Medical News
A new protein discovered that repairs DNA
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(University of Seville) Our cells have DNA repair systems to defend themselves against this sort of damage. One of these systems is based on a protein, photolysis, which uses blue light to repair DNA damage before it lea...
An alternative to animal experiments
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Researchers of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have cultured so-called intestinal organoids from human intestinal tissue, which is a common byproduct when performing bowel ...
Blood test could identify COVID-19 patients at risk of 'cytokine storm' hyperinflammation
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(University of Southampton) Southampton researchers have identified a blood profile that could help identify COVID-19 patients at greatest risk of deterioration and direct them towards trials of specific treatments that ...
Collaboration earns $1.35 million grant to reduce impact of substance abuse in Appalachia
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(West Virginia University) Dr. Judith Feinberg and Dr. Gordon Smith, both from WVU, will collaborate with Lisa Jones from the Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center to administer a $1.35 million grant with the...
Could an existing vaccine make COVID-19 less deadly? Mexico City study provides support
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(Parsemus Foundation) A report supporting the concept of trained immunity for protection from severe COVID-19 was published in Allergy. COVID-19 patients recently vaccinated with the mumps-measles-rubella (MMR) vaccine h...
Design and test potential COVID-19 treatments from your phone
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(University of Utah) Anyone with a smartphone can download the app ViDok, which lets users pick from a library of molecules that might bind to key proteins on the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19, and then can twe...
FAU researchers receive $1.3 million NIH grant for stem cell research
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(Florida Atlantic University) The NIH grant will enable FAU scientists to identify the gene regulation pathways activated to program immature stem-like cells of the eye lens to attain their mature form and transparent fu...
Finding its way to the top: How a cell surface receptor reaches its destination
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Dr. Guangyu Wu is dissecting the molecular homing that enables a nascent protein to ultimately find its way to the surface of a cell as a mature receptor type that helps...
Immune failure can cause serious COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(The University of Bergen) Persons with critical corona-disease may have antibodies blocking the body´s most important defence mechanisms.
Join GSA online for the nation's premier aging conference
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(The Gerontological Society of America) The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) invites all journalists to attend its 2020 Annual Scientific Meeting Online -- the country's largest interdisciplinary conference in the...
Low risk of COVID-19 infection found among people with congenital heart disease
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(American Heart Association) Results of a retrospective analysis suggest that people born with a heart defect who developed COVID-19 symptoms had a low risk of moderate or severe COVID-19 infection, according to a new ar...
Major US hospital-based study shows waterbirths as safe as traditional births
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(Allina Health ) A new US study of waterbirths found that hospital-based births involving water immersion had no higher risk of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) or special care nursery admission than comparable delive...
Maltreatment tied to higher inflammation in girls
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(University of Georgia) New research by a University of Georgia scientist reveals that girls who are maltreated show higher levels of inflammation at an early age than boys who are maltreated or children who have not exp...
Novel software assesses phonologial awareness
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(Michigan State University) Understanding sounds in language is a critical building block for child literacy, yet this skill is often overlooked. Researchers from Michigan State University have developed a new software t...
Obesity implies risk of COVID-19 regardless of age, sex, ethnicity and health condition
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Conclusion presented by Brazilian researchers in Obesity Research & Clinical Practice is based on analysis of nine clinical studies involving 6,577 patients infecte...
Oncotarget: Efavirenz induces DNA damage response pathway in lung cancer
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(Impact Journals LLC) The cover for Issue 41 of Oncotarget features Figure 7, "IPA ATM-signaling pathway in (A) EFV treated MRC-5 and (B) A549 cells," recently published in "Efavirenz induces DNA damage response pathway ...
Only 7% of US school districts in poorer, ethnic minority populations to reopen this fall
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(Taylor & Francis Group) US schools in poor districts with large non-white student populations are less likely to reopen fully this academic year, according to a major new study published in the peer-reviewed Journal of ...
Pharmacist-led digital intervention reduces hazardous prescribing in general practice
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre ) A pharmacist-led, new digital intervention that improves patient safety when prescribing medication in general practice reduced rates of hazardous p...
Prenatal cannabis exposure linked to cognitive deficits, altered behavior
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(Washington State University) Regular cannabis exposure in rats during pregnancy may cause their offspring to have long-term cognitive deficiencies, asocial behavior, and anxiety later in adulthood.
Protein that keeps immune system from freaking out could form basis for new therapeutics
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(University of California - San Diego) Treatment with a peptide that mimics the naturally occurring protein GIV prevents immune overreaction and supports a mechanism critical for survival in mouse models of sepsis and co...
Radiation oncology research and clinical trials to be featured at ASTRO's Annual Meeting
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(American Society for Radiation Oncology) The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) announced today the press program for its 2020 Annual Meeting, which will feature studies on cancer treatment advances and dis...
Researchers mine data and connect the dots about processes driving neuroblastoma
EurekAlert! - 14 Oct 2020 06:00
(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists lead genome analysis to better understand one of the most common childhood solid tumors.