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Orally delivered temperature-stable tablet vaccine efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections

Researchers assessed the protective efficacy of the temperature-stable orally delivered vaccines against respiratory viral pathogens.

14 Apr 2022

Exercise maintains insulin and body mass index levels to help protect brain volume

Studies have shown that exercise helps protect brain cells. A new study looking at the mechanisms involved in this relationship suggests that the role exercise plays in maintaining insulin and body mass index levels may help protect brain volume and thus help stave off dementia.

14 Apr 2022

About one in four adults has a liver condition that is a risk factor for heart disease

It is estimated that about one in four adults worldwide has a liver condition that is a risk factor for heart disease, according to a new American Heart Association scientific statement published today in the Association's peer-reviewed journal Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology.

14 Apr 2022

Exploring strategies for successful delivery of messenger RNA therapeutics

Researchers reviewed the material properties and administration routes that could successfully deliver a messenger ribonucleic acid therapeutic agent to its targeted site.

14 Apr 2022

Study explores role of APOBEC-mediated RNA editing in SARS-CoV-2 fitness

A new study investigated whether APOBEC proteins can directly edit the RNA sequence of SARS-CoV-2 to generate C-to-U mutations.

14 Apr 2022

Single-dose vaccine delivers protection against cervical cancer-causing HPV comparable to 2 or 3-dose regimes

A recent report suggested that a single dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination confers equivalent immunity to a two-dose schedule against cervical cancers caused by HPV.

14 Apr 2022

The preclinical potential of S. miltiorrhiza extracts for the treatment of COVID-19

In a recent study, researchers assessed the anti-COVID-19 efficacy of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge.

14 Apr 2022

Study finds dexamethasone and remdesivir treatment in hospitalized COVID-19 patients is associated with reduced neurological complications

Researchers investigated the potential of therapeutic drugs, remdesivir and dexamethasone, when used alone or in combination on neurological complications that arise in COVID-19 affected individuals.

14 Apr 2022

Study reveals natural infection of pangolins with human RSV

A new study aimed to determine whether humans were able to transmit RSV to Malayan pangolins.

13 Apr 2022

COVID-19 may affect a group of biochemical reactions called one-carbon metabolism

A new study addresses the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 to the metabolism of one-carbon molecules in the host, suggesting new therapeutic pathways.

13 Apr 2022

Dietary influences on long COVID in children

A new study discusses possible mechanisms of long COVID in children and how they might relate to their dietary intake of important vitamins and elements.

13 Apr 2022

Quantum computing to predict RNA secondary structures

Researchers investigate the possibility of using quantum computing to create methods that can more effectively and rapidly solve these structures.

13 Apr 2022

Structural differences between SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 RBDs

A new study compares the SARS-CoV-2 RBD to the SARS-CoV RBD using computational methods to understand their binding affinities to ACE2.

13 Apr 2022

Novel transdermal vaccine delivery for COVID-19 and cancer

Researchers assess the efficacy of a fluorocarbon modified chitosan system for the development of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and tumor immunotherapy.

13 Apr 2022

Additional booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine help protect solid organ transplant recipients

Additional booster doses of vaccine against COVID-19 are particularly important for those who are immunosuppressed, namely those who have had solid organ transplants, a new study shows.

13 Apr 2022

COVID-19 pandemic may have amplified prejudicial attitudes against minority groups in the workplace

A new, U.S.-based survey study suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic may have amplified prejudicial attitudes against East Asian and Hispanic colleagues in the workplace.

13 Apr 2022

Mayo Clinic researchers devise a combination approach to more effectively target solid tumors

Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine have devised an immunotherapy technique that combines chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy, or CAR-T cell therapy, with a cancer-killing virus to more effectively target and treat solid cancer tumors.

13 Apr 2022

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Orally delivered temperature-stable tablet vaccine efficacy against SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory infections

Exercise maintains insulin and body mass index levels to help protect brain volume

About one in four adults has a liver condition that is a risk factor for heart disease

Exploring strategies for successful delivery of messenger RNA therapeutics

Study explores role of APOBEC-mediated RNA editing in SARS-CoV-2 fitness

Single-dose vaccine delivers protection against cervical cancer-causing HPV comparable to 2 or 3-dose regimes

The preclinical potential of S. miltiorrhiza extracts for the treatment of COVID-19

Study finds dexamethasone and remdesivir treatment in hospitalized COVID-19 patients is associated with reduced neurological complications

Study reveals natural infection of pangolins with human RSV

COVID-19 may affect a group of biochemical reactions called one-carbon metabolism

Dietary influences on long COVID in children

Quantum computing to predict RNA secondary structures

Structural differences between SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 RBDs

Novel transdermal vaccine delivery for COVID-19 and cancer

Additional booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine help protect solid organ transplant recipients

COVID-19 pandemic may have amplified prejudicial attitudes against minority groups in the workplace

Mayo Clinic researchers devise a combination approach to more effectively target solid tumors

UCL researchers boost the effectiveness of therapeutic vaccine for chronic HBV

Cardiovascular risk factors linked to higher risk of depression in older adults

Cancer patients with non-O blood types face higher risk of developing blood clots

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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