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UTA’s College of Nursing and Health Innovation named 2020 NLN Center of Excellence

The University of Texas at Arlington's nursing program is one of 17 nationwide to be named a 2020 NLN Center of Excellence by the National League for Nursing, which also awarded scholarships to two deserving UTA students.

31 Aug 2020

New study weighs effectiveness of three anticonvulsant drugs to treat deadly seizures

Three anticonvulsant drugs commonly used to stop prolonged, potentially deadly seizures each work equally well, according to a national study led by physicians at UT Southwestern.

31 Aug 2020

Researchers launch study to evaluate safety of HIV prevention methods in breastfeeding women

The development of safe and effective HIV prevention methods for cisgender women has long been a global health priority, yet research in women during pregnancy and breastfeeding, when they are most vulnerable to infection, has lagged years behind.

31 Aug 2020

Majority of U.S. COVID-19 fatalities had underlying medical conditions

Early on in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, there was little data on the virus and how it affects the body. As the virus spread across the globe, data showed that some people were at a higher risk of developing severe disease and dying from the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection.

31 Aug 2020

Unique antibody profile differentiates people with non-celiac gluten sensitivity

A new study of the antibodies produced by people with gluten sensitivity may lead to a better way to detect the condition and treat it.

31 Aug 2020

Survey: 91% of respondents favor mandatory corona tests for returnees

Should people who come to Germany from risk areas be tested for the novel coronavirus? 91 percent of the respondents are in favor of this.

31 Aug 2020

New insights into why people suffer from nickel allergy

The cause of the allergic reaction are T lymphocytes (T cells). These cells are part of the body's defences and normally react to viruses or bacteria in the skin.

31 Aug 2020

Low contribution of antiperspirants to total aluminum burden in humans

Consumers can take up aluminium compounds from various sources, including antiperspirants containing aluminium.

31 Aug 2020

New microgel drug delivery method could improve effectiveness of pancreatic islet transplants

Pancreatic islet transplants, which revive insulin production to treat type 1 diabetes, only last an average of three years.

31 Aug 2020

A nanoscaffolding approach for rapid design of highly immunogenic SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

A research group from Slovenia, Switzerland, and Germany shows how nanoscaffolded assemblies may neutralize interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein and cell receptor, providing adequate protection in a surrogate infection assay and warranting the advance of such platforms in the pursuit for the effective vaccine.

31 Aug 2020

People with genetic risk for Alzheimer's have spatial navigation problems

An international research team headed by Anne Bierbrauer, Dr. Lukas Kunz, Dr. Carlos Gomez and Professor Nikolai Axmacher from Ruhr-Universität Bochum and Universitätsklinikum Freiburg now reports that problems in spatial navigation can also be detected in people with a genetic risk for Alzheimer's.

31 Aug 2020

New dual CAR T cell immunotherapy shows enhanced therapeutic potency to fight HIV

A recent study published in the journal Nature Medicine, led by researchers Todd Allen, PhD, a professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and group leader at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, and Jim Riley, PhD, a professor of Microbiology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, describes a new Dual CAR T cell immunotherapy that can help fight HIV infection.

31 Aug 2020

Researchers shed light on the development of cognitive flexibility in infants

Cognitive flexibility refers to the ability to readily switch between mental processes in response to external stimuli and different task demands.

31 Aug 2020

Scientists solve structure of ORF8 coronavirus protein

Researchers at the University of California and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have made important discoveries about a protein found on severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) that could lay the foundations for the development of new treatments.

31 Aug 2020

FEFU scientists to design genetically modified models for understanding malignant gliomas

Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University get started studying the formation and survival mechanisms of the brain malignant tumors cells, i.e. glioma, to reveal new ways for diagnosis and therapy for this fatal disease.

31 Aug 2020

COVID-19 patients may experience long-term cardiovascular complications

Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle have conducted a study suggesting that infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can directly infect heart tissue and contribute to whole-organ cardiac dysfunction.

31 Aug 2020

New dietary intervention improves pain and other symptoms in veterans with Gulf War Illness

A new study from American University shows the results from a dietary intervention in U.S. veterans suffering from Gulf War Illness, a neurological disorder in veterans who served in the Persian Gulf War from 1990 to 1991.

31 Aug 2020

New phone app may help address eating disorders in college students

More than 13% of women and 3.6% of men on college campuses have an eating disorder of some kind, but fewer than 20% of those affected ever receive treatment due to lack of available clinicians and the stigma associated with seeking help.

31 Aug 2020

Study identifies a gene's previously unknown role in fertility

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identifies a specific gene's previously unknown role in fertility.

31 Aug 2020

Vaccine reduces race-based pneumococcal disease disparities

In a major public health success, the introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccine PCV13, or Prevnar 13, in 2010 in the United States is associated with reduction in socioeconomic disparities and the near elimination of Black-white-based racial disparities for invasive pneumococcal disease.

31 Aug 2020

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UTA’s College of Nursing and Health Innovation named 2020 NLN Center of Excellence

New study weighs effectiveness of three anticonvulsant drugs to treat deadly seizures

Researchers launch study to evaluate safety of HIV prevention methods in breastfeeding women

Majority of U.S. COVID-19 fatalities had underlying medical conditions

Unique antibody profile differentiates people with non-celiac gluten sensitivity

Survey: 91% of respondents favor mandatory corona tests for returnees

New insights into why people suffer from nickel allergy

Low contribution of antiperspirants to total aluminum burden in humans

New microgel drug delivery method could improve effectiveness of pancreatic islet transplants

A nanoscaffolding approach for rapid design of highly immunogenic SARS-CoV-2 vaccines

People with genetic risk for Alzheimer's have spatial navigation problems

New dual CAR T cell immunotherapy shows enhanced therapeutic potency to fight HIV

Researchers shed light on the development of cognitive flexibility in infants

Scientists solve structure of ORF8 coronavirus protein

FEFU scientists to design genetically modified models for understanding malignant gliomas

COVID-19 patients may experience long-term cardiovascular complications

New dietary intervention improves pain and other symptoms in veterans with Gulf War Illness

New phone app may help address eating disorders in college students

Study identifies a gene's previously unknown role in fertility

Vaccine reduces race-based pneumococcal disease disparities

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

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