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House-call model in rural Indiana helps reduce emergency department use, hospital readmissions

Interventional radiologists participating in a collaborative house call model in rural Indiana helped reduce emergency department use by 77 percent and hospital readmissions by 50 percent for nearly 1,000 elderly homebound patients with chronic illnesses, according to a research abstract presented during a virtual session of the Society of Interventional Radiology's 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting on June 13.

15 Jun 2020

Tuberculosis and polio vaccines may offer temporary protection against SARS-CoV-2

As the world grapples with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, scientists race to develop an effective vaccine to protect against the deadly SARS-CoV-2 virus. While potential vaccines are still being developed and tested, researchers propose that existing vaccines could give the immune system a temporary boost to ward off infection.

14 Jun 2020

Effect of human genes on severity and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2

Now, a new paper published on the preprint server medRxiv* reports the results of an analysis of the association between the genetic variants in the patients and the clinical progression of the disease. The study included 332 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 in a single-center, with widely varying laboratory and clinical features. There were 25, 12, and 17 patients with asymptomatic, mild, and critical disease.

14 Jun 2020

RCSI scientists develop new biomaterial with potential to accelerate bone regeneration

Scientists at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences have developed a new biomaterial that has the potential to accelerate bone regeneration by promoting an immune response that encourages repair and lowers the risk of inflammation.

12 Jun 2020

Study finds self-swabbing tests for COVID-19 to be accurate and safe

Test samples collected by people who swabbed their own nasal passages yielded results for the COVID-19 virus that were as accurate as samples collected by a health care worker, according to a small study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.

12 Jun 2020

Human cardiac organoids for modeling physiological conditions during a heart attack

In the U.S., someone has a heart attack every 40 seconds, and yet researchers have not had a model that fully mimics what occurs in the human heart after a heart attack.

12 Jun 2020

MGH researchers identify key mechanism in X chromosome inactivation

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have identified a key mechanism in X chromosome inactivation, a phenomenon that may hold clues that lead to treatments for certain rare congenital disorders.

12 Jun 2020

Determining Cannabinoids in Marijuana-Infused Edibles

Marijuana-infused edibles or medibles have increased immensely over the last 10 years. With products such as brownies and gummy bears infused with marijuana, it is more important now than ever to test these cannabis-related products.

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Scientists find potential new way to improve treatment for Von Willebrand Disease

Scientists have found a potential new way to promote blood clotting that could be used to help develop treatments for Von Willebrand Disease, the most common genetic bleeding disorder.

12 Jun 2020

Study: Only a minority of Geneva population has been infected by Covid-19 pandemic

A study carried out among 2'766 people by the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG), the Geneva Centre for Emerging Viral Diseases, and the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, reveals that, at the time of the decline of the Coronavirus pandemic, only 10.8% of the Geneva population had been infected with Covid-19.

12 Jun 2020

Researchers identify link between methylation and the body's circadian rhythms

Every second of every day, countless biochemical reactions take place in our bodies' cells. The organization of this complex system is the result of billions of years of evolution, fine-tuning our functions since the first primordial organisms.

12 Jun 2020

Fentanyl tops the list of drugs detected in overdose patients at Baltimore hospitals

A new University of Maryland study found fentanyl tops the list of drugs detected in overdose patients at two Baltimore hospital emergency departments.

12 Jun 2020

PCR Biosystems launches new kit for ultra-sensitive, high-throughput detection of SARS-CoV-2

PCR Biosystems, the UK-based PCR experts, today announced the launch of qPCRBIO Probe 1-Step Virus Detect, a high-concentration 4x RT-qPCR kit designed specifically for ultra-sensitive, high-throughput detection of viral RNA sequences, including SARS-CoV-2.

12 Jun 2020

Scientists develop a lead compound to fight chemotherapy-resistant prostate cancer

Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University, together with German and Russian colleagues, have developed a lead compound to fight chemotherapy-resistant prostate cancer.

12 Jun 2020

Ashion Analytics is now part of NCI's MATCH cancer clinical trials

Ashion Analytics, a clinical laboratory of the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, is now part of the National Cancer Institute's MATCH program, which provides patients who have rare or difficult-to-treat cancers with access to unique clinical trials nationwide that might give them the best therapeutic treatments and outcomes.

12 Jun 2020

UNC scientists develop new kind of antibody test for COVID-19

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues with many thousands of new infections reported each day, there is a need for widely applicable surveillance testing to gain a better understanding of infection rates, especially the number of infections in people with mild or no symptoms, who can still be carriers.

11 Jun 2020

WVU researchers develop new diagnostic and antibody tests for COVID-19

COVID-19 tests are in short supply. The companies that make the necessary chemicals--called reagents--can't keep up with demand. But researchers at West Virginia University are developing new tests on their own to identify who has COVID-19 now and who had it in the past but recovered.

11 Jun 2020

Laboratory News and Research

House-call model in rural Indiana helps reduce emergency department use, hospital readmissions

Tuberculosis and polio vaccines may offer temporary protection against SARS-CoV-2

Effect of human genes on severity and infectivity of SARS-CoV-2

RCSI scientists develop new biomaterial with potential to accelerate bone regeneration

Study finds self-swabbing tests for COVID-19 to be accurate and safe

Human cardiac organoids for modeling physiological conditions during a heart attack

MGH researchers identify key mechanism in X chromosome inactivation

Determining Cannabinoids in Marijuana-Infused Edibles

Scientists find potential new way to improve treatment for Von Willebrand Disease

Study: Only a minority of Geneva population has been infected by Covid-19 pandemic

Researchers identify link between methylation and the body's circadian rhythms

Fentanyl tops the list of drugs detected in overdose patients at Baltimore hospitals

PCR Biosystems launches new kit for ultra-sensitive, high-throughput detection of SARS-CoV-2

Scientists develop a lead compound to fight chemotherapy-resistant prostate cancer

Ashion Analytics is now part of NCI's MATCH cancer clinical trials

UNC scientists develop new kind of antibody test for COVID-19

WVU researchers develop new diagnostic and antibody tests for COVID-19

Novel immunotherapy-plus-chemotherapy combo for pleural mesothelioma shows promise

Antihypotensive agent for sepsis disrupts the immune system, increases susceptibility to infections

College students are sleeping better during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders

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