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Lower diaphragmatic thickness found among long COVID patients with unspecific fatigue and dyspnea

Researchers defined the sonographic diaphragm phenotype of long coronavirus disease (COVID) patients with unspecific fatigue and dyspnea.

4 Jul 2022

New K+-sensitive dual-mode imaging probe for diagnosis of tumor malignancy

Tumor malignancy identification plays an essential role in clinical management of cancer. Currently, biopsy is the gold standard for malignancy identification in most tumor cases, it is, however, invasive that can cause great discomfort to patients, and potentially increase the risk of distant metastases due to the complex sampling process.

1 Jul 2022

Study shows long COVID remodeling of T cell dynamics is dependent on SARS-CoV-2 severity

A new study found that the post-COVID-19 functional remodeling of T cells occurs in two steps and confers different convalescent immune states, six months after SARS-CoV-2 infection.

30 Jun 2022

Government watchdogs attack Medicare Advantage for denying care and overcharging

Congress should crack down on Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors that sometimes deny patients vital medical care while overcharging the government billions of dollars every year, government watchdogs told a House panel Tuesday.

29 Jun 2022

Neural effects of COVID-19 on depressive symptoms

A new study identifies brain abnormalities in patients who recovered from COVID-19.

28 Jun 2022

New $5.3 million NIH grant will support researchers into understanding lung cancer recurrence

Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are leading a national study aimed at identifying patients with early-stage lung cancer who are at high risk of having the cancer return, even after surgery and chemotherapy appear to have eliminated their tumors.

28 Jun 2022

American College of Radiology issues risk mitigation strategies to address contrast media shortage

GE Healthcare was forced to shut a production plant in April because of a COVID-19 outbreak in Shanghai, China.

23 Jun 2022

Study shows molecular details of HIV-1 assembly and viral envelope protein incorporation

Assembly of HIV-1, which causes AIDS, takes place on the inner plasma membrane leaflet of infected cells, a geometric building process that creates hexamers out of trimers of the viral Gag protein, as guided by Gag's N-terminal matrix domain.

21 Jun 2022

AI method automatically detects plaque erosion in the heart's arteries based on OCT images

Researchers have developed a new artificial intelligence (AI) method that can automatically detect plaque erosion in the heart's arteries using optical coherence tomography (OCT) images.

16 Jun 2022

Deciphering the structure of nuclear pore complex piece by piece

Whatever you are doing, whether it is driving a car, going for a jog, or even at your laziest, eating chips and watching TV on the couch, there is an entire suite of molecular machinery inside each of your cells hard at work.

10 Jun 2022

New diagnostic procedure could help start optimal stroke treatment in a timely manner

A blood clot in the brain that blocks the supply of oxygen can cause an acute stroke. In this case, every minute counts.

8 Jun 2022

Profound neuroinflammation associated with long COVID

Around 36 to 53% of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients develop persistent chronic symptoms, often referred to as long COVID or PASC.

7 Jun 2022

Biodegradable piezoelectric film could help regenerate the native cartilage after knee damage

Osteoarthritis – a painful condition that results from the deterioration of the cartilage in our joints – affects millions of people worldwide.

3 Jun 2022

Two cases of MIS-C after laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated adolescent patients

Researchers investigated whether COVID-19 vaccination effectively protected adolescents in the United States from multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS).

2 Jun 2022

Scientists determine trajectory and pathophysiology of post-COVID-19 syndrome

A new study utilizes multisystem imaging, along with biomarker analysis, to better understand the pathogenesis of COVID-19.

30 May 2022

Using diffusion-weighted MRI to visualize brain inflammation in vivo for the first time

Research of the laboratories led by Dr. Silvia de Santis and Dr. Santiago Canals, both from the Institute of Neurosciences UMH-CSIC (Alicante, Spain), has made it possible to visualize for the first time and in great detail brain inflammation using diffusion-weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

27 May 2022

Risk factors for COVID-19 in patients with hematological malignancies

Researchers investigate the risk factors present in individuals suffering from hematological malignancies and COVID-19.

26 May 2022

Researchers report novel interactions between the SARS-CoV-2 S protein and estrogen receptor alpha

Researchers profiled the binding sites of the entire SARS-CoV-2 spike protein sequence.

26 May 2022

Case Western Reserve signs license agreement to bring groundbreaking AI for helping cancer patients

When Case Western Reserve University research showed that artificial intelligence (AI) could identify which lung cancer patients would benefit from chemotherapy, a national magazine called the finding one of the "10 Most Incredible Medical Breakthroughs of 2018."

25 May 2022

New imaging approach helps scientists build a complete picture of brain networks

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed an imaging technique to capture information about the structure and function of brain tissue at subcellular level – a few billionth of a metre, while also capturing information about the surrounding environment.

25 May 2022

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Lower diaphragmatic thickness found among long COVID patients with unspecific fatigue and dyspnea

New K+-sensitive dual-mode imaging probe for diagnosis of tumor malignancy

Study shows long COVID remodeling of T cell dynamics is dependent on SARS-CoV-2 severity

Government watchdogs attack Medicare Advantage for denying care and overcharging

Neural effects of COVID-19 on depressive symptoms

New $5.3 million NIH grant will support researchers into understanding lung cancer recurrence

American College of Radiology issues risk mitigation strategies to address contrast media shortage

Study shows molecular details of HIV-1 assembly and viral envelope protein incorporation

AI method automatically detects plaque erosion in the heart's arteries based on OCT images

Deciphering the structure of nuclear pore complex piece by piece

New diagnostic procedure could help start optimal stroke treatment in a timely manner

Profound neuroinflammation associated with long COVID

Biodegradable piezoelectric film could help regenerate the native cartilage after knee damage

Two cases of MIS-C after laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infections in fully vaccinated adolescent patients

Scientists determine trajectory and pathophysiology of post-COVID-19 syndrome

Using diffusion-weighted MRI to visualize brain inflammation in vivo for the first time

Risk factors for COVID-19 in patients with hematological malignancies

Researchers report novel interactions between the SARS-CoV-2 S protein and estrogen receptor alpha

Case Western Reserve signs license agreement to bring groundbreaking AI for helping cancer patients

New imaging approach helps scientists build a complete picture of brain networks

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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