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Advantages and challenges of using interstitial fluid for disease diagnosis, health monitoring

The next frontier of continuous health monitoring could be skin deep.

20 Jan 2023

Analysis of seemingly recovered COVID-19 patients indicates that SARS-CoV-2 infection can persist significantly longer than suggested by PCR-negative tests

Scientists have described the infection dynamics and clinical features of PCR-negative patients who eventually died due to the worsening of COVID-19.

20 Jan 2023

Longitudinal assessment of immunoglobulin G antibody responses to messenger ribonucleic acid vaccination doses and breakthrough infections

Researchers evaluated immunoglobulin G (IgG) responses to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccinations.

20 Jan 2023

How effective are prior SARS-CoV-2 infections and hybrid immunity against Omicron breakthrough infections?

Researchers performed a systematic review and meta-regression study to determine the breadth and duration of the protective immunity conferred by previous severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection and hybrid immunity.

20 Jan 2023

Study shows increase in medical encounters six months post-SARS-CoV-2 infection, with vaccination lowering persistent symptoms risk

Researchers identified factors related to PCC [post-COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019] symptoms and assessed changes in PCC medical visits.

20 Jan 2023

Comprehensive profiling of human-to-human oral and intestinal microbial transmission

Researchers identified widespread bacterial strain sharing among humans (>10 million sharing instances) with distinctive patterns of transmission including vertical transmission, transmission within households, and the population.

20 Jan 2023

WHO reports a severe case of avian (bird) flu in Ecuador

In a recent article published in the Disease Outbreak News section of the World Health Organization (WHO) website, they reported severe infection from the current H5 clade of avian influenza A virus in a nine-year-old girl inhabiting a rural province of Bolívar in Ecuador.

20 Jan 2023

New trial evaluates Omicron BA.1–adapted BNT162b2 vaccine in older adults

Researchers reported the findings of the phase III trial evaluating the Omicron BA.1–adapted mono and bivalent BNT162b2 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccine in 55-year-old adults. These individuals had already received three 30μg doses of the BNT162b2 vaccine.

20 Jan 2023

WHO to launch council to accelerate the development of TB vaccine

The World Health Organization announces the creation of the TB Vaccine Accelerator Council.

20 Jan 2023

Launch of FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute heralds a new era in neuroscience research, education

Florida Atlantic University celebrated the opening of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute at FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter today with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

20 Jan 2023

Mutations may underlie how the most aggressive lymphomas arise and resist therapies

The key to understanding how the most aggressive lymphomas arise and resist current therapies may lie in mutations that disrupt a critical natural selection process among antibody-producing B cells, according to a multi-institutional preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

19 Jan 2023

Speech neuroprostheses can decode speech based on brain activity

Researchers from HSE University and the Moscow State University of Medicine and Dentistry have developed a machine learning model that can predict the word about to be uttered by a subject based on their neural activity recorded with a small set of minimally invasive electrodes.

19 Jan 2023

Wistar scientists receive $397,663 to explore the ability of natural killer cells to kill HIV-infected cells

amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, has awarded Luis J. Montaner, D.V.M., D.Phil., in collaboration with Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, Ph.D., a Target Grant for $397,663 over two years. Montaner, who leads The Wistar Institute's HIV Research Program, is studying the ability of a type of immune cell known as natural killer (NK) cells to kill HIV-infected cells.

19 Jan 2023

Novel prion strain causes chronic wasting disease in a Finland moose

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19 Jan 2023

Heritable pathogenic defects in genes may increase the risk for sarcomas

Heritable pathogenic defects in genes related to mitosis and telomere function may specifically increase the risk for sarcomas – rare cancers that develop in muscles, bones, and other connective tissues, researchers report.

19 Jan 2023

Mpox has been silently circulating in non-mpox-endemic nations for 20 years, according to new study

Researchers described the evolution of the mpox virus (MPXV) before the 2022 outbreak.

19 Jan 2023

Schizophrenia may be linked with vascular alterations in the brain, study suggests

A study conducted in Brazil and reported in an article published in Molecular Psychiatry suggests that schizophrenia may be associated with alterations in the vascularization of certain brain regions.

19 Jan 2023

Study reveals how most-resistant pancreatic cancer cells defy treatment

Pancreatic cancer is the third deadliest cancer in the United States, after lung and colorectal, though far less common.

19 Jan 2023

Exploring the infectivity, transmissibility, and immunological resistance characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 strain

Researchers performed an epidemic dynamic analysis to assess the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant of concern (VOC)’s sub-VOC XBB.1.5 characteristics.

19 Jan 2023

Differences in brain wiring could explain social communication difficulties in autistic children

Children with autism often struggle to identify emotional cues in other people's voices because of differences in the wiring and function of a key social center in their brains, according to a new study from the Stanford School of Medicine.

19 Jan 2023

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Advantages and challenges of using interstitial fluid for disease diagnosis, health monitoring

Analysis of seemingly recovered COVID-19 patients indicates that SARS-CoV-2 infection can persist significantly longer than suggested by PCR-negative tests

Longitudinal assessment of immunoglobulin G antibody responses to messenger ribonucleic acid vaccination doses and breakthrough infections

How effective are prior SARS-CoV-2 infections and hybrid immunity against Omicron breakthrough infections?

Study shows increase in medical encounters six months post-SARS-CoV-2 infection, with vaccination lowering persistent symptoms risk

Comprehensive profiling of human-to-human oral and intestinal microbial transmission

WHO reports a severe case of avian (bird) flu in Ecuador

New trial evaluates Omicron BA.1–adapted BNT162b2 vaccine in older adults

WHO to launch council to accelerate the development of TB vaccine

Launch of FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute heralds a new era in neuroscience research, education

Mutations may underlie how the most aggressive lymphomas arise and resist therapies

Speech neuroprostheses can decode speech based on brain activity

Wistar scientists receive $397,663 to explore the ability of natural killer cells to kill HIV-infected cells

Novel prion strain causes chronic wasting disease in a Finland moose

Heritable pathogenic defects in genes may increase the risk for sarcomas

Mpox has been silently circulating in non-mpox-endemic nations for 20 years, according to new study

Schizophrenia may be linked with vascular alterations in the brain, study suggests

Study reveals how most-resistant pancreatic cancer cells defy treatment

Exploring the infectivity, transmissibility, and immunological resistance characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron XBB.1.5 strain

Differences in brain wiring could explain social communication difficulties in autistic children

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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