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State laws aim to regulate ‘troubled teen industry,’ but loopholes remain

Five days after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a law meant to provide stronger oversight of the more than 100 residential youth treatment programs operating in the state, a 12-year-old boy arrived at one of them, Provo Canyon School. Before long, he was forced into seclusion, denied communication with his family and given antipsychotic medication without parental permission, according to relatives.

21 Jan 2022

Cannabidiol found to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection in human cells and mice

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Chicago has found evidence that cannabidiol (CBD), a product of the cannabis plant, can inhibit infection by SARS-CoV-2 in human cells and in mice.

21 Jan 2022

Young children use saliva sharing to understand close relationships

Young children, toddlers, and infants infer that individuals who share saliva through activities like kissing, sharing food or wiping drool are in so-called "thick" relationships – intimate bonds that people often share with family members.

21 Jan 2022

Interactions that involve sharing saliva help babies to identify who has close relationships

Learning to navigate social relationships is a skill that is critical for surviving in human societies. For babies and young children, that means learning who they can count on to take care of them.

21 Jan 2022

CENTOGENE teams up with Insilico Medicine to improve therapeutic targets for Niemann-Pick disease type C

A commercial-stage company focused on generating data-driven insights to diagnose, understand and treat rare diseases, and Insilico Medicine, an end-to-end Artificial Intelligence (AI) - driven drug discovery company, today announced a research and development collaboration to accelerate the discovery of novel therapeutic targets for Niemann-Pick disease type C

21 Jan 2022

PAXLOVID shown to be highly effective against all SARS-CoV-2 variants

A recent study, currently available on bioRxiv* preprint server, shows that a novel protease inhibitor known as nirmatrelvir has potent activity against Omicron variant of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), but also other variants evaluated in this paper – which supports its potential role in reducing the disease burden from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

21 Jan 2022

New approach to help diabetes patients maintain healthy glucose levels

Before consuming a meal, many people with diabetes need to inject themselves with insulin. This is a time-consuming process that often requires estimating the carbohydrate content of the meal, drawing blood to measure blood glucose levels, and then calculating and delivering the correct insulin dose.

21 Jan 2022

UC San Diego receives $14.55 million to launch new Microbiome and Metagenomics Center

The National Institutes of Health's All of Us Research Program is a national effort to build a large, diverse database of 1 million or more people whom researchers can use to study health and disease.

20 Jan 2022

NIH-funded study will use machine learning to predict individual responses to diet

A new federally funded study will use machine learning to predict how an individual responds to a given diet, allowing physicians to offer patients personalized nutrition prescriptions to improve health and treat chronic diseases.

20 Jan 2022

Study shows efficacy, safety of oral immunotherapy in one- to three-year-olds with peanut allergy

The majority of young children treated with peanut immunotherapy achieved desensitization after two and a half years of treatment, and one in five remained in remission 26 weeks after treatment ended, according to a randomized controlled trial published in The Lancet.

20 Jan 2022

Mediterranean diet linked to lower mortality in adults over 65

A greater adherence to the Mediterranean diet which had been assessed through an index made with biomarkers during a 20-year scientific monitoring is associated with a lower mortality in adults over 65.

20 Jan 2022

NIH Common Fund supports Nutrition for Precision Health study

The National Institutes of Health is awarding $170 million over five years, pending the availability of funds, to clinics and centers across the country for a new study that will develop algorithms to predict individual responses to food and dietary routines.

20 Jan 2022

Is COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in children associated with subsequent multisystemic hyper-inflammatory syndrome?

Researchers assessed the possibility of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines causing multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children aged 12 to 17 years in France.

20 Jan 2022

The effect of different environmental conditions on the binding behavior of the S protein and RBD of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers investigated the binding behavior of spike protein and receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 under different environmental conditions.

20 Jan 2022

Newly developed gene therapy can treat a severe form of epilepsy and prolong survival

Research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine suggests how a newly developed gene therapy can treat Dravet syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, and potentially prolong survival for people with the condition.

20 Jan 2022

Oral penicillin may be a safer option for people with high-risk rheumatic heart disease

A growing body of evidence indicates that some people thought to have an allergic response to injectable penicillin, the standard treatment for rheumatic heart disease, may instead be experiencing a cardiac reaction to the medicine, according to a new American Heart Association presidential advisory published today in Journal of the American Heart Association.

19 Jan 2022

Independent drug action responsible for greater clinical efficacy of combination cancer therapies

Independent drug action, not synergy nor additivity, accounted for the clinical efficacy of nearly all examined combination therapies involving immune checkpoint inhibitors in clinical trials, according to results from a retrospective analysis.

19 Jan 2022

Performance of lateral flow tests for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in children falls short of minimum criteria

The performance of lateral flow (antigen) tests commonly used to detect COVID-19 infection in children falls short of the minimum criteria set by the World Health Organization (WHO) and US and UK device regulators, finds a pooled data analysis of the available evidence on 8 different tests, published in the journal BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine.

19 Jan 2022

Scientific review highlights the impact of coffee on digestive organs

A new scientific review, published in Nutrients, highlights coffee's effects on digestion and the gut, and its impact on organs involved in digestion.

19 Jan 2022

The latest advancements in polymer-based nanotechnology approaches used to fight against SARS-CoV-2

A recent review discusses the engineering versatility of polymeric nanoparticles - making a good therapeutic alternative against coronavirus diseases.

19 Jan 2022

Food News and Research

State laws aim to regulate ‘troubled teen industry,’ but loopholes remain

Cannabidiol found to inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection in human cells and mice

Young children use saliva sharing to understand close relationships

Interactions that involve sharing saliva help babies to identify who has close relationships

CENTOGENE teams up with Insilico Medicine to improve therapeutic targets for Niemann-Pick disease type C

PAXLOVID shown to be highly effective against all SARS-CoV-2 variants

New approach to help diabetes patients maintain healthy glucose levels

UC San Diego receives $14.55 million to launch new Microbiome and Metagenomics Center

NIH-funded study will use machine learning to predict individual responses to diet

Study shows efficacy, safety of oral immunotherapy in one- to three-year-olds with peanut allergy

Mediterranean diet linked to lower mortality in adults over 65

NIH Common Fund supports Nutrition for Precision Health study

Is COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in children associated with subsequent multisystemic hyper-inflammatory syndrome?

The effect of different environmental conditions on the binding behavior of the S protein and RBD of SARS-CoV-2

Newly developed gene therapy can treat a severe form of epilepsy and prolong survival

Oral penicillin may be a safer option for people with high-risk rheumatic heart disease

Independent drug action responsible for greater clinical efficacy of combination cancer therapies

Performance of lateral flow tests for detecting SARS-CoV-2 in children falls short of minimum criteria

Scientific review highlights the impact of coffee on digestive organs

The latest advancements in polymer-based nanotechnology approaches used to fight against SARS-CoV-2

Enhancing confidence in chemical ionization spectrometry data eBook

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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