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Personal traits and health behaviors of superheroes shine light on healthy aging

Even for superheroes, regular physical activity and strong social bonds are important for healthy ageing, suggest researchers in the Christmas issue of The BMJ.

14 Dec 2021

11 exceptional recipients of the 2021 Lupus Innovation Award announced

The Lupus Research Alliance proudly announced today 11 research grant recipients in the U.S. and around the world of the 2021 Lupus Innovation Award which will fund wide ranging areas from probing the development and progression of lupus to pointing to potential personalized therapies.

14 Dec 2021

Adopting superhero behaviors may improve quality of life in older age

Adopting superhero behaviors such as maintaining physical activity and strong social connections may improve health later in life, a University of Queensland study has found.

14 Dec 2021

Nanotrap particles can improve current sequencing workflows of SARS-CoV-2

New research uses an affinity-based magnetic hydrogel particle enrichment technology (Nanotrap particle enrichment technology) that can concentrate viral particles, leading to improved detection of many viral agents including SARS-CoV-2

14 Dec 2021

New guidelines for heart-healthy eating

We speak to Dr. Alice Lichtenstein about the American Heart Association’s latest guidelines for a heart-healthy diet, and how they can be applied across different lifestyles.

14 Dec 2021

SARS-CoV-2 transmission through indoor aerosols

A recent review published in the International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health presents the science behind the person-to-person transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in an indoor environment.

14 Dec 2021

Trial in sub-Saharan Africa evaluates the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine in people living with HIV

A highly anticipated clinical trial in eight sub-Saharan countries is the first to specifically evaluate the efficacy of a COVID-19 vaccine in people living with HIV, including those with poorly controlled infections.

13 Dec 2021

New prototype enables people with severely impaired motor skills to communicate with others

A research team from the University of Malaga has developed a prototype that combines scalp sensors and a graphical interface to enable people with severely impaired motor skills to communicate with others.

13 Dec 2021

Air pollution can cause serious health consequences to more than 600 million people in South Asia

With another smoggy winter hanging over the vast and thickly populated Indo-Gangetic plains, there are fears of serious health consequences to more than 600 million people living in northern India and Nepal as well as in eastern Pakistan and Bangladesh.

13 Dec 2021

Novel breathalyzer relies on viral RNA detection to diagnose SARS-CoV-2

In a new study in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier, investigators report on the design and testing of a breathalyzer, known as the Bubbler, that relies on viral RNA detection to diagnose SARS-CoV-2.

13 Dec 2021

CRISPR-Cas enzyme-based diagnostics to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection

A recent review in the journal Life provided a detailed description of CRISPR-Cas-based diagnostic techniques to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, but also emphasized the potential use of this technology towards developing effective molecular diagnostic platforms for any future pandemic.

13 Dec 2021

Digital interventions may help meet the growing demand for psychological treatment

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on mental health across the globe. Depression is predicted to be the leading cause of lost life years due to illness by 2030.

13 Dec 2021

Protein can protect the heart from damage following cancer treatment

Cancer treatment can be tough on the body, but for the patient to survive the cancer, it's often necessary to go through with the treatment anyway.

13 Dec 2021

New technology could help determine COVID-19 patients at risk for micro thrombosis-related issues

Physicians treating coronavirus infections have a new diagnostic that could help identify patients at risk of organ failure.

13 Dec 2021

Genetic-code expansion technique to potentially create next-generation vaccine candidate

A new experiment devised a novel method to manipulate virulent viruses in conventional laboratories and validated the prophylactic effect of this method in two mouse models.

13 Dec 2021

Autonomous genome annotation of SARS-CoV-2 genes, proteins and domains

In a new research paper, a group of scientists from various institutions offers a semi-supervised custom pipeline for annotating all SARS-CoV-2 genes, proteins, and functional domains.

12 Dec 2021

First locally acquired infection of Omicron variant confirmed in San Diego

Officials at the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency, working in collaboration with scientists at University of California San Diego and Scripps Research, have announced the second confirmed case — and first locally acquired infection — of the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

12 Dec 2021

Technology News and Research

Personal traits and health behaviors of superheroes shine light on healthy aging

11 exceptional recipients of the 2021 Lupus Innovation Award announced

Adopting superhero behaviors may improve quality of life in older age

Nanotrap particles can improve current sequencing workflows of SARS-CoV-2

New guidelines for heart-healthy eating

SARS-CoV-2 transmission through indoor aerosols

Trial in sub-Saharan Africa evaluates the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccine in people living with HIV

New prototype enables people with severely impaired motor skills to communicate with others

Air pollution can cause serious health consequences to more than 600 million people in South Asia

Novel breathalyzer relies on viral RNA detection to diagnose SARS-CoV-2

CRISPR-Cas enzyme-based diagnostics to detect SARS-CoV-2 infection

Digital interventions may help meet the growing demand for psychological treatment

Protein can protect the heart from damage following cancer treatment

New technology could help determine COVID-19 patients at risk for micro thrombosis-related issues

Genetic-code expansion technique to potentially create next-generation vaccine candidate

Autonomous genome annotation of SARS-CoV-2 genes, proteins and domains

First locally acquired infection of Omicron variant confirmed in San Diego

OIST and FC Ryukyu launch partnership to understand how athletes' minds behave during team sports

Data shows mobility trends during and between the three UK lockdowns

Subcutaneous defibrillators equally effective in delivering electric shocks, study says

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

Expanding access to NMR with the Fourier 80 Duo

Advancing Intracellular Delivery with LumiPore®

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