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New discovery points to potential drug targets for ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

New research from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine finds that patients with ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia - an uncommon type of cancer of the bone marrow - have distinctive epigenetic changes that can activate harmful genes and cause the cancer to grow faster.

18 Mar 2022

Excessive daytime napping among older people may foreshadow dementia

Daytime napping among older people is a normal part of aging – but it may also foreshadow Alzheimer's disease and other dementias.

18 Mar 2022

Study uses social media posts to gauge the emotional impacts of pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic has been depressing, demoralizing, and stressful for people around the world. But is there any way to measure exactly how bad it has made everyone feel?

17 Mar 2022

New approach radically increases the success of breast cancer immunotherapy

A study published in the journal Nature Cancer, carried out within the Cancer Programme at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) by the Cancer Stem Cells and Metastasis Dynamics Laboratory, led by Dr. Toni Celià-Terrassa, and the Laboratory of Molecular Cancer Therapy, coordinated by Dr. Joan Albanell, with the participation of international centers, has discovered an approach that radically increases the success of immunotherapy in one of the most aggressive types of tumors, triple-negative breast cancer.

17 Mar 2022

Why does the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant escape immunity?

Researchers reveal the underlying mechanism associated with the Omicron variant’s increased transmissibility and ability to evade immunity.

17 Mar 2022

Study finds high rates of cancer among men living with HIV

Researchers with Case Western Reserve University have found that there are nearly twice as many men with cancer among men living with HIV (MLWH) compared to men who do not have the human immunodeficiency virus.

17 Mar 2022

Immuno-metabolomic signatures that correlate with antigen-specific-T cell response during active COVID-19

Researchers investigate innate and adaptive immune responses at both the early and late stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

17 Mar 2022

Impact of new COVID vaccinations as novel variants emerge

Researchers explores the changing value of COVID-19 vaccines in a scenario of dynamic immunity and rapidly evolving variants of concern.

17 Mar 2022

Research demonstrates within-host seasonal immunity

Researchers investigate the association between seasonal flu changes and gene expression to determine the ‘within-host’ immunity concept.

17 Mar 2022

Rapid and cheap test for dysosmia in COVID-19

A new study discusses the potential utility of using paired ampules of n-butanol to screen for COVID-19 and detect those at greater risk for severe illness.

17 Mar 2022

Single dose of Pfizer vaccine reduces risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in kids

Researchers discuss the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines in young people and children when the SARS-CoV-2 Delta- and Omicron-dominant periods.

17 Mar 2022

BNT162b2 booster vaccination induces robust humoral and cellular immune responses

Scientists evaluate the humoral and cellular immune responses in individuals who have received a third booster dose of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine.

17 Mar 2022

Mortality among hospitalized Iranian COVID-19 patients during Alpha and Delta waves

Scientists analyze the death proportion and risk of death among COVID-19 hospitalized patients over time and during different waves of the pandemic.

17 Mar 2022

Novel screening method detects new N501T SARS-CoV-2 variant

Researchers develop two SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Discrimination assays that have been designed to detect 501 and 484 mutations on the spike protein.

17 Mar 2022

Research uncovers how memories and fear-responses can be transmitted through social interactions

Has a song ever reminded you of the past, and unexpectedly surfaced emotions associated with that specific experience or person from your memory? Does walking into Staples remind you of back-to-school shopping, even years after graduating?

17 Mar 2022

Study finds extensive harassment of public health officials during first 11 months of the pandemic

A new study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health identified 1,499 unique reports of harassment across local health departments in the U.S. during the first 11 months of the pandemic, from March 2020 to January 2021.

17 Mar 2022

Excessive neuropeptide secretion in the lungs can lead to fluid buildup and poor oxygenation

COVID-19 has put a spotlight on the pulmonary and nervous systems, but there is still much to learn about how they interact. Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine recently explored this relationship in the context of a childhood lung disease, but their findings may also apply to COVID-19 symptoms.

17 Mar 2022

Virtual COPD management solution offers an effective and engaging way to help older adults

Wellinks, a digital health care company offering the first-ever integrated, virtual Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) management solution, today announced results from a study that found that older adults with COPD were highly engaged and satisfied with Wellinks.

17 Mar 2022

Hispanic/Latino youth with food insecurity have worse cardiometabolic profiles, study shows

Hispanic/Latino youths with limited access to nutritionally adequate food – and especially those whose parents were foreign-born -- had worse cardiometabolic profiles than their "food secure" counterparts, according to a study published in Pediatrics.

17 Mar 2022

Lithium use linked to reduced risk of developing dementia

Researchers have identified a link suggesting that lithium could decrease the risk of developing dementia, which affects nearly one million people in the UK.

17 Mar 2022

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New discovery points to potential drug targets for ASXL1-mutant chronic myelomonocytic leukemia

Excessive daytime napping among older people may foreshadow dementia

Study uses social media posts to gauge the emotional impacts of pandemic

New approach radically increases the success of breast cancer immunotherapy

Why does the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant escape immunity?

Study finds high rates of cancer among men living with HIV

Immuno-metabolomic signatures that correlate with antigen-specific-T cell response during active COVID-19

Impact of new COVID vaccinations as novel variants emerge

Research demonstrates within-host seasonal immunity

Rapid and cheap test for dysosmia in COVID-19

Single dose of Pfizer vaccine reduces risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection in kids

BNT162b2 booster vaccination induces robust humoral and cellular immune responses

Mortality among hospitalized Iranian COVID-19 patients during Alpha and Delta waves

Novel screening method detects new N501T SARS-CoV-2 variant

Research uncovers how memories and fear-responses can be transmitted through social interactions

Study finds extensive harassment of public health officials during first 11 months of the pandemic

Excessive neuropeptide secretion in the lungs can lead to fluid buildup and poor oxygenation

Virtual COPD management solution offers an effective and engaging way to help older adults

Hispanic/Latino youth with food insecurity have worse cardiometabolic profiles, study shows

Lithium use linked to reduced risk of developing dementia

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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