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Chinese spice provides insight into how human brains detect and perceive touch

New insight into how human brains detect and perceive different types of touch, such as fluttery vibrations and steady pressures, has been revealed by UCL scientists with the help of the ancient Chinese cooking ingredient, Szechuan pepper.

28 Jan 2021

Research highlights public health burden posed by livestock-associated MRSA

For Michigan State University's Felicia Wu, the surprise isn't that people who work with livestock are at higher risk of picking up antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but instead how much higher their risk levels are.

28 Jan 2021

New treatment can improve the lives of patients with spinal cord injury

An international team of scientists headed by Grégoire Courtine at EPFL and CHUV and Aaron Phillips at the University of Calgary has developed a treatment that can dramatically improve the lives of patients with a spinal cord injury.

28 Jan 2021

Fetal and neonatal therapy combination may lessen the aftereffects of congenital CMV infection

A cross-institutional research group has revealed for the first time in the world that infants with symptomatic congenital cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection who were treated with a combination of immunoglobulin fetal therapy and neonatal therapy with antiviral drugs were less likely to experience the severe aftereffects associated with the infection than those who only received the neonatal therapy.

28 Jan 2021

NUS researchers discover a mechanism controlling the replenishment of blood cells

Blood is vital to life, and a healthy body replenishes worn-out blood cells with new ones throughout one's lifetime. If something goes wrong with this process, serious illness will result.

28 Jan 2021

Researchers develop a simple and efficient way to generate hemogenic endothelial cells

Pioneering research into how our bodies manufacture the cells that make blood has moved us closer to regrowing tissues and organs. The findings also may let doctors grow the cells for transplantation into people to battle cancer, blood disorders and autoimmune diseases.

28 Jan 2021

Viruses like SARS-CoV-2 may be more widespread than previously thought

Researchers in Cambodia, France, and the United States have conducted a study indicating that viruses related to SARS-CoV-2 – the agent that causes COVID-19 – are far more geographically widespread than previously thought.

28 Jan 2021

Variants emerging during COVID-19 pandemic resist antibody neutralization

Researchers in the U.S. have warned that recently emerged variants of SARS-CoV-2 have become worryingly resistant to monoclonal antibody therapies, plasma from convalescent patients and sera from vaccinated individuals.

28 Jan 2021

SARS-CoV-2 is resistant to extreme variations in temperature, finds study

A recent study from Belize and Taiwan shows that four essential proteins of SARS-CoV-2 are well adapted to habitable temperatures and exhibit extreme thermostability, which means temperature changes between the winter and summer months have a negligible effect on the viral spread.

28 Jan 2021

Neurological and psychiatric complications six months after COVID-19 recovery

Researchers in the United Kingdom have aimed to determine the prevalence of patients who experience neurological and psychiatric conditions six months after recovering from COVID-19.

28 Jan 2021

Moderna vaccine shows robust suppression of SARS-CoV-2 infection in animal model

Researchers have demonstrated that the prime or prime-boost vaccination of Moderna vaccine in hamsters induced robust neutralizing antibodies, ameliorated weight loss, and suppressed SARS-CoV-2 replication in the airways.

28 Jan 2021

COVID-19 patients in high-altitude ICUs had improved survival in case study

A team of researchers in Ecuador and the U.K. found that high altitudes may be linked to improved COVID-19 survival – particularly among patients with no comorbidities.

28 Jan 2021

Leica Microsystems and Imperial College London Launch the Leica and Imperial Imaging Hub

Leica Microsystems has announced a partnership with Imperial College London in the field of optical imaging and its use in research and innovation, to set up a dedicated imaging hub at Imperial, which will be equipped with advanced confocal and widefield microscopy systems.

From Leica Microsystems GmbH 28 Jan 2021

Scientist wins 2021 Pioneer in Basic Science Award for breakthrough research on the inner ear

When Andrew Griffith, MD, PhD, looks at the inner ear, he sees what he describes as "an engineering marvel."

28 Jan 2021

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian receive Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology and Biomedicine

The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology and Biomedicine has gone in this thirteenth edition to David Julius, from the University of California, San Francisco, and Ardem Patapoutian, from the Scripps Institute, La Jolla (United States), "for identifying the receptors that enable us to sense temperature, pain and pressure."

28 Jan 2021

Scientists evaluate correlation between thin film structure and organic thin-film transistors performance

Benoît Lessard and his team are developing carbon-based technologies that could lead to improved flexible phone displays, make robotic skin more sensitive and allow for wearable electronics that could monitor the physical health of athletes in real-time.

28 Jan 2021

Genetic changes in tumors can help predict the efficacy of immunotherapy drugs

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute, the UCL Cancer Institute, and the Cancer Research UK Lung Cancer Centre of Excellence have identified genetic changes in tumors which could be used to predict if immunotherapy drugs would be effective in individual patients.

28 Jan 2021

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Chinese spice provides insight into how human brains detect and perceive touch

Research highlights public health burden posed by livestock-associated MRSA

New treatment can improve the lives of patients with spinal cord injury

Fetal and neonatal therapy combination may lessen the aftereffects of congenital CMV infection

NUS researchers discover a mechanism controlling the replenishment of blood cells

Researchers develop a simple and efficient way to generate hemogenic endothelial cells

Viruses like SARS-CoV-2 may be more widespread than previously thought

Variants emerging during COVID-19 pandemic resist antibody neutralization

SARS-CoV-2 is resistant to extreme variations in temperature, finds study

Neurological and psychiatric complications six months after COVID-19 recovery

Moderna vaccine shows robust suppression of SARS-CoV-2 infection in animal model

COVID-19 patients in high-altitude ICUs had improved survival in case study

Leica Microsystems and Imperial College London Launch the Leica and Imperial Imaging Hub

Scientist wins 2021 Pioneer in Basic Science Award for breakthrough research on the inner ear

David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian receive Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology and Biomedicine

Scientists evaluate correlation between thin film structure and organic thin-film transistors performance

Genetic changes in tumors can help predict the efficacy of immunotherapy drugs

SMART protocol improves cognitive function, psychological well-being in laboratory participants

Tiny brain implant can be wirelessly recharged to control brain circuits

Neural network models mimic the behavior of real dendrites

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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