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Production of molecular probes of spike and subdomains for all SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers designed molecular probes of diverse SARS-CoV-2 variants and evaluated their antibody binding specificity.

3 Jan 2022

The impact of natural selection on sequence diversity in SARS-CoV-2

Recent genomic analysis demonstrates that the SARS-CoV-2 genome is under two distinct selective forces.

3 Jan 2022

Study finds critical metabolic vulnerability of diffuse large B cell lymphomas

Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell's Ithaca campus.

3 Jan 2022

Modeling shows SARS-CoV-2 Omicron will place a severe burden on UK's health services

Researchers use data and a mathematical model to determine the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant on future risk of infection.

3 Jan 2022

Eating human food profoundly impacts the microbiome of black bears

A recent study suggests that eating human food has a pronounced effect on the microbiome of black bears.

3 Jan 2022

New Better Health marketing campaign highlights six benefits of losing excess weight

A new Better Health marketing campaign has been launched today to help people prevent risks of developing serious illness and help reduce the risk of being hospitalised with COVID-19.

3 Jan 2022

CDC report shows COVID vaccines safe for children, serious side effects rare

Researchers determine the characteristics and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in children and adolescents 18 years or younger.

3 Jan 2022

The brains of infants with autism do not tune in with motherese speech

Motherese is a form of simplified, exaggerated melodic speech that parents use to communicate with newborns and young toddlers.

3 Jan 2022

Olfactory receptor gene may play a role in breast cancer metastasis to the brain

An olfactory receptor gene that aids in the sense of smell may also play a role in the metastasis of breast cancer to the brain, bones and lung, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found.

3 Jan 2022

Omicron spike-specific binding antibodies attenuate disease, despite increasing transmission

Researchers investigate the capacity of vaccine-induced antibodies to generate Fc-effector activity against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

3 Jan 2022

Recommended choline intake during pregnancy improves child's sustained attention

Seven-year-old children performed better on a challenging task requiring sustained attention if their mothers consumed twice the recommended amount of choline during their pregnancy, a new Cornell study has found.

3 Jan 2022

T-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant confer protection to vaccinated individuals

Researchers ascertain whether the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant evades cellular immunity.

3 Jan 2022

Study finds lower physical activity among most teens during the pandemic

This New Year's Day, parents might want to resolve to get more exercise – and bring their teenage children along. A new national study finds that only 9% of teens met the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity per day during the pandemic – a decline from 16% pre-pandemic.

3 Jan 2022

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Production of molecular probes of spike and subdomains for all SARS-CoV-2 variants

The impact of natural selection on sequence diversity in SARS-CoV-2

Study finds critical metabolic vulnerability of diffuse large B cell lymphomas

Modeling shows SARS-CoV-2 Omicron will place a severe burden on UK's health services

Eating human food profoundly impacts the microbiome of black bears

New Better Health marketing campaign highlights six benefits of losing excess weight

CDC report shows COVID vaccines safe for children, serious side effects rare

The brains of infants with autism do not tune in with motherese speech

Olfactory receptor gene may play a role in breast cancer metastasis to the brain

Omicron spike-specific binding antibodies attenuate disease, despite increasing transmission

Recommended choline intake during pregnancy improves child's sustained attention

T-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant confer protection to vaccinated individuals

Study finds lower physical activity among most teens during the pandemic

Genomic sequencing supports a long-term infection as source of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron

SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant highly resistant to vaccine-elicited and therapeutic antibodies

Scientists analyze the causes of deaths and disabilities in Colorado over a 29-year period

Study finds increased oxidative stress, oxidant damage and glutathione deficiency in COVID-19 patients

COVID-19 tests with the new assay may be just as reliable as laboratory-based molecular tests

Researchers identify a biomarker in platelets that tracks the extent of depression

Humanized antibody shows strong neutralization ability against SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant

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