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Poll: One in five children ate fast food more often since the pandemic

For some families, pandemic times have meant increased screen time, attending class from bedrooms and maybe even more dinners from a drive through.

20 Sep 2021

Commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs could be effective in treating ulcerative colitis

There may be good news for the nearly 1 million people battling ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel condition with no real cure: Statins, a commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drug, seem to be an effective, if unexpected, treatment for the condition, according to a new Stanford Medicine study.

20 Sep 2021

The influence of prior seasonal coronavirus infection on disease severity in COVID-19

A new study posted to the bioRxiv* server attempted to explore anti-spike IgG responses, Fc-gamma receptor (FcγR) activation, IgG targeting of immunodominant regions, and recall responses due to seasonal hCoV infections in non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

20 Sep 2021

Characterizing the flexibility of SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern spike proteins

A novel protein modeling method assesses changes to the conformation of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein that have been encountered by mutation.

19 Sep 2021

Analysis of 2021 Ebola outbreak reveals long-term dormant infections

Guinea recently experienced its second outbreak of the Ebola virus disease within the last decade.

19 Sep 2021

Development of a potential pan-variant aerosol to manage COVID-19

Researchers hypothesized that if APN01 could be directly introduced into the airways of an infected person, it could locally neutralize SARS-CoV-2.

19 Sep 2021

A new synthetic multiantigen MVA vaccine COH04S1 effective against SARS-CoV-2

A new study utilized MVA to develop vaccine candidates that were subsequently evaluated in animal models of congenital cytomegalovirus disease.

19 Sep 2021

Combining antibody markers to improve serosurveillance for SARS-CoV-2

The current study found that combining N antibodies with nucleocapsid-specific IgG facilitates a better classification of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

19 Sep 2021

A variant analysis approach for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater samples

A recent study proposes a simple and specific method for the enhanced detection of the SARS-CoV-2 VOCs in wastewater samples.

19 Sep 2021

Researcher explores the genetic interplay between personality traits and COVID

In a recent study, scientists aimed to find the genetic effects that the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has on individuals with psychiatric disorders.

19 Sep 2021

Researchers report on under-sequenced region of S gene of the SARS-CoV2 Delta variant

In a recent study, Swiss researchers use improved techniques to understand the biological significance behind the Delta variant.

19 Sep 2021

Study shows efficacy of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in individuals with obesity

A new study evaluated the antibody response against SARS-CoV-2 between individuals who were affected by abdominal obesity (AO) and those who were not,

19 Sep 2021

New data shows benefit of drug combination for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer

New findings by researchers at Yale Cancer Center show the drug combination of nivolumab and rucaparib shows clinical activity for patients with chemotherapy-naïve, metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC).

18 Sep 2021

Specially designed lipid nanoparticles overcome resistance to anti-tumor immunotherapy

A specially designed lipid nanoparticle could deliver immune-signaling molecules into liver macrophage cells to overcome resistance to anti-tumor immunotherapy.

18 Sep 2021

R37 MERIT Award supports innovative ovarian cancer research

One of the most impactful advancements during the past decade in treating ovarian cancer is the use of PARP inhibitors (short for poly adenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase). PARP inhibitors are a type of cancer drug that blocks the PARP enzyme from helping to repair DNA damage in cancer cells.

18 Sep 2021

Third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine increases neutralizing antibody levels against SARS-CoV-2

A third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine significantly increased neutralizing antibody levels against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to new research published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

18 Sep 2021

Infants of women exposed to intimate partner violence have neurodevelopmental lags

While assessing a pregnant woman with premature labor in 1983, Linda Bullock noticed bruises on the woman. When she asked what happened, the woman told Bullock a refrigerator had fallen on her while cleaning the kitchen.

18 Sep 2021

Higher white matter extracellular free-water related to cognitive dysfunction in lupus patients

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues, causing widespread inflammation and damage in the affected organs.

18 Sep 2021

Cross-species locomotion features shared by dopamine-deficient worms, mice, and humans

Scientists from the Graduate School of Information Science and Technology at Osaka University used animal location tracking along with artificial intelligence to automatically detect walking behaviors of movement disorders that are shared across species.

18 Sep 2021

Pairing bacteriophages with antibiotics to fight drug-resistant pathogens

Mycobacterium abscessus, a relative of the bacteria that cause tuberculosis and leprosy, is responsible for particularly severe damage to human lungs and can be resistant to many standard antibiotics, making infections extremely challenging to treat.

18 Sep 2021

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Poll: One in five children ate fast food more often since the pandemic

Commonly prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs could be effective in treating ulcerative colitis

The influence of prior seasonal coronavirus infection on disease severity in COVID-19

Characterizing the flexibility of SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern spike proteins

Analysis of 2021 Ebola outbreak reveals long-term dormant infections

Development of a potential pan-variant aerosol to manage COVID-19

A new synthetic multiantigen MVA vaccine COH04S1 effective against SARS-CoV-2

Combining antibody markers to improve serosurveillance for SARS-CoV-2

A variant analysis approach for SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater samples

Researcher explores the genetic interplay between personality traits and COVID

Researchers report on under-sequenced region of S gene of the SARS-CoV2 Delta variant

Study shows efficacy of mRNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 in individuals with obesity

New data shows benefit of drug combination for metastatic castration resistant prostate cancer

Specially designed lipid nanoparticles overcome resistance to anti-tumor immunotherapy

R37 MERIT Award supports innovative ovarian cancer research

Third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine increases neutralizing antibody levels against SARS-CoV-2

Infants of women exposed to intimate partner violence have neurodevelopmental lags

Higher white matter extracellular free-water related to cognitive dysfunction in lupus patients

Cross-species locomotion features shared by dopamine-deficient worms, mice, and humans

Pairing bacteriophages with antibiotics to fight drug-resistant pathogens

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

The importance of ketones from a clinical and medical perspective

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