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Is COVID-19 on the verge of ending?

Researchers explore the changes arising in SARS-CoV-2 over time.

21 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

A circRNA COVID vaccine with potential to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers demonstrate the broad neutralization potential of a strategically engineered circRNA using mice as a model system.

21 Mar 2022

Could COVID-19 spread through wastewater in the Thames?

Researchers investigate the presence of SARS-CoV-2 infectious particles and its RNA material in the Thames and other rivers.

21 Mar 2022

Factors influencing Australian mothers to vaccinate kids against COVID-19, get tested, and self-isolate

A new study investigates whether family demographic factors were associated with mothers’ willingness to vaccinate their four-year-old children.

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 CRISPR/Cas to develop biosafety materials

Researchers discuss the use of the highly efficient CRISPR/Cas technologies to identify viral genome sequences for biosafety purposes.

21 Mar 2022

Most individuals treated in emergency departments for opioid use disorder do not sustain treatment

Most people who fill prescriptions from emergency physicians to treat their opioid use disorder do not continue to receive the medication, suggesting new approaches are needed to help people continue drug treatment begun on an emergency basis, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

21 Mar 2022

SARS-CoV-2 transmitters have 3 times higher viral loads than non-transmitters

Researchers discuss the difference between transmitters and non-transmitters of SARS-CoV-2 in terms of their mean viral load.

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

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

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

IU researchers exploring new ways to treat seasonal or intermittent asthma

Researchers from Indiana University School of Medicine Department of Microbiology and Immunology are studying new ways to treat seasonal or intermittent asthma.

21 Mar 2022

Metabolomic profiling reveals adrenal suppression due to inhaled corticosteroid treatment for asthma

Inhaled cortical steroids (ICS) can help patients manage asthma symptoms, and recent updates to asthma treatment guidelines have expanded recommended, low-dose treatment.

21 Mar 2022

Children with complex medical conditions often need out-of-network care, study finds

Children with complex medical conditions, especially those who require behavioral health treatment, often have to go outside of their insurance plans' provider networks for care, a new study has found.

21 Mar 2022

Coronavirus infection during pregnancy may double the risk of poor outcomes

A Kaiser Permanente analysis of pregnant patients who tested positive for the coronavirus found more than double the risk of poor outcomes including preterm birth, venous thromboembolism (blood clot), and severe maternal morbidity, which includes conditions such as acute respiratory distress syndrome and sepsis.

21 Mar 2022

Medical Research News

Is COVID-19 on the verge of ending?

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

A circRNA COVID vaccine with potential to neutralize SARS-CoV-2 variants

Could COVID-19 spread through wastewater in the Thames?

Factors influencing Australian mothers to vaccinate kids against COVID-19, get tested, and self-isolate

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

Using CRISPR/Cas to develop biosafety materials

Most individuals treated in emergency departments for opioid use disorder do not sustain treatment

SARS-CoV-2 transmitters have 3 times higher viral loads than non-transmitters

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

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

Researchers find effective nutritional strategies to prevent acute kidney injury

IU researchers exploring new ways to treat seasonal or intermittent asthma

Metabolomic profiling reveals adrenal suppression due to inhaled corticosteroid treatment for asthma

Children with complex medical conditions often need out-of-network care, study finds

Coronavirus infection during pregnancy may double the risk of poor outcomes

20% of childhood AML cases associated with rare genetic changes inherited through family bloodlines

Study provides a comprehensive picture of abortion provider workforce in the U.S.

TTUHSC secures $1.87 million grant to investigate the impact of vitamin A depletion on Alzheimer’s disease

LJI study may open the door to new Parkinson's treatments and diagnostics

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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