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Study reveals how the brain processes sensory cues and generates survival behaviors

You know that feeling when everything suddenly goes quiet? Researchers have identified a novel neural circuit that plays a critical role in processing sound cues of danger to trigger defense responses in rats when silence falls.

13 May 2020

Italy continues CUORE underground experiment despite COVID-19 pandemic

As the COVID-19 outbreak took hold in Italy, researchers working on a nuclear physics experiment called CUORE at an underground laboratory in central Italy scrambled to keep the ultrasensitive experiment running and launch new tools and rules for remote operations.

12 May 2020

Experimental two-in-one diabetes shot provides better blood sugar control

The number of people with diabetes has increased from 108 million in 1980 to a staggering 422 million in 2014. In 2016, an estimated 1.6 million deaths were directly caused by diabetes, while another 2.2 million deaths were tied to high blood glucose.

12 May 2020

Are pregnant women at higher risk from COVID-19? A Swedish study

A new study published by the Public Health Agency of Sweden in its Brief Report shows that compared to non-pregnant women, pregnant and postpartum women with COVID-19 have a higher risk of requiring intensive care.

12 May 2020

Mammogram screening and high fiber diet help combat breast cancer

The key to spotting breast cancer and reducing the risk of fatal disease is early detection and screening. Diagnosing the illness early on helps improve health outcomes. New research shows that participation in mammography screening substantially reduces the rate of advanced and fatal breast cancer.

12 May 2020

Finding new therapeutic strategies for aggressive T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Aiming to identify new therapeutic strategies for the aggressive hematological disease T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL), Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey resident researcher Daniel Herranz Benito, PhD, along with collaborators from Princeton University, found a new drug that has therapeutic effect against T-ALL by inhibiting SHMT and is complementary to standard-of-care treatment.

12 May 2020

A 'multi-omics' approach to the development of drugs against COVID-19

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv* in May 2020 reports a multi-omics approach that could make it easier to develop drugs that are effective against COVID-19.

12 May 2020

Platelets can intensify inflammatory processes, study shows

Platelets not only play a key role in blood clotting, but can also significantly intensify inflammatory processes.

12 May 2020

Water fluoridation not linked to increased risk of osteosarcoma, study shows

The Journal of Dental Research published today the results of a study that demonstrated that community water fluoridation is not associated with increased risk of osteosarcoma.

12 May 2020

UCF researchers win $200,000 to develop cough drops for controlling COVID-19 spread

A team of University of Central Florida researchers is looking at changing people's saliva to help manage the spread of COVID-19 as the nation gets ready to go back to work and school.

12 May 2020

Fasting-mimicking diet plus vitamin C could be effective at treating some cancer types

Scientists from USC and the IFOM Cancer Institute in Milan have found that a fasting-mimicking diet could be more effective at treating some types of cancer when combined with vitamin C.

12 May 2020

Study provides further insights into the relationship between smoking and COVID-19

A Canadian study available on the preprint server medRxiv* shows that current smokers are slightly more likely than never smokers to test positive for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but cautions about the possibility of reverse causality where smokers actually quit to avoid the disease.

12 May 2020

Simple device could help stop 'sudden unexpected death in epilepsy'

More than one-third of the people in the United States who have epilepsy are at risk for a deadly complication called "sudden unexpected death in epilepsy."

12 May 2020

New discovery may contribute to early identification of aggressive breast tumors

Immune system cells in the blood of breast cancer patients undergo alterations early in the disease course, according to a study published in the journal Clinical & Translational Immunology.

12 May 2020

Using a smartphone to perform non-invasive at-home testing for COVID-19

In Pennsylvania and other U.S. states, one of the keys to safely reopening society amid the COVID-19 pandemic is providing sufficient testing so that new cases of the disease do not overwhelm the public healthcare system.

12 May 2020

Adult skates go one step further than cartilage growth, can repair injured cartilage

Nearly a quarter of Americans suffer from arthritis, most commonly due to the wear and tear of the cartilage that protects the joints.

12 May 2020

COVID-19 may contribute to exponential growth of Parkinson's disease in future

Parkinson's disease (PD) is expected to reach over 14 million cases worldwide by 2040. As longevity increases, so does the number of persons living with PD.

12 May 2020

COVID-19 has magnified health disparities among vulnerable population

The impact of COVID-19 on underserved and vulnerable populations, including persons of color, is addressed in a new roundtable discussion in Health Equity, a peer-reviewed open access journal.

12 May 2020

SARS-CoV-2 cell entry affinity varies across different host species

A new study from India, currently available on the preprint server bioRxiv*, estimated the probability and readiness of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to infect cells of different animal species – and revealed many of them that could act as disease carriers.

12 May 2020

Clinical trial to test the efficacy of defibrotide medicine for reducing COVID-19 death rate

The Neurosciences Institute, mixed centre of the Spanish National Research Council and the Miguel Hernández University of Elche, have collaborated on the first clinical trial conducted in the world to test whether the defibrotide medicine, which has already been authorized to treat a severe obstruction of the hepatic sinusoidal veins of people who have undergone a bone marrow transplant, can be used as therapy against COVID-19.

12 May 2020

Research News and Research

Study reveals how the brain processes sensory cues and generates survival behaviors

Italy continues CUORE underground experiment despite COVID-19 pandemic

Experimental two-in-one diabetes shot provides better blood sugar control

Are pregnant women at higher risk from COVID-19? A Swedish study

Mammogram screening and high fiber diet help combat breast cancer

Finding new therapeutic strategies for aggressive T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia

A 'multi-omics' approach to the development of drugs against COVID-19

Platelets can intensify inflammatory processes, study shows

Water fluoridation not linked to increased risk of osteosarcoma, study shows

UCF researchers win $200,000 to develop cough drops for controlling COVID-19 spread

Fasting-mimicking diet plus vitamin C could be effective at treating some cancer types

Study provides further insights into the relationship between smoking and COVID-19

Simple device could help stop 'sudden unexpected death in epilepsy'

New discovery may contribute to early identification of aggressive breast tumors

Using a smartphone to perform non-invasive at-home testing for COVID-19

Adult skates go one step further than cartilage growth, can repair injured cartilage

COVID-19 may contribute to exponential growth of Parkinson's disease in future

COVID-19 has magnified health disparities among vulnerable population

SARS-CoV-2 cell entry affinity varies across different host species

Clinical trial to test the efficacy of defibrotide medicine for reducing COVID-19 death rate

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