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Examining the effects of malaria parasites on global health

News-Medical speaks to Professor Kevin Baird about his lifelong research into malaria and how another malaria parasite, P. Vivax, is taking a toll on global health.

22 Nov 2021

Unique sport could improve the quality of life for children with cerebral palsy

Every 20 hours, an Australian child is born with cerebral palsy (CP), a neurodevelopmental disability that affects their motor movements, such as the ability to walk, run and maintain balance.

22 Nov 2021

Success of covid antiviral pills hinges on access to speedy and accurate tests

Within a few weeks, perhaps before many Americans finish decorating for the holidays, the U.S. could have access to a new antiviral pill from Merck expected to alter the deadly trajectory of the covid-19 pandemic — with a second option from Pfizer to follow shortly after.

22 Nov 2021

Lifting DC’s strict indoor mask mandate triggers mix of confusion, anxiety and relief

A mile northeast of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., along what's known as the H Street corridor, about half the people crowding the sidewalks are wearing masks.

22 Nov 2021

TXA drug has minimal impact in controlling blood loss in severely injured trauma patients

A recent study found that the drug tranexamic acid has minimal impact in controlling blood loss in severely injured trauma patients at the standard doses given, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

21 Nov 2021

Washington University joins international effort to support data science research and training in Africa

Washington University in St. Louis is joining a major international effort to advance data science, catalyze innovation and spur health discoveries across Africa.

21 Nov 2021

Using PET scans to predict recurrence in Hodgkin lymphoma

One of the primary tools that oncologists use to stage cancers is the PET (positron emission tomography) scan, an imaging test that uses a small amount of radioactive sugar to detect metabolically active areas within the body.

21 Nov 2021

A trio of proteins found to drive inflammation in psoriasis

About 7.5 million Americans suffer from psoriasis, an autoimmune disease that shows up as patches of red, inflamed skin and painful, scaly rashes. Although there are effective treatments for psoriasis, not everyone responds to these therapies - and for many, the relief is temporary.

21 Nov 2021

Study highlights the toll of technology on work-from-home moms during COVID-19 pandemic

It's no secret that being a work-from-home mom during the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic was a drag. And those tech tools – video meetings and texting – designed to make remote work easier? They just added to the stress and exacerbated the mental health toll on burnt out moms trying to hold everything together.

21 Nov 2021

Human lung airway-on-a-chip faithfully recapitulates cystic fibrosis pathology

The inherited progressive disorder cystic fibrosis (CF) causes severe damage to the lungs, and other tissues in the body by affecting the cells that produce mucus, sweat, and digestive juices.

21 Nov 2021

Researchers use embryonic stem cell model to study genetic architecture in the hypothalamus

A study led by researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has implicated several genes involved in a variety of bodily functions associated with the hypothalamus, a notoriously difficult-to-study region of the brain.

21 Nov 2021

Sharing large-scale health data to drive forward precision medicine

Precision medicine requires big data. In order to improve the treatment of individuals with cancer, or to understand rare diseases, scientists and clinicians, as well as AI technologies require access to larger sets of health research data that covers diverse populations and wide ranges of conditions.

20 Nov 2021

Weill Cornell Medicine receives $1.27 million DoD grant to develop treatment for rare eye condition

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a $1.27 million grant from the United States Department of Defense (DoD) to develop treatment for a rare but devastating eye condition largely affecting military personnel who suffer traumatic eye injuries in combat.

20 Nov 2021

Repurposed ALS drug could slow gradual brain cell loss in Niemann-Pick disease type C1

Riluzole, a drug approved to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a disease affecting nerve cells controlling movement, could slow the gradual loss of a particular brain cell that occurs in Niemann-Pick disease type C1 (NPC1), a rare genetic disorder affecting children and adolescents, suggests a study in mice by scientists at the National Institutes of Health.

20 Nov 2021

Infant respiratory syncytial virus infection results in metabolic reprogramming of airway epithelial cells

Infection with respiratory syncytial virus during infancy results in metabolic reprogramming of epithelial cells lining the airway, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published in the journal Viruses.

20 Nov 2021

Higher arterial stiffness during adolescence linked to increased risk of hypertension, obesity in young adulthood

Researchers from the University of Eastern Finland, the University of Exeter, and the University of Bristol carried out the study using data from one of the world’s most extensive ongoing prospective birth cohort studies – the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC).

19 Nov 2021

COVID-19 induced excess mortality

A new study presented a generalized linear mixed model to determine the rate of mortality related to COVID-19 infection in Lombardy, Italy.

19 Nov 2021

Can you take the COVID-19 and Influenza vaccines on the same day?

Scientists have conducted a substudy within a phase 3 UK trial and have reported the safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of the NVX-CoV2373 COVID-19 vaccine when co-administered with licensed seasonal influenza vaccines.

19 Nov 2021

A covid head-scratcher: Why lice lurk despite physical distancing

The Marker family opened their door on a recent evening to a woman dressed in purple, with a military attitude to cleanliness.

19 Nov 2021

A nasal COVID vaccine using a weakened influenza vector

The authors of a new study, published on the bioRxiv* preprint server, constructed a COVID-19 nasal vaccine candidate by inserting a gene encoding the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, named CA4-dNS1-nCoV-RBD (dNS1-RBD) in a live attenuated influenza virus (LAIV) vector.

18 Nov 2021

Children News and Research

Examining the effects of malaria parasites on global health

Unique sport could improve the quality of life for children with cerebral palsy

Success of covid antiviral pills hinges on access to speedy and accurate tests

Lifting DC’s strict indoor mask mandate triggers mix of confusion, anxiety and relief

TXA drug has minimal impact in controlling blood loss in severely injured trauma patients

Washington University joins international effort to support data science research and training in Africa

Using PET scans to predict recurrence in Hodgkin lymphoma

A trio of proteins found to drive inflammation in psoriasis

Study highlights the toll of technology on work-from-home moms during COVID-19 pandemic

Human lung airway-on-a-chip faithfully recapitulates cystic fibrosis pathology

Researchers use embryonic stem cell model to study genetic architecture in the hypothalamus

Sharing large-scale health data to drive forward precision medicine

Weill Cornell Medicine receives $1.27 million DoD grant to develop treatment for rare eye condition

Repurposed ALS drug could slow gradual brain cell loss in Niemann-Pick disease type C1

Infant respiratory syncytial virus infection results in metabolic reprogramming of airway epithelial cells

Higher arterial stiffness during adolescence linked to increased risk of hypertension, obesity in young adulthood

COVID-19 induced excess mortality

Can you take the COVID-19 and Influenza vaccines on the same day?

A covid head-scratcher: Why lice lurk despite physical distancing

A nasal COVID vaccine using a weakened influenza vector

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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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