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Study explores the risk of new-onset diabetes mellitus following SARS-CoV-2 infections

Researchers evaluated individuals who had SARS-CoV-2 infections and were diagnosed with diabetes mellitus within six months of the onset of COVID-19 to understand the temporal relationship between SARS-CoV-2 infections and diabetes mellitus.

8 Dec 2022

Booster COVID-19 mRNA vaccinations marginally increase the durability of neutralizing antibody responses

Researchers investigated the immunological mechanisms behind the decreasing efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines by evaluating the durability and magnitude of neutralizing antibodies and memory B and T cell responses to booster doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccine.

8 Dec 2022

Study shows how dietary saturated/trans fats promote liver tumorigenesis

Fatty foods harm our health. Prior research has established a link between the consumption of dietary fats and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which subsequently leads to inflammation and tumor formation in the liver.

7 Dec 2022

Low-intensity ultrasound therapies may help rebuild stronger knees

Low-intensity ultrasound therapies may one day rebuild stronger knees following injury or surgery, thanks to research by Dr. Anu Subramanian at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) that's being supported by the National Institutes of Health.

7 Dec 2022

UKSRC researchers work with community partners to protect Kentuckians from 'forever chemicals'

Nearly every person in the United States has been exposed to per- and polyfluorinated alky substances (PFAS) at some point in their life.

7 Dec 2022

New 'heart attack on a chip' could serve as a testbed to develop personalized medicines

Researchers at the University of Southern California Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering have developed a "heart attack on a chip," a device that could one day serve as a testbed to develop new heart drugs and even personalized medicines.

7 Dec 2022

Liver cancer study could help improve the safety of certain gene therapies for hemophilia

Research led by Randal J. Kaufman, Ph.D., has found that misfolded proteins in liver cells contribute to the development of liver cancer, shedding new light on the mysterious origins of one of the world's deadliest diseases.

7 Dec 2022

Scientists develop new receptor “decoy” drug that potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a drug that potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2, the COVID-19 coronavirus, and is equally effective against the Omicron variant and every other tested variant.

7 Dec 2022

Vaccination against E. coli could help prevent some forms of childhood malnutrition, stunting

Diarrhea is no longer the killer it was in the mid-20th century, when an estimated 4.5 million children under age 5 died of it every year.

7 Dec 2022

UK's Newton Fund supported Mexican scientist to develop vaccines against Chikungunya, Zika and Dengue

Dr Arturo Reyes Sandoval is the Director of the National Polytechnic Institute, one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Mexico.

7 Dec 2022

Cancer immunotherapies can become more potent depending on the time of day

Scientists from the UNIGE and LMU show that the anti-tumor activity of the immune system - and the effectiveness of cancer immunotherapies - depends on the time of day.

7 Dec 2022

Wearable technology could improve doctors' ability to administer precise medication doses

For some of the powerful drugs used to fight infection and cancer, there's only a small difference between a healing dose and a dose that's large enough to cause dangerous side effects.

7 Dec 2022

Researchers share results of MVA-BN-respiratory syncytial virus vaccine human challenge trial

Researchers reported the immunogenicity, efficacy, and safety of the MVA-BN (modified vaccinia Ankara-Bavarian Nordic)-RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) vaccine against RSV-A (RSV subtype A) Memphis 37b strain in a human challenge trial.

7 Dec 2022

What was the SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among US adults during 2021 and 2022?

In a recent Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), the United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.-CDC) published the preliminary results of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for August 2021–May 2022.

7 Dec 2022

Study reveals biological mechanism to explain why respiratory viruses spike in colder seasons

Researchers at Mass Eye and Ear and Northeastern University have discovered a previously unidentified immune response inside the nose that fights off viruses responsible for upper respiratory infections.

7 Dec 2022

Researchers explore the correlation between the dynamic shedding pattern of SARS-CoV-2 and viral load

Researchers attempted to establish an association between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) viral load, indicating its ribonucleic acid (RNA) levels, and the presence of infectious virions.

7 Dec 2022

What is the prevalence of pulmonary tissue injury among hospitalized COVID-19 patients?

Researchers identified risk factors for and the prevalence of persistent pulmonary tissue alterations among hospitalized coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients.

7 Dec 2022

LabVantage Solutions Launches Version 8.8 of its Flagship LIMS Platform

LabVantage Solutions, Inc., the leading provider of laboratory informatics solutions and services, including purpose-built LIMS solutions that allow labs to go live faster and at a lower total cost, today announced the launch of version 8.8 of its industry-leading LabVantage LIMS platform.

From LabVantage Solutions 7 Dec 2022

Owlstone Medical Presents Breath Biopsy® VOC Atlas

Owlstone Medical has embarked on an exciting project to better understand the diversity of molecules in a given breath sample

From Owlstone Medical Ltd 7 Dec 2022

Study: People with higher levels of vitamin D in the brain have better cognitive function

An estimated 55 million people worldwide live with dementia, a number that's expected to rise as the global population ages.

7 Dec 2022

Medical Science News

Study explores the risk of new-onset diabetes mellitus following SARS-CoV-2 infections

Booster COVID-19 mRNA vaccinations marginally increase the durability of neutralizing antibody responses

Study shows how dietary saturated/trans fats promote liver tumorigenesis

Low-intensity ultrasound therapies may help rebuild stronger knees

UKSRC researchers work with community partners to protect Kentuckians from 'forever chemicals'

New 'heart attack on a chip' could serve as a testbed to develop personalized medicines

Liver cancer study could help improve the safety of certain gene therapies for hemophilia

Scientists develop new receptor “decoy” drug that potently neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 variants

Vaccination against E. coli could help prevent some forms of childhood malnutrition, stunting

UK's Newton Fund supported Mexican scientist to develop vaccines against Chikungunya, Zika and Dengue

Cancer immunotherapies can become more potent depending on the time of day

Wearable technology could improve doctors' ability to administer precise medication doses

Researchers share results of MVA-BN-respiratory syncytial virus vaccine human challenge trial

What was the SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among US adults during 2021 and 2022?

Study reveals biological mechanism to explain why respiratory viruses spike in colder seasons

Researchers explore the correlation between the dynamic shedding pattern of SARS-CoV-2 and viral load

What is the prevalence of pulmonary tissue injury among hospitalized COVID-19 patients?

LabVantage Solutions Launches Version 8.8 of its Flagship LIMS Platform

Owlstone Medical Presents Breath Biopsy® VOC Atlas

Study: People with higher levels of vitamin D in the brain have better cognitive function

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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