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(American Federation for Aging Research) The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), a national non-profit organization whose mission is to support and advance healthy aging through biomedical research, is proud t...

(Medical University of South Carolina) Medical University of South Carolina researchers investigated the effects of mutations altering the structure of an essential protein in an antibiotic-resistant strain of Neisseria ...

(University of Toronto) Metabolite signature composed of sugars, amino acids and lipids can predict with over 85 per cent accuracy whether a women will develop diabetes after pregnancy marked with gestational diabetes.

Vicor’s new DCM3717 enables customers in data center, automotive and industrial markets to quickly deploy high-performance 48V power delivery for legacy 12V loads while achieving significant power-system size, weight a...

The tests are crucial to understanding the full scope of the COVID-19 pandemic. But right now, the results aren't reliable.

(Northwestern University) Do you remember the challenge of waking up on winter's cold, dark days? Northwestern University neurobiologists have uncovered a clue to what's behind this behavior. In a study of the fruit fly,...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) There are an estimated 2 million older adults who are homebound or unable to leave their homes due to multiple chronic conditions and functional impairment. Home-based primary care provides acces...

(Rockefeller University Press) Researchers at the University of Nebraska Medical Center have identified a key cell signaling pathway that drives the devastating muscle loss, or cachexia, suffered by many cancer patients....

(The Obesity Society ) Researchers have discovered that anti-obesity medications such as phentermine and topiramate, used individually or in combination, can significantly reduce weight regain in patients after Roux-en-Y...

(European Society for Medical Oncology) Cancer-related fatigue is a prevalent and potentially persistent issue among breast cancer survivors, which can prevent them from returning to their previous life well after treatm...

(Children's National Hospital) Children's National Hospital is establishing a regional pediatric telehealth consortium in response to coronavirus with $928,000 in funding awarded by the Federal Communications Commission'...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) As dentists and their teams across America get back to their regular schedules after a sharp COVID-19-related reduction, a new study shows a key opportunity to reduce the use ...

(The MIT Press) New research published in the HARVARD DATA SCIENCE REVIEW addresses the societal, epidemiological, political, and educational issues that have rapidly emerged from the SARS-CoV2 pandemic

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) Kidney transplants: Better results can be derived with larger numbers of cases.In clinics where kidneys are transplanted more frequently, the chances of survival are ...

(Kobe University) Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is a chronic liver disease often associated with diabetes. However, it is unclear how NASH develops and there is currently no approved medication for the disease. A ...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Although heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, and older adults are more likely to have heart and vascular disease than young people, randomized clinical trials testing medication...

(University of Southampton) A team of researchers from the University of Southampton, the University of Bath and King's College London, including Dennis Golm from the University of Southampton, have provided compelling e...

(The Lancet) The Lancet: First human trial of COVID-19 vaccine finds it is safe and induces rapid immune response.

(The Lancet) The Lancet: No evidence of benefit for chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine in COVID-19 patients, urgent randomised trials are needed.

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Bypassing clinical trials for a potential SARS-CoV-2 vaccine would be "catastrophic," says Science Advances deputy editor Douglas Green in this Editorial. Instead, it...

(BMJ) Age, male sex, obesity, and underlying illness have emerged as risk factors for severe COVID-19 or death in the UK, according to the largest cohort study to date published by The BMJ today.

(National Institute for Health Research) The new research centres will increase capacity within the NHS to deliver vital research for patients, while decreasing the time it takes to set-up late-phase commercial trials wi...