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Nurses play a critical role in reducing health misinformation

On July 15, 2021, the U.S. Surgeon General issued an urgent plea for all Americans to take part in slowing a serious threat to public health. He wasn't talking about the COVID-19 pandemic but rather the harmful effects on personal and public health caused by the infodemic – the creation and spread of an excessive amount of unreliable and false health information.

4 Feb 2022

Majority of stroke patients experience permanent cognitive impairment

Paralysis and difficulty speaking are well-known problems following a stroke. Established treatment options are available for these problems.

4 Feb 2022

Wistar researchers takes a promising step in the direction of developing HIV vaccine

Nearly four decades after its discovery, HIV has killed 36.3 million people, with no vaccine in sight. However, a new study by researchers at The Wistar Institute, an international biomedical research leader in cancer, immunology, infectious disease, and vaccine development, takes a promising step in the direction of developing an HIV vaccine.

4 Feb 2022

New cloud-based data resource helps researchers to identify subtypes of ALS

A new cloud-based data resource co-developed by scientists at Cedars-Sinai provides the research community with a comprehensive set of tools to help identify new subtypes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurological disorder.

4 Feb 2022

Smartphone system sends COVID-19 exposure alerts to users in Missouri

Smartphones can help alert you if you've been exposed to someone with COVID-19. Washington University in St. Louis is expanding access to MO/Notify, a smartphone system that privately sends pop-up alerts to users in Missouri when they have spent time near someone who later tests positive for COVID-19.

3 Feb 2022

New system can capture information in speech signals similar to how humans perceive speech

Speech is more than just a form of communication. A person's voice conveys emotions and personality and is a unique trait we can recognize.

3 Feb 2022

CRISPRa method helps discover genes that play a role in immune cell biology

CRISPR genome editing has served as a powerful tool for deleting or altering DNA sequences and studying the resulting effect.

3 Feb 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Paging the HHS Secretary

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra is becoming a target for both Democrats and Republicans over what they call a lack of coordination of covid efforts within his department.

3 Feb 2022

Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine given regulatory approval By MHRA

Nuvaxovid, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Novavax, has today been given regulatory approval by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

3 Feb 2022

Study reveals a direct correlation between fat browning and consumption of flavan 3-ols

In cold conditions, brown adipose tissue (BAT) or brown fat generates heat to keep the body warm. Compared with white adipose tissue, BAT has more mitochondria - subcellular organelles associated with energy production - which allows it to burn calories and produce heat by activating the mitochondrial uncoupling protein 1 (Ucp-1).

2 Feb 2022

New kind of surgical duct tape can help seal tears and wounds

A staple on any engineer's workbench, duct tape is a quick and dependable fix for cracks and tears in many structural materials.

2 Feb 2022

NIAID's new pandemic preparedness efforts aim to characterize prototype and priority pathogens

As the global COVID-19 pandemic continues into its third year, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, is focusing on preparing for a range of other viral threats that could cause a public health emergency.

2 Feb 2022

Combined treatment strategy essential to minimize lung sequelae in COVID-19 patients

A combined treatment strategy targeting SARS-CoV-2 symptoms and severe lung tissue injury is essential to minimize lung sequelae- chronic complications resulting from COVID-19 infection, according to a review published this week in Clinical Microbiology Reviews, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

2 Feb 2022

Novel test uses cervical screening samples to detect breast and ovarian cancer

A new revolutionary test for detecting ovarian and breast cancer, which could potentially measure future cancer risk, is being developed by researchers from UCL's Institute for Women's Health.

2 Feb 2022

New approach to CAR T-cell therapy for B-cell cancers triples the targeted antigens on cancer cells

Researchers at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University have developed a novel approach to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for B-cell cancers that triples the targeted antigens on cancer cells – a "back up" approach that promises to greatly reduce the potential for antigen escape currently found in CAR T therapies that solely target CD19.

2 Feb 2022

Study uncovers a class of microbial enzymes that drive ulcerative colitis

Ulcerative colitis, a subtype of inflammatory bowel disease, is a chronic ailment of the colon affecting nearly one million individuals in the United States. It is thought to be linked to disruptions in the gut microbiome - the bacteria and other microbes that live inside us - but no existing treatments actually target these microorganisms.

2 Feb 2022

New nanoparticle SARS-CoV-2 vaccine shows stronger, broader, and more durable protection

The first generation of COVID-19 vaccines have been highly effective, but also have limitations: their efficacy can wane without a booster shot, and they may be less effective against some variants.

2 Feb 2022

Nanomedicine can be improved with proper and more predictive in vitro assays

Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines are a prime example of the promising field of nanomedicine. But progress in the design and application of nanoparticles as efficient delivery vehicles for biopharmaceutics containing nucleic acid or protein drug substances is, unfortunately, remarkably slow.

1 Feb 2022

Children are more exposed to microplastics than adults, says expert

Plastic breaks down into microplastics and even smaller nanoplastics. These plastics can be found almost everywhere around the globe.

1 Feb 2022

Researchers develop a single-use sensor strip to detect cerebrospinal fluid leaks

Developing rapid clinical testing for cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks after trauma, surgery, tumors, and other defects are vital, because such leaks can cause life-threatening conditions, such as meningitis and intercranial infection.

1 Feb 2022

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Nurses play a critical role in reducing health misinformation

Majority of stroke patients experience permanent cognitive impairment

Wistar researchers takes a promising step in the direction of developing HIV vaccine

New cloud-based data resource helps researchers to identify subtypes of ALS

Smartphone system sends COVID-19 exposure alerts to users in Missouri

New system can capture information in speech signals similar to how humans perceive speech

CRISPRa method helps discover genes that play a role in immune cell biology

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Paging the HHS Secretary

Nuvaxovid COVID-19 vaccine given regulatory approval By MHRA

Study reveals a direct correlation between fat browning and consumption of flavan 3-ols

New kind of surgical duct tape can help seal tears and wounds

NIAID's new pandemic preparedness efforts aim to characterize prototype and priority pathogens

Combined treatment strategy essential to minimize lung sequelae in COVID-19 patients

Novel test uses cervical screening samples to detect breast and ovarian cancer

New approach to CAR T-cell therapy for B-cell cancers triples the targeted antigens on cancer cells

Study uncovers a class of microbial enzymes that drive ulcerative colitis

New nanoparticle SARS-CoV-2 vaccine shows stronger, broader, and more durable protection

Nanomedicine can be improved with proper and more predictive in vitro assays

Children are more exposed to microplastics than adults, says expert

Researchers develop a single-use sensor strip to detect cerebrospinal fluid leaks

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