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New sweat stickers may streamline diagnosis, treatment of cystic fibrosis in in pediatric patients

New "sweat stickers" may streamline the early diagnosis of cystic fibrosis by enabling scientists to easily gather and analyze sweat from the skin of infants and children.

31 Mar 2021

Study reveals reason behind high risk of leukemia in children with Down syndrome

Children with Down syndrome are 20-times more likely to develop acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and 150-times more likely to develop acute myeloid leukemia (AML) compared to their typical peers.

31 Mar 2021

Giving chemotherapy in the morning can extend survival of glioblastoma patients

An aggressive type of brain cancer, glioblastoma has no cure. Patients survive an average of 15 months after diagnosis, with fewer than 10% of patients surviving longer than five years.

31 Mar 2021

Brain imaging may predict treatment outcomes for adolescents with anxiety disorders

As with any complex machine, sometimes a simple crossed wire or short circuit can cause problems with how it functions. The same goes for our brains, and even when the short circuit is uncovered, sometimes experts don't have a quick fix.

31 Mar 2021

Air pollution takes an enormous toll on health in the San Francisco Bay Area, study shows

New research published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives from Environmental Defense Fund and the George Washington University shows air pollution takes an enormous toll on health in the San Francisco Bay Area, and the impacts vary dramatically within neighborhoods.

31 Mar 2021

New Phase 1 clinical trial of investigational vaccine against B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 variant begins

An investigational vaccine designed to protect against the B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 variant has been administered as part of a new Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating the vaccine candidate's safety and immunogenicity in adult volunteers.

31 Mar 2021

Study opens door to new approaches for preventing the development of metabolic diseases

The protein Asc-1 regulates whether fat-burning beige or fat-storing white adipocytes are formed, which can have an impact on the development of metabolic diseases.

31 Mar 2021

Gene therapy restores vison in dogs with severe form of Leber congenital amaurosis

Gustavo Aguirre and William Beltran, veterinary ophthalmologists and vision scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, have studied a wide range of different retinal blinding disorders.

31 Mar 2021

A new hydrogel for treatment and recovery of muscle injuries

A team from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) and the CIBER Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN) has designed and tested, at a preclinical level, a new biomaterial for the treatment and recovery of muscle injuries.

31 Mar 2021

Male fetuses impair the maternal and placental immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy, finds study

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, caused by SARS-CoV-2, is now established to be more likely to lead to symptomatic and serious illness in males relative to females. This may extend as far back as pregnancy, suggests a recent study.

31 Mar 2021

Obesity and ethnicity identified as key risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 exposure in UK

The risk factors for severe COVID-19 have been established on the basis of observational studies. However, SARS-CoV-2 continues to cause thousands of COVID-19 cases all over the world, and the risk factors are unclear. A new study deals with this aspect of the pandemic.

31 Mar 2021

Scientists discover new genetic disease that causes abnormal brain development in children

Scientists have discovered a new genetic disease, which causes some children's brains to develop abnormally, resulting in delayed intellectual development and often early onset cataracts.

31 Mar 2021

Study finds remarkable differences in the way individuals respond to malaria

Scientists have discovered that tracking malaria as it develops in humans is a powerful way to detect how the malaria parasite causes a range of infection outcomes in its host.

31 Mar 2021

New Columbia University center provides specialized care for Lyme and tick-borne diseases

A new center that will provide specialized care for patients with Lyme disease and other tick-borne diseases will begin seeing patients this summer at Columbia University's Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons.

31 Mar 2021

Researchers analyze how in-person learning would impact transmission in schools' communities

Since early in the COVID-19 pandemic, parents, teachers, and school administrators have faced difficult questions regarding when and how to safely reopen for in-person learning.

31 Mar 2021

Combination of two existing drugs can kill cancer cells

Preclinical research from VCU Massey Cancer Center published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that the combination of two existing drugs can exploit the metabolic "hunger" of a particularly aggressive type of neuroblastoma to kill cancer cells without inflicting too much collateral damage to healthy tissue.

31 Mar 2021

Children News and Research

New sweat stickers may streamline diagnosis, treatment of cystic fibrosis in in pediatric patients

Study reveals reason behind high risk of leukemia in children with Down syndrome

Giving chemotherapy in the morning can extend survival of glioblastoma patients

Brain imaging may predict treatment outcomes for adolescents with anxiety disorders

Air pollution takes an enormous toll on health in the San Francisco Bay Area, study shows

New Phase 1 clinical trial of investigational vaccine against B.1.351 SARS-CoV-2 variant begins

Study opens door to new approaches for preventing the development of metabolic diseases

Gene therapy restores vison in dogs with severe form of Leber congenital amaurosis

A new hydrogel for treatment and recovery of muscle injuries

Male fetuses impair the maternal and placental immune response to SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy, finds study

Obesity and ethnicity identified as key risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 exposure in UK

Scientists discover new genetic disease that causes abnormal brain development in children

Study finds remarkable differences in the way individuals respond to malaria

New Columbia University center provides specialized care for Lyme and tick-borne diseases

Researchers analyze how in-person learning would impact transmission in schools' communities

Combination of two existing drugs can kill cancer cells

New tool could help children with medical complexities avoid long hospitalizations

Protein could be key to blocking the most common bacterial cause of food poisoning

Stress and boredom may have contributed to increased cigarette use during the pandemic

Eco-bio-developmental model of emergent literacy helps identify risk factors of reading difficulties

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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