The dominant G-form spike protein 'puts its head up' more frequently to latch on to receptors, but that makes it more vulnerable to neutralization. SOURCE: Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Federal officials reverse limits on fetal tissue research
Federal officials on Friday reversed Trump administration restrictions on using human fetal tissue for medical research. SOURCE: Medical Research News - Health Research, Medicine Sciences Research, Health Sciences Research - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
FDA approves immunotherapy for first-line treatment of advanced gastric cancer
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Opdivo (nivolumab), in combination with certain types of chemotherapy, for the initial treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic gastric cancer, gastroesophageal junction cancer and ... [Continue Reading]
Recovered COVID-19 patients may need only a single vaccine dose, suggests study
People who have recovered from COVID-19 had a robust antibody response after the first mRNA vaccine dose, but little immune benefit after the second dose, according to new research from the Penn Institute of Immunology. The findings, published today ... [Continue Reading]
Childhood moles could help predict your chance of melanoma
New research shows the number of moles on young children can help predict the amount on adults: which also indicate the chance of melanoma. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Reliable COVID-19 short-term forecasting
Researchers have developed a new model for making short-term projections of daily COVID-19 cases that is accurate, reliable and easily used by public health officials and other organizations. SOURCE: Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily - Read entire ... [Continue Reading]
Can tackling be made safer in the NRL?
"We are researching to lower concussions by trialing different tackling techniques," says former Knights player, Timana Tahu. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Scientists create embryos with cells from monkeys, humans
Researchers have successfully introduced human stem cells into monkey embryos in the lab, creating short-lived hybrid organisms that could prove an important step in growing human transplant organs from livestock or creating better animal models for ... [Continue Reading]
Scientists Create Early Embryos That Are Part Human, Part Monkey
An international team has put human cells into monkey embryos in hopes of finding new ways to produce organs for transplantation. But some ethicists still worry about how such research could go wrong.(Image credit: Weizhi Ji/Kunming University of ... [Continue Reading]
Study analyzes trends in age at natural menopause and reproductive life span among US women
As females age, their bodies typically undergo two significant changes that generally occur during adolescence and middle age. SOURCE: The Medical News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Conservative garden city scores huge marijuana farm
A proposed marijuana farm will process 500 tonnes of medicinal cannabis a year for domestic and overseas markets and will have an export value of more than $1 billion. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Psilocybin performs at least as well as leading antidepressant in small study
Psilocybin, the active compound in magic mushrooms, may be at least as effective as a leading antidepressant medication in a therapeutic setting. SOURCE: Medical Research News - Health Research, Medicine Sciences Research, Health Sciences Research - ... [Continue Reading]
Little swirling mysteries: Uncovering dynamics of ultrasmall, ultrafast groups of atoms
Exploring and manipulating the behavior of polar vortices in material may lead to new technology for faster data transfer and storage. SOURCE: Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
CDC Studies ‘Breakthrough’ COVID Cases Among People Already Vaccinated
Measurable antibody response to mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in elderly care home residents
A new preprint research paper posted to the medRxiv* server explores the antibody response to COVID-19 vaccines in elderly residents of nursing homes in the USA. As of March 2021, there have been over 1.4 million infections from SARS-CoV-2 and over ... [Continue Reading]
Professor Muireann Irish says a loss of pleasure is an early indicator of frontotemporal dementia.
Professor Muireann Irish says her research suggests people living with frontotemporal dementia can't feel as happy as they did before developing the disease because the pleasure system in their brain has deteriorated. SOURCE: ABC News - Read entire ... [Continue Reading]
Immune response to vaccination after COVID-19
After a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, people with a prior COVID-19 infection had antibody levels similar to those of people without prior infection after two vaccine doses. SOURCE: NIH research matter Feed - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
“Sweat sticker” for diagnosing cystic fibrosis
Researchers created a “sweat sticker” for measuring chloride concentrations in sweat, a sign of cystic fibrosis. SOURCE: NIH research matter Feed - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
How stress causes hair loss
Researchers found that a stress hormone impairs stem cells necessary for hair growth in mice. The findings suggest potential ways to treat hair loss caused by chronic stress. SOURCE: NIH research matter Feed - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Ocean bacteria release carbon into the atmosphere
Researchers have discovered that deep-sea bacteria dissolve carbon-containing rocks, releasing excess carbon into the ocean and atmosphere. The findings will allow scientists to better estimate the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, a ... [Continue Reading]
Gut epithelium muscles up against infection
To maximize absorption of nutrients from the diet, the intestinal mucous membrane has a large surface area. However, this also makes it vulnerable to attack from aggressive gut microbes. A new study by Uppsala University researchers now shows that ... [Continue Reading]
Tapeworm infection drug blocks SARS-CoV-2 damage in the lungs
New research published in the journal Nature found the presence of SARS-CoV-2 in the lungs resulted in abnormal pneumocytes and spike protein-mediated cell fusion. Their findings also showed that TMEM16F protein activation induces cell fusion. ... [Continue Reading]
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