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Long-term use of blood pressure medication could be contributing to kidney damage

New kidney research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is raising concerns that long-term use of drugs commonly prescribed to treat high-blood pressure and heart failure could be contributing to kidney damage.

12 Jan 2022

Health burden from fish smoking possibly impacts millions of workers in coastal Africa

Millions of workers in coastal Africa—most of them women—spend their days preserving fish by smoking them in rudimentary, wood-fired mud ovens.

12 Jan 2022

UCLA-led researchers improve method that was designed to kill HIV-infected cells

In a study using mice, a UCLA-led team of researchers have improved upon a method they developed in 2017 that was designed to kill HIV-infected cells.

12 Jan 2022

High resolution single tube reader

Ziath announce the Uno single tube reader – a powerful device packed with exciting features to make your sample management work with 2D barcoded tubes easier and faster.

From Ziath Ltd 12 Jan 2022

Comparing the Moderna and Pfizer-Biontech vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection

A new study used target trial emulation design for comparison of both the vaccines in the VA healthcare system against the risk of infection, hospitalization, and death from COVID-19.

12 Jan 2022

New method for monitoring circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants and detecting new ones

To understand and act early and appropriately to emerging variants of concern, researchers have explored the possibility of having a variant-agnostic detection assay.

12 Jan 2022

NAU bioengineer receives grant to improve the accuracy, fidelity of cardiovascular flow models

Accurately measuring blood flow is critical to the fundamental understanding of cardiovascular disease and clinical decision making. Although researchers have made great strides in computational and experimental blood flow modeling, reliable data is still difficult to generate in large quantities.

12 Jan 2022

MAPK4 may play a key role in triple-negative breast cancer

Scientific evidence supporting the involvement of the enzyme MAPK4 in cancer growth and resistance to certain therapies has been growing quickly.

12 Jan 2022

An egg-derived SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and treatment for COVID-19 disease

A new study, posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, has focussed on the development of intranasal prophylaxis against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

11 Jan 2022

Airborne decay of SARS-CoV-2 occurs within minutes

A new study, posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, has focused on the survival of SARS-CoV-2 in airborne droplets of cell culture medium.

11 Jan 2022

SARS-CoV-2 and pepper mild mottle virus RNA highly persistent in wastewater solids

A new study from the United States (US) investigates the persistence (lifetime) of viral ribonucleic acid (RNA) under different ambient conditions within wastewater infrastructure to understand how it impacts RNA measurements and the related wastewater epidemiology.

11 Jan 2022

ECT treatment helps more people with severe depression than ketamine

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have compared the effects of intravenous ketamine treatment with ECT treatment in severe depression.

11 Jan 2022

Study reveals the beneficial role of fat in type 2 diabetes

With nearly 10% of the world's population affected, type 2 diabetes is a major public health issue. An excessively sedentary lifestyle and a too-caloric diet encourage the development of this metabolic disease by altering the functioning of pancreatic cells and making blood sugar regulation less effective.

11 Jan 2022

A common cold may boost the immune system against COVID-19

A recent groundbreaking research paper published in the journal Nature Communications reveals the association of circulating SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells at exposure with lack of infection – implying the protective role for cross-reactive immune T cells in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and opening the door for second-generation vaccines that could circumvent spike-antibody immune escape variants.

11 Jan 2022

New technique could allow more diseases to be safely treated by nanomedicine

Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered a new, more effective method of preventing the body's own proteins from treating nanomedicines like foreign invaders, by covering the nanoparticles with a coating to suppress the immune response that dampens the therapy's effectiveness.

11 Jan 2022

Study finds an exponential increase in older adult opioid overdose death rates

A common stereotype for an "older adult" might include early-bird specials, dentures and tickets to the matinee show.

11 Jan 2022

Decoding imagined language to treat people suffering from aphasia

What if it were possible to decode the internal language of individuals deprived of the ability to express themselves? This is the objective of a team of neuroscientists from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) and the University Hospitals of Geneva.

11 Jan 2022

Danish household study shows COVID vaccinates reduce susceptibility and transmissibility

A new study discusses the effect of vaccines against COVID-19 on the transmissibility and susceptibility of vaccine recipients to SARS-CoV-2.

11 Jan 2022

Simple health assessment could significantly reduce the global burden of COPD

The global burden of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), a group of common lung conditions that affects more than 300 million people, could be significantly reduced with a simple health assessment, concludes a large-scale international study led by UCL researchers.

11 Jan 2022

Study finds a subset of vascular macrophages to be powerful ally in the fight against atherosclerosis

A new study reveals the existence of a powerful ally in the fight against cardiovascular disease, a protective subset of vascular macrophages expressing the C-type lectin receptor CLEC4A2, a molecule which fosters "good" macrophage behavior within the vessel wall.

11 Jan 2022

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Long-term use of blood pressure medication could be contributing to kidney damage

Health burden from fish smoking possibly impacts millions of workers in coastal Africa

UCLA-led researchers improve method that was designed to kill HIV-infected cells

High resolution single tube reader

Comparing the Moderna and Pfizer-Biontech vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection

New method for monitoring circulating SARS-CoV-2 variants and detecting new ones

NAU bioengineer receives grant to improve the accuracy, fidelity of cardiovascular flow models

MAPK4 may play a key role in triple-negative breast cancer

An egg-derived SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and treatment for COVID-19 disease

Airborne decay of SARS-CoV-2 occurs within minutes

SARS-CoV-2 and pepper mild mottle virus RNA highly persistent in wastewater solids

ECT treatment helps more people with severe depression than ketamine

Study reveals the beneficial role of fat in type 2 diabetes

A common cold may boost the immune system against COVID-19

New technique could allow more diseases to be safely treated by nanomedicine

Study finds an exponential increase in older adult opioid overdose death rates

Decoding imagined language to treat people suffering from aphasia

Danish household study shows COVID vaccinates reduce susceptibility and transmissibility

Simple health assessment could significantly reduce the global burden of COPD

Study finds a subset of vascular macrophages to be powerful ally in the fight against atherosclerosis

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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