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Northwestern medical student explores trends in pre-pregnancy cardiovascular health

After completing a hospital shadowing experience at while an undergraduate student at Yale University, Michael Wang knew that he wanted to pursue medicine as a career path. Now a fourth-year medical student at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Wang is currently applying to internal medicine residency programs with a focus in primary care.

20 Jan 2022

NIH Common Fund supports Nutrition for Precision Health study

The National Institutes of Health is awarding $170 million over five years, pending the availability of funds, to clinics and centers across the country for a new study that will develop algorithms to predict individual responses to food and dietary routines.

20 Jan 2022

Could heart rate be a risk factor for dementia?

In this interview, we speak to Dr. Yume Imahori about her latest research which looks at whether heart rate could be used as an early risk factor for dementia.

20 Jan 2022

Researchers explore furin inhibitors as a potential tool for treating COVID-19 infection

A new study suggests that coronaviruses such as SARS-CoV-2 depend on a furin cleavage site between the S1/S2 subunits to enhance viral infectivity.

20 Jan 2022

Scientists explore the possibility of Omicron ending the COVID-19 pandemic

A new analysis parses out what scientists currently know about the Delta variant and predicts what the end of the COVID-19 pandemic might look like.

20 Jan 2022

RASCL: new analytic pipeline for investigating selective forces acting on viral genes in SARS-CoV-2 sequences

A study revealed a new analytical pipeline to assess the clades of SARS-CoV-2 by molecular sequence analysis.

20 Jan 2022

Determining COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among health care workers in Wales

A new study revealed an overall high vaccine uptake and significant vaccine effectiveness of BNT162b2 against COVID-19, among healthcare workers in Wales.

20 Jan 2022

Cannabis companies flout state regulations to market products in a way that appeals to children

Many recreational cannabis companies market their products in a way that appeals to children and teens, despite state-based regulations prohibiting it, according to a new study in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

20 Jan 2022

Prospective of graphene and graphene-based derivatives to combat SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers explored the utilities of graphene and its derivatives in combating SARS-CoV-2, highlighting its applications in the biomedical domain.

20 Jan 2022

Development of a glycoprotein multi-epitope subunit vaccine candidate against South-African SARS-CoV-2 strains

In a new study, scientists focused on the SARS-CoV-2 Beta variant and used computational methods to design and develop effective glycoprotein multi-epitope subunit vaccine candidates, based on the old and the new Beta virus strains.

20 Jan 2022

Is COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in children associated with subsequent multisystemic hyper-inflammatory syndrome?

Researchers assessed the possibility of COVID-19 mRNA vaccines causing multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children aged 12 to 17 years in France.

20 Jan 2022

Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and infection risk in healthcare workers following mRNA vaccination

A new study aimed to understand the risk of COVID-19 infection given certain serological parameters, in a group of vaccinated healthcare workers with high rates of exposure to the virus, followed up at 9 months from vaccination.

20 Jan 2022

Solidifying its Leadership Position in Clinical Flow Cytometry, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Receives IVDR Certification Covering More than 200 Flow Cytometry Reagents

Leading the way with the industry’s largest portfolio of CE-IVD labeled flow cytometry reagents in the market, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announces that it has received a EU Quality Management System Certificate under the new In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices Regulation (IVDR) for more than 200 flow cytometry reagents developed and manufactured at their Marseille, France facility.

From Beckman Coulter Life Sciences - Flow Cytometry 20 Jan 2022

Study simulates transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in airliner cabins

A study published in Indoor Air simulated the transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, on a flight from London to Hanoi and on another flight from Singapore to Hangzhou.

20 Jan 2022

‘Heart’ of Little Shell: Newest federally recognized tribe to open first clinic

Louella Fredrickson has long created workarounds to fill gaps in the spotty medical care available to her as a member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana.

20 Jan 2022

Study finds Omicron infection effectively induces immunity against itself and enhances protection against other variants in vaccinated individuals

Researchers investigated the effectiveness of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron-variant induced immunity, whether it is cross-protective against other variants, and if earlier infection with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant offers protection against Omicron.

20 Jan 2022

Wildfires and omicron prompt a special health insurance enrollment period in Colorado

A wildfire displaced thousands of Coloradans just as the omicron surge began sweeping through the state, so health insurance was likely not on many people's minds when the regular enrollment period for the state's health insurance marketplace ended Jan. 15.

20 Jan 2022

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Northwestern medical student explores trends in pre-pregnancy cardiovascular health

NIH Common Fund supports Nutrition for Precision Health study

Could heart rate be a risk factor for dementia?

Researchers explore furin inhibitors as a potential tool for treating COVID-19 infection

Scientists explore the possibility of Omicron ending the COVID-19 pandemic

RASCL: new analytic pipeline for investigating selective forces acting on viral genes in SARS-CoV-2 sequences

Determining COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness among health care workers in Wales

Cannabis companies flout state regulations to market products in a way that appeals to children

Prospective of graphene and graphene-based derivatives to combat SARS-CoV-2 infection

Development of a glycoprotein multi-epitope subunit vaccine candidate against South-African SARS-CoV-2 strains

Is COVID-19 mRNA vaccination in children associated with subsequent multisystemic hyper-inflammatory syndrome?

Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 and infection risk in healthcare workers following mRNA vaccination

Solidifying its Leadership Position in Clinical Flow Cytometry, Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Receives IVDR Certification Covering More than 200 Flow Cytometry Reagents

Study simulates transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in airliner cabins

‘Heart’ of Little Shell: Newest federally recognized tribe to open first clinic

Study finds Omicron infection effectively induces immunity against itself and enhances protection against other variants in vaccinated individuals

Wildfires and omicron prompt a special health insurance enrollment period in Colorado

Families complain as states require covid testing for nursing home visits

Recombinant bat coronavirus reported in wide-ranging Cambodian bat

Exploring the potential utility of calcium channel inhibitors in SARS-CoV-2 infection

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