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Researchers investigate the perception of gender from children's voices

The perception of gender in children's voices is of special interest to researchers, because voices of young boys and girls are very similar before the age of puberty.

24 Nov 2021

SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and the natural immune response

Researchers review available literature on immunity and SARS-CoV-2 infection to elucidate mechanisms behind SARS-CoV-2 immunity and reinfections.

24 Nov 2021

Research on psychedelics could lead to new treatments for mental illness

One in five U.S. adults will experience a mental illness in their lifetime, according to the National Alliance of Mental Health. But standard treatments can be slow to work and cause side effects.

24 Nov 2021

Weekly exposure to deep red light in the morning can improve declining vision

Just three minutes of exposure to deep red light once a week, when delivered in the morning, can significantly improve declining eyesight, finds a pioneering new study by UCL researchers.

24 Nov 2021

Scientists now close to eliminating mother-baby HIV transmission, says leading researcher

Quarraisha Abdool Karim has spent the past three decades studying HIV and AIDS. She has become one of the world's leading epidemiologists and made major contributions to the global understanding of how HIV affects young women.

24 Nov 2021

Patient-led surveillance effective at detecting melanomas earlier

Melanoma patients using their smart phone to submit images of lesions to their specialists appears to be a safe and convenient form of follow-up after treatment.

24 Nov 2021

Can dexamethasone reduce prolonged COVID-19 symptoms?

A new study assesses hospitalized patients after recovering from COVID-19 by comparing the individuals before and after being treated with dexamethasone.

24 Nov 2021

Trust increases adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions that curb COVID-19

Researchers analyze the differences among rural and urban Americans in their attitudes towards,

24 Nov 2021

Births and deaths need to be accurately registered in Asia Pacific countries

A strong, universal, responsive civil registration and vital statistics (CRVS) system is critical for Asia Pacific countries to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and ensure that the most vulnerable have access to healthcare, immunization and social welfare services.

24 Nov 2021

CIRM awards $4.1 million to advance CAR T-cell therapy from the lab to clinic

On November 23, 2021, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) governing board approved a $4.1 million grant to enable University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers to advance a new chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy from the laboratory into the clinic.

24 Nov 2021

Decline in CT imaging during the pandemic may raise the possibility of poorer cancer outcomes

Significant decreases in CT imaging for cancer persisted even after the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, delaying diagnosis and treatment and raising the possibility of more advanced cancers and poorer outcomes for patients in the future, according to a study being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

24 Nov 2021

An assessment of potential epitopes in SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins

Researchers utilized multiple bioinformatics resources to identify potent T- and B-cell epitopes of four SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins.

24 Nov 2021

Directly addressing falsehoods could help debunk health misinformation

With the world in the grip of a global pandemic, health misinformation has become a matter of life or death. But using audio dramas delivered on WhatsApp to explicitly address falsehoods could help Africa tackle this scourge, a study suggests.

24 Nov 2021

Integrated approach for optimization of treatment for multimorbid elderly patients with dementia

The CAREPATH project launched on 1st of July 2021, is a European Horizon 2020's project that proposes an ICT based solution for the optimization of clinical practice in the treatment and management of multimorbid patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or mild dementia (MD).

24 Nov 2021

The antimicrobial properties of the lungfish cocoon

Researchers investigate if the immune system of lungfish plays a role in estivation.

24 Nov 2021

Finding potential biomarkers to predict response to immunotherapy in nonhypermutated cancers

Scientists have discovered a potential biomarker that could more accurately identify which patients with non-hypermutated cancers will respond to specialized immunotherapy drugs called immune checkpoint inhibitors, according to findings published in Science Translational Medicine.

24 Nov 2021

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Researchers investigate the perception of gender from children's voices

SARS-CoV-2 reinfection and the natural immune response

Research on psychedelics could lead to new treatments for mental illness

Weekly exposure to deep red light in the morning can improve declining vision

Scientists now close to eliminating mother-baby HIV transmission, says leading researcher

Patient-led surveillance effective at detecting melanomas earlier

Can dexamethasone reduce prolonged COVID-19 symptoms?

Trust increases adherence to non-pharmaceutical interventions that curb COVID-19

Births and deaths need to be accurately registered in Asia Pacific countries

CIRM awards $4.1 million to advance CAR T-cell therapy from the lab to clinic

Decline in CT imaging during the pandemic may raise the possibility of poorer cancer outcomes

An assessment of potential epitopes in SARS-CoV-2 structural proteins

Directly addressing falsehoods could help debunk health misinformation

Integrated approach for optimization of treatment for multimorbid elderly patients with dementia

The antimicrobial properties of the lungfish cocoon

Finding potential biomarkers to predict response to immunotherapy in nonhypermutated cancers

Common heart burn medication could lessen the effectiveness of lung cancer treatment

Similar antibody responses to spike protein in COVID-19 survivors and vaccine recipients

Study finds rhinovirus reduces SARS-CoV-2 replication in airway epithelial cells

New robotic device provides innovative motor and cognitive rehabilitation service

The importance of ketones from a clinical and medical perspective

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