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Molecular dynamic simulations unveil conformational dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein RBD and ACE2 receptor

Researchers presented a systematic analysis of the affinity and conformational dynamics between the binding of SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain spike protein and the host angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 receptor.

22 Mar 2022

Study investigates risk exposure models for negative COVID-19 impact in youths

Researchers performed a cross-sectional study to investigate the effect of risk exposure on the negative COVID-19 impact and its consequent association with youth well-being, life satisfaction, and internalizing symptoms.

22 Mar 2022

Researchers study COVID-19-associated loss of life expectancy among Native Americans

Researchers assessed the loss in life expectancy in the Native American population during 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19.

22 Mar 2022

Immunocompromised patients worry vaccine exemptions put them in peril

Charlie O'Neill received part of her husband's liver in a 2013 living donor transplant and has been taking drugs that suppress her immune system ever since to prevent her body from attacking the organ.

22 Mar 2022

Study evaluates interactions between SARS-CoV-2 proteins and viral and host RNA

A new study investigated the interactions between SARS-CoV-2 proteins and viral and host ribonucleic acid in virus-infected cells.

22 Mar 2022

Study explores minimal classroom transmission of COVID-19 in a large urban university

A new study investigated the extent of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in classrooms of a large urban university.

22 Mar 2022

UTA researcher receives NIH grant to map the brain for early detection of Alzheimer's disease

A University of Texas at Arlington computer science and engineering assistant professor has received a National Institutes of Health grant to map the brain in an effort to detect Alzheimer's disease earlier.

22 Mar 2022

AAN issues practice advisory for preventing second stroke in people with intracranial atherosclerosis

The use of medications and exercise is more beneficial in preventing a second stroke in people with intracranial atherosclerosis than placing a stent in the blood vessel, according to a new practice advisory issued by the American Academy of Neurology.

22 Mar 2022

Exploring the drivers of Catatonia and Acute Regression in Down Syndrome

When clinical psychiatrist and University of Queensland researcher Dr Cathy Franklin saw her first patient with Catatonia and Acute Regression in Down Syndrome in 2009, she was shocked.

22 Mar 2022

Study: Ketogenic diet helps kill pancreatic cancer cells when combined with a triple-drug therapy

The findings of a new study suggest that a ketogenic diet - which is low in carbohydrates and protein, but high in fat - helps to kill pancreatic cancer cells when combined with a triple-drug therapy developed by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope.

22 Mar 2022

Study reveals novel tumor biomarker of aggressive cancers with poor prognosis

A study published in The Journal of Pathology reveals that many cancers that carry a poor prognosis express an altered form of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT), an enzyme that regulates the expression of multiple genes.

22 Mar 2022

SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among dialysis patients during Omicron surge

A recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server evaluated the antibody responses against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) patients receiving hemodialysis.

22 Mar 2022

Researchers receive a combined $1 million grant to study RET-positive lung cancer

University of Colorado Cancer Center member Tejas Patil, MD, is one of three researchers to receive a combined $1 million grant from the Hamoui Foundation and LUNGevity Foundation to study RET-positive lung cancer.

21 Mar 2022

Novel screening platform flags 95% of stage 1 cancers

A novel screening platform has flagged more than 95 percent of stage 1 cancers, according to a pilot study published in Nature Communications Medicine. If validated by future studies, the approach offers a new way to detect the third-leading cause of U.S. cancer deaths in 2020.

21 Mar 2022

Researchers win NIH grant to treat human brain cancer with a drug previously used on canines

The National Institutes of Health is awarding a $3.8 million grant to John Rossmeisl, the Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor Mahin Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, and Waldemar Debinski, cancer biology professor at the Wake Forest School of Medicine.

21 Mar 2022

Using a new data-driven approach to understand more about people with Type 1 diabetes

An interdisciplinary team of researchers from the University of Missouri, Children's Mercy Kansas City and Texas Children's Hospital has used a new data-driven approach to learn more about persons with Type 1 diabetes, who account for about 5-10% of all diabetes diagnoses.

21 Mar 2022

Trial reveals effectiveness of axi-cel as first-line treatment for high-risk lymphoma

Results from the ZUMA-12 trial led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that first-line treatment with axicabtagene ciloleucel (axi-cel), a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, achieved a high rate of complete response in patients with high-risk large B-cell lymphoma (LBCL).

21 Mar 2022

Covid-19 patients are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, study shows

People who have had Covid-19 are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes. This is the result of a study by DDZ, DZD and IQVIA, which has now been published in Diabetologia.

21 Mar 2022

Intranasal delivery of pro-resolving lipid mediators arrests memory loss in experimental Alzheimer’s model

A research collaboration between scientists at LSU Health New Orleans and the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden has found that applying specialized pro-resolving lipid mediators intranasally arrested memory loss and brain degeneration in an experimental model of Alzheimer's Disease (AD).

21 Mar 2022

Researchers find effective nutritional strategies to prevent acute kidney injury

A research team led by Professor Dr Roman-Ulrich Müller has established that four out of six different nutritional strategies prevent acute kidney injury in the mouse model.

21 Mar 2022

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Molecular dynamic simulations unveil conformational dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 spike protein RBD and ACE2 receptor

Study investigates risk exposure models for negative COVID-19 impact in youths

Researchers study COVID-19-associated loss of life expectancy among Native Americans

Immunocompromised patients worry vaccine exemptions put them in peril

Study evaluates interactions between SARS-CoV-2 proteins and viral and host RNA

Study explores minimal classroom transmission of COVID-19 in a large urban university

UTA researcher receives NIH grant to map the brain for early detection of Alzheimer's disease

AAN issues practice advisory for preventing second stroke in people with intracranial atherosclerosis

Exploring the drivers of Catatonia and Acute Regression in Down Syndrome

Study: Ketogenic diet helps kill pancreatic cancer cells when combined with a triple-drug therapy

Study reveals novel tumor biomarker of aggressive cancers with poor prognosis

SARS-CoV-2 infection risk among dialysis patients during Omicron surge

Researchers receive a combined $1 million grant to study RET-positive lung cancer

Novel screening platform flags 95% of stage 1 cancers

Researchers win NIH grant to treat human brain cancer with a drug previously used on canines

Using a new data-driven approach to understand more about people with Type 1 diabetes

Trial reveals effectiveness of axi-cel as first-line treatment for high-risk lymphoma

Covid-19 patients are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, study shows

Intranasal delivery of pro-resolving lipid mediators arrests memory loss in experimental Alzheimer’s model

Researchers find effective nutritional strategies to prevent acute kidney injury

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