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19 May 2022

Study aims to understand people's various perceptions of sexual consent communication

Teaching the benefits of affirmative sexual consent while also validating anxieties people might experience about consent communication is an important step for improving sexual health and wellbeing, according to a new study.

19 May 2022

Increasing greenery in urban areas may reduce mortality of all causes, study reveals

A new analysis on greenery and mortality found that between 34,000-38,000 deaths could have been reduced with local increases in green vegetation in US metropolitan areas.

19 May 2022

Preclinical study may pave the way toward prevention and recovery of neonatal brain injuries

The findings of a new pre-clinical study published in The Journal of Neuroscience are helping pave the way toward better understanding, prevention and recovery of neonatal brain injuries.

19 May 2022

New study helps to better understand re-infection rates and correlates of protection for SARS-CoV-2

By uniting research from 8 cohorts across the U.S., a group of researchers has accelerated collection of data integral in answering questions about immune responses needed for long lasting protection from SARS-CoV-2.

19 May 2022

Researchers discover potential treatment approach for advanced uveal melanoma

An international team of researchers led by University College Dublin (UCD) have uncovered a potential treatment approach for advanced uveal melanoma (UM), a type of cancer that effects the eye.

19 May 2022

Black people continue to bear a higher cancer burden even after steady decline in mortality rates

From 1999 to 2019, rates of cancer deaths declined steadily among Black people in the United States. Nevertheless, in 2019, Black people still had considerably higher rates of cancer death than people in other racial and ethnic groups, a large epidemiologic study has found.

19 May 2022

Intestinal microbiome may contribute to the pathogenesis of MSI colon cancers, study suggests

Investigators from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Jersey's only National Cancer Institute- Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, led a collaborative study to examine the patterns of druggable oncogenic fusions in colon cancer specimens including microsatellite-stable and unstable (MSI) tumors.

19 May 2022

Potential therapeutic target discovered for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tumors

Northwestern Medicine investigators have discovered a potential therapeutic target for the most common type of pancreatic cancer, according to a study published in Developmental Cell.

19 May 2022

Study finds Omicron variant is more stable than its ancestral strain on smooth and porous surfaces

The current study strongly indicates that it is highly likely that the Omicron variant spreads via the fomite route.

19 May 2022

Psychological risk factors may increase chances of hospitalization after COVID-19 diagnosis

People who reported in a survey that they felt worried, depressed or lonely had a greater chance of being hospitalized after a COVID-19 diagnosis, suggests a study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

19 May 2022

Outlier detection of SARS-CoV-2 sequences

In a new study, researchers predicted SARS-CoV-2 nucleotide sequences using outlier detection.

19 May 2022

The prevalence of rodent-borne zoonotic viruses in Europe among the small mammals inhabiting farming landscapes

In northwest Spain, scientists screened 526 wild small mammals for zoonotic viruses and identified several viruses, such as hantavirus, orthopoxvirus, and arenavirus.

19 May 2022

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron found to be more immune evasive than other variants among mild COVID-19 convalescent patients

Researchers evaluated the humoral and T lymphocyte immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern among mild COVID-19 convalescent patients in South Australia.

19 May 2022

Good lifestyle habits during menopause can help alleviate the health risks related to fat accumulation

A study conducted in the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, revealed that menopausal transition increases women's body fat, especially in the waist area.

19 May 2022

Neutralizing antibody responses induced by COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants

In a new study, researchers evaluated the ability of vaccine-induced antibodies to recognize and neutralize various SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern in SARS-CoV-2-naive health care workers in the Netherlands.

19 May 2022

Associations between mucosal gene expression and microbiome composition in three gastrointestinal disorders

A new study authored by Sambhawa Priya and other researchers offers a detailed look at the interactions between the gut microbiome of humans in health and disease.

19 May 2022

Video song in times of COVID-19 served to alleviate collective traumatic experience

In February 2020, a group of musicians from around the world living in China recorded their cover of a song by Michael Jackson on video to express their support to the families affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and to those working in the frontline.

19 May 2022

The detection and isolation of bat sarbecoviruses from several locations in Japan

The current paper reports the detection of bat Sarbecoviruses from multiple places in Japan with their characteristics.

19 May 2022

Study finds gender-based disparity in life-saving TXA treatment

Injured women are half as likely as men to receive the life-saving drug tranexamic acid (TXA) even though the treatment is equally effective regardless of sex, according to new research in the British Journal of Anaesthesia.

19 May 2022

Medical Research News

sCPD9: a SARS-CoV-2 nasal vaccine candidate that may have superior efficacy

Study aims to understand people's various perceptions of sexual consent communication

Increasing greenery in urban areas may reduce mortality of all causes, study reveals

Preclinical study may pave the way toward prevention and recovery of neonatal brain injuries

New study helps to better understand re-infection rates and correlates of protection for SARS-CoV-2

Researchers discover potential treatment approach for advanced uveal melanoma

Black people continue to bear a higher cancer burden even after steady decline in mortality rates

Intestinal microbiome may contribute to the pathogenesis of MSI colon cancers, study suggests

Potential therapeutic target discovered for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma tumors

Study finds Omicron variant is more stable than its ancestral strain on smooth and porous surfaces

Psychological risk factors may increase chances of hospitalization after COVID-19 diagnosis

Outlier detection of SARS-CoV-2 sequences

The prevalence of rodent-borne zoonotic viruses in Europe among the small mammals inhabiting farming landscapes

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron found to be more immune evasive than other variants among mild COVID-19 convalescent patients

Good lifestyle habits during menopause can help alleviate the health risks related to fat accumulation

Neutralizing antibody responses induced by COVID-19 vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Associations between mucosal gene expression and microbiome composition in three gastrointestinal disorders

Video song in times of COVID-19 served to alleviate collective traumatic experience

The detection and isolation of bat sarbecoviruses from several locations in Japan

Study finds gender-based disparity in life-saving TXA treatment

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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