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Experimental vaccine effective at preventing pneumonia in COVID-19-infected mice

An experimental vaccine is effective at preventing pneumonia in mice infected with the COVID-19 virus, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

12 Aug 2020

Social media use is not a risk factor for depression among adolescents, study suggests

Contrary to popular wisdom, daily social media use is not a strong or consistent risk factor for depressive symptoms among adolescents, according to a new study by Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health researchers. The results are published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

12 Aug 2020

Researchers develop novel approach for utilizing 4D-printing of arrays to accelerate drug testing

Investigators at Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey have developed a novel approach for utilizing 4-dimensional (4D) printing of arrays that transform from cell-culture inserts into histological cassettes that hold patient tissue samples for rapid programmable drug testing.

12 Aug 2020

Novel strategy provides new hope to fight COVID-19

A novel strategy has been developed by Novateur Ventures, which provides new hope in battle against COVID-19. The study titled 'A Novel Strategy to Mitigate the Hyperinflammatory Response to COVID-19 by Targeting Leukotrienes' was published in Frontiers in Pharmacology, a leading peer-reviewed journal.

12 Aug 2020

Study: Anti-microRNA drug significantly reduces miR-92a levels in human peripheral blood

A single intravenous dose of MRG-110, an anti-microRNA drug, significantly reduced miR-92a levels in the blood of healthy humans.

12 Aug 2020

Hip replacement surgeries at safety net hospitals linked to higher complications, mortality

Total hip arthroplasty (THA) – or hip replacement – is one of the most widely performed surgical procedures in the United States. It is used to manage severe arthritis and can greatly improve quality of life for patients suffering from this debilitating disease.

12 Aug 2020

Walking for different reasons yields different levels of self-rated health, shows study

Walking with a purpose - especially walking to get to work - makes people walk faster and consider themselves to be healthier, a new study has found.

12 Aug 2020

Study shows exercise induces changes in sweat biomolecule levels

A new study shows that in addition to blood, endurance exercise induces changes in sweat biomolecule levels. These findings lay the groundwork for the development of future noninvasive exercise monitoring systems that utilize sweat as a biomarker source.

12 Aug 2020

Creating a blood test for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease

News-Medical spoke to Dr. Randall Bateman and Dr. Nicolas Barthélemy about their research on Alzheimer's disease, and their new diagnosis technique.

12 Aug 2020

Study: Lipoic acid supplements promote weight loss in certain obese adults

A compound given as a dietary supplement to overweight but otherwise healthy people in a clinical trial caused many of the patients to slim down, research by Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University showed.

12 Aug 2020

Nurses and doctors sick with COVID feel pressured to get back to work

The first call in early April was from the testing center, informing the nurse she was positive for COVID-19 and should quarantine for two weeks.

12 Aug 2020

Bereaved families are ‘the secondary victims of COVID-19’

Every day, the nation is reminded of COVID-19's ongoing impact as new death counts are published. What is not well documented is the toll on family members.

12 Aug 2020

Researchers develop new strategies to treat osteoporosis

A research team from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has identified a new avenue to maintain bone health while reducing bone resorption.

12 Aug 2020

Study reveals multicellular physiology in Myxococcus xanthus bacterium

Research by INRS (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique) Professor Salim Timo Islam and his PhD student Fares Saïdi has recently revealed that multicellular physiology in the social bacterium Myxococcus xanthus

12 Aug 2020

Meditation-relaxation technique can help treat sleep paralysis

Sleep paralysis - a condition thought to explain a number of mysterious experiences including alleged cases of alien abduction and demonic night-time visits - could be treated using a technique of meditation-relaxation, suggests a pilot study published today.

12 Aug 2020

New techniques help replace malfunctioning microglia associated with neurological disorders

Researchers at Fudan University in Shanghai, China have developed three different techniques that successfully replace almost all malfunctioning microglia - each technique with its own advantage in application

12 Aug 2020

Researchers review scientific articles on proteins that help cancer cells enter the brain

An international team of scientists, including a researcher from Sechenov University, reviewed scientific articles on proteins (and genes encoding them) that help cancer cells enter the brain.

12 Aug 2020

Researchers discover a simpler way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease

The Republic of Korea, like other countries with a rapidly ageing population, is facing increasing numbers of patients with dementia, of which Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most representative type.

12 Aug 2020

Study focuses on genetic neurological disorders that develop in children over time

A team of researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) affiliated with the CHOP Epilepsy Neurogenetics Initiative (ENGIN) further bridged the gap between genomic information and clinical outcome data by systematically linking genetic information with electronic medical records, focusing on how genetic neurological disorders in children develop over time.

12 Aug 2020

C-type lectin receptors play a role in SARS-CoV-2 infection

A new study published on the preprint server bioRxiv in August 2020 confirms and extends earlier findings showing that a type of sugar-based receptor on innate immune cells promotes the entry of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) into other cells that carry the viral receptor, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2).

12 Aug 2020

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Experimental vaccine effective at preventing pneumonia in COVID-19-infected mice

Social media use is not a risk factor for depression among adolescents, study suggests

Researchers develop novel approach for utilizing 4D-printing of arrays to accelerate drug testing

Novel strategy provides new hope to fight COVID-19

Study: Anti-microRNA drug significantly reduces miR-92a levels in human peripheral blood

Hip replacement surgeries at safety net hospitals linked to higher complications, mortality

Walking for different reasons yields different levels of self-rated health, shows study

Study shows exercise induces changes in sweat biomolecule levels

Creating a blood test for the detection of Alzheimer’s disease

Study: Lipoic acid supplements promote weight loss in certain obese adults

Nurses and doctors sick with COVID feel pressured to get back to work

Bereaved families are ‘the secondary victims of COVID-19’

Researchers develop new strategies to treat osteoporosis

Study reveals multicellular physiology in Myxococcus xanthus bacterium

Meditation-relaxation technique can help treat sleep paralysis

New techniques help replace malfunctioning microglia associated with neurological disorders

Researchers review scientific articles on proteins that help cancer cells enter the brain

Researchers discover a simpler way to diagnose Alzheimer's disease

Study focuses on genetic neurological disorders that develop in children over time

C-type lectin receptors play a role in SARS-CoV-2 infection

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