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Study examines the use of eye movements as a biomarker for dual-diagnosis of traumatic spinal cord and brain injury

Silvana Costa, PhD, of Kessler Foundation received a two-year $199,800 grant from the New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research.

11 Jul 2022

Activation of the STING pathway could help make glioblastoma multiforme more susceptible to immunotherapy

Immunotherapy has revolutionized treatment for many forms of cancer, but glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and deadly form of brain cancer, has remained untouched.

11 Jul 2022

Novel molecular pathway may explain how stress affects neuropsychiatric lupus

A novel molecular pathway involving cell signaling proteins in the brain may explain how stress affects neuropsychiatric lupus with diffuse neuropsychological manifestations.

11 Jul 2022

Pregnant women at increased risk of COVID-19 severity

Researchers assessed the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infections during pregnancy in Ontario, Canada.

11 Jul 2022

How can we define early COVID-19 reinfections?

In a new study, researchers investigated coronavirus disease 2019 reinfections.

11 Jul 2022

How does the belief that vaccination will end the COVID-19 pandemic relate to vaccination intent?

Researchers explored the intent and belief in COVID-19 vaccination in the Netherlands.

11 Jul 2022

Study reveals sex-based differences in the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in the US

Researchers investigated sex-based differences among COVID-19 patients in the United States.

11 Jul 2022

What is the effectiveness of the fourth dose mRNA vaccination against the Omicron variant?

Researchers evaluated the efficacy of the fourth vaccine dose against COVID-19.

11 Jul 2022

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein downregulates ACE2 expression

In a new study, researchers observed the downregulation of ACE2 by SARS-CoV-2.

11 Jul 2022

Study assesses the potential of plant secondary metabolites as potential anti-COVID-19 agents

A new study has focused on identifying plant secondary metabolites (PSM) having a higher affinity for S-RBD of SARS-CoV-2.

11 Jul 2022

The interplay of family history and genome-wide polygenic risk scores across 24 common diseases

A new study has investigated the interplay of FH and genome-wide PRS

11 Jul 2022

How the COVID-19 pandemic affected mental health and wellbeing, key determinants of health, and health inequities

A new study investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, the important health determinants, and disparities resulting from such effects.

11 Jul 2022

Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants via wastewater sequencing uncovers cryptic transmission

In a recent study published in the Nature journal, researchers assessed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission using wastewater sequencing.

11 Jul 2022

Experimental model reveals possible causes and treatments for long-COVID

In a recent study published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, researchers characterized long-term pulmonary consequences of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2) mouse-adapted strain (MA10) infection in BALB/c laboratory mice.

11 Jul 2022

New data on duration of protection afforded by natural SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated the immune protection against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) natural reinfection.

11 Jul 2022

Artificial Intelligence-based smartphone app for characterizing stool form

In a recent study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology, researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the United States evaluated an artificial intelligence (AI)-based smartphone application (app) trained to assess a patient's stool characteristics.

10 Jul 2022

Understanding how different people think about risk

Many of our everyday activities involve a certain degree of risk – whether to our work, finances or health. But how is risk perceived within a society and how do individuals think about risk?

8 Jul 2022

Universal influenza B vaccine confers robust and sustained cross-immune protection

A new universal flu vaccine protects against influenza B viruses, offering broad defense against different strains and improved immune protection, according to a new study by researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University.

8 Jul 2022

Researchers find neural circuitry supporting mindfulness-induced pain relief

For centuries, people have been using mindfulness meditation to try to relieve their pain, but neuroscientists have only recently been able to test if and how this actually works.

8 Jul 2022

Study establishes a transformative approach to studying perceptual learning in the brain

Our visual perception of the world is often thought of as relatively stable. However, like all of our cognitive functions, visual processing is shaped by our experiences.

8 Jul 2022

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Study examines the use of eye movements as a biomarker for dual-diagnosis of traumatic spinal cord and brain injury

Activation of the STING pathway could help make glioblastoma multiforme more susceptible to immunotherapy

Novel molecular pathway may explain how stress affects neuropsychiatric lupus

Pregnant women at increased risk of COVID-19 severity

How can we define early COVID-19 reinfections?

How does the belief that vaccination will end the COVID-19 pandemic relate to vaccination intent?

Study reveals sex-based differences in the clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in the US

What is the effectiveness of the fourth dose mRNA vaccination against the Omicron variant?

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein downregulates ACE2 expression

Study assesses the potential of plant secondary metabolites as potential anti-COVID-19 agents

The interplay of family history and genome-wide polygenic risk scores across 24 common diseases

How the COVID-19 pandemic affected mental health and wellbeing, key determinants of health, and health inequities

Early detection of SARS-CoV-2 variants via wastewater sequencing uncovers cryptic transmission

Experimental model reveals possible causes and treatments for long-COVID

New data on duration of protection afforded by natural SARS-CoV-2 infection

Artificial Intelligence-based smartphone app for characterizing stool form

Understanding how different people think about risk

Universal influenza B vaccine confers robust and sustained cross-immune protection

Researchers find neural circuitry supporting mindfulness-induced pain relief

Study establishes a transformative approach to studying perceptual learning in the brain

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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