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Oxford Immunotec releases the T-SPOT® Discovery™ SARS-CoV-2 kit

Oxford Immunotec Global PLC, a global, high-growth diagnostics company, today announces the release of the T-SPOT Discovery SARS-CoV-2 test kit.

19 May 2020

Primary care-based intervention promotes parent-teen communication

A primary care-based intervention to promote parent-teen communication led to less distress and increased positive emotions among adolescents, as well as improved communication for many teens, according to a new study by researchers at the Center for Parent and Teen Communication at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP).

19 May 2020

Cord blood can improve social communication skills in autistic children

In a recent study, Duke researchers tested whether a single infusion of a unit of a child's own or donor cord blood could improve social communication skills in children between the ages of 2-7 diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

19 May 2020

New study may help understand the likely trajectory of ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

In influencing the trajectory of the pandemic stage of an emerging pathogen, a population's susceptibility to a novel disease is more influential than climate factors like humidity.

19 May 2020

COVID-19 is more deadly than flu, concludes new study

Is COVID-19 more deadly than the flu? It's a lot more deadly, concludes a new study by the University of Washington published May 7 in the journal Health Affairs.

19 May 2020

Common cytokine profile in ARDS, severe COVID-19 and sepsis

Many lives have been lost to the severe pneumonic disease COVID-19 caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), during the ongoing pandemic. The reason for the critical lung injury that results in a fatal outcome in a significant minority of patients has been supposed to be the dramatic oversecretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines triggered by the virus.

19 May 2020

Innovent Biologics and MD Anderson to develop sintilimab injection for rare cancers

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Innovent Biologics, Inc. today announced a strategic collaboration agreement to co-develop TYVYT® (sintilimab injection), Innovent's anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, in rare cancers in the U. S...

19 May 2020

Multi-institutional clinical trial sheds new light on non-responsive tumors

Over the last decade, enzalutamide and similar drugs have led to significant tumor control and increased survival time for men who have metastatic prostate cancer that continues to grow despite treatments to reduce male hormone levels.

19 May 2020

New animal model for COVID-19

As the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) continues to ravage the world, scientists are frantically searching for a vaccine or new drug that will effectively counter the lethal effects of the virus that leads to COVID-19 disease.

19 May 2020

New UV disinfection technology is effective for deactivating SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces

Surfaces contaminated with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, pose a grave threat to the safety of healthcare workers, patients, frontline responders, military service members, cruise line passengers, hotel guests and people everywhere.

19 May 2020

Three FDA-approved drugs can block the replication of COVID-19 virus

Three drugs that are already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or other international agencies can block the production of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 in human cells, according to computational and pharmaceutical studies performed by UT Southwestern scientists.

19 May 2020

Researchers investigate the effect of Covid-19 on pregnant women and babies

Huddersfield researchers have co-published a report on the current knowledge of the effect of Covid-19 on pregnant women and babies.

19 May 2020

Study: Health impacts of COVID-19 may go far beyond the official death counts

According to a study by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the northern Italian city of Nembro recorded more deaths during March 2020 than between January and December 2019.

19 May 2020

A new treatment option for activating cellular defenses against neurodegenerative disease

Talk about motherly instincts: Biologists at the University of Iowa have learned that female roundworms can alert their future offspring of dangers they will encounter when born, and the mothers pass on these warnings even before the offspring have been conceived.

19 May 2020

Spraying disinfectants on streets can be harmful, WHO warns

The interim guidance released by the WHO aims to help health authorities formulate and implement policies on the disinfection of environmental surfaces during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic.

18 May 2020

Countries back Australia's plan to investigate the coronavirus pandemic

Amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, a coalition of 116 countries backs up a joint Australian and European Union plan to launch an independent inquiry into the coronavirus outbreak.

18 May 2020

Binge drinking causes' drunkorexia in young women

Binge drinking may lead to a condition called "drunkorexia," a new study from the University of South Australia found.

18 May 2020

Study shows how cancer protein changes may accelerate tumorigenesis and metastasis

Understanding the genetic mutations and protein changes that take place in the progression of cancer is key to its treatment. Mutations in the gene TP53 and concomitant mutant p53 proteins in cancer cells have become notorious over the course of multiple studies of several different types of cancers.

18 May 2020

CU researchers identify new way that nerve cells regenerate and repair after damage

Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified a new way that cells in the central nervous system regenerate and repair following damage.

18 May 2020

ECMO machine can be useful for treating critically ill COVID-19 patients

When COVID-19 patients are critically ill, the biggest threat to their lives is lung dysfunction. If their lungs don't work, their blood can't circulate enough oxygen to the brain, the liver and other organs.

18 May 2020