients better represented in taxpayer-funded clinical trials

Black patients are better represented in taxpayer-funded clinical trials testing new cancer treatments compared to trials run by pharmaceutical companies - although black patients are not fully represented in cancer clinical trials, regardless of sponsor.

22 Jun 2020

Research News and Research

Specific changes in DNA affect the existence and amount of gut bacteria, study finds

Special time-locked encoding mechanism may have evolved for human speech

Novel vaccine platform against COVID-19 based on engineered human mesenchymal stem cells

Scientists show how harmless adenovirus disrupts the heart's electrical signaling

Computational tool provides growth rate and acceleration analysis of COVID-19 pandemic

Insight into merits and limitations of direct reprogramming strategies for cardiac regeneration

Reassuring news on the Oxford vaccine (AZD1222) against SARS-CoV-2

Mice study shows how oxytocin can amplify aggression as well as friendliness

Dust mite allergens activate well-known inflammatory factor to trigger allergies

COVID-19 may delay clean energy investments and innovation

Inhaled corticosteroids have no effect on COVID-19 mortality, say researchers

New, five-minute urine test measures the health of a person's diet

Simple blood test found to accurately diagnose and classify brain tumors

Hormone involved in obesity could increase the risk for sepsis infection

Black cancer patients better represented in taxpayer-funded clinical trials

Lancaster University spearheads social distancing and way-finding model for businesses

Study analyzes the economic behavior of cocaine-dependent schizophrenia patients

Smokers with higher math ability more likely to intend to quit

Little-used measure of good cholesterol can predict heart attack and stroke risk

New study may provide a 'playlist' for testing brain disorders

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