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Older adults under severe financial strain more likely to die within six months after heart attack

Older adults who report being under severe financial strain were substantially more likely to die within six months of having a heart attack compared to those with moderate or no financial strain, according to a new study led by University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers.

7 Mar 2022

Biodegradable nanoparticle used in medical sutures could help combat scleroderma

Investigators have discovered that a biodegradable nanoparticle used in medical sutures could combat a rare, sometimes-fatal autoimmune disease.

7 Mar 2022

UK launches new global partnership to improve girls’ access to education in developing countries

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is launching a new £20 million business partnership as the UK continues to lead global efforts to improve girls' access to education in developing countries.

7 Mar 2022

Minister for Women launches two new initiatives to level up employment opportunities for women

Minister for Women, Baroness Stedman-Scott, is today (8 March) launching two new initiatives to level up employment opportunities for women as the country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

7 Mar 2022

Researchers investigate a predictive tool for the progression of rheumatoid arthritis

Predicting the future may be beyond our grasp, but what about predicting disease progression? Researchers in Japan have delved into the human genome to investigate a predictive tool for the progression of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an inflammatory autoimmune disease showing progressive joint damage.

7 Mar 2022

Study offers insight into molecular biology of the brain in bipolar disorder patients

In a comprehensive study involving one of the largest-ever samples of post-mortem brains, scientists at the Lieber Institute for Brain Development, in collaboration with researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, have pinpointed significant differences in gene expression in two specific regions of the brains of hundreds of patients who had bipolar disorder.

7 Mar 2022

World's largest genetic study reveals fresh details about severe Covid-19

The world's largest study of the genetics of critical Covid-19, involving more than 57,000 people, has revealed fresh details about some of the biological mechanisms behind the severe form of the disease.

7 Mar 2022

SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection leads to distinct neutralizing antibody response

Scientists hypothesize that antibody-specific responses vary during vaccine breakthrough infections in a variant-specific manner.

7 Mar 2022

Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence in the Okinawa islands of Japan

Scientists reveal that the pattern of the COVID-19 pandemic may significantly differ between the main island and remote islands of Japan.

7 Mar 2022

Could oropharyngeal microflora predict COVID-19 patients' need for respiratory support?

Researchers identify oropharyngeal bacteria and metabolic pathways that are predictive of the need for respiratory support in COVID-19 patients.

7 Mar 2022

Delta and Omicron coinfections identified in France

A new study shows both the Omicron and Delta variants were able to infect patients with healthy immune function.

7 Mar 2022

NETosis in COVID-19 and MIS-C

A new study investigates the role played by neutrophil extracellular traps formation and degradation in COVID-19.

7 Mar 2022

Traffic accidents decreased by nearly half during COVID-19 lockdown, research shows

Research from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that traffic accidents decreased by nearly half during the two-month period at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic when residents of most states were under a stay-at-home order.

7 Mar 2022

Researchers examine how structural violence can set the stage for poorer leukemia outcomes

Black and Hispanic people with acute myeloid leukemia in greater Chicago were more likely to die from the disease than their non-Hispanic white counterparts, with a 59% and 25% greater risk, respectively, according to a new study led by University of Illinois Chicago researchers.

7 Mar 2022

Study to examine the risks for brain disorders from repetitive head impacts in contact sports

Internationally-renowned researchers from Boston University and the University of California, San Francisco) are launching a new study, called the Head Impact & Trauma Surveillance Study (HITSS).

7 Mar 2022

New, highly promising strategy to overcome a key cause of cancer deaths

A research team led by scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine has devised a novel and highly promising strategy for overcoming a key cause of cancer deaths: the ability of cancer cells to thrive in the face of chemotherapy drugs designed to destroy them.

7 Mar 2022

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Older adults under severe financial strain more likely to die within six months after heart attack

Biodegradable nanoparticle used in medical sutures could help combat scleroderma

UK launches new global partnership to improve girls’ access to education in developing countries

Minister for Women launches two new initiatives to level up employment opportunities for women

Researchers investigate a predictive tool for the progression of rheumatoid arthritis

Study offers insight into molecular biology of the brain in bipolar disorder patients

World's largest genetic study reveals fresh details about severe Covid-19

SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection leads to distinct neutralizing antibody response

Evaluating SARS-CoV-2 IgG seroprevalence in the Okinawa islands of Japan

Could oropharyngeal microflora predict COVID-19 patients' need for respiratory support?

Delta and Omicron coinfections identified in France

NETosis in COVID-19 and MIS-C

Traffic accidents decreased by nearly half during COVID-19 lockdown, research shows

Researchers examine how structural violence can set the stage for poorer leukemia outcomes

Study to examine the risks for brain disorders from repetitive head impacts in contact sports

New, highly promising strategy to overcome a key cause of cancer deaths

New treatment strategy makes pancreatic tumors sensitive to immunotherapy, mice study shows

Researchers find considerable differences in performance between different artificial heart valves

Specific variant of the HLA-DPB1 gene linked with poor response to allergen immunotherapy

Clinical outcomes of regdanvimab usage in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19

How real-time off-gas analysis improves fermentation process control

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