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(Mayo Clinic) Mayo Clinic researchers and collaborators have found investigational convalescent plasma to be safe following transfusion in a diverse group of 20,000 patients. The findings -- from the US Food and Drug Adm...

(American College of Physicians) Living practice points from ACP: advice on use of N95, surgical, and cloth masks to prevent COVID-19.

In the first study to look at objective measures of sedentary behavior and cancer mortality, researchers found that greater inactivity was independently associated with a higher risk of dying from cancer.

Cellular processes such as transcription often take place in tiny cellular droplets called condensates. A new study shows the mechanism by which small molecules, including cancer drugs, are concentrated in these droplets...

Scientists have further decoded how mammalian brains perceive odors and distinguish one smell from thousands of others.

Genetic variability across patients might play an important role in shaping the microbiome composition of wounds, thereby influencing the healing process, according to a new study.

Parasitic worms could offer a new treatment hope for patients suffering from the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis, according to experts.

It's likely that people will get sick from attending protests -- but how that compares to people getting sick for other reasons might be the bigger question.

A new study unveils a novel mechanism that allows viruses to produce unexpected proteins.

COVID-19 isn't the first disease to upend daily life.

Researchers have discovered some of the secrets to longevity with new research revealing not smoking and being social engaged throughout older age are common traits of New Zealand centenarians.

A deep-learning powered single-strained electronic skin sensor can capture human motion from a distance. The single strain sensor placed on the wrist decodes complex five-finger motions in real time with a virtual 3D han...

Scientists develop AI-based tool to predict adverse drug events. Such events are responsible for some 2 million U.S. hospitalizations per year. The free, open-source system could enable safer drug design, optimize drug s...

(Elsevier) A new study appearing in the journal CHEST®, published by Elsevier, documents an increased incidence of silicosis, which progressed rapidly to massive pulmonary fibrosis in a significant proportion of patient...

(Bioscribe) Blood sample analyses from the Children's Autism Metabolome Project have now reproducibly identified unique metabolic signatures in over 50% of the participating children with autism. This is an important ste...

(Children's Cancer Institute Australia) Researchers have been investigating what they believe to be the root cause of treatment resistance, leukaemia stem cells, and have now hit upon a new therapeutic approach that work...

(Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Maturing and reproducing early hardly has any downsides. If you're a wild boar, that is.

(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) Chandelier cells stand out among brain cells for their elaborate, branching structure. A single chandelier cell reaches out to connect and communicate with more than 100 other neurons. Abn...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Social distancing and limited access to contraceptive and abortion care during the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting the sexual and reproductive health of adolescents ...

(University of Rhode Island) A research team led by a University of Rhode Island ornithologist had birds fly in a wind tunnel to simulate migration and found that birds that consume dietary antioxidants before and during...

(University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be adversely affecting mental health among hospitalised patients, the healthcare professionals treating them and the ...

(University of Stirling) Pioneering research led by the University of Stirling could play a vital role in reducing the prevalence of 'snail fever' -- a debilitating infection that affects more than 200 million people wor...