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DOD funds first human trial of a device to enhance the natural brain cleansing system

The U.S. Department of Defense is funding the first human trial of a device to speed up and enhance the natural system of brain cleansing that occurs when we sleep.

26 Oct 2021

Brain fog in long COVID

A new study explores one troubling manifestation of long COVID, which is the cognitive impairment that follows clinical resolution of COVID-19.

26 Oct 2021

Consecutive irradiation with two lasers helps adult stem cells to transform faster

Stem cell therapy needs a lot of human cells, of a specific type. Shining a near-infrared laser on adult stem cells derived from human body fat, makes the stem cells replicate 54% faster.

26 Oct 2021

Effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in immunocompromised individuals

Israeli researchers evaluate the antibody response in ICPs to assess antibody-mediated immunity following vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

26 Oct 2021

New UQ-led center focuses on improving health and economic costs after road traffic injuries

Improving health and economic costs after road traffic injuries is the focus of a new University of Queensland-led Centre of Research Excellence awarded $2.5 million by the National Health and Medical Research Council.

26 Oct 2021

Analysis: A procedure that cost $1,775 in New York was $350 in Maryland. Here’s why.

For the past 18 months, while I was undergoing intensive physical therapy and many neurological tests after a complicated head injury, my friends would point to a silver lining: "Now you'll be able to write about your own bills." After all, I'd spent the past decade as a journalist covering the often-bankrupting cost of U.S. medical care.

26 Oct 2021

Identification of long COVID patients using big data

A new preprint exploits big data to come up with some answers as to the incidence, treatment, and impact on healthcare systems of long covid.

26 Oct 2021

Fermented soy product suppresses airway inflammation in animal models of asthma

Bronchial asthma causes symptoms such as wheezing and cough due to chronic airway inflammation, but there is no fundamental treatment for it, leaving a desire for new prevention and treatment methods.

26 Oct 2021

‘Smart bandage’ could help doctors to monitor chronic wounds more easily

How can doctors make sure a dressed wound is healing without taking off the bandage? This is a conundrum, because removing a bandage can disrupt the healing process.

25 Oct 2021

Can targeting autophagy become a new approach to COVID-19 treatment?

In a recent review, the author discusses autophagy as a contributing mechanism of selected drugs that are currently being evaluated to treat COVID‐19.

25 Oct 2021

Role of SARS-CoV-2 infection biomarkers in HIV replication

A new study investigates the role of the S100A8/A9 complex in the replication of HIV.

25 Oct 2021

Cancer patients have impaired antibody responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines

A new study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server studies the neutralizing antibody response in cancer patients diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), lung cancer, breast cancer, and various non-Hodgkin’s lymphomas (NHL), post-reception of two doses of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines.

25 Oct 2021

Molecular mechanism that controls the transition from acute to chronic pain revealed

A new study led by University of California, Irvine researchers is the first to reveal the specific molecular mechanism that controls the transition from acute to chronic pain, and identifies this mechanism as a critical target for disease-modifying medicines.

25 Oct 2021

Study finds lower non-COVID-19 death rates in COVID-19 vaccine recipients

COVID-19 vaccine recipients had lower non-COVID-19 death rates than people who weren't vaccinated, according to Kaiser Permanente research published [publication date] in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

25 Oct 2021

Compared to influenza, COVID-19 is more likely to cause venous thrombosis

New research published in the medRxiv* preprint server suggests that COVID-19 illness incurs a greater 90-day risk of venous thrombosis than the flu. However, arterial thrombosis remains a higher risk among people with the influenza virus.

24 Oct 2021

CDC lab testing identifies deadly bacteria in an aromatherapy spray

Laboratory testing at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei in an aromatherapy spray - the same type of bacteria that sickened four people in the United States earlier this year.

22 Oct 2021

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DOD funds first human trial of a device to enhance the natural brain cleansing system

Brain fog in long COVID

Consecutive irradiation with two lasers helps adult stem cells to transform faster

Effectiveness of mRNA BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine in immunocompromised individuals

New UQ-led center focuses on improving health and economic costs after road traffic injuries

Analysis: A procedure that cost $1,775 in New York was $350 in Maryland. Here’s why.

Identification of long COVID patients using big data

Fermented soy product suppresses airway inflammation in animal models of asthma

‘Smart bandage’ could help doctors to monitor chronic wounds more easily

Can targeting autophagy become a new approach to COVID-19 treatment?

Role of SARS-CoV-2 infection biomarkers in HIV replication

Cancer patients have impaired antibody responses to COVID-19 mRNA vaccines

Molecular mechanism that controls the transition from acute to chronic pain revealed

Study finds lower non-COVID-19 death rates in COVID-19 vaccine recipients

Compared to influenza, COVID-19 is more likely to cause venous thrombosis

CDC lab testing identifies deadly bacteria in an aromatherapy spray

CDC releases food safety alert regarding multistate outbreak of Salmonella Oranienburg infections

CDC endorses ACIP's recommendation for COVID-19 booster shots in certain populations

Researchers identify mechanism behind insufficient treatment efficacy of psoriasis drugs

Study shows immune profile heterogeneity amongst healthy adults

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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