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New artificial intelligence system could lead to improved ways to control high ozone problems

Ozone levels in the earth's troposphere (the lowest level of our atmosphere) can now be forecasted with accuracy up to two weeks in advance, a remarkable improvement over current systems that can accurately predict ozone levels only three days ahead.

25 Jun 2021

New book reveals promising nanomaterials for therapeutic drug delivery

'Nanomaterials: Evolution and Advancement Towards Therapeutic Drug Delivery' gives the present status and future perspective of Polymeric nanoparticles, Liposomes, Carbon Nanotubes, Magnetic Nanoparticles, Silica Based nanomaterial, Hydrogels, Metallic Nanoparticles, Cyclodextrins, Poly (Lactide-Co-Glycolide) and its Copolymers.

25 Jun 2021

Points to consider when designing studies to improve outcome in people with inflammatory arthritis

Understanding work participation is important, but the way in which this is defined and measured in clinical trials is not always the same, which has made it hard to compare data.

25 Jun 2021

Study sheds new light on boys; weapon-carrying behaviors at U.S. high schools

A study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School sheds new light on boys' weapon-carrying behaviors at U.S. high schools. The results indicate that weapon-carrying is not tied to students' race or ethnicity but rather their schools' social climates.

25 Jun 2021

Study shows how inhibitory neurons play a key role to facilitate signal transmission

When looking at a complex landscape, the eye needs to focus in on important details without losing the big picture--a charging lion in a jungle, for example. Now, a new study by Salk scientists shows how inhibitory neurons play a critical role in this process.

25 Jun 2021

Study: Low Omega-3 Index is just as powerful in predicting early death as smoking

A new research paper published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition last week showed that a low Omega-3 Index is just as powerful in predicting early death as smoking. This landmark finding is rooted in data pulled and analyzed from the Framingham study, one of the longest running studies in the world.

25 Jun 2021

New study provides important clue to understand brain disorders

The brain's neurons tend to get most of the scientific attention, but a set of cells around them called astrocytes - literally, star-shaped cells - are increasingly being viewed as crucial players in guiding a brain to become properly organized.

25 Jun 2021

New 3Cs multiplex technique based on CRISPR-Cas technology helps study cancer mutations

Cancer and many other diseases are based on genetic defects. The body can often compensate for the defect of one gene; it is only the combination of several genetic errors that leads to the clinical picture.

25 Jun 2021

Study reveals a novel trick employed by MRSA superbug to thwart the immune response

New research has uncovered a novel trick employed by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus to thwart the immune response, raising hopes that a vaccine that prevents deadly MRSA infections is a little closer on the horizon.

25 Jun 2021

Mount Sinai study examines common shoulder injuries in collegiate baseball players

Bottom Line: Baseball players are highly susceptible to shoulder injuries due to significant microtrauma including repetitive overhead throwing. Mount Sinai researchers investigated men's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) baseball shoulder injury rates and associated risk factors.

25 Jun 2021

An “analytical chronicle" of COVID-19 crisis in India

The initial spread of the coronavirus in India led to the introduction of a national lockdown in March 2020. After the first wave of the pandemic had subsided and a nationwide vaccination campaign had begun, a mutation of the virus in the spring of 2021 caused infection and mortality rates to rise steeply again.

25 Jun 2021

New analysis of U.S. COVID-19 deaths reveals bigger drop in average life expectancy, disparities

An updated analysis of American COVID-19 deaths throughout 2020 reveals an even bigger drop in average life expectancy as well as still-substantial disparities by race and ethnicity.

25 Jun 2021

FTO enzyme plays a key role in the deadly process of cancer metastasis

When cancers metastasize, cells from the primary tumor break away, travel through the blood or lymph system, and form new tumors in other body parts. Although metastasis are responsible for more than 90% of all cancer deaths, limited progress has been made in treating cancers that have spread.

25 Jun 2021

Overexpression of PGC1 in vascular smooth muscle cells ameliorates atherosclerosis

In a new study published in Circulation Research, Chen-Yu Zhang and Xiaohong Jiang's group from Nanjing University and Dongjin Wang's group from Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital reported a critical role of PGC1α in maintaining the contractile phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and highlighted the therapeutic potential of PGC1α for atherosclerosis.

25 Jun 2021

Remdesivir caused dangerously low heart rate in COVID-19 patients

After beginning treatment with remdesivir for COVID-19, a patient experienced significant bradycardia, or low heart rate. Her physicians used a dopamine infusion to stabilize her through the five-day course of remdesivir treatment, and her cardiac condition resolved itself at the end of the treatment.

25 Jun 2021

New blood test can accurately detect 50 types of cancer before symptoms emerge

Final results from a study of a blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer have shown that it is accurate enough to be rolled out as a multi-cancer screening test among people at higher risk of the disease, including patients aged 50 years or older, without symptoms.

25 Jun 2021

New resource could make targeted cancer therapies more accessible for Australian patients

A new resource developed at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Centre for oncologists could help make targeted cancer therapies more accessible for Australian patients.

25 Jun 2021

Study could help identify genes linked to aging process

To better understand the role of bacteria in health and disease, National Institutes of Health researchers fed fruit flies antibiotics and monitored the lifetime activity of hundreds of genes that scientists have traditionally thought control aging.

25 Jun 2021

Study investigates difficulty swallowing in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Researchers from Clinica Luganese Moncucco and Bellinzona Regional Hospital in Switzerland investigated the prevalence of swelling disorders in severely ill COVID-19 patients and reported their results in a paper posted to the medRxiv* preprint server.

25 Jun 2021

Research reveals how autonomic nervous system influences deep sleep in sleepwalkers

Somnambulism - otherwise known as sleepwalking - is a phenomenon which has fascinated the public and neurologists for decades, but a lot of what causes it remains a mystery.

25 Jun 2021

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New artificial intelligence system could lead to improved ways to control high ozone problems

New book reveals promising nanomaterials for therapeutic drug delivery

Points to consider when designing studies to improve outcome in people with inflammatory arthritis

Study sheds new light on boys; weapon-carrying behaviors at U.S. high schools

Study shows how inhibitory neurons play a key role to facilitate signal transmission

Study: Low Omega-3 Index is just as powerful in predicting early death as smoking

New study provides important clue to understand brain disorders

New 3Cs multiplex technique based on CRISPR-Cas technology helps study cancer mutations

Study reveals a novel trick employed by MRSA superbug to thwart the immune response

Mount Sinai study examines common shoulder injuries in collegiate baseball players

An “analytical chronicle" of COVID-19 crisis in India

New analysis of U.S. COVID-19 deaths reveals bigger drop in average life expectancy, disparities

FTO enzyme plays a key role in the deadly process of cancer metastasis

Overexpression of PGC1 in vascular smooth muscle cells ameliorates atherosclerosis

Remdesivir caused dangerously low heart rate in COVID-19 patients

New blood test can accurately detect 50 types of cancer before symptoms emerge

New resource could make targeted cancer therapies more accessible for Australian patients

Study could help identify genes linked to aging process

Study investigates difficulty swallowing in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Research reveals how autonomic nervous system influences deep sleep in sleepwalkers

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

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