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Fecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in big cats at the Bronx Zoo

Researchers studying tigers and lions at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Bronx Zoo in New York City have studied the first known cases in the United States of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) being naturally transmitted from humans to animals.

17 Aug 2020

Using music therapy to combat 'chemobrain'

Music as medicine has become a more widely adopted concept over the years and considered as complementary therapy for a number of health issues.

17 Aug 2020

New study finds a connection between traffic noise and obesity

Transport noise is a major problem in Europe, with over 100 million people living in areas where road traffic noise exceeds levels greater than 55dB, the health-based threshold set by the EU.

17 Aug 2020

SARS-CoV-2 poses significant threat to many marine mammal species

A new study conducted by researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, has found that many species of marine mammal are highly vulnerable to infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

17 Aug 2020

Social distancing reduced ER visits and respiratory tract infections in Finnish children

Finland declared a lockdown in response to the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, and the ensuing social distancing measures decreased the number of paediatric emergency room visits to nearly one-third of what they used to be, according to a recent register-based study conducted in collaboration between the University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio University Hospital and the National Institute for Health and Welfare.

17 Aug 2020

Study opens new therapeutic avenue for treating glioblastoma tumors

New insight into a gene that controls energy production in cancer stem cells could help in the search for a more effective treatment for glioblastoma.

17 Aug 2020

Genome analysis helps detect 568 genes that drive cancer

Analysis of the genomes of 28,000 tumors from 66 types of cancer has led to the identification of 568 cancer driver genes

17 Aug 2020

New research offers hope for treating Parkinson's disease

The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has published, on August 12, the results of a research project conducted jointly by Cardiocentro Ticino and the EOC Neurocentro, which delivers a message of hope in the fight against Parkinson's disease, as well as providing encouraging news for the USI Faculty of Biomedical Sciences.

17 Aug 2020

Back-pain patients taking opioid painkillers produce anti-opioid antibodies

University of Wisconsin-Madison scientists have discovered that a majority of back-pain patients they tested who were taking opioid painkillers produced anti-opioid antibodies.

17 Aug 2020

Study shows low rate of verified SARS-CoV-2 infections among cancer patients

A study led by MedUni Vienna has analysed Covid-19 infection rates among cancer patients treated at Vienna General Hospital.

17 Aug 2020

New test provides information on immune response to Sars-Cov-2 in transplant patients

Even patients with suppressed immune systems can achieve a strong immune response to Sars-Cov-2. A test helps to adapt therapy following an infection.

17 Aug 2020

Study shows cost-effectiveness of app-based osteoarthritis treatment

Osteoarthritis treatment conducted digitally via an app costs around 25% of what conventional care costs, according to a study from Lund University in Sweden published in the research journal PLOS ONE.

17 Aug 2020

Potency-enhancing drugs show ability to improve prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer

A new study from Lund University and Region Skåne in Sweden indicates that potency-enhancing PDE5 inhibitor drugs have an anti-cancer potential with the ability to improve the prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer.

17 Aug 2020

New type of immunotherapy extends survival of mice with triple negative breast tumors

Immunotherapies for cancer - treatments that prime the immune system to attack tumors - are valuable weapons in the anti-cancer arsenal. But some cancers are more difficult to target with this strategy than others.

17 Aug 2020

Startling report suggests COVID-19 may have first appeared in 2012

Now, a report on the website Independent Science News by researchers Jonathan Latham, and Allison Wilson suggests that the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), may not have originated at a Wuhan wet market in 2019, but 1,000 miles away in 2012, in a Chinese mineshaft where workers fell ill with a mysterious, pneumonia-like illness after being exposed to bats.

17 Aug 2020

Study demonstrates new stimulation therapy for motor rehabilitation in spinal cord injuries

The simultaneous stimulation of the motor nerves of the brain and limbs (paired associative stimulation) has yielded promising research results. Research conducted at the BioMag Laboratory, operated by the University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital and Aalto University, has previously demonstrated that simultaneous transcranial magnetic stimulation of the brain and electrical stimulation of the limb nerves constitute a useful method of motor rehabilitation in patients suffering from spinal cord injuries.

17 Aug 2020

Combining machine learning with brain imaging tools can redefine the standard for diagnosing mental illnesses

Most of modern medicine has physical tests or objective techniques to define much of what ails us. Yet, there is currently no blood or genetic test, or impartial procedure that can definitively diagnose a mental illness, and certainly none to distinguish between different psychiatric disorders with similar symptoms.

17 Aug 2020

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Fecal shedding of SARS-CoV-2 in big cats at the Bronx Zoo

Using music therapy to combat 'chemobrain'

New study finds a connection between traffic noise and obesity

SARS-CoV-2 poses significant threat to many marine mammal species

Social distancing reduced ER visits and respiratory tract infections in Finnish children

Study opens new therapeutic avenue for treating glioblastoma tumors

Genome analysis helps detect 568 genes that drive cancer

New research offers hope for treating Parkinson's disease

Back-pain patients taking opioid painkillers produce anti-opioid antibodies

Study shows low rate of verified SARS-CoV-2 infections among cancer patients

New test provides information on immune response to Sars-Cov-2 in transplant patients

Study shows cost-effectiveness of app-based osteoarthritis treatment

Potency-enhancing drugs show ability to improve prognosis in patients with colorectal cancer

New type of immunotherapy extends survival of mice with triple negative breast tumors

Startling report suggests COVID-19 may have first appeared in 2012

Study demonstrates new stimulation therapy for motor rehabilitation in spinal cord injuries

Combining machine learning with brain imaging tools can redefine the standard for diagnosing mental illnesses

Women investigators can attract more women patients in heart failure clinical trials

Scientists claim signs of lasting SARS-CoV-2 immunity

Diagnostic criteria can improve diagnosis and management of functional cognitive disorder

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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