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Study offers new hope for patients coping with spinal cord injuries

By employing artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics to formulate therapeutic proteins, a team led by Rutgers researchers has successfully stabilized an enzyme able to degrade scar tissue resulting from spinal cord injuries and promote tissue regeneration.

7 Mar 2022

World Trade Center responders have increased levels of mutations that escalate blood cancer risk

Scientists from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) collaborated with researchers from New York to determine that 9/11 first responders to the World Trade Center have increased levels of mutations that escalate their risk for blood cancers or cardiovascular disease, according to a study published March 7 in Nature Medicine.

7 Mar 2022

People with congenital heart defect hospitalized for COVID-19 are at highest risk of severe illness

People with a congenital heart defect who were hospitalized with COVID-19 infection were at higher risk for severe illness or death than those without a heart defect, according to new research published today in the American Heart Association's flagship, peer-reviewed journal Circulation.

7 Mar 2022

New insight about how optimism may promote good health as people age

Don't worry, be happy," is more than just song lyrics. A growing body of evidence supports an association between optimism and healthy aging, but it is unclear how optimism impacts health.

7 Mar 2022

Small change approach not more effective than monitoring alone in preventing weight gain

Managing overweight and obesity is challenging, and a new randomized controlled trial found that, contrary to earlier evidence, making small changes to caloric intake and physical activity levels did not prevent long-term weight gain better than monitoring alone.

7 Mar 2022

Regular nut consumption linked with lower prevalence of abdominal obesity, metabolic syndrome in seniors

Dr. Gloria Cubas Pharmacist and Dietician-Nutritionist, from the Department of Dietetics of the University Hospital Marqués de Valdecilla together with Dr. Pedro Muñoz from the Department of Primary Care Management Teaching of the Cantabrian Health Service (SCS), Dr. Carolina Teresa González Antón from the Unit of Nutrition and Dietetics of the multidisciplinary Centre NEXO (Almería), Dr. Sandra Sumalla, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences of the European Atlantic University, Dr. Silvia Aparicio Vice-Rector of Academic Organisation and Dr. Iñaki Elío, Director of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics of the European Atlantic University.

7 Mar 2022

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Study offers new hope for patients coping with spinal cord injuries

World Trade Center responders have increased levels of mutations that escalate blood cancer risk

People with congenital heart defect hospitalized for COVID-19 are at highest risk of severe illness

New insight about how optimism may promote good health as people age

Small change approach not more effective than monitoring alone in preventing weight gain

Regular nut consumption linked with lower prevalence of abdominal obesity, metabolic syndrome in seniors

Study finds increased risk of early death for survivors of heart attack plus cardiac arrest

Mobile health app users found to be more content with public health governance during COVID-19

Physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and preventative practices regarding the COVID-19 pandemic

Impact of humoral responses in COVID-19

What does the Future Look Like for Patient Centricity within Clinical Trials?

Severity of COVID-19 cases in the months of Alpha variant predominance compared to the Delta variant

Study explores differentially expressed immune genes for COVID-19 patient stratification

Differences in observed COVID-19 case fatality rates between different racial groups in the US

Current progress in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates

Identification of compounds that inhibit SARS-CoV-2 Mac1-ADP-ribose binding

The relative dynamics of infection with the Delta and Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variants in aged and young Syrian hamsters

Exploring biomedical literature and clinical trial records to identify new drug combinations for COVID-19 treatment

Reduced cognitive efficacy and cardiovascular changes in patients post-COVID-19 recovery

Relationship between the growth rate of subsequent COVID-19 pandemic waves at the county level in the US

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

Advancing Drug Safety Assessment With AI, Predictive Modeling, and Human-Relevant Data

AI-powered analytics and experimental validation

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