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Study shows how specific Salmonella bacteria evolved to cause bloodstream infection

University of Liverpool scientists have exploited the combined power of genomics and epidemiology to understand how a type of Salmonella bacteria evolved to kill hundreds of thousands of immunocompromised people in Africa.

22 Dec 2020

Social media platforms shape behavioral response of young people to COVID-19 outbreak

At the start of the pandemic, young Singaporeans regarded COVID-19 as a threat to the older generation but not to themselves, finds NTU Singapore study.

22 Dec 2020

Study examines how obesity affected postpartum hemorrhage outcomes at a tertiary care center

Postpartum hemorrhage, or excessive bleeding after delivery, is still one of the leading causes of severe maternal injury and death in the United States. And the rise in obesity among pregnant women has been linked to increased rates of this potentially serious, largely preventable obstetric complication.

22 Dec 2020

Clinical psychologist evaluates the dangers of race-based norms in cognitive testing

A UCSF clinical psychologist has taken aim at the National Football League (NFL) for "race norming" black players diagnosed with dementia, a practice that is depriving them of the monetary awards allocated to former footballers with neurodegenerative disorders.

22 Dec 2020

Self-collected nasal swabs may provide a reliable alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs

Under certain conditions, antigen testing using self-collected swabs from the anterior nose may constitute a reliable alternative to antigen testing using nasopharyngeal swabs collected by health professionals.

22 Dec 2020

Study measures the effects of HIV infection on development of cervical cancer

A research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has quantified the effects of an infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) on the development of cervical cancer.

22 Dec 2020

Study shows how sodium ions drive glutamate transport in the central nervous system

Scientists from the MIPT Research Center for Molecular Mechanisms of Aging and Age-Related Diseases have joined forces with their colleagues from Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, and uncovered how sodium ions drive glutamate transport in the central nervous system.

22 Dec 2020

Researchers use massive sequencing methods to identify rare genetic bone disorder

Researchers of the "Cell Biology and Physiology-LABRET" group of the University of Malaga (UMA), together with the Networking Biomedical Research Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine (CIBER-BBN), have described a new genetic skeletal disorder based on a precision medicine strategy.

22 Dec 2020

Novel 3D maps show how genes interact in several types of immune cells

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted how our small genetic differences can have a tremendous effect on how our bodies respond to disease.

22 Dec 2020

Doctors can help patients with mental health by adopting a different questioning style around suicide, self-harm

Doctors can better help patients with mental health concerns by adopting a different questioning style around self-harm and suicide, experts have said.

22 Dec 2020

Study reveals how the immune system detects signs of disease, activates a protective response

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have uncovered an important process in how our immune system detects signs of disease and activates a protective response. This understanding could improve efforts to find new and effective immunotherapy treatments for diseases like cancer.

22 Dec 2020

Immune-inflammatory mediators indicate that rejection and tissue injury can be avoided with drugs

Immune inflammatory mediators are critical in pathology, transplantation, and regenerative medicine, scientists report in The American Journal of Pathology

22 Dec 2020

Researchers detect novel IRAK4 mutations in infant with encephalitis and HHV6 reactivation

An infant's odd case of rare encephalitis not typically found in children led researchers to discover never before seen genetic mutations and a more accurate technique to examine the IRAK4 gene responsible for innate immunity.

22 Dec 2020

Researchers establish BRIDGES program to synergize diagnostic efforts, patient outcome management

For over 20 years, the Genetics Service at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) has been providing clinical care to patients with genetic disorders.

22 Dec 2020

Antibiotics for C-sections are effective when given after clamping the umbilical cord

Antibiotics for cesarean section births are just as effective when they're given after the umbilical cord is clamped as before clamping – the current practice – and could benefit newborns' developing microbiomes, according to Rutgers co-authored research.

21 Dec 2020

Study examines effect of COVID-19 on the well-being of Colorado workers

As the pandemic was starting to take hold, researchers from the Center for Health, Work & Environment (CHWE) at the Colorado School of Public Health (ColoradoSPH) performed a study to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on the well-being of workers in Colorado.

21 Dec 2020

Study sheds new light on immune system interactions with cancer

Cancers like melanoma are hard to treat, not least because they have a varied bag of tricks for defeating or evading treatments.

21 Dec 2020

Study examines effects of social density and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19

Concerns over infecting others play a greater role in people's willingness to be vaccinated in sparsely populated areas than dense urban ones, according to newly published findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) of the United States.

21 Dec 2020

Researchers have a promising lead on COVID-19 treatment

By taking a lesson from prostate cancer, researchers now have a promising lead on treatment for COVID-19. Two proteins, ACE2 and TMPRSS2, help the coronavirus gain entry and replicate within cells. TMPRSS2 is well-known to Arul Chinnaiyan, M.D., Ph.D. His lab discovered that TMPRSS2 fuses with the ETS gene to drive more than half of all prostate cancers. They also knew that TMPRSS2 was regulated by the androgen receptor.

21 Dec 2020

A real-time platform for monitoring microvascular health of COVID-19 patients in ICUs

As COVID-19 spread worldwide in early 2020, the avalanche of patients requiring admission into intensive care units (ICUs) suddenly became overwhelming to the healthcare systems.

21 Dec 2020

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Study shows how specific Salmonella bacteria evolved to cause bloodstream infection

Social media platforms shape behavioral response of young people to COVID-19 outbreak

Study examines how obesity affected postpartum hemorrhage outcomes at a tertiary care center

Clinical psychologist evaluates the dangers of race-based norms in cognitive testing

Self-collected nasal swabs may provide a reliable alternative to nasopharyngeal swabs

Study measures the effects of HIV infection on development of cervical cancer

Study shows how sodium ions drive glutamate transport in the central nervous system

Researchers use massive sequencing methods to identify rare genetic bone disorder

Novel 3D maps show how genes interact in several types of immune cells

Doctors can help patients with mental health by adopting a different questioning style around suicide, self-harm

Study reveals how the immune system detects signs of disease, activates a protective response

Immune-inflammatory mediators indicate that rejection and tissue injury can be avoided with drugs

Researchers detect novel IRAK4 mutations in infant with encephalitis and HHV6 reactivation

Researchers establish BRIDGES program to synergize diagnostic efforts, patient outcome management

Antibiotics for C-sections are effective when given after clamping the umbilical cord

Study examines effect of COVID-19 on the well-being of Colorado workers

Study sheds new light on immune system interactions with cancer

Study examines effects of social density and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19

Researchers have a promising lead on COVID-19 treatment

A real-time platform for monitoring microvascular health of COVID-19 patients in ICUs

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

How electrical engineering ensures accurate calibration and patient safety

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