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Scientists reveal how 911 DNA checkpoint clamp helps repair the damaged DNA

When something goes wrong during DNA replication, cells call their own version of 911 to pause the process and fix the problem - a failsafe that is critical to maintaining health and staving off disease.

22 Mar 2022

Nature's benefits may include savings on health care costs, finds study

A Clemson University faculty member collaborating with researchers from Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research, has found that nature's benefits may include savings on health care costs.

22 Mar 2022

Study reveals novel tumor biomarker of aggressive cancers with poor prognosis

A study published in The Journal of Pathology reveals that many cancers that carry a poor prognosis express an altered form of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT), an enzyme that regulates the expression of multiple genes.

22 Mar 2022

Factors influencing Australian mothers to vaccinate kids against COVID-19, get tested, and self-isolate

A new study investigates whether family demographic factors were associated with mothers’ willingness to vaccinate their four-year-old children.

21 Mar 2022

Mount Sinai launches phase 1 study to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity of egg-based COVID-19 vaccine

A team of clinical investigators at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has announced the launch of a Phase 1, open-label, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the safety and immunogenicity of an egg-based COVID-19 vaccine in healthy, vaccinated adults who have never been infected with COVID-19.

21 Mar 2022

IU researchers exploring new ways to treat seasonal or intermittent asthma

Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology are studying new ways to treat seasonal or intermittent asthma.

21 Mar 2022

Coronavirus infection during pregnancy may double the risk of poor outcomes

A Kaiser Permanente analysis of pregnant patients who tested positive for the coronavirus found more than double the risk of poor outcomes including preterm birth, venous thromboembolism (blood clot), and severe maternal morbidity, which includes conditions such as acute respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis.

21 Mar 2022

Mount Sinai Health System launches new Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence

In an unparalleled effort to deliver outstanding comprehensive care and to employ revolutionary approaches to novel therapeutics around the skin condition alopecia areata, the Mount Sinai Health System has launched the Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence.

21 Mar 2022

CHOP and Penn Medicine join hands to address environmental hazards and protect vulnerable children

Children in the Greater Philadelphia area face a number of environmental threats to their health, including lead poisoning, asthma from air pollution, and exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals.

21 Mar 2022

Study reveals the extent of pandemic-related cancer screening deficits across the U.S.

Deaths from cancer are expected to increase over the next decade as a result of screening deficits due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

21 Mar 2022

Study explores prevalence and symptom trajectory of long COVID

A new study estimated long-term COVID-19, or, long COVID, and the trajectory of disease symptoms in a representative sample in the US.

21 Mar 2022

Pfizer CEO pushes yearly shots for covid. Not so fast, experts say.

When Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said March 13 that all Americans would need a second booster shot, it struck many covid experts as a self-serving remark without scientific merit. It also set off spasms of doubt over the country's objectives in its fight against the coronavirus.

21 Mar 2022

Money flows into addiction tech, but will it curb soaring opioid overdose deaths?

David Sarabia had already sold two startups by age 26 and was sitting on enough money to never have to work another day in his life.

21 Mar 2022

Waste coffee grounds may help detect minute levels of neurotransmitters

There's nothing like a steaming cup of joe to give your morning a quick boost. Now, there's yet another reason to love the beverage.

20 Mar 2022

Novel device uses tiny worms to detect lung cancer cells

Dogs can use their incredible sense of smell to sniff out various forms of cancer in human breath, blood and urine samples.

20 Mar 2022

Combination therapy shows promising results in patients with recurrent ER-positive endometrial cancer

A combination therapy that targets cancer cells from within and without caused tumors to shrink or stabilize in 75% of patients with recurrent or persistent estrogen receptor- (ER-) positive endometrial cancer, results from a recent clinical trial show.

19 Mar 2022

Education News and Research

Scientists reveal how 911 DNA checkpoint clamp helps repair the damaged DNA

Nature's benefits may include savings on health care costs, finds study

Study reveals novel tumor biomarker of aggressive cancers with poor prognosis

Factors influencing Australian mothers to vaccinate kids against COVID-19, get tested, and self-isolate

Mount Sinai launches phase 1 study to evaluate the safety, immunogenicity of egg-based COVID-19 vaccine

IU researchers exploring new ways to treat seasonal or intermittent asthma

Coronavirus infection during pregnancy may double the risk of poor outcomes

Mount Sinai Health System launches new Alopecia Areata Center of Excellence

CHOP and Penn Medicine join hands to address environmental hazards and protect vulnerable children

Study reveals the extent of pandemic-related cancer screening deficits across the U.S.

Study explores prevalence and symptom trajectory of long COVID

Pfizer CEO pushes yearly shots for covid. Not so fast, experts say.

Money flows into addiction tech, but will it curb soaring opioid overdose deaths?

Waste coffee grounds may help detect minute levels of neurotransmitters

Novel device uses tiny worms to detect lung cancer cells

Combination therapy shows promising results in patients with recurrent ER-positive endometrial cancer

Expert reveals why brain science should be embraced in Sub-Saharan Africa

NYU Long Island School Of Medicine's Class of 2022 discover their "doctor destinies" on Match Day

Scientists generate an atlas of human and mouse white adipocytes

Deactivation of specific brain cells makes mice more resilient against chronic stress

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