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Identification of long COVID patients using big data

A new preprint exploits big data to come up with some answers as to the incidence, treatment, and impact on healthcare systems of long covid.

26 Oct 2021

Post COVID-19 affects children as well as adults

A new study presents data on long covid in adults and children, which is becoming a major issue in public health planning.

26 Oct 2021

High and increasing SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence amongst school-aged children in England

The latest round of the REACT-1 study indicates SARS-CoV-2 continues to spread among children.

26 Oct 2021

Frequency domain optical imaging could reliably identify lupus arthritis and track disease progression

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), commonly referred to as simply "lupus", is an autoimmune disorder where the body's immune system attacks healthy tissue.

26 Oct 2021

Fermented soy product suppresses airway inflammation in animal models of asthma

Bronchial asthma causes symptoms such as wheezing and cough due to chronic airway inflammation, but there is no fundamental treatment for it, leaving a desire for new prevention and treatment methods.

26 Oct 2021

Sexually dimorphic placental antibody transfer during SARS-CoV-2 infection

In a paper recently published in the journal Science Translational Medicine by Bordt et al. (October 19th, 2021), maternal SARS-CoV-2 infections are studied with particular regard to maternal-fetal antibody transfer and virus-induced placental interferon responses, finding a sexually dimorphic response that results in lesser antibody transfer to the male fetus.

26 Oct 2021

New method measures temperature inside the body for detecting cancer, other diseases

Russian researchers have proposed a method for detecting cancer and other diseases by measuring the temperature inside the body. Results were published in Sensors.

25 Oct 2021

Immune response to mRNA COVID vaccines delayed in pregnant women

Researchers in the United States have conducted comprehensive profiling of humoral immune responses in pregnant, lactating, and non-pregnant women following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccination to probe differences in vaccine-induced immunity.

25 Oct 2021

Electroceutical research with widespread implications for regulating spleen function

An international team of researchers, led by University of Houston Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering Mario Romero-Ortega, has progressed electroceutical research for treatment of diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, colitis and sepsis.

25 Oct 2021

Water and surface surveillance can detect 93% of school-based COVID-19 cases

A new study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server explores environmental surveillance of elementary school settings for severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) through wastewater and surface samples monitoring. The researchers demonstrated that 93% of the COVID-19 cases in public elementary schools could be identified using this method.

25 Oct 2021

Intervention erases Black-white survival gaps in early-stage lung and breast cancer patients

A new study shows that system-level changes to the way cancer care is delivered can also eliminate Black-white disparities in survival from early-stage lung and breast cancer.

25 Oct 2021

Researchers identify genes that cause resistance to treatment of Candida glabrata fungus

It is estimated that 80% of women will suffer from vaginal candidiasis at least once in their lives. In addition to superficial infections, which can be oral or vaginal and do not usually have a serious prognosis, fungi of the Candida genus can cause systemic diseases in immunocompromised individuals and these are fatal in 40% of cases.

25 Oct 2021

Working single mothers with a present-time mindset may feel more 'in control' of their lives

When facing high demands from family life, working single mothers who have a present-time mindset - in contrast to the tendency to focus on the past or future - may feel more "in control" of their leisure time, according to a new study headed by Virginia Tech researchers.

25 Oct 2021

New data reveals safety, efficacy of nusinersen drug delivery method for SMA patients with advanced disease

A recently published paper details the safety and efficacy of nusinersen administration via a subcutaneous intrathecal catheter system (SIC) for SMA patients with advanced disease.

25 Oct 2021

N501Y mutation in SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is key to breakthrough infections

A study in the Philadelphia area found that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants evolve to become more contagious and resistant to COVID-19 vaccines. In addition, depending on the sublineage, SARS-CoV-2 variants such as the Delta variant led to a three-fold increased risk for vaccine breakthrough cases.

25 Oct 2021

Men’s emotions fluctuate to the same extent as that of women

Contrary to widely held gender stereotypes, women are not more emotional than men, researchers say.

25 Oct 2021

CODA trial: Antibiotics now accepted as first-line treatment for people with appendicitis

Antibiotics are now an accepted first-line treatment for most people with appendicitis, according to final results of the Comparing Outcomes of antibiotic Drugs and Appendectomy (CODA) trial, and an updated treatment guideline for appendicitis from the American College of Surgeons.

25 Oct 2021

SARS-CoV-2 delta variant generates infections more quickly than previous strains

Researchers in the UK have conducted a study suggesting that the B.1.617.2 (delta) variant of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – is transmitted more quickly than previously circulating variants.

25 Oct 2021

Air pollution reduces sperm count by causing brain inflammation, mice study shows

Researchers have long known that air pollution can increase the risk of disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and fertility, but they did not know the exact mechanism for how it can lead to these health conditions.

25 Oct 2021

Predictive language models' underlying function more closely resembles the human brain

In the past few years, artificial intelligence models of language have become very good at certain tasks. Most notably, they excel at predicting the next word in a string of text; this technology helps search engines and texting apps predict the next word you are going to type.

25 Oct 2021

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Identification of long COVID patients using big data

Post COVID-19 affects children as well as adults

High and increasing SARS-CoV-2 infection prevalence amongst school-aged children in England

Frequency domain optical imaging could reliably identify lupus arthritis and track disease progression

Fermented soy product suppresses airway inflammation in animal models of asthma

Sexually dimorphic placental antibody transfer during SARS-CoV-2 infection

New method measures temperature inside the body for detecting cancer, other diseases

Immune response to mRNA COVID vaccines delayed in pregnant women

Electroceutical research with widespread implications for regulating spleen function

Water and surface surveillance can detect 93% of school-based COVID-19 cases

Intervention erases Black-white survival gaps in early-stage lung and breast cancer patients

Researchers identify genes that cause resistance to treatment of Candida glabrata fungus

Working single mothers with a present-time mindset may feel more 'in control' of their lives

New data reveals safety, efficacy of nusinersen drug delivery method for SMA patients with advanced disease

N501Y mutation in SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant is key to breakthrough infections

Men’s emotions fluctuate to the same extent as that of women

CODA trial: Antibiotics now accepted as first-line treatment for people with appendicitis

SARS-CoV-2 delta variant generates infections more quickly than previous strains

Air pollution reduces sperm count by causing brain inflammation, mice study shows

Predictive language models' underlying function more closely resembles the human brain

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