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Safety and efficacy of SCB-2019 COVID vaccine candidate as a ChAdOx1-S booster

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers evaluated the immunogenicity of booster doses of alum-adjuvanted SCB-2019 vaccine candidate's three formulations.

6 Jun 2022

COVID-19's economic impact on healthcare systems, societies, and the population

In a recent study review posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluated the economic and medical costs incurred due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

6 Jun 2022

CRISPR-based diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 detection

In a recent study posted to the Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology, researchers reviewed clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-based diagnostics for detecting severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

6 Jun 2022

Trial of peptide-centered SARS-CoV-2 T-cell activator in B-cell deficient individuals

A recent phase 1/2 study under review at the Nature Portfolio journal and posted to the Research Square* preprint server demonstrated that a peptide-centered severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) T-cell activator, CoVac-1, was efficient in B-cell deficient people.

6 Jun 2022

Height increases risk of certain diseases

In a recent study published in the Journal PLoS Genetics, researchers investigated how height determined several common clinical traits in adults by comparing associations of those traits with actual- and genetically-predicted-height.

5 Jun 2022

Taking everolimus post-surgery can improve outcomes in patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma

In a study of patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma, those who took the drug everolimus daily for up to one year after surgery lived longer without their disease returning (recurrence-free survival, or RFS) than those who did not take everolimus, although the results narrowly missed the clinical trial's prespecified level for statistical significance.

4 Jun 2022

Weight loss with bariatric surgery associated with lower risk of cancer and cancer-related mortality

A Cleveland Clinic study shows that among adults with obesity, weight loss achieved with bariatric surgery was associated with a 32% lower risk of developing cancer and a 48% lower risk of cancer-related death compared with adults who did not have the surgery.

3 Jun 2022

Research may help move bone regeneration research from laboratories to medical use

Your chance of breaking a bone sometime within the next year is nearly 4%. If you're unlucky enough to need a bone replacement, it'll probably be based on a metal part.

3 Jun 2022

Researchers evaluate how hundreds of different mutations impact key function of breast cancer gene

Inherited mutations in the BRCA1 gene can significantly increase a person's risk of breast and ovarian cancer - but not every mutation in the gene is harmful.

3 Jun 2022

Pandemic-era changes to prescribing opioid use disorder treatment improved treatment outcomes

Pandemic-era changes to prescribing guidelines for the lifesaving drug buprenorphine led to improved treatment outcomes for patients with opioid use disorder in Philadelphia, according to a recently published study in the journal Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports from researchers at Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health.

3 Jun 2022

Researchers repurpose a cancer drug for the treatment of neuroinflammatory diseases

The repurposing of FDA-approved drugs for alternative diseases is a faster way of bringing new treatments into the clinic.

3 Jun 2022

Molecular 'connector' may underlie gender differences in cocaine’s effects, mice study shows

Scientists have long known that cocaine works by latching on to molecular connectors on the surface of brain cells, allowing dopamine, a chemical that promotes feelings of pleasure and reward, to accumulate in the space between brain cells.

3 Jun 2022

New guidelines recommend pancreatic cancer screening for individuals with genetic susceptibility

By the year 2030, pancreatic cancer is expected to become the second most common cause of cancer deaths for both men and women in the United States, according to recent reports.

3 Jun 2022

Exploring the effectiveness of various treatments in people with axial spondyloarthritis

axSpA is a chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease that mainly affects the spine and sacroiliac joints. It can cause significant pain and disability.

3 Jun 2022

Novel approach identifies potent drug-like molecules that bind to cancer protein of interest

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children's Hospital have identified potent, highly specific compounds that interfere with bromodomain (BD)-containing proteins involved in cancer.

3 Jun 2022

Researchers identify predictive biomarkers to fight against non-small cell lung cancer

In a recent study, researchers at the University of Missouri are identifying new minimally invasive biomarkers to develop a blood test for early detection of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), one of two main types of lung cancer.

3 Jun 2022

$New combination of drugs increases survival time for some patients with refractory lung cancer$

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Safety and efficacy of SCB-2019 COVID vaccine candidate as a ChAdOx1-S booster

COVID-19's economic impact on healthcare systems, societies, and the population

CRISPR-based diagnostics for SARS-CoV-2 detection

Trial of peptide-centered SARS-CoV-2 T-cell activator in B-cell deficient individuals

Height increases risk of certain diseases

Taking everolimus post-surgery can improve outcomes in patients with high-risk renal cell carcinoma

Weight loss with bariatric surgery associated with lower risk of cancer and cancer-related mortality

Research may help move bone regeneration research from laboratories to medical use

Researchers evaluate how hundreds of different mutations impact key function of breast cancer gene

Pandemic-era changes to prescribing opioid use disorder treatment improved treatment outcomes

Researchers repurpose a cancer drug for the treatment of neuroinflammatory diseases

Molecular 'connector' may underlie gender differences in cocaine’s effects, mice study shows

New guidelines recommend pancreatic cancer screening for individuals with genetic susceptibility

Exploring the effectiveness of various treatments in people with axial spondyloarthritis

Novel approach identifies potent drug-like molecules that bind to cancer protein of interest

Researchers identify predictive biomarkers to fight against non-small cell lung cancer

New combination of drugs increases survival time for some patients with refractory lung cancer

Study uncovers differences in genetic mutations between younger and older breast cancer patients

Growing up in unsafe neighborhoods may lead to poorer sleep in adulthood

CDC posts food safety alert about multistate outbreak of Salmonella Senftenberg infections

Advancing Menopause Care: Non-Hormonal Treatments for Vasomotor Symptoms

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

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