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Could heart rate be a risk factor for dementia?

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Yume Imahori about her latest research which looks at whether heart rate could be used as an early risk factor for dementia.

20 Jan 2022

New cryo-EM method may be able to shortcut a big step in modern vaccine development

Scientists at Scripps Research have devised a method that may be able to shortcut one of the big steps in modern vaccine development.

20 Jan 2022

Natural extracellular vesicles containing ACE2 protein could fight new SARS-CoV-2 variants

Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Northwestern Medicine have identified natural extracellular vesicles containing the ACE2 protein (evACE2) in the blood of COVID-19 patients that can block infection from broad strains of SARS-CoV-2 virus in preclinical studies. The study was published today in Nature Communications.

20 Jan 2022

Prospective of graphene and graphene-based derivatives to combat SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers explored the utilities of graphene and its derivatives in combating SARS-CoV-2, highlighting its applications in the biomedical domain.

20 Jan 2022

The association between green tea consumption and SARS-CoV-2 infection among Japanese

A study recently examined the association between consumption of green tea and SARS-CoV-2 infection in the Japanese population.

20 Jan 2022

Virucidal effect of UV and violet light on SARS-CoV-2

In a recent study published in the Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology, a team of researchers analyzed the effect of ultraviolet (UV) and violet light of different wavelengths on the virulence of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

20 Jan 2022

Researchers develop devices to automate blood smears for diagnosing bloodborne diseases

One of the key steps in diagnosing or treating many bloodborne diseases is to perform a blood smear, where a drop of blood is spread across a microscope slide for analysis.

19 Jan 2022

Investigational cancer drug mimics the metabolic and therapeutic effects of fasting, mice study shows

An investigational cancer drug that starves tumors of their energy supply also shows evidence of improving whole body metabolism, according to a new study in mice from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

19 Jan 2022

Treatment with immune-boosting protein and radiation improves survival in mice with glioblastoma

Glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer in the brain or spinal cord, has proven stubbornly resistant to newer immunotherapies. And radiation and chemotherapy, the standard treatment for glioblastoma, result in fewer than 10% of patients surviving longer than five years after diagnosis.

19 Jan 2022

Novel antibody that targets the N-terminal domain of SARS-CoV-2 identified

A new study discusses the targeted discovery of NTD-reactive antibodies from an individual who had recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection.

19 Jan 2022

'Retinal age gap' can be an independent predictor of increased mortality risk

The difference between the biological age of the retina, the light sensitive layers of nerve tissue at the back of the eye, and a person's real (chronological) age, is linked to their risk of death, finds research published online in the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

19 Jan 2022

Oral penicillin may be a safer option for people with high-risk rheumatic heart disease

A growing body of evidence indicates that some people thought to have an allergic response to injectable penicillin, the standard treatment for rheumatic heart disease, may instead be experiencing a cardiac reaction to the medicine, according to a new American Heart Association presidential advisory published today in Journal of the American Heart Association.

19 Jan 2022

Exploring biological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-induced myocardial damage

In a new study, researchers used bioinformatics tools to explore the biological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-infected myocardium.

19 Jan 2022

Independent drug action responsible for greater clinical efficacy of combination cancer therapies

Independent drug action, not synergy nor additivity, accounted for the clinical efficacy of nearly all examined combination therapies involving immune checkpoint inhibitors in clinical trials, according to results from a retrospective analysis.

19 Jan 2022

Scientific review highlights the impact of coffee on digestive organs

A new scientific review, published in Nutrients, highlights coffee's effects on digestion and the gut, and its impact on organs involved in digestion.

19 Jan 2022

Impact of atrial fibrillation in COVID-19 vaccine-induced pericarditis patients

In a new study, a team of researchers described the case of a healthy 49-year old male patient with new-onset atrial fibrillation after receiving the second dose of the COVID-19 mRNA-1273 (Moderna) vaccine.

19 Jan 2022

Rapid DNA sequencing technique used to diagnose rare genetic disease in short time

A new ultra-rapid genome sequencing approach developed by Stanford Medicine scientists and their collaborators was used to diagnose rare genetic diseases in an average of eight hours — a feat that's nearly unheard of in standard clinical care.

19 Jan 2022

Impact of COVID-19 on male and female reproductive health

A new review article investigated the relation between SARS-CoV-2 infection and reproductive health.

19 Jan 2022

Machine learning model uses blood plasma proteins to predict survival for COVID-19 patients

A single blood sample from a critically ill COVID-19 patient can be analyzed by a machine learning model which uses blood plasma proteins to predict survival, weeks before the outcome, according to a new study published this week in the open-access journal PLOS Digital Health by Florian Kurth and Markus Ralser of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany, and colleagues.

19 Jan 2022

Contagious cancers can jump between marine clam species, study shows

A contagious blood cancer jumped from one species of clam to another and spread among clams living in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea, shows a study published today in eLife.

18 Jan 2022

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Could heart rate be a risk factor for dementia?

New cryo-EM method may be able to shortcut a big step in modern vaccine development

Natural extracellular vesicles containing ACE2 protein could fight new SARS-CoV-2 variants

Prospective of graphene and graphene-based derivatives to combat SARS-CoV-2 infection

The association between green tea consumption and SARS-CoV-2 infection among Japanese

Virucidal effect of UV and violet light on SARS-CoV-2

Researchers develop devices to automate blood smears for diagnosing bloodborne diseases

Investigational cancer drug mimics the metabolic and therapeutic effects of fasting, mice study shows

Treatment with immune-boosting protein and radiation improves survival in mice with glioblastoma

Novel antibody that targets the N-terminal domain of SARS-CoV-2 identified

'Retinal age gap' can be an independent predictor of increased mortality risk

Oral penicillin may be a safer option for people with high-risk rheumatic heart disease

Exploring biological characteristics of SARS-CoV-2-induced myocardial damage

Independent drug action responsible for greater clinical efficacy of combination cancer therapies

Scientific review highlights the impact of coffee on digestive organs

Impact of atrial fibrillation in COVID-19 vaccine-induced pericarditis patients

Rapid DNA sequencing technique used to diagnose rare genetic disease in short time

Impact of COVID-19 on male and female reproductive health

Machine learning model uses blood plasma proteins to predict survival for COVID-19 patients

Contagious cancers can jump between marine clam species, study shows

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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