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Plant-based diet appears to offer protection against hypertension and preeclampsia

A plant-based diet appears to afford significant protection to rats bred to become hypertensive on a high-salt diet, scientists report. When the rats become pregnant, the whole grain diet also protects the mothers and their offspring from deadly preeclampsia.

14 Jun 2021

SBP scientist receives $1.9 million from NHLBI for atrial fibrillation research

Sanford Burnham Prebys Assistant Professor Alexandre Colas has been awarded $1.9 million by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health to discover drugs that restore normal cardiac rhythm in atrial fibrillation.

14 Jun 2021

New mathematical model helps simulate progression of age-related macular degeneration

Researchers from the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have created a mathematical model and simulated numerically the progression of age-related macular degeneration, one of the main causes of blindness.

14 Jun 2021

Robust immunity against SARS-CoV-2 with Pfizer vaccine is mediated by memory B cells

A reassuring study, released as a preprint on the medRxiv* server, from a multi-institutional team of researchers in Italy suggests that with the Pfizer-BioNTech BNT162b2 vaccine, post-vaccination immunity against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is both robust and durable.

14 Jun 2021

Restoring heart health over time reduces risk of cardiovascular disease later in life

Preserving good cardiovascular health during young adulthood is one of the best ways to reduce risks of premature heart attack or stroke, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship journal Circulation.

14 Jun 2021

UCSF launches new initiative to propel the development of living therapeutics

UC San Francisco is launching a new initiative to propel the development of living therapeutics - a category of treatments broadly defined as human and microbial living cells that are selected, modified, or engineered to treat or cure disease - and bring them quickly to patients.

14 Jun 2021

Bone density scan can detect calcium build-up linked to higher risk of serious falls

The build-up of calcium in a major blood vessel is linked with a 39 per cent higher risk of serious falls in older women, new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research has found.

14 Jun 2021

In mental health crises, a 911 call now brings a mixed team of helpers — and maybe no cops

By the time Kiki Radermacher, a mental health therapist, arrived at a Missoula, Montana, home on an emergency 911 call in late May, the man who had called for help was backed into a corner and yelling at police officers.

14 Jun 2021

Study suggests COVID-19 in children is milder than the flu

Researchers retrospectively analyzed the medical records of children in Turkey hospitalized because of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) or influenza and found COVID-19 to be milder than influenza in this group.

14 Jun 2021

Joint ICMRA and WHO statement explains how COVID-19 vaccines are regulated for safety, effectiveness

Healthcare professionals and public health authorities have a central role in discussing vaccination against COVID-19 with their patients.

13 Jun 2021

Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, at anytime

"It was a chilling sight for anyone who saw it," said Professor Stephan Achenbach, president of the European Society of Cardiology, the world's largest organization of heart doctors.

13 Jun 2021

An analysis links COVID-19 to brain microvascular injury and inflammation

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome-2 (SARS-CoV-2), an RNA virus that belongs to the family Coronaviridae. According to research, coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients often suffer from neurological disorders like strokes, lost taste or smell, memory loss, confusion, and delirium.

13 Jun 2021

Study reveals maternal and neonatal benefits of Pfizer COVID-19 mRNA vaccine

A new commentary, published as an ‘In-Press Preview’ in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, addresses the salient issue of vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in pregnancy and potential antibody transfer to the fetus – and provides the evidence in support of messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine safety and efficacy for both maternal and child health.

13 Jun 2021

Researchers devise new way to design clot-prone grafts for dialysis

People with end-stage renal disease often undergo hemodialysis, a life-sustaining blood-filtering treatment.

11 Jun 2021

AI identifies gene signatures to reveal patients’ immune responses to viral infection

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to sift through terabytes of gene expression data -- which genes are "on" or "off" during infection -- to look for shared patterns in patients with past pandemic viral infections, including SARS, MERS and swine flu.

11 Jun 2021

Scientists detect delayed and reduced antibody responses after BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination in older adults

Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) detected delayed and reduced antibody and T cell responses after immunization with BNT162b2 or the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in older adults compared with healthcare workers in Germany.

11 Jun 2021

Blood News and Research

Plant-based diet appears to offer protection against hypertension and preeclampsia

SBP scientist receives $1.9 million from NHLBI for atrial fibrillation research

New mathematical model helps simulate progression of age-related macular degeneration

Robust immunity against SARS-CoV-2 with Pfizer vaccine is mediated by memory B cells

Restoring heart health over time reduces risk of cardiovascular disease later in life

UCSF launches new initiative to propel the development of living therapeutics

Bone density scan can detect calcium build-up linked to higher risk of serious falls

In mental health crises, a 911 call now brings a mixed team of helpers — and maybe no cops

Study suggests COVID-19 in children is milder than the flu

Joint ICMRA and WHO statement explains how COVID-19 vaccines are regulated for safety, effectiveness

Sudden cardiac arrest can happen to anyone, at anytime

An analysis links COVID-19 to brain microvascular injury and inflammation

Study reveals maternal and neonatal benefits of Pfizer COVID-19 mRNA vaccine

Researchers devise new way to design clot-prone grafts for dialysis

AI identifies gene signatures to reveal patients’ immune responses to viral infection

Scientists detect delayed and reduced antibody responses after BioNTech/Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination in older adults

Bio-inspired robot reveals motion pattern of ray sperms

Study identifies mechanisms by which COVID-19 can lead to Alzheimer's disease-like dementia

Metformin prevents pulmonary or lung inflammation in animals infected with SARS-CoV-2

Study: cis P-tau is an early marker of vascular dementia, Alzheimer's disease

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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