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Skin cells outside of the hair follicles play large role in the development of a pimple

Acne is among the most common skin diseases in the United States, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, affecting up to 50 million Americans each year. It is also among the least studied.

17 Feb 2022

Illumina partners with centers across France to advance a precision medicine approach for patients with late-stage cancer

Joint study will assess clinical value of comprehensive genomic profiling (CGP) on cancer therapy options in patients with advanced disease

From Illumina, Inc. 17 Feb 2022

Search for a treatment to stop nerve cell degeneration yields promising results

Researchers at the University of Illinois Chicago found promising results in their search for a treatment to stop nerve cell degeneration that happens in some types of disorders, such as hereditary spastic paraplegia and Parkinson's disease, which can cause significant disability.

17 Feb 2022

mRNA COVID-19 vaccine shown to induce afucosylated antibodies in individuals without prior SARS-CoV-2 exposure

New study findings reveal that the level of afucosylated anti-spike antibodies increases transiently in infection-naïve individuals after the first COVID-19 vaccine dose.

17 Feb 2022

Fortis Life Sciences Highlights First Year Success

Fortis Life Sciences, a strategic platform company providing capital, expertise, and operational resources to grow founder-led life science companies, today announced highlights from its first year of operations.

From Fortis Life Sciences 17 Feb 2022

Frequency and function of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in individuals with pulmonary PASC

Researchers examined patients with pulmonary PASC of SARS-CoV-2 to determine the frequency and function of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in their blood.

17 Feb 2022

Study determines 115 long COVID symptoms and their associated risk factors

A new study determined which symptoms are linked with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection beyond 12 weeks post-infection in non-hospitalized individuals, and investigated the associated risk-factors of such symptoms.

17 Feb 2022

Case ascertainment of myocarditis following COVID-19 booster vaccine

Researchers from the US performed a time case surveillance of myopericarditis following COVID-19 booster vaccination in a cohort of health plan members of Kaiser Permanente Northwest Health System, Portland, Oregano.

17 Feb 2022

Memory B cell repertoire in a longitudinal cohort of individuals receiving 3 COVID-19 mRNA vaccine doses

Researchers examined the memory B cell repertoire of individuals immunized with three doses of mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine.

17 Feb 2022

Reduction in the sex ratio at birth found following the COVID-19 pandemic

A new study focused on determining the sex ratio at birth in South Africa after the COVID-19 pandemic.

17 Feb 2022

First cases of co-infection with Delta and Omicron identified during local co-circulation of both SARS-CoV-2 lineages

Researchers revealed the co-infection of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants in two epidemiologically unrelated patients suffering from chronic kidney disease and requiring hemodialysis

17 Feb 2022

New Olympus Discovery Center opens to advance human disease research

Olympus is proud to announce the opening of the Olympus Discovery Center at Texas A&M Health to support research focused on treating, alleviating and preventing human diseases.

17 Feb 2022

State constitutions vex conservatives’ strategies for a post-Roe world

Republican lawmakers in a handful of conservative states have stumbled on a roadblock to what they thought would be a clear path to setting new restrictions on abortion if the Supreme Court upends the landmark Roe v. Wade decision: right-to-privacy protections enshrined in their own state constitutions.

17 Feb 2022

As politics infects public health, private companies profit

For some counties and cities that share a public health agency with other local governments, differences over mask mandates, business restrictions, and other covid preventive measures have strained those partnerships.

17 Feb 2022

A novel consensus-based computational pipeline that reliably predicts hACE2-RBD binding affinity

Researchers developed a novel computational model to predict the binding affinity between the hACE2 receptor and the RBD of S protein of SARS-CoV-2.

17 Feb 2022

Smartphone-based COVID-19 detection system

In this interview, we speak to Professor Michael Mahan about his latest research which aimed to bring low-cost, state-of-the-art diagnostics to resource-limited settings.

17 Feb 2022

Study looks at COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in France and Italy

A recent study posted to Research Square* preprint server, and under consideration at the journal Scientific Reports, aimed to learn more about how and to what extent vaccine hesitancy can alter over time at the individual level by considering parameters such as dynamic preferences, news reporting, and gender influence.

16 Feb 2022

Digital breast tomosynthesis spot compression view could help characterize equivocal findings

According to an article in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) spot compression view could help characterize equivocal DBT findings, thus reducing further workup for benign findings.

16 Feb 2022

Study investigates what causes blood malignancies linked to gene therapy for sickle cell disease

Gene therapy trials for sickle cell disease have been showing great promise, even offering hope of a cure. But in early 2021, the trials ground to a halt after reports of blood malignancies in two people in a trial sponsored by bluebird bio.

16 Feb 2022

UVMCC researchers address new paradigms in rectal cancer multidisciplinary care

In recent years total neoadjuvant treatment (TNT) - a potent new treatment approach for advanced colorectal cancer that confronts tumors with aggressive rounds of chemotherapy and chemoradiation followed by surgery to remove the cancerous tissue - has emerged as the standard of care.

16 Feb 2022

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Skin cells outside of the hair follicles play large role in the development of a pimple

Illumina partners with centers across France to advance a precision medicine approach for patients with late-stage cancer

Search for a treatment to stop nerve cell degeneration yields promising results

mRNA COVID-19 vaccine shown to induce afucosylated antibodies in individuals without prior SARS-CoV-2 exposure

Fortis Life Sciences Highlights First Year Success

Frequency and function of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells in individuals with pulmonary PASC

Study determines 115 long COVID symptoms and their associated risk factors

Case ascertainment of myocarditis following COVID-19 booster vaccine

Memory B cell repertoire in a longitudinal cohort of individuals receiving 3 COVID-19 mRNA vaccine doses

Reduction in the sex ratio at birth found following the COVID-19 pandemic

First cases of co-infection with Delta and Omicron identified during local co-circulation of both SARS-CoV-2 lineages

New Olympus Discovery Center opens to advance human disease research

State constitutions vex conservatives’ strategies for a post-Roe world

As politics infects public health, private companies profit

A novel consensus-based computational pipeline that reliably predicts hACE2-RBD binding affinity

Smartphone-based COVID-19 detection system

Study looks at COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in France and Italy

Digital breast tomosynthesis spot compression view could help characterize equivocal findings

Study investigates what causes blood malignancies linked to gene therapy for sickle cell disease

UVMCC researchers address new paradigms in rectal cancer multidisciplinary care

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