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As US nears 1 million covid deaths, one hard-hit county grapples with unthinkable loss

Connie Houtz didn't think covid would be that bad. She'd seen many people in this rural hamlet in central Pennsylvania get infected yet recover within a few days. She did not get vaccinated because she worried about how a new vaccine, developed in record time, might affect her heart condition.

1 Apr 2022

Poorly understood brain region may play a key role in how we experience pain

A new review paper, published in the journal Brain, has shown that a poorly understood region of the brain called the claustrum may play an important role in how we experience pain.

31 Mar 2022

Pandemic funding is running out for community health workers

As a community health worker, 46-year-old Christina Scott is a professional red-tape cutter, hand-holder, shoulder to cry on, and personal safety net, all wrapped into one.

31 Mar 2022

Study shows AI as a promising tool for breast cancer screening programs

A major new study in Radiology shows that artificial intelligence (AI) is a promising tool for breast cancer detection in screening mammography programs.

30 Mar 2022

$4 million program launched to find transformative therapies for ADNP syndrome

Researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute are launching a $4 million program to find transformative therapies for ADNP syndrome. The rare genetic condition causes developmental delays and can affect the brain, heart, gastrointestinal system and more.

29 Mar 2022

Utilizing AI to Accelerate the Field of High Content Analysis

In this interview, we speak to Araceli Biosciences about their latest product the Araceli Endeavor, and how its revolutionizing the field of high content screening.

From Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) 29 Mar 2022

Exploring the vital connection between gut microbes, physical activity, and health

Our bowels accommodate billions of active microbes that affect the health, a fact that is arousing increasing interest also among athletes.

26 Mar 2022

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: an interview with Dr. Maxine Caws

For World Tuberculosis Day 2022, News Medical spoke to Dr. Maxine Caws to raise awareness of this infectious disease.

24 Mar 2022

Powerful new Cytobank platform upgrade available from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Building on its legacy of providing labs with better solutions for analysis, management, and sharing of complex flow and mass cytometry data, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announces a series of updates to its Cytobank platform.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 24 Mar 2022

Men with RED-S have lower testosterone levels, poor bone health and low resting metabolism

"RED-S syndrome is characterized by low energy availability. This happens when athletes eat too little compared with the energy they expend when exercising.

23 Mar 2022

Study provides attainable goals for return to sports after reconstructive foot surgery

Many patients who undergo surgery to correct a collapsing foot share the question: Will I be able to get back to doing the things I love?

22 Mar 2022

University of Kentucky begins world’s first clinical trial for LATE

The motivation driving the work of Pete Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., is personal. His grandmother, Sylvia Becker, died with Alzheimer's disease, and he says his mother then grew terrified of developing the disease.

17 Mar 2022

Mild SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to tissue damage and shrinkage in brain areas related to smell

Researchers from the University of Oxford have used data from UK Biobank participants to look at changes to the brain on average 4.5 months after mild SARS-CoV-2 infection.

11 Mar 2022

Researchers develop new cranial window system for long-term studies of brain activity

Bilal Haider is studying how multiple areas of the brain work together for visual perception. This could help researchers understand if neural activity "traffic jams" underlie all kinds of visual impairments: from running a red light when visual attention is elsewhere, to shedding light on the autism-affected brain.

11 Mar 2022

Researchers solve the structure of large signaling protein involved in emergence of blood cancers

Researchers led by Christopher Garcia of the Ludwig Center at Stanford University have solved the long-sought structure of a large signaling protein involved in responses to infection, inflammation, the generation of immune cells and when dysregulated by mutation - the emergence of blood cancers known as myeloproliferative neoplasms.

11 Mar 2022

WVU researchers use machine learning and GIS to predict where COVID-19 testing will be most crucial

The National Institutes of Health has called COVID-19 testing "the key to getting back to normal." Yet testing rates have dropped nationwide, even as the Delta and Omicron variants accelerated the virus' spread.

10 Mar 2022

Clinical trial of novel rabies vaccine in human volunteers begins in Tanzania

The University of Oxford and the Ifakara Health Institute today announced the vaccination of the first participants in a Phase Ib/II trial testing a novel rabies vaccine in human volunteers in Tanzania.

9 Mar 2022

One California university has unified town and gown to fight covid. Why haven’t others?

Once a week, Lori Janich drives down the street from her office and partakes in an ongoing success story. Phone in hand to confirm her appointment, she strolls into the massive Activities and Recreation Center on the University of California-Davis campus, reaches a covid-19 testing station, swirls water in her mouth, spits into a tube, and leaves. Within a day, she receives her test result.

9 Mar 2022

Physical activity may help protect cognitive abilities of the aging brain

We all know we should exercise and eat healthy. But doing that isn't just good for maintaining your figure as you age.

8 Mar 2022

Body-worn cameras issued to traffic officers to reduce assault or abuse from angry road users

The incidents took place between January 2020 and 2021 despite the impact of the Covid lockdowns on traffic numbers.

8 Mar 2022

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As US nears 1 million covid deaths, one hard-hit county grapples with unthinkable loss

Poorly understood brain region may play a key role in how we experience pain

Pandemic funding is running out for community health workers

Study shows AI as a promising tool for breast cancer screening programs

$4 million program launched to find transformative therapies for ADNP syndrome

Utilizing AI to Accelerate the Field of High Content Analysis

Exploring the vital connection between gut microbes, physical activity, and health

World Tuberculosis Day 2022: an interview with Dr. Maxine Caws

Powerful new Cytobank platform upgrade available from Beckman Coulter Life Sciences

Men with RED-S have lower testosterone levels, poor bone health and low resting metabolism

Study provides attainable goals for return to sports after reconstructive foot surgery

University of Kentucky begins world’s first clinical trial for LATE

Mild SARS-CoV-2 infection leads to tissue damage and shrinkage in brain areas related to smell

Researchers develop new cranial window system for long-term studies of brain activity

Researchers solve the structure of large signaling protein involved in emergence of blood cancers

WVU researchers use machine learning and GIS to predict where COVID-19 testing will be most crucial

Clinical trial of novel rabies vaccine in human volunteers begins in Tanzania

One California university has unified town and gown to fight covid. Why haven’t others?

Physical activity may help protect cognitive abilities of the aging brain

Body-worn cameras issued to traffic officers to reduce assault or abuse from angry road users

How ELRIG Is Helping Mid-Career Scientists Navigate Leadership, Career Change and Redundancy

The role of UV-Vis in biopharma QC

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