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No placental damage observed in case study of pregnant women with mRNA COVID-19 vaccinations

New research by a team at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA, suggests that the COVID-19 vaccine does not damage the placenta and may be safe to use during pregnancy.

13 May 2021

Study investigates links between personality and vocal characteristics

Everyone has at some point been charmed by the sound of a person's voice: but can we believe our ears? What can a voice really reveal about our character? Now an international research team led by the University of Göttingen has shown that people seem to express at least some aspects of their personality with their voice.

13 May 2021

New study may help develop senolytic drugs that target senescent immune cells

In a study recently published in Nature University of Minnesota Medical School researchers found that senescent immune cells are the most dangerous type of senescent cell.

13 May 2021

New, non-invasive method measures brain blood flow with light

A new, noninvasive method for measuring brain blood flow with light has been developed by biomedical engineers and neurologists at the University of California, Davis, and used to detect brain activation.

13 May 2021

Study describes differences between mutation profile of acral nevi and acral melanoma

Melanocytic nevi, or moles, are nonmalignant growths that arise from pigment producing cells of the skin.

12 May 2021

Research provides new insight into anesthesia-associated tau spreading in the brain

During the development and progression of Alzheimer's disease, a protein called tau accumulates and spreads in the brain.

12 May 2021

Girls more likely to develop metabolic alterations associated with obesity than boys

A study of 92 adolescents conducted in Brazil suggests girls are more likely than boys to develop metabolic alterations associated with obesity, such as high blood pressure and excessive blood levels of cholesterol and triglycerides (dyslipidemia).

12 May 2021

Scientists identify molecular mechanism behind weight gain in patients taking antipsychotics

Scientists with UT Southwestern's Peter O'Donnell Jr. Brain Institute have identified the molecular mechanism that can cause weight gain for those using a common antipsychotic medication.

12 May 2021

Simple sugar could play a key role in the development of progressive MS

Multiple sclerosis, or MS for short, manifests itself slightly differently in each person - which is why some call it "the disease of a thousand faces."

12 May 2021

Study uses advances in medical imaging to visualize white matter pathways in fetuses

Researchers from the £12 million Developing Human Connectome Project have used the dramatic advances in medical imaging the project has provided to visualize and study white matter pathways, the wiring that connects developing brain networks, in the human brain as it develops in the womb.

12 May 2021

mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are effective against Indian SARS-CoV-2 variant, says study

A team of scientists recently conducted a study to examine whether natural infection-induced or vaccine-induced neutralizing antibodies are capable of eliminating the risk of recently emerged Indian variant (B.1.617.1) of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

12 May 2021

LLNL-developed thin-film electrodes generate never-before-seen recordings of brain activity

Thin-film electrodes developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have been used in human patients at the University of California, San Francisco, generating never-before-seen recordings of brain activity in the hippocampus, a region responsible for memory and other cognitive functions.

12 May 2021

CNIO researchers unravel why motor neurons die in ALS patients

In Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), the progressive death of neurons that control body movement leads to paralysis of muscles in the limbs and gradually of the whole body, which ultimately makes it impossible to breathe. ALS is currently untreatable, and its cause is unknown.

12 May 2021

Case study examines prescriptions and healthcare use in non-hospitalized COVID-19 recoverers

In a new study published in The Lancet, a team of researchers examined prescription drug and healthcare use after SARS-CoV-2 infection in those who did not require hospital admission.

12 May 2021

New noninvasive imaging device could be used in biomedical research, translational medicine

A biochemical reaction between an enzyme called luciferase and oxygen causes fireflies to glow and is considered one of the most well-known examples of bioluminescence in nature.

12 May 2021

Combining biochemical and topographical cues improves quality of skeletal muscle regeneration

When trauma, illness, or injury causes significant muscle loss, reconstructive procedures for bioengineering functional skeletal muscles can fall short, resulting in permanent impairments.

12 May 2021

Researchers conduct first-in-man clinical trial for new stem cell technology

Institutes and centres under the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) are joining hands together with Singapore's first private cord blood bank, Cordlife Group Limited (Cordlife), to test a novel technology that expands the number of blood-forming stem cells from stored umbilical cord blood (UCB) in a first-in-man study in Singapore.

12 May 2021

Personalized vaccine can provide effective immunization against cancer

Marie-Claude Bourgeois-Daigneault and her team at the CRCHUM are using mice to show how a combination of peptides and oncolytic viruses, used as an adjuvant, can provide effective immunization against cancer.

11 May 2021

T cell populations in nasal mucosa expand after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

A new study released as a bioRxiv* preprint tried to establish how tissues such as the upper respiratory tract (URT) – which harbor the virus and often act as the point of entry – are difficult to access for routine testing, but are responsive to vaccination.

11 May 2021

Manganese‐enhanced MRI provides more accurate details of heart function after a heart attack

According to the British Heart Foundation, heart and circulatory diseases cause more than a quarter (27 per cent) of all deaths in the UK, which equates to more than 160,000 deaths each year - or one death every three minutes.

11 May 2021

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No placental damage observed in case study of pregnant women with mRNA COVID-19 vaccinations

Study investigates links between personality and vocal characteristics

New study may help develop senolytic drugs that target senescent immune cells

New, non-invasive method measures brain blood flow with light

Study describes differences between mutation profile of acral nevi and acral melanoma

Research provides new insight into anesthesia-associated tau spreading in the brain

Girls more likely to develop metabolic alterations associated with obesity than boys

Scientists identify molecular mechanism behind weight gain in patients taking antipsychotics

Simple sugar could play a key role in the development of progressive MS

Study uses advances in medical imaging to visualize white matter pathways in fetuses

mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines are effective against Indian SARS-CoV-2 variant, says study

LLNL-developed thin-film electrodes generate never-before-seen recordings of brain activity

CNIO researchers unravel why motor neurons die in ALS patients

Case study examines prescriptions and healthcare use in non-hospitalized COVID-19 recoverers

New noninvasive imaging device could be used in biomedical research, translational medicine

Combining biochemical and topographical cues improves quality of skeletal muscle regeneration

Researchers conduct first-in-man clinical trial for new stem cell technology

Personalized vaccine can provide effective immunization against cancer

T cell populations in nasal mucosa expand after COVID-19 mRNA vaccination

Manganese‐enhanced MRI provides more accurate details of heart function after a heart attack

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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