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(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Mathematical modeling can take what information is reported about the coronavirus, including the clearly underreported numbers of cases, factor in knowns like the densit...

Women have an inherent genetic advantage when it comes to fighting infectious diseases.

(University of Pennsylvania) Triple-negative breast cancer is a particularly aggressive form of the disease with no specific treatment. In a new study led by the University of Pennsylvania's Rumela Chakrabarti, researche...

D3 Engineering today announced its new DesignCore Carrier Board, which allows engineers to quickly connect multiple cameras or sensors with the recently launched NVIDIA Jetson Xavier NX module to enable AI at the edge. S...

  GPS and GNSS have been the standards for network timing, but they have security issues. A Master clock and IEEE 1588 reduces the risk and lowers installation costs. Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) provide t...

(Rockefeller University) The Rockefeller University and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) today announced a $3 million expansion of their longstanding partnership for research and medicine, bolstering Rockefeller's r...

(University of Queensland) Molecules in tarantula venom could be used as an alternative to opioid pain killers for people seeking chronic pain relief.

(The Francis Crick Institute) The parasite causing the most severe form of human malaria uses proteins to make red blood cells sticky, making it harder for the immune system to destroy it and leading to potentially fatal...

(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) A team of Chinese scientists has reported the high-resolution crystal structure of the main protease (Mpro) of the COVID-19 virus and has identified drugs that may hold promise ...

(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) Scientists at the University of Alberta have shown that the drug remdesivir is highly effective in stopping the replication mechanism of the coronavirus that causes...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study has shown substantial variability in access to guideline-recommended hormone therapies for older transgender individuals insured through Medicare.

(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) Our ability to study networks within the nervous system has been limited by the tools available to observe large volumes of cells at once. An ultra-fast, 3D i...

(Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters) Findings of a new study led by Prof. XU Guowang from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Prof. YANG Chunzhang from the Nationa...

(Oregon State University) An Oregon State University-led research program has been awarded a $12.7 million grant to serve the Pacific Northwest by studying harmful chemicals found at federally designated hazardous waste ...

(DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory) A team of scientists including researchers at the National Synchrotron Light Source II have demonstrated a new technique for imaging proteins in 3D with nanoscale resolution. Their wo...

(Monash University) A world-first breakthrough by Australian researchers in ventilator splitting could help hospitals under severe stress as the number of critical COVID-19 cases continues to rise.

(Intermountain Medical Center) Researchers from Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City have launched two vital clinical trials to test the effectiveness and safety of two drugs -- hydrox...

(American College of Physicians) Diagnostic testing to identify infected persons is central to efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic. This review from McGill University Health Centre synthesizes current knowledge of d...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Cancer cells avoid an immune system attack after radiation by commandeering a cell signaling pathway that helps dying cells avoid triggering an immune response, a new study led by UTSW sc...

(University of Chicago Medical Center) The University of Chicago Medicine is launching a clinical trial to study whether blood plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 can be used to treat patients who are sti...

(University of Louisville) It is widely accepted that higher levels of body fat increase the risk of developing breast cancer, as well as other cancers. Based on his ongoing research, Bing Li, Ph.D., has published an art...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Cells in some of the body's most vulnerable entry routes to bacterial infection buffer themselves when the immune system detects danger by reorganizing the cholesterol on their surfaces, ...