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(Brain Chemistry Labs) In 2018, cyanobacteria from nutrient-rich waters in Lake Okeechobee were released down the Caloosahatchee river at the same time red tides were gathering along the Florida west coast, potentially e...

(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) A replicating RNA vaccine, formulated with a lipid-based nanoparticle emulsion, produces antibodies against the COVID-19 coronavirus in mice and primates with a sing...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) In a collaboration among physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Columbia University Irving Medical Center, researcher-clinicians have conducted an extensive review o...

(American Heart Association) Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) measurement provides insight into cardiovascular and overall health, including cognitive and academic functions, among children and teens.Healthy CRF is linked...

(Imperial College London) The formation of four-stranded DNA has been tracked in living human cells, allowing scientists to see how it works, and its possible role in cancer.

(Ehime University) Environmental pollutants threaten the health of marine mammals. This study established a novel cell-based assay using the fibroblasts of a finless porpoise stranded along the coast of the Seto Inland S...

(The Lancet) Chinese phase 2 trial finds vaccine is safe and induces an immune response.

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) A new nanoparticle vaccine for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has shown hints of protection and immunity in a preclinical study, safely eliciting the pro...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) No adverse effects were observed in the mice treated with the AHR inhibitor, but before the treatment is tested in human volunteers the experiment must be replicate...

(University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio) Genes and cardiovascular health both contribute to the risk of dementia, a new study shows. Encouragingly, researchers from UT Health San Antonio point out that ...

(Rutgers University) Could we create massive sulfuric acid clouds that limit global warming and help meet the 2015 Paris international climate goals, while reducing unintended impacts? Yes, in theory, according to a Rutg...

(Henry Ford Health System) High school athletes sustaining a concussion require careful attention when determining return-to-sport (RTS) readiness. The purpose of this study was to determine epidemiological and RTS data ...

(University of Freiburg) Freiburg researchers find missing link in immune response.

(International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer) The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) hosts a Virtual Presidential Symposium for the 2020 World Conference on Lung Cancer on Saturday,...

(University of Cincinnati) Preliminary data from researchers at the University of Cincinnati Cancer Center show that immunotherapy doesn't necessarily worsen complications for patients with both COVID-19 and cancer.

(Joslin Diabetes Center) Some benefits of aerobic exercise may be dampened by higher-than-normal blood sugar levels, a condition known as hyperglycemia. These diminished gains are seen in mouse models and humans with chr...

(Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology) Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have used a combination of label-free imaging and artificial intelligence to determine the potential f...

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Researchers at Tel Aviv University conducted a first-of-its-kind study designed to investigate brain connectivity in 130 mammalian species. The intriguing results, contradicting ...

(Wiley) New research indicates that mailing colorectal cancer screening kits to Medicaid enrollees is a cost-effective way to boost screening rates. The findings are published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed jour...

(University of Michigan) Michigan coyotes in most of the Lower Peninsula are the "top dogs" in the local food chain and can dine on a wide variety of small animals, including rabbits and rodents, along with berries and o...

(University of Tokyo) A new study looks at differences between the brains of Japanese classical musicians, Western classical musicians and nonmusicians. Researchers investigated specific kinds of neural behavior in parti...

(Duke University) A chance mutation that led to spinal defects in a zebrafish has opened a little window into our own fishy past. The single-letter mutation showed that both the ancient and modern recipes for spine devel...