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Do previously infected individuals still benefit from vaccination against COVID-19?

Researchers determined the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of the primary coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination series.

24 Nov 2022

Study finds that pediatric stroke is associated with COVID-19 infections but not with multisystem inflammatory syndrome

Researchers investigated whether coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) were associated with an increased risk of ischemic stroke in pediatric populations.

24 Nov 2022

The relationship between neutralization levels and observed efficacies against asymptomatic and symptomatic infection of ten COVID-19 vaccines

Researchers determined whether neutralizing antibody levels were predictive of the efficacy of fractional vaccine doses against SARS-CoV-2 infection.

24 Nov 2022

What was the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on political unrest exacerbated by pandemic fatigue?

Researchers explored the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on political unrest exacerbated by pandemic fatigue.

24 Nov 2022

How national programs leveraged PEPFAR-supported laboratory resources for SARS-CoV-2 testing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers described ways in which national-level programs leveraged PEPFAR [president’s emergency plan for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) relief]-aided laboratory-based resources for SARS-CoV-2 testing during COVID-19.

24 Nov 2022

Strength of genetic drift in SARS-CoV-2 across time and spatial scales in England

Researchers developed and validated an approach for the joint inference of measurement noise and genetic drift by analyzing time-series data of lineage frequencies

24 Nov 2022

Did the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbate existing racial discrepancies in the diagnosis of different cancers?

Researchers investigated whether disparities in the presentation of late-stage prostate, lung, colorectal, and breast cancers associated with race were exacerbated during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

24 Nov 2022

Study highlights global estimates of mortality related to 33 clinically significant bacterial pathogens

Researchers presented comprehensive global estimates of the mortality burden related to 33 species or genera of bacterial pathogenic organisms causing 11 main infectious syndromes in 2019 using data and methods of the GBD 2019 and the global burden of antimicrobial resistance study conducted in the same year.

24 Nov 2022

Exploring synthetic engineering of bacteriophages

In a new study, researchers demonstrated biological bacteriophage containment and synthetic engineering.

24 Nov 2022

Study finds first direct evidence of AMR bacteria migrating from the gut to the lungs

A new study released today in Nature Communications from the Department of Biology, University of Oxford has found the first direct evidence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria migrating from a patient's gut microbiome to the lungs.

24 Nov 2022

What Impact is Antimicrobial Resistance having on Animal Health?

For World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2022, we speak to Junxia Song, FAO Senior Animal Health Officer, about the impact AMR is having on animal health.

24 Nov 2022

Single-cell transcriptome analysis provides insights into bat immunity

In a world first, scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School and colleagues in Singapore have sequenced the response to viral infection in colony-bred cave nectar bats (Eonycteris spelaea) at single-cell resolution.

24 Nov 2022

Study demonstrates that Paxlovid protects severe COVID-19–associated outcomes among persons for whom it is recommended

Researchers assessed the association between receiving a prescription for Paxlovid and COVID-19-related hospitalization in the ensuing 30 days.

24 Nov 2022

New study points to a strategy for inhibiting hyper-progression of melanoma

Duke Cancer Institute researchers have identified potential biomarkers that predict the likelihood for checkpoint inhibitor drugs to backfire, driving hyper-progression of melanoma cells instead of unleashing the immune system to fight them.

23 Nov 2022

VTC scientist wins $2.7 million to investigate viral infection of the heart that can cause sudden death

James Smyth, associate professor at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, has been awarded a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to discover why viruses that normally infect our lungs can turn deadly when they infect the heart.

23 Nov 2022

Medical Science News

Do previously infected individuals still benefit from vaccination against COVID-19?

Study finds that pediatric stroke is associated with COVID-19 infections but not with multisystem inflammatory syndrome

The relationship between neutralization levels and observed efficacies against asymptomatic and symptomatic infection of ten COVID-19 vaccines

What was the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on political unrest exacerbated by pandemic fatigue?

How national programs leveraged PEPFAR-supported laboratory resources for SARS-CoV-2 testing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Strength of genetic drift in SARS-CoV-2 across time and spatial scales in England

Did the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbate existing racial discrepancies in the diagnosis of different cancers?

Study highlights global estimates of mortality related to 33 clinically significant bacterial pathogens

Exploring synthetic engineering of bacteriophages

Study finds first direct evidence of AMR bacteria migrating from the gut to the lungs

What Impact is Antimicrobial Resistance having on Animal Health?

Single-cell transcriptome analysis provides insights into bat immunity

Study demonstrates that Paxlovid protects severe COVID-19–associated outcomes among persons for whom it is recommended

New study points to a strategy for inhibiting hyper-progression of melanoma

VTC scientist wins $2.7 million to investigate viral infection of the heart that can cause sudden death

Two studies reveal insights into how the spinal cord and brainstem contribute to sense of touch

Vitamin D appears to have no substantial impact on statin-related muscle pain

MiRNAs can be used as a biomarker to predict disease recurrence and mortality in breast cancer patients

Study identifies enlarged perivascular spaces in the brains of migraine sufferers

Can SARS-CoV-2 be inactivated by resonance caused by sound waves at the ultrasound frequency?

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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