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New autonomous technology helps track the daily patterns of isolated older relatives

Researchers are developing new autonomous technologies that can help people check that isolated elderly family members are okay.

19 Mar 2021

Study reveals how SARS-CoV-2 spread in Wuhan before the lockdown

Using molecular dating tools and epidemiological simulations, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at the University of Arizona and Illumina, Inc., estimate that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was likely circulating undetected for at most two months before the first human cases of COVID-19 were described in Wuhan, China in late-December 2019.

19 Mar 2021

New drug regimen is safe and effective in children with cystic fibrosis

An international, open-label Phase 3 study, co-led by Susanna McColley, MD, from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, found that a regimen of three drugs (elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor) that targets the genetic cause of cystic fibrosis was safe and effective in 6-11-year-olds with at least one copy of F508del mutation in the CFTR gene, which is estimated to represent almost 90 percent of the cystic fibrosis population in the United States.

19 Mar 2021

Study: Mobile stroke units reduce disability, improve outcomes in stroke patients

Stroke patients treated via a mobile stroke unit (MSU) received clot-busting medications faster and more often - and recovered significantly better than patients who receive regular emergency care by standard ambulance.

19 Mar 2021

Researchers find stark disparities in COVID-19 outcomes

Researchers at Seattle's Institute for Systems Biology and their collaborators looked at the electronic health records of nearly 630,000 patients who were tested for SARS-CoV-2, and found stark disparities in COVID-19 outcomes -- odds of infection, hospitalization, and in-hospital mortality -- between White and non-White minority racial and ethnic groups.

19 Mar 2021

Scientists use clinical data to study the molecular groups of atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor

Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (ATRT) is a rare brain tumor that predominantly occurs in young children. Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital used data from two clinical trials to study the molecular groups of ATRT and correlate them with clinical outcomes.

19 Mar 2021

Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy provides new opportunity to develop cancer cell and gene therapies

Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy wants to change the C-word from Cancer to Cure -- building on the life changing success of CAR-T therapies for blood cancers, the organization is now focused on the urgent need to translate this success into therapies to fight more types of cancer, such as solid tumor cancers.

19 Mar 2021

Rare pulmonary disease discovered in rural Alberta

A rare pulmonary disease that is linked to bats has made Alberta home, according to new research led by provincial lab scientists.

19 Mar 2021

N-terminal domain antibodies play a key role in COVID immunity

Scientists are learning that a lesser-studied region on the pandemic coronavirus is recognized by COVID-19 infection-fighting antibodies. These antibodies were identified in blood samples from previously infected patients, and were found to potently prevent the virus from infecting cells.

19 Mar 2021

Study: Sugar tax had only moderate effect in people’s dietary habits, behaviors

The introduction of a sugar tax, increasing the price of fizzy drinks and other products high in sugar content, has had only a limited, moderate effect in shifting people's dietary habits and behaviours, according to a new study.

19 Mar 2021

Pancreatic cancer cells use adaptive mechanisms to avoid death by starvation

In new findings published online March 18, 2021 in the journal Cancer Cell, an international team of researchers, led by scientists at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center, describe how pancreatic cancer cells use an alternative method to find necessary nutrients, defying current therapies, to help them grow and spread.

19 Mar 2021

Study shows COVID-19 denial depends on people's trust in governments, social institutions

An international team of scholars studied how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Europeans' stress levels and their trust in their national governments and the healthcare systems.

19 Mar 2021

Online learning platform about COVID-19 pandemic aids frontline workers, educates the public

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced medical students out of classrooms and clinical rotations this time last year, the state of Georgia's only public medical school had to quickly rethink its traditional curriculum.

19 Mar 2021

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug candidate enters phase I clinical trial

DC402234 (FB2001), an anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug candidate mainly developed by research team at the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica (SIMM) of Chinese Academy of Sciences enters its Phase I clinical trial in the United States on March 15.

19 Mar 2021

Researchers use combined approach to estimate the timing of first SARS-CoV-2 case

Researchers who simulated early stages of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Wuhan, China, conclude that the virus was likely circulating earlier than has been described, possibly even in mid-October 2019.

19 Mar 2021

Malfunctioning blood-brain barrier is linked to benign forgetfulness of aging

Have you forgotten where you laid your keys? Ever wondered where you had parked your car? Or having trouble remembering the name of the new neighbor? Unfortunately, these things seem to get worse as one gets older.

19 Mar 2021

Study shows fragile countries had lower COVID-19 incidence, fatality rates

During a pandemic like COVID-19, vulnerable countries are traditionally the focus of global attention and concern. However, new research suggests that we need to rebuild our understanding.

19 Mar 2021

Study highlights significant concerns about a growing issue of sex-selective abortion in Nepal

Detailed, new analysis published this week in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Open highlights significant concerns about a growing issue of sex selective abortion of girls in Nepal.

19 Mar 2021

New discovery may prove vital to future research on medical cannabis

Medical cannabis is a subject of much debate. There is still a lot we do not know about cannabis, but researchers from the Department of Neuroscience at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have made a new discovery that may prove vital to future research into and treatment with medical cannabis.

19 Mar 2021

New technology reveals neural origins of attention in babies

Anyone who has watched an infant's eyes follow a dangling trinket dancing in front of them knows that babies are capable of paying attention with laser focus.

19 Mar 2021

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New autonomous technology helps track the daily patterns of isolated older relatives

Study reveals how SARS-CoV-2 spread in Wuhan before the lockdown

New drug regimen is safe and effective in children with cystic fibrosis

Study: Mobile stroke units reduce disability, improve outcomes in stroke patients

Researchers find stark disparities in COVID-19 outcomes

Scientists use clinical data to study the molecular groups of atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor

Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy provides new opportunity to develop cancer cell and gene therapies

Rare pulmonary disease discovered in rural Alberta

N-terminal domain antibodies play a key role in COVID immunity

Study: Sugar tax had only moderate effect in people’s dietary habits, behaviors

Pancreatic cancer cells use adaptive mechanisms to avoid death by starvation

Study shows COVID-19 denial depends on people's trust in governments, social institutions

Online learning platform about COVID-19 pandemic aids frontline workers, educates the public

Anti-SARS-CoV-2 drug candidate enters phase I clinical trial

Researchers use combined approach to estimate the timing of first SARS-CoV-2 case

Malfunctioning blood-brain barrier is linked to benign forgetfulness of aging

Study shows fragile countries had lower COVID-19 incidence, fatality rates

Study highlights significant concerns about a growing issue of sex-selective abortion in Nepal

New discovery may prove vital to future research on medical cannabis

New technology reveals neural origins of attention in babies

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