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(Massachusetts General Hospital) People of Asian ancestry face yet another set of challenges posed by racism and xenophobia which has soared during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The spike protein on SARS-CoV-2 interferes with pain perception.

Trucks, planes and storage facilities all need to be able to keep a vaccine cold.

(University of Washington) In the United States, individual state laws barring 18- to 20-year-olds from buying or possessing a handgun make little difference in the rate of homicides involving a gun by people in that age...

(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers have identified two antibodies that protect mice against lethal infections of influenza B virus, report scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St....

(JAMA Network) Researchers evaluated the proportion of patients who completed COVID-19 testing and the proportion of positive cases using language as a surrogate for immigrant status.

(BIOCAD) On September 23, 2020, the biotechnology company BIOCAD signed an agreement on the industrial production of the COVID-19 vaccine with the Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Ministry of Heal...

(University of Tsukuba) Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have found a fungal-bacterial relationship that allows bacteria to travel along fungal highways and supply the fungus with thiamine (vitamin B1), which i...

(Case Western Reserve University) An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University have uncovered a new suite of human blood biomarkers which coul...

(DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases) Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Charité -- Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified highly effective antibodies against...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) U.S. and Canadian restrictions on corneal donations prevented as many as 3,217 corneal donations from gay and bisexual men in 2018, despite a worldwide need for corneas fo...

(American Friends of Tel Aviv University) Tel Aviv University researchers suggest that carriers of the genetic mutations PiZ and PiS are at high risk for severe illness and even death from COVID-19. These mutations lead ...

(Universität Bayreuth) The consumption of raw carrots triggers allergic reactions in many people. Contrary to popular belief, cooked carrots can also have this effect. This was recently discovered by a research team at ...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Researchers report first clinically actionable findings for a rare blood vessel disease in a study of four unrelated families, all with the same genetic variant.

(Hokkaido University) A comprehensive search of genetic variation databases has revealed no significant differences across populations and ethnic groups in seven genes associated with viral entry of SARS-CoV-2.

(University of California - Riverside) The National Institute on Aging, or NIA, has awarded psychologists Chandra A. Reynolds of the University of California, Riverside, and Sally J. Wadsworth of the University of Colora...

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Building upon years of research, a new study has demonstrated how a specific assessment of the eye could someday help properly diagnosis and monitor concussions.

(Harvard Medical School) Scientists have created a detailed cellular and molecular map of the healthy human heart to understand how this vital organ functions and to shed light on what goes awry in cardiovascular disease...

(West Virginia University) Dr. Sally Hodder, director of the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute headquartered at WVU, will lead an eight-state consortium that will contribute to a national COVID-1...

(American Roentgen Ray Society) In this AJR article, 82 patients with COVID-19 who underwent abdominal ultrasound or CT were retrospectively compared with 82 patients without COVID-19 for thromboembolism and solid-organ ...

(University of Toronto) Black, South Asian and Aboriginal populations from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds in Canada are nearly four times more likely to have three or more medical conditions that have been ident...

(Swansea University) Family carers for children and adults with intellectual disabilities have reported rates of mental health problems under lockdown that are up to 10 times higher than parents without those responsibil...