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Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination amongst essential workers

A new study has addressed these gaps in knowledge regarding the uptake of COVID-19 vaccines among essential workers.

26 Oct 2021

Evaluation of COVID-19 infection risk during US spring semester in-person teaching

The main objective of the study was to determine the rates of in-person schooling and understand the school-based mitigation measures that were modified over the semester.

26 Oct 2021

Identification of long COVID patients using big data

A new preprint exploits big data to come up with some answers as to the incidence, treatment, and impact on healthcare systems of long covid.

26 Oct 2021

Post COVID-19 affects children as well as adults

A new study presents data on long covid in adults and children, which is becoming a major issue in public health planning.

26 Oct 2021

High and increasing SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence amongst school-aged children in England

The latest round of the REACT-1 study indicates SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread among children.

26 Oct 2021

Fermented soy product suppresses airway inflammation in animal models of asthma

Bronchial asthma causes symptoms such as wheezing and cough due to chronic airway inflammation, but there is no fundamental treatment for it, leaving a desire for new prevention and treatment methods.

26 Oct 2021

New method measures temperature inside the body for detecting cancer, other diseases

Russian researchers have proposed a method for detecting cancer and other diseases by measuring the temperature inside the body. Results were published in Sensors.

25 Oct 2021

Electroceutical research with widespread implications for regulating spleen function

An international team of researchers, led by University of Houston Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering Mario Romero-Ortega, has progressed electroceutical research for treatment of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and sepsis.

25 Oct 2021

Researchers identify genes that cause resistance to treatment of Candida glabrata fungus

It is estimated that 80% of women will suffer from vaginal candidiasis at least once in their lives. In addition to superficial infections, which can be oral or vaginal and do not usually have a serious prognosis, fungi of the Candida genus can cause systemic diseases in immunocompromised individuals and these are fatal in 40% of cases.

25 Oct 2021

CODA trial: Antibiotics now accepted as first-line treatment for people with appendicitis

Antibiotics are now an accepted first-line treatment for most people with appendicitis, according to final results of the Comparing Outcomes of antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial, and an updated treatment guideline for appendicitis from the American College of Surgeons.

25 Oct 2021

Air pollution reduces sperm count by causing brain inflammation, mice study shows

Researchers have long known that air pollution can increase the risk of disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and fertility, but they did not know the exact mechanism for how it can lead to these health conditions.

25 Oct 2021

Study finds link between genes and amount of bacterial toxins in the blood

Lipopolysaccharide, a virulence factor produced by bacteria, is a toxin that can cause a systemic inflammation via the circulation. In a recently completed study, genetic markers were discovered which are associated with a heightened lipopolysaccharide level in the blood.

25 Oct 2021

Medical Science News

Attitudes towards COVID-19 vaccination amongst essential workers

Evaluation of COVID-19 infection risk during US spring semester in-person teaching

Identification of long COVID patients using big data

Post COVID-19 affects children as well as adults

High and increasing SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence amongst school-aged children in England

Fermented soy product suppresses airway inflammation in animal models of asthma

New method measures temperature inside the body for detecting cancer, other diseases

Electroceutical research with widespread implications for regulating spleen function

Researchers identify genes that cause resistance to treatment of Candida glabrata fungus

CODA trial: Antibiotics now accepted as first-line treatment for people with appendicitis

Air pollution reduces sperm count by causing brain inflammation, mice study shows

Study finds link between genes and amount of bacterial toxins in the blood

A new vaccine approach that could prevent future pandemics

Development of light-based tool for the inactivation of SARS-CoV-2

Are non-human primates at risk of SARS-CoV-2 exposure through wastewater contact?

Molecular features of SARS-CoV-2 variant receptor binding

Study finds FDA-approved drug has potent antiviral activity against SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern

How pregnancy influences SARS-CoV-2 immune response

Role of SARS-CoV-2 infection biomarkers in HIV replication

Blood pressure drug increases SARS-CoV-2 receptors in transmission and pathogenesis associated tissues

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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