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Research offers hope for increasing the robustness of vaccine response in older people

Research just published by the Linterman lab shows that the immune system of older mice can be given a helping hand by applying immunology expertise and some genital wart treatment (don't try this at home just yet)!

27 Mar 2020

UC Davis launches two clinical trials to evaluate treatments for COVID-19

UC Davis Health has two clinical trials underway for hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2.

27 Mar 2020

COVID-19 patients can be infectious even after their symptomatic recovery, study shows

In a new study, researchers found that half of the patients they treated for mild COVID-19 infection still had coronavirus for up to eight days after symptoms disappeared.

27 Mar 2020

Fast-acting anti-malarial compound shows promise in first clinical trial

A fast-acting anti-malarial compound discovered at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital was well tolerated and showed promising anti-malarial effects in the first study in humans.

27 Mar 2020

Coronavirus has upended our world. It’s OK to grieve.

On weekday evenings, sisters Lesley Laine and Lisa Ingle stage online happy hours from the Southern California home they share. It’s something they’ve been enjoying with local and faraway friends during this period of social distancing and self-isolation. And on a recent evening, I shared a toast with them.

27 Mar 2020

New approach shows promise as a treatment for chemo-resistant ovarian cancer

Researchers have made a discovery about the behavior of ovarian cancer cells that could lead to a new treatment approach.

27 Mar 2020

Brain mapping shows motor regions for the hand may be connected to entire body

Neuroscientists have published findings which reveal that the motor region for the hand connects to the entire body.

27 Mar 2020

Physicians fear for their families as they battle coronavirus with too little armor

Dr. Jessica Kiss' twin girls cry most mornings when she goes to work. They're 9, old enough to know she could catch the coronavirus from her patients and get so sick she could die.

27 Mar 2020

Scientists uncover key molecular mechanism underlying different aspects of sepsis

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that kills millions annually; it is poorly understood and has no specific treatment.

27 Mar 2020

A promising strategy to overcome drug resistance developed by blood cancer cells

In a collaborative study published in Blood Advances, a research group led by Beate Heissig at Juntendo University and Yousef Salama at An Najah University report a strategy to overcome drug resistance developed by blood cancer cells.

27 Mar 2020

Under financial strain, community health centers ramp up coronavirus response

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced $100 million in supplemental funding for community health centers to support the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

27 Mar 2020

Elsevier’s analysis on global research trends in infectious diseases

Over the past two decades, the world has faced several infectious disease outbreaks. Ebola, Influenza A (H1N1), SARS, MERS, Zika virus and currently COVID-19 have had a massive global impact in terms of economic disruption, strain on local and global public health resources and, above all, human health.

From Elsevier 27 Mar 2020

Grifols Announces Formal Collaboration with US Government to Produce the First Treatment Specifically Targeting COVID-19

Grifols today announces that it has entered into a formal collaboration with the US Government alongside other health agencies, to treat COVID-19 disease.

From GRIFOLS U.K. Ltd. 27 Mar 2020

Not so fast using CPAPs in place of ventilators. They could spread the coronavirus.

The limited supply of ventilators is one of the chief concerns facing hospitals as they prepare for more COVID-19 cases. In Italy, where hospitals have been overwhelmed with patients in respiratory failure, doctors have had to make difficult life-or-death decisions about who gets a ventilator and who does not.

27 Mar 2020

Maintaining VDR levels in pancreatic cells could protect against diabetes

Maintaining vitamin D receptor levels in pancreatic cells that synthesize and secrete insulin could contribute to protecting against the development of diabetes and counteract pancreatic cell damage caused by the progression of the disease.

27 Mar 2020

Help wanted: Retired doctors and nurses don scrubs again in coronavirus fight

Laura Benson retired from nursing in 2018, but this week she reported for work again in New Rochelle, New York, where the first cluster of COVID-19 cases occurred a few short weeks ago.

27 Mar 2020

New framework to help guide decisions for prostate cancer radiotherapy during COVID-19 pandemic

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a team of radiation oncologists from the U.S. and U.K. is recommending a new framework for making decisions about radiation therapy for prostate cancer patients that weighs risks and benefits during these difficult times.

27 Mar 2020

Fast & reliable tracking of Coronavirus patient samples

Ziath Ltd. has received orders for its DataPaq™ Mirage Rack Scanner from a growing number of laboratories that specialise in testing patient samples for Coronavirus Covid-19 infection.

From Ziath Ltd 27 Mar 2020

Telemedicine surges, fueled by coronavirus fears and shift in payment rules

Lukas Kopacki, home from college after the coronavirus pandemic closed his campus, was feeling lousy for days with headaches, sore throat and difficulty breathing through his nose. But he worried that a trip to a doctor's office might make him sicker.

27 Mar 2020

Disasters have a major impact on cervical cancer screening for years

Cervical cancer screening rates in Japan were significantly affected in the years following the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011, Tohoku University scientists report in the journal PLOS ONE.

27 Mar 2020

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Research offers hope for increasing the robustness of vaccine response in older people

UC Davis launches two clinical trials to evaluate treatments for COVID-19

COVID-19 patients can be infectious even after their symptomatic recovery, study shows

Fast-acting anti-malarial compound shows promise in first clinical trial

Coronavirus has upended our world. It’s OK to grieve.

New approach shows promise as a treatment for chemo-resistant ovarian cancer

Brain mapping shows motor regions for the hand may be connected to entire body

Physicians fear for their families as they battle coronavirus with too little armor

Scientists uncover key molecular mechanism underlying different aspects of sepsis

A promising strategy to overcome drug resistance developed by blood cancer cells

Under financial strain, community health centers ramp up coronavirus response

Elsevier’s analysis on global research trends in infectious diseases

Grifols Announces Formal Collaboration with US Government to Produce the First Treatment Specifically Targeting COVID-19

Not so fast using CPAPs in place of ventilators. They could spread the coronavirus.

Maintaining VDR levels in pancreatic cells could protect against diabetes

Help wanted: Retired doctors and nurses don scrubs again in coronavirus fight

New framework to help guide decisions for prostate cancer radiotherapy during COVID-19 pandemic

Fast & reliable tracking of Coronavirus patient samples

Telemedicine surges, fueled by coronavirus fears and shift in payment rules

Disasters have a major impact on cervical cancer screening for years

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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