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Study analyzes the contribution of AI to cancer patient care and vaccine design

Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML) is the development of computer systems that are able to perform tasks that would normally require human intelligence. AI/ML is used by people every day, for example, while using smart home devices or digital voice assistants.

8 Dec 2021

Rapid antigen detection test for SARS-CoV-2 proves more effective than expected, large study reports

In what is believed to be the largest prospective study of its kind to date - involving some 6,000 patients seen at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH) during a 10-day period around the beginning of 2021 - researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the University of Maryland Medical Center, the University of Maryland School of Medicine and four other collaborators report that a rapid antigen detection test for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, proved more effective than expected when compared with virus detection rates using the established standard test, the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay.

8 Dec 2021

Scientists find new way to reverse aggressive breast cancer into a less dangerous kind

Scientists at KAIST believe they may have found a way to reverse an aggressive, treatment-resistant type of breast cancer into a less dangerous kind that responds well to treatment.

7 Dec 2021

New research reveals how Europeans evolved greater resistance against anthrax

New research from the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine has revealed how humans evolved greater resistance against anthrax multiple times during history: when they developed a diet of more ruminants, and when agricultural practices took hold.

7 Dec 2021

Length of the lipid chains predicts a person's risk for Parkinson’s disease

Whether or not someone develops Parkinson's disease may be a game of nanometers.

7 Dec 2021

Research offers pathway for manufacturing cell cultured meat and breeding enhanced livestock

Scientists have for the first time obtained stem cells from livestock that grow under chemically defined conditions, paving the way for manufacturing cell cultured meat and breeding enhanced livestock.

7 Dec 2021

Combination of prior infection and vaccination produces a more potent defense against SARS-CoV-2

Antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein produced by the immune system can help identify and fend off future infections, but not all antibodies are the same.

7 Dec 2021

Genome sequencing efforts overlook huge swathes of diversity and opportunity, researchers warn

Efforts to sequence the genomes of the world's animals tend to focus on those that most resemble humans with the work conducted almost entirely in the Global North, according to an analysis led by Washington State University.

7 Dec 2021

A faster, safer and more affordable technology to produce personalized cancer therapies

Cell therapy has become an indispensable part of medicine today. With this form of immunotherapy you use your own body cells as medicine to fight the disease.

6 Dec 2021

Researchers use gene-editing to create single sex mice litters

Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, in collaboration with University of Kent, have used gene editing technology to create female-only and male-only mice litters with 100% efficiency.

6 Dec 2021

First pediatric-only guidelines for the use of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators

Children's Hospital Los Angeles cardiologist Michael Silka, MD, helped to pioneer the development of indications for the use of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators in young patients.

6 Dec 2021

Safety and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 recombinant spike protein vaccine

Researchers have presented the results of phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials of a SARS-CoV-2 recombinant spike protein vaccine (Abdala).

6 Dec 2021

New therapeutic targets for the treatment and prevention of hypertension, cardiovascular diseases

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Although the development of these disorders is most commonly associated with lifestyle factors like obesity, increasing evidence suggests that events much earlier in one's life can also play a role.

6 Dec 2021

New genetic evidence for the role of vitamin D deficiency in causing cardiovascular disease

Free from the sun, vitamin D delivers a natural source for one of the hormones essential to our bodies, especially the bones. But when you're down on this essential nutrient, it's not only your bones that could suffer, but also your cardio health, according to new research from the University of South Australia.

6 Dec 2021

Genetic News and Research

Study analyzes the contribution of AI to cancer patient care and vaccine design

Rapid antigen detection test for SARS-CoV-2 proves more effective than expected, large study reports

Scientists find new way to reverse aggressive breast cancer into a less dangerous kind

New research reveals how Europeans evolved greater resistance against anthrax

Length of the lipid chains predicts a person's risk for Parkinson’s disease

Research offers pathway for manufacturing cell cultured meat and breeding enhanced livestock

Combination of prior infection and vaccination produces a more potent defense against SARS-CoV-2

Genome sequencing efforts overlook huge swathes of diversity and opportunity, researchers warn

A faster, safer and more affordable technology to produce personalized cancer therapies

Researchers use gene-editing to create single sex mice litters

First pediatric-only guidelines for the use of pacemakers and implantable defibrillators

Safety and immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 recombinant spike protein vaccine

New therapeutic targets for the treatment and prevention of hypertension, cardiovascular diseases

New genetic evidence for the role of vitamin D deficiency in causing cardiovascular disease

Mutations in a crucial gene responsible for chemotherapy failure in some blood cancer patients

Meth use and intimate partner violence drive exhaustion of immune cells in HIV patients

Scientists identify molecular features of antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 spike

Targeting the brain should be the focus of ALS therapy, not just spinal cord

Telomeric DNA damage response may increase susceptibility of elderly people to COVID-19

Febrile seizures in children: Key things to know

Genetics & Genomics - Second Edition 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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