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October 6, 2020

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Genetic variants that leave their carrier more susceptible to severe COVID-19 are inherited from Neanderthals, a new ...
Two new studies offer an explanation for why COVID-19 cases can be so variable. A subset of patients has mutations in key ...
Early interventions were effective at stamping out coronavirus infections before they spread, according to a new study. Combining virus genomics with epidemiologic ...
A potential therapy for obesity would transplant HUMBLE (human brown-like) fat cells, human white fat cells that have been genetically modified using CRISPR to become similar ...
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New Insights for Drug Research: Breaking the Coupling Process

Real-time observation of signal transmission in proteins provides new insights for drug ...

Novel Testing Platform Designed for Breast Cancer Cells

A team has developed a novel testing platform to evaluate how breast cancer cells respond to the recurrent stretching that occurs in the lungs during breathing. The technology is designed to better ...

Telehealth Trains Parents to Improve Behavior Skills of Children With Autism

Training parents of children with autism spectrum disorder virtually about early behavioral intervention is an accessible and effective approach during the coronavirus pandemic or in other instances ...

Has COVID-19 Knocked Us Onto Our Backsides?

Researchers sought to examine the impact of pandemic-related changes upon physical activity and sedentary behavior, specifically sitting, across the university ...

Safe Resumption of Research Is Important, Feasible

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, just as public institutions and businesses closed, research programs performing human participant research (HPR) also largely ceased operations. Now, ...

Letter from Leading Researchers Urges Terminology Update, Shift in COVID-19 Guidance

Experts with leading research institutions across the United States are urging that researchers across disciplines must converge to deliver clear public health guidance about how SARS-CoV-2 is spread ...

Risk Factors for Acute Kidney Injury After Brain Hemorrhage

Patients who suffer an intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) face an increased risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) during their hospitalization. AKI can lead to sudden kidney failure, kidney damage or even ...

Innovation Could Improve Detection of COVID-19 Infections

Researchers have developed a way to increase the sensitivity of the primary test used to detect the virus that causes COVID-19. Applying the findings could make the nasal swab test up to 10 times ...

Deep Learning Gives Drug Design a Boost

A computational tool may help pharmaceutical companies expand their ability to investigate the safety of ...

Diagnosing COVID-19 in Just 30 Minutes

Researchers have developed a one-pot diagnostic method for detecting pathogenic RNAs with PCR-level sensitivity. Diagnostic technology for new infectious diseases can be developed within a week to ...

A Small Switch With a Big Impact

Minor changes in immune cells can significantly affect the immune response, scientists have now discovered. Their findings could be relevant for stem cell ...

Millimeter-Precision Drug Delivery to the Brain

Focused ultrasound waves help researchers to deliver drugs to the brain with pinpoint accuracy, in other words only to where their effect is desired. This method is set to enable treatment of ...

Women More Likely to Embrace Behaviors Aimed at Preventing the Spread of COVID-19

Women are more likely than are men to follow guidelines outlined by medical experts to prevent the spread of COVID-19, new research ...

The 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is being awarded jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of Hepatitis C ...

Coupling Antibiotics With Stem Cells to Fight Off Bone Infections

Researchers investigated the effects of adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) loaded with the antibiotic ciprofloxacin on osteomyelitis caused by implants. By administering ADSC-loaded ciprofloxacin to ...

High Throughput Screening Identifies Molecules That Reduce Cellular Stress

A new article describes the discovery of several promising small molecules that appear to reduce cellular stress in mouse skin cells and could lengthen ...

High Blood Pressure Linked to Baroreflex in Rats

Researchers describe a newly observed phenomenon in the way blood pressure is maintained in certain ...

Virtual Follow-Up Care Is More Convenient and Just as Beneficial to Surgical Patients

Surgical patients who participate in virtual follow-up visits after their operations spend a similar amount of time with surgical team members as those who meet ...

Nitric Oxide a Possible Treatment for COVID-19, Study Finds

Researchers have found that an effective way of treating the coronavirus behind the 2003 SARS epidemic also works on the closely related SARS-CoV-2 virus, the culprit in the ongoing COVID-19 ...

New COVID Test Doesn't Use Scarce Reagents, Catches All but the Least Infectious

Scientists have developed an accurate COVID-19 test doesn't use scarce reagents, paving the way for wide testing in both developing countries and industrialized nations like the United States, ...

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