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Predicting local surges of COVID-19 hospitalizations in 2022

Researchers have identified simple and easy-to-communicate decision rules to provide early warnings - when a pre-specified threshold of hospital capacity will likely be exceeded within a four or eight week period.

17 Dec 2021

Modeling the potential interaction between COVID-19 outbreaks in susceptible and vaccinated sub-populations

Researchers demonstrated that the combination of infection of remaining susceptible individuals and breakthrough infections of vaccinated individuals promotes infection by invading variants.

17 Dec 2021

Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 caused by Omicron and Delta SARS-CoV-2 variants in England

Researchers performed a test-negative case-control study to determine the effectiveness of BNT162b2 and ChAdOx1 COVID-19 vaccines against the Omicron and Delta variants of SARS-CoV-2.

17 Dec 2021

Primary responses to SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 naïve vaccinees

Researchers evaluated primary responses in SARS-CoV-2-naïve vaccinees, as well as secondary responses in the SARS-CoV-2-infected vaccines, and observed a clear set of differences in their clinical symptoms, antibody levels, and cellular and mucosal immune responses.

17 Dec 2021

Identifying protein targets in SARS-CoV-2 via machine learning

A new study provides insight on using an ML-based algorithm to analyze and predict therapeutic targets in emerging pathogens with a range of mutations.

17 Dec 2021

A Day in the Life of a Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

In this interview, we spoke to Dr. Alexander Marmureanu, a thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon, about his day-to-day role and responsibilities as well as his career highlights.

17 Dec 2021

A Day in the Life of a Neurosurgeon

In this interview, we spoke to Jeffrey H. Oppenheimer, a neurosurgeon, about his day-to-day roles and responsibilities as well as his career highlights.

17 Dec 2021

A Day in the Life of a Medical Devices Expert

In this interview, we spoke to Karl Leinsing, a medical devices expert, about his day-to-day roles and responsibilities as well as his career highlights.

17 Dec 2021

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron mutations on the use of therapeutic antibodies in COVID-19 treatment

Researchers investigated the mutations reported in the Omicron variant and its likely impact on the use of therapeutic antibodies in COVID-19 treatment as well as on vaccinated individuals.

17 Dec 2021

Investigating SARS-CoV-2 genomics-informed outbreaks using new bioinformatics tools

Researchers have created a tool designed to make as much use of the overwhelming amount of SARS-CoV-2 data as possible.

17 Dec 2021

Long-term characteristics of long-COVID following hospitalization

A new study demonstrates the urgent need for healthcare services to support this huge and quickly growing patient population, which has a significant burden of symptoms, lower exercise ability, and significant reductions in health-related quality of life after one year.

17 Dec 2021

Prediction of waning COVID-19 vaccine efficacy against Omicron variant

Researchers performed a meta-analysis of the results of four previous studies estimating fold-drop in neutralization titer against Omicron to present a combined estimate of the same.

17 Dec 2021

Analysis of the alteration of neutralizing titers with Omicron pseudovirus

A new study measured antibody levels from blood samples of vaccinated individuals and individuals who recovered from COVID-19 illness.

17 Dec 2021

Comparison of RBD/ACE2 receptor complex in wild type SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron variant

New research details the molecular landscape of Omicron’s RBD and how it differs from the original SARS-CoV-2 strain.

17 Dec 2021

Extensive dataset may help develop deeper insights in cognitive and computational neuroscience

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School have published an extensive dataset that uses cutting-edge, high-field (7T) fMRI technology to probe how humans perceive, interpret and memorize naturalistic photographs.

16 Dec 2021

Study determines minimally effective dose of clinical candidate gene therapy vector to treat hemophilia A

Researchers determined the minimally effective dose (MED) of a clinical candidate gene therapy vector for treating hemophilia A.

16 Dec 2021

Antibody-like proteins derived from sharks may be used to combat future SARS outbreaks

Small, unique antibody-like proteins known as VNARs - derived from the immune systems of sharks - can prevent the virus that causes COVID-19, its variants, and related coronaviruses from infecting human cells, according to a new study published Dec. 16.

16 Dec 2021

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Predicting local surges of COVID-19 hospitalizations in 2022

Modeling the potential interaction between COVID-19 outbreaks in susceptible and vaccinated sub-populations

Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 caused by Omicron and Delta SARS-CoV-2 variants in England

Primary responses to SARS-CoV-2 in COVID-19 naïve vaccinees

Identifying protein targets in SARS-CoV-2 via machine learning

A Day in the Life of a Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

A Day in the Life of a Neurosurgeon

A Day in the Life of a Medical Devices Expert

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron mutations on the use of therapeutic antibodies in COVID-19 treatment

Investigating SARS-CoV-2 genomics-informed outbreaks using new bioinformatics tools

Long-term characteristics of long-COVID following hospitalization

Prediction of waning COVID-19 vaccine efficacy against Omicron variant

Analysis of the alteration of neutralizing titers with Omicron pseudovirus

Comparison of RBD/ACE2 receptor complex in wild type SARS-CoV-2 and Omicron variant

Extensive dataset may help develop deeper insights in cognitive and computational neuroscience

Study determines minimally effective dose of clinical candidate gene therapy vector to treat hemophilia A

Antibody-like proteins derived from sharks may be used to combat future SARS outbreaks

Cedars-Sinai researchers discover growth hormone in the colon that influences aging process

Nanoparticle therapeutic can be a potential new approach for treating malignant pleural effusion

Moderna booster vaccination overcomes SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant antibody escape

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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