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Glucose-lowering treatments may be effective in improving response to exercise training

Exercise carries a long list of benefits for everyone. For people with metabolic diseases like pre-diabetes, type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes, physical activity can help keep blood sugar levels in check and stave off diabetes-related nerve damage and heart disease.

25 Apr 2022

Low levels of vitamin D among Black, Hispanic women associated with higher breast cancer risk

Among women who identified as Black/African American or Hispanic/Latina, those with low blood levels of vitamin D were more likely to develop breast cancer than those with adequate levels.

25 Apr 2022

NTU Singapore launches new research center to better understand how dementia develops in Asians

To better understand how dementia develops in Asians and to advance new strategies that will one day help to predict and delay the progression of the disease, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) today launched the Dementia Research Centre (Singapore).

25 Apr 2022

Joslin's Diabetes Research Center program secures $8.5 million grant from NIH/NIDDK

Joslin Diabetes Center, the preeminent institution for diabetes research and care, affiliated with Harvard Medical School and a part of Beth Israel Lahey Health, has again been awarded $8.5 million from the National Institutes of Health/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIH/NIDDK) in continued support for Joslin's Diabetes Research Center (DRC) program.

25 Apr 2022

New data may change the standard of care for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

The phase 2 clinical trial of a multi-center study known as the COAST clinical trial has demonstrated improved outcomes using immunotherapy combinations for patients with unresectable stage III non-small cell lung cancer, according to researchers at Yale Cancer Center and participating organizations.

25 Apr 2022

Nationwide collaborative effort launched to eliminate mental health and substance use disorder stigma

Together, with national experts across the country, Huntsman Mental Health Institute at the University of Utah launched a nationwide collaborative effort to eliminate mental health and substance use disorder stigma.

25 Apr 2022

New study shows racial differences in breast cancer genomic profiling

A new study by researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has found that Black women with metastatic breast cancer were less likely to have tumors with treatable genetic variations than white and Asian women.

25 Apr 2022

Accuracy and robustness of US CDC COVID-19 forecasting models

Researchers examined the accuracy of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention COVID-19 forecasting models.

25 Apr 2022

Treating COVID-19 using monoclonal antibodies during pregnancy

Researchers assessed the efficiency efficacy and safety of monoclonal antibodies for treating SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy.

25 Apr 2022

Physicians are uneasy as Colorado collects providers’ diversity data

Shaunti Meyer, a certified nurse-midwife and medical director at STRIDE Community Health Center in Colorado, doesn't usually disclose her sexual orientation to patients. But at times it feels appropriate.

25 Apr 2022

Despite losing federal money, California is still testing uninsured residents for covid — for now

California is still offering free covid testing to uninsured residents even though the federal government ran out of money to pay for it.

25 Apr 2022

Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 infection and related hospitalization

Researchers assessed the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines against COVID-19 infections and related hospitalizations.

25 Apr 2022

New LabVantage Forensic Navigator™ Seamlessly Manages Vast Data Flows Over the Entire Forensic Life Cycle

Purpose-Built End-to-End Forensic Informatics Platform Goes Beyond LIMS to Organize and Integrate Forensic Data from Diverse Sources, Providing Unparalleled Functionality and Ease of Use.

From LabVantage Solutions 25 Apr 2022

Within-host model for the description of SARS-CoV-2 viral dynamics in the upper respiratory tract

A team of UK-based scientists has recently developed a within-host model to determine the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection in the upper respiratory tract of affected individuals.

25 Apr 2022

Study reports increased numbers of SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in individuals who were HCoV-reactive

T cell responses were measured to three SARS-CoV-2-associated antigens, as well as the endemic coronaviruses HCoV-OC43 and HCoV-NL63.

25 Apr 2022

World Malaria Day 2022: How the knockdown of P. falciparum RAP01 and RAP21 proteins could lead to novel antimalarial therapeutics

As part of World Malaria Day 2022, we interview Karine Le Roch PH.D., about her latest research into how novel antimalarial therapeutic strategies could be on the horizon, after identifying two proteins that are critical to the survival of the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum.

25 Apr 2022

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Glucose-lowering treatments may be effective in improving response to exercise training

Low levels of vitamin D among Black, Hispanic women associated with higher breast cancer risk

NTU Singapore launches new research center to better understand how dementia develops in Asians

Joslin's Diabetes Research Center program secures $8.5 million grant from NIH/NIDDK

New data may change the standard of care for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer

Nationwide collaborative effort launched to eliminate mental health and substance use disorder stigma

New study shows racial differences in breast cancer genomic profiling

Accuracy and robustness of US CDC COVID-19 forecasting models

Treating COVID-19 using monoclonal antibodies during pregnancy

Physicians are uneasy as Colorado collects providers’ diversity data

Despite losing federal money, California is still testing uninsured residents for covid — for now

Vaccine effectiveness against COVID-19 infection and related hospitalization

New LabVantage Forensic Navigator™ Seamlessly Manages Vast Data Flows Over the Entire Forensic Life Cycle

Within-host model for the description of SARS-CoV-2 viral dynamics in the upper respiratory tract

Study reports increased numbers of SARS-CoV-2-reactive T cells in individuals who were HCoV-reactive

World Malaria Day 2022: How the knockdown of P. falciparum RAP01 and RAP21 proteins could lead to novel antimalarial therapeutics

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody levels following COVID-19 BNT162b2 vaccination

Vaccine effectiveness against symptomatic disease caused by the Omicron and Delta variants in England

Role of complement factor H-related protein 5 in venous thromboembolism and COVID-19

The challenges of Omicron

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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