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Researchers outline how advances in neuroscience demand high-performance computing technology

In the latest issue of Science, Katrin Amunts and Thomas Lippert explain how advances in neuroscience demand high-performance computing technology and will ultimately need exascale computing power.

29 Nov 2021

SPORE-funded Kidney Cancer Program at UT Southwestern reports wide array of tumor models to date

Funded by a Specialized Program of Research Excellence award from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), the Kidney Cancer Program at UT Southwestern's Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center reports the largest and most diverse catalog of kidney cancer tumor models to date.

29 Nov 2021

Novel influenza vaccine candidate shows promise

Researchers investigate the potential value of a new vaccine candidate for the influenza virus.

29 Nov 2021

New SARS-CoV-2 modeling suggests virus will remain a threat until the end of 2022

Researchers attempt to predict future transmission rates by identifying multiple scenarios that could occur over the next year.

29 Nov 2021

Genetic variations affect and rewire phosphorylation signaling networks in SARS-CoV-2 infection

Researchers study human single nucleotide variants (SNVs) using machine learning to identify amino acid changes that alter kinase-bound sequence motifs.

29 Nov 2021

An update of what is currently known about Omicron

On 26 November 2021, WHO designated the variant B.1.1.529 a variant of concern, named Omicron, on the advice of WHO's Technical Advisory Group on Virus Evolution (TAG-VE).

29 Nov 2021

The Rockefeller Foundation and WHO review strategic directions of collaboration to promote global health

On 8-10 November 2021, Dr Naveen Rao, Senior Vice President, Health and other senior representatives from The Rockefeller Foundation joined World Health Organization representatives to review the strategic directions of collaboration between the two Organizations.

29 Nov 2021

European study endorses dashboards for public reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic

Researchers explore the development of COVID-19 dashboards during the first year of the pandemic.

29 Nov 2021

AVAT, Africa CDC and COVAX release statement regarding donations of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa

Building on lessons learned from our collective experience with dose donations over the past several months, the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and COVAX wish to draw the attention of the international community to the situation of donations of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa, and other COVAX participating economies, particularly those supported by the Gavi COVAX Advance Market Commitment.

29 Nov 2021

Circulating microbubbles for measuring oxygen levels

Blood carries vital oxygen through our circulation system to muscles and organs. Acoustic tools can create small bubbles in our blood, capable of changing in response to oxygen and signifying oxygen levels.

29 Nov 2021

Heart failure patients may benefit from common type 2 diabetes drug

Dapagliflozin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, improved symptoms and physical limitations in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction, according to clinical trial results published in Nature Medicine.

29 Nov 2021

UC San Diego's Scott Lippman to launch and lead NCI-sponsored PreCancer Genome Atlas

Scott Lippman, MD, will launch and lead the PreCancer Genome Atlas, a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-sponsored effort to map in time and space all of the molecular, cellular and structural characteristics of premalignant lesions and how they evolve into invasive cancers.

29 Nov 2021

SARS-CoV-2 can directly invade human kidney cells, research shows

Up to 25% of patients' COVID-19 cases involve acute kidney injury—the kidneys' equivalent of a heart attack.

29 Nov 2021

CDC strengthens recommendation on COVID-19 booster doses

Today, CDC is strengthening its recommendation on booster doses for individuals who are 18 years and older. Everyone ages 18 and older should get a booster shot either when they are 6 months after their initial Pfizer or Moderna series or 2 months after their initial J&J vaccine.

29 Nov 2021

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Researchers outline how advances in neuroscience demand high-performance computing technology

SPORE-funded Kidney Cancer Program at UT Southwestern reports wide array of tumor models to date

Novel influenza vaccine candidate shows promise

New SARS-CoV-2 modeling suggests virus will remain a threat until the end of 2022

Genetic variations affect and rewire phosphorylation signaling networks in SARS-CoV-2 infection

An update of what is currently known about Omicron

The Rockefeller Foundation and WHO review strategic directions of collaboration to promote global health

European study endorses dashboards for public reporting during the COVID-19 pandemic

AVAT, Africa CDC and COVAX release statement regarding donations of COVID-19 vaccines to Africa

Circulating microbubbles for measuring oxygen levels

Heart failure patients may benefit from common type 2 diabetes drug

UC San Diego's Scott Lippman to launch and lead NCI-sponsored PreCancer Genome Atlas

SARS-CoV-2 can directly invade human kidney cells, research shows

CDC strengthens recommendation on COVID-19 booster doses

Glycosylation and disulfide bonding profile of SARS-CoV-2 spike glycoprotein

NYU Langone opens new state-of-the-art center to treat patients with blood cancers

Study: About 1 in 100 COVID-19 patients likely develop central nervous system complications

Extended host range for SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern

Does vaccine or infection induced immunity better protect against SARS-CoV-2 variants?

Assessing optimal stroke treatment using CTA imaging

The importance of ketones from a clinical and medical perspective

How Programmable Nanobiology Could Drive the Fifth Industrial Revolution

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