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Google searches for anxiety skyrocket amid coronavirus pandemic

Just like physical health, it is important to check one’s mental health amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. When countries announced lockdown orders, many people were confined to their homes, away from family and friends.

25 Aug 2020

Heart Research UK awards over £145,000 to Queen’s University Belfast project on blood vessel grafts

A project at Queen’s University Belfast aiming to develop a new method of making grafted blood vessels more resilient has been awarded a grant of over £145,000 by national charity Heart Research UK.

25 Aug 2020

BBI announces new vacancies to support the development of Covid-19 Point of Care antibody test

BBI Solutions is recruiting for roles to support its work as part of a UK Government consortium, tasked with developing and manufacturing a Covid-19 Point of Care antibody test to support the government strategy on COVID-19 testing.

25 Aug 2020

Higher COVID-19 risk perception among older American adults

In a new study published on the preprint server medRxiv*, researchers from the Yale Institute for Global Health analyzed the shift in COVID-19 risk perception, behavior, knowledge, and attitude across the U.S. from February to May 2020 by surveying 672 adults.

25 Aug 2020

Blood cancer patients are more vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19, study finds

A newly published study led by the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham has found that, compared to other cancers, patients with blood cancers are more vulnerable to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

25 Aug 2020

Antibiotics used for treating COVID-19 patients may result in increased resistance to drugs' benefits

The use of antibiotics in people with COVID-19 could result in increased resistance to the drugs' benefits among the wider population, a new study suggests.

25 Aug 2020

Survival of mesothelioma patients is improving, new data reveals

Mesothelioma is a rare, aggressive type of cancer with no cure. However, the latest data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare suggests survival is improving.

25 Aug 2020

Researchers propose new technique to prevent imaging cyberthreats

Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have developed a new artificial intelligence technique that will protect medical devices from malicious operating instructions in a cyberattack as well as other human and system errors.

25 Aug 2020

Study examines potential therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease

Research looking at a possible new therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease was recently published in the Journal of Neuroinflammation.

25 Aug 2020

New aging biomarkers to be presented at 7th annual ARDD conference

Deep Longevity, a global science-driven longevity and performance management company utilizing the latest advances in artificial intelligence and aging research will present new research and tools for tracking human biological aging at the 7th annual Aging Research and Drug Discovery (ARDD) conference.

25 Aug 2020

Government response to COVID-19 influences citizens' adherence to social distancing measures

A new study conducted by a team of researchers, including University of Colorado Denver Business School associate professor Jiban Khuntia, Ph.D., found while social distancing is an effective preventative measure in the fight against COVID-19, there are significant variations being observed in how and why individuals follow the restrictions.

25 Aug 2020

Online searches for 'heart attack' drop during COVID-19, but rise for 'chest pain'

A study of search engine queries addressed the question of whether online searches for chest pain symptoms correlated to reports of fewer people going to the emergency department with acute heart problems during the COVID-19 pandemic.

25 Aug 2020

COVID specific IgA monoclonal antibodies may provide effective immunity against coronavirus

A new study by researchers at MassBiologics of UMass Medical School published in Nature Communications suggests that COVID specific IgA monoclonal antibodies may provide effective immunity in the respiratory system against the novel coronavirus - a potentially critical feature of an effective vaccine.

25 Aug 2020

Re-designed natural enzyme could reverse nerve damage caused by stroke, spinal cord injury

A team of researchers from University of Toronto Engineering and the University of Michigan has redesigned and enhanced a natural enzyme that shows promise in promoting the regrowth of nerve tissue following injury.

25 Aug 2020

Macrophage programming is more complex than previously thought

Macrophages are white blood cells that, depending on the signals they get from the immune system, become specialized in either increasing or decreasing inflammation.

25 Aug 2020

Scientists identify two markers of inflammation that predict severity of COVID-19 cases

Mount Sinai scientists have identified two markers of inflammation that reliably predict the severity of COVID-19 cases and likelihood of survival, providing a foundation for a diagnostic platform and therapeutic targets, according to a study published in Nature Medicine in August.

25 Aug 2020

New method can be used to monitor the degree of COVID-19 transmission

Since the beginning of the pandemic, research groups have been working on methods to detect SARS-CoV-2 viruses in wastewater to be used to monitor the degree of COVID-19 transmission among the population.

25 Aug 2020

New strategies automate the assessment of stored red blood cell quality

Each year, nearly 120 million units of donated blood flow from donor veins into storage bags at collection centres around the world. The fluid is packed, processed and reserved for later use. But once outside the body, stored red blood cells (RBCs) undergo continuous deterioration. By day 42 in most countries, the products are no longer usable.

25 Aug 2020

Delivering split immunotoxins separately to cancer cells can reduce life-threatening side effects

Splitting one type of cancer drug in half and delivering the pieces separately to cancer cells could reduce life-threatening side effects and protect healthy, non-cancerous cells, a new study suggests.

25 Aug 2020

New approach involves "antivitamins" to develop new classes of antibiotics

Antibiotics are among the most important discoveries of modern medicine and have saved millions of lives since the discovery of penicillin almost 100 years ago.

25 Aug 2020

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Google searches for anxiety skyrocket amid coronavirus pandemic

Heart Research UK awards over £145,000 to Queen’s University Belfast project on blood vessel grafts

BBI announces new vacancies to support the development of Covid-19 Point of Care antibody test

Higher COVID-19 risk perception among older American adults

Blood cancer patients are more vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19, study finds

Antibiotics used for treating COVID-19 patients may result in increased resistance to drugs' benefits

Survival of mesothelioma patients is improving, new data reveals

Researchers propose new technique to prevent imaging cyberthreats

Study examines potential therapeutic approach for Alzheimer's disease

New aging biomarkers to be presented at 7th annual ARDD conference

Government response to COVID-19 influences citizens' adherence to social distancing measures

Online searches for 'heart attack' drop during COVID-19, but rise for 'chest pain'

COVID specific IgA monoclonal antibodies may provide effective immunity against coronavirus

Re-designed natural enzyme could reverse nerve damage caused by stroke, spinal cord injury

Macrophage programming is more complex than previously thought

Scientists identify two markers of inflammation that predict severity of COVID-19 cases

New method can be used to monitor the degree of COVID-19 transmission

New strategies automate the assessment of stored red blood cell quality

Delivering split immunotoxins separately to cancer cells can reduce life-threatening side effects

New approach involves "antivitamins" to develop new classes of antibiotics

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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