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Same-day screening and health education program seeks to reduce disparities of preventable cancers

Evidence shows that early detection and treatment of cancer can significantly improve health outcomes, however women in Mississippi, particularly in underserved populations, experience the worst health outcomes for cervical, breast, and oropharyngeal cancer.

20 Jul 2021

Exhausted T cells linked to increased risk of COVID-19 mortality

New research led by Nadia R. Roan of Gladstone Institutes and the University of California, San Francisco, finds a correlation between high numbers of inflammatory CXCR4+ T cells and regulatory T cells specific to SARS-CoV-2 and dying from infection. In contrast, people who recovered from severe COVID-19 illness were more likely to have many SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells that perform homeostatic proliferation.

20 Jul 2021

UH researcher receives $2.7 million grant to detect cancer biomarkers in blood by counting exosomes

University of Houston engineering researcher Wei-Chuan Shih has been awarded $2.7 million from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering to detect cancer biomarkers in blood by counting exosomes.

20 Jul 2021

Study proves effectiveness of Artemisia annua against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro

A multinational research group has been the first to show the excellent activity of artemisinin-based treatment against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in human cell lines – including a specific type of lung cells. Their findings were recently published in the journal Scientific Reports.

19 Jul 2021

Past SARS-CoV-2 infection enhances mRNA vaccine-induced neutralization of variants of concern

Researchers in the United States have conducted a study suggesting that individuals previously infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) exhibit better neutralizing activity against variants of concern following vaccination against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) than previously uninfected vaccinees.

19 Jul 2021

Neutralizing antibodies persist against SARS-CoV-2 at least a year after infection

Researchers in Finland have conducted a study showing that the neutralizing bodies generated following infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) – the agent that causes coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) – generally persist for at least a year.

19 Jul 2021

Iodine derivative kills SARS-CoV-2 within 90 sec

A recent study estimated the virucidal efficacy of EID for oral/nasal decontamination of known or suspected cases of COVID-19.

19 Jul 2021

A path to treat currently untreatable cases of cystic fibrosis is clearly achievable, study suggests

An experimental drug reported in Nature Communications suggests that a "path is clearly achievable" to treat currently untreatable cases of cystic fibrosis disease caused by nonsense mutations.

19 Jul 2021

Researchers develop new tool to simulate the impact of SARS-CoV-2 strains and vaccines

The MOMAT research group from Universidad Complutense de Madrid has worked with Universidad de Almería, to develop a mathematical model that simulates the impact of SARS-CoV-2 strains and vaccines together, combined with many other biological and social processes in the propagation of COVID-19.

19 Jul 2021

Thai study looks at CoronaVac vaccine vs. natural immunity to SARS-COV-2 variants

A new study evaluates the efficacy of vaccine- and infection-induced antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 variants.

19 Jul 2021

Antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, study shows

Testing of an entire Italian town shows antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic.

19 Jul 2021

Study elucidates the role of two isoforms of KRAS oncogenes

KRAS was one of the first oncogenes to be identified, a few decades ago. It is among the most common drivers of cancer and its mutations can be detected in around 25 per cent of human tumors.

19 Jul 2021

New online tool launched to accelerate discoveries for reversing progressive hearing loss

Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine launched a new online tool that could more quickly advance medical discoveries to reverse progressive hearing loss.

19 Jul 2021

VBL team receives $100,000 award to track abdominal aortic aneurysms

The Vascular Bioengineering Lab at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering seeks to understand and develop solutions to the causes and effects of disease in tubular tissue and organs.

19 Jul 2021

Functional autoantibody in COVID-19 contributes to the 'firestorm' of blood clots and inflammation

Researchers at Michigan Medicine have discovered yet another functional autoantibody in COVID-19 patients that contributes to the disease's development and the "firestorm" of blood clots and inflammation it induces.

19 Jul 2021

Researchers find a potentially game-changing blood clot treatment

A potentially game-changing treatment for people with, or at risk of, blood clots has been found effective by an international team of researchers led by McMaster University's Jeffrey Weitz.

19 Jul 2021

Pathogenic fungi find new habitat on microplastic particles in soils

Representatives of numerous pathogenic fungal species are finding new habitat on microplastic particles in the soil and could thus be one of the possible causes of an increase in fungal infections.

19 Jul 2021

Researchers investigate the prevalence of food insecurity and insufficiency among emerging adults

University of Minnesota School of Public Health researchers recently completed a study to determine how food-insecure young (emerging) adults (18-29 years of age) adapted their eating and child feeding behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.

19 Jul 2021

New project receives NIHR funding to develop personalized rehabilitation program for long Covid patients

A new research project, led by a team from St George's, University of London and Kingston University as well as Cardiff University, has received major funding from the National Institute for Health Research to develop personalized rehabilitation programmes to help patients live well with long Covid.

19 Jul 2021

Children of obese mothers at increased risk of fatty liver disease

Children and young people whose mothers had a BMI greater than 30 during early pregnancy are at an increased risk of fatty liver disease.

19 Jul 2021

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Same-day screening and health education program seeks to reduce disparities of preventable cancers

Exhausted T cells linked to increased risk of COVID-19 mortality

UH researcher receives $2.7 million grant to detect cancer biomarkers in blood by counting exosomes

Study proves effectiveness of Artemisia annua against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro

Past SARS-CoV-2 infection enhances mRNA vaccine-induced neutralization of variants of concern

Neutralizing antibodies persist against SARS-CoV-2 at least a year after infection

Iodine derivative kills SARS-CoV-2 within 90 sec

A path to treat currently untreatable cases of cystic fibrosis is clearly achievable, study suggests

Researchers develop new tool to simulate the impact of SARS-CoV-2 strains and vaccines

Thai study looks at CoronaVac vaccine vs. natural immunity to SARS-COV-2 variants

Antibody levels remain high nine months after SARS-CoV-2 infection, study shows

Study elucidates the role of two isoforms of KRAS oncogenes

New online tool launched to accelerate discoveries for reversing progressive hearing loss

VBL team receives $100,000 award to track abdominal aortic aneurysms

Functional autoantibody in COVID-19 contributes to the 'firestorm' of blood clots and inflammation

Researchers find a potentially game-changing blood clot treatment

Pathogenic fungi find new habitat on microplastic particles in soils

Researchers investigate the prevalence of food insecurity and insufficiency among emerging adults

New project receives NIHR funding to develop personalized rehabilitation program for long Covid patients

Children of obese mothers at increased risk of fatty liver disease

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