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Science is showing us that our social ties play a vital role in our health.

Large-scale social and behavioral changes -- only some of which we can begin to predict -- will follow the global catastrophe.

A new study estimating the size of the Samoan population using contemporary genomic data found that the founding population remained low for the first 1,500 years of human settlement, contributing to understanding the ev...

When it comes to heart attack risk, how do you score? Scientists will soon have an idea, based on your genes.

(American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics) Jasmine Knoll, M.D., is the recipient of a 2020 Takeda/ACMG Foundation Next Generation Fellowship Award. Dr. Knoll's award is in addition to the two Takeda/ACMG Foundat...

(University of Massachusetts Amherst) The Influenza Forecasting Center of Excellence team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst is developing a COVID-19 forecast hub by unifying multiple models in an effort to produ...

(Cancer Research UK) Thousands of cancer patients in the UK have had their treatment stopped or delayed because of COVID-19, and with pressures mounting on the health service, Cancer Research UK calls for widespread test...

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) After comparing how infections from SARS-CoV-2 (which causes COVID-19) and two other human coronaviruses develop in cynomolgus macaques, researchers report that SARS-...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Species never before found in humans described in PLOS ONE belong to the genera Ambidensovirus and Chapparvovirus. Researchers do not yet know if they can cause dis...

(European Society of Cardiology) Women are more likely to die after a heart attack than men because they are often not prescribed the drugs they need. That's the result of research presented today on ACVC Essentials 4U, ...

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, a major unanswered question is how SARS-CoV-2 will persist in the human population after its initial pandemic stage.

(American College of Cardiology) Through its CardioSmart patient initiative, the American College of Cardiology has issued guidance to encourage patients experiencing a heart attack or stroke to call 911. While hospitals...

(Scripps Research Institute) Once a cancer patient's tumors develop resistance to chemotherapy, the prognosis can be poor. However, inhibiting a key gene involved in multidrug resistance, MDR1, has not improved outcomes....

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) In the world of allergy diagnostics, the familiar blood samples and unpleasant skin prick procedures for testing allergen tolerance may soon be a thing of the past. A team of resear...

(Princeton University) Researchers at Princeton University are developing new "gene promoters" - which act like switches to turn genes on - for use with gene therapy, the delivery of new genes to replace ones that are fa...

(Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Using magnetic nanoparticles, scientists stimulate the adrenal gland in rodents to control release of hormones linked to stress.

(University of California - San Diego) Physicians and scientists at UC San Diego School of Medicine have launched a pair of serological tests that will look for novel coronavirus antibodies -- evidence in persons tested ...

(University of Kansas) Using the case of lead exposure in Flint, Michigan, health economist David Slusky and colleagues found that establishing a relationship with a primary care physician for a child reduced the likelih...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) In a New England Journal of Medicine paper, researchers urge a coordinated global effort in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, with countries around the world [taki...

(American College of Physicians) Researchers from the National Institute for Infectious Diseases "Lazzaro Spallanzani" IRCCS, Rome, Italy present the early detection of infectious SARS-CoV-2 in ocular fluids from the fir...

(McMaster University) The original funding supports a study focused on identifying and isolating the members of the airway microbiome -- which consists of microbes like bacteria, fungi, and viruses -- that protect older ...

(American Association for Cancer Research) Patients experienced a greater occurrence of infections in the years preceding a cancer diagnosis.