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Study reveals the effects of school closures on SARS-CoV-2 transmission among parents, teachers

Most countries introduced school closures during the spring of 2020 despite substantial uncertainty regarding the effectiveness in containing SARS-CoV-2.

13 Feb 2021

Study characterizes cisplatin-induced hearing loss in pediatric cancer patients

Cisplatin is one of the most effective chemotherapy agents, used in just under half of pediatric cancer cases.

13 Feb 2021

Scientists characterize genomic profile of 84 pediatric therapy-related myeloid neoplasms

Children treated for cancer with approaches such as chemotherapy can develop therapy-related myeloid neoplasms (a second type of cancer) with a dismal prognosis.

13 Feb 2021

Revolutionary drug combination shows potential for treatment of fatal childhood cancer

Every year around 20 Australian children die from the incurable brain tumor, Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG). The average age of diagnosis for DIPG is just seven years.

13 Feb 2021

Targeted drug combined with immunotherapy prolongs survival in patients with advanced kidney cancer

Patients with advanced kidney cancer, who received a targeted drug combined with a checkpoint-blocker immunotherapy agent had longer survival than patients treated with the standard targeted drug, said an investigator from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, reporting results from a phase 3 clinical trial.

13 Feb 2021

Lund researchers discover how E. coli bacteria target and degrade MYC oncogene

Scientists at Lund University have discovered how E. coli bacteria target and degrade the well-known oncogene MYC, which is involved in many forms of cancer.

13 Feb 2021

Study finds early risk factors for heightened anxiety in young adults during COVID-19

A new study has identified early risk factors that predicted heightened anxiety in young adults during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

12 Feb 2021

A novel approach to suppress the growth of glioblastoma cells

Inhibiting a key enzyme that controls a large network of proteins important in cell division and growth paves the way for a new class of drugs that could stop glioblastoma, a deadly brain cancer, from growing.

12 Feb 2021

Research shows link between puberty testosterone levels and the brain’s response to faces

Young men with lower testosterone levels throughout puberty become more sensitive to how the hormone influences the brain’s responses to faces in adulthood, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

12 Feb 2021

Study: Life-long antiviral treatment appears to prevent viral transmission from mother to baby

Anti-retroviral drugs are a vital tool in the prevention and treatment of HIV. A new study of pregnant women in Tanzania shows that life-long antiviral treatment also seems to prevent viral transmission from mother to baby.

12 Feb 2021

Research could help improve hand hygiene in offices using new 'smart' hand sanitizers

'Smart' hand sanitizers that can provide data on workplace hand hygiene are being trialed across the country, as part of research by the Universities of Sheffield and Leeds into how best to engage people with the latest Covid-19 workplace hand hygiene guidance.

12 Feb 2021

Researchers identify protein sequences involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was established that SARS-CoV-2 infects cells by binding to the human protein ACE2, which plays a role in regulating blood pressure.

12 Feb 2021

Study reveals detailed map of glioblastoma in genetic, molecular detail

Glioblastoma is among the most aggressive and devastating of cancers. While rare compared with other cancers, it's the most common type of brain cancer.

12 Feb 2021

Reparations before COVID-19 pandemic could have reduced infections, deaths in the U.S.

Civil rights activists have long called for monetary reparations to the Black descendants of Africans enslaved in the United States as a financial, moral, and ethical form of restitution for the injustices of slavery.

12 Feb 2021

Study addresses multiple challenges of the pathogenesis of Huntington's disease

Recent genetic data from patients with Huntington's disease (HD) show that DNA repair is an important factor that determines how early or late the disease occurs in individuals who carry the expanded CAG repeat in the HTT gene that causes HD.

12 Feb 2021

Study: Majority of breakfast products marketed for children contain more sugar

Experts have spent decades warning us about the rising rates of childhood obesity, which has become an epidemic among recent generations in many places around the world, including Spain.

12 Feb 2021

Opioid use during pregnancy can cause long-lasting impairment in the infant's brain

As the number of pregnant women using opioid drugs continues to rise, questions have been raised about the long-term health effects on children exposed to these drugs in the womb.

12 Feb 2021

Non-symptomatic cases contribute to at least 50% of SARS-CoV-2 infection

A new study out of the University of Chicago has found that during the initial wave of the COVID-19 outbreak in New York City, only 1 in 5 to 1 in 7 cases of the virus was symptomatic.

11 Feb 2021

Scientists conduct interdisciplinary study on using nanoparticles to fight leukemia

Scientists from Scientific and Educational Center & Smart Materials and Biomedical Applications under the leadership of Kateryna Levada together with colleagues from Center for Immunology and Cellular Biotechnology of the Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University conducted a joint interdisciplinary study on the development of a new method for treating leukemia using nanomaterials.

11 Feb 2021

Echocardiographic screening for early detection of rheumatic heart disease in schools

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) develops as a long term complication of childhood streptococcal angina. Latent RHD can be detected with echocardiography years before it becomes symptomatic. RHD is curable when treated early with medication.

11 Feb 2021

Children News and Research

Study reveals the effects of school closures on SARS-CoV-2 transmission among parents, teachers

Study characterizes cisplatin-induced hearing loss in pediatric cancer patients

Scientists characterize genomic profile of 84 pediatric therapy-related myeloid neoplasms

Revolutionary drug combination shows potential for treatment of fatal childhood cancer

Targeted drug combined with immunotherapy prolongs survival in patients with advanced kidney cancer

Lund researchers discover how E. coli bacteria target and degrade MYC oncogene

Study finds early risk factors for heightened anxiety in young adults during COVID-19

A novel approach to suppress the growth of glioblastoma cells

Research shows link between puberty testosterone levels and the brain’s response to faces

Study: Life-long antiviral treatment appears to prevent viral transmission from mother to baby

Research could help improve hand hygiene in offices using new 'smart' hand sanitizers

Researchers identify protein sequences involved in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Study reveals detailed map of glioblastoma in genetic, molecular detail

Reparations before COVID-19 pandemic could have reduced infections, deaths in the U.S.

Study addresses multiple challenges of the pathogenesis of Huntington's disease

Study: Majority of breakfast products marketed for children contain more sugar

Opioid use during pregnancy can cause long-lasting impairment in the infant's brain

Non-symptomatic cases contribute to at least 50% of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Scientists conduct interdisciplinary study on using nanoparticles to fight leukemia

Echocardiographic screening for early detection of rheumatic heart disease in schools

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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