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(Taylor & Francis Group) Abnormally high blood sugar may worsen outcomes and mortality rates for COVID-19 patients, including those without diabetes, according to major research published in the peer-reviewed open access...

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(GFZ GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam, Helmholtz Centre) Trace elements such as iron and zinc are essential micronutrients for all kinds of organisms. Below ice sheets, which cover around ten percent of the Earth's land surf...

(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers identified the BICRA gene as a new disease gene involved in a neurodevelopmental disorder and found evidence that BICRA functions in neural development in humans and flies.

(Karolinska Institutet) There are known differences in the survival rates of women and men with lung cancer. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden set out to investigate potential reasons behind this disparity, ...

(University of Warwick) Fish odour syndrome (trimethylaminuria) is a debilitating disease, in which the liver cannot break down the smelly chemical trimethylamine which is produced by enzymes from bacteria residing in th...

(Washington University in St. Louis) President-elect Joe Biden has signaled that fighting the COVID-19 pandemic will be an immediate priority for his administration. But Inauguration Day is still two months away. The num...

(Duke-NUS Medical School) International taskforce announced to look into origins of SARS-CoV-2, which sparked COVID-19 pandemic nearly one year ago. Taskforce will look into COVID-19 origins, leveraging expertise in One ...

(University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) The brain controls weight by measuring levels of leptin in the blood, which is released by fat cells. In adults, leptin treatments have so far proved ...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) Survivors of COVID-19 are a vulnerable population who often have health ramifications from their illness and hospital stay. Upon returning home from acute care, large propor...

(Deutsches Primatenzentrum (DPZ)/German Primate Center) Coppery titi monkeys do not deceive their partners

(MC Services AG) Marinomed Biotech plans clinical trial with Carragelose nasal spray to investigate prevention of COVID-19 infection in frontline healthcare staff

(University of Houston) A new study led by the UH Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management identifies aspects of restaurant operations in China that benefitted the bottom line despite the turmoil cause...

(CeMM Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) In the COVID-19 pandemic, 57 million people have already been infected worldwide. In the search for vaccines and therapies, a precise unde...

(King's College London) Researchers from King's College London have identified the brain activity for the first time in a newborn baby when they are learning an association between different types of sensory experiences....

(Ohio University) Dr. Jeff Russell, associate professor of athletic training within the College of Health Sciences and Professions at Ohio University, is shining a light on a segment of concussion patients who often go u...

(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Analysis of 135,000+ medical records shows the novel coronavirus hits hardest among teens, children with diabetes or cancer, lower-income families, and Black, Latinx and As...

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Researchers are assessing whether magnetic seizure therapy (MST) can help relieve treatment-resistant depression in bipolar patients in a clinical trial led by UTHea...

(University of Texas at Dallas) Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas and partner institutions have developed an implant device that aims to generate a rough perception of sight for people with blindness. Th...

(Murdoch Childrens Research Institute) Researchers have used cutting edge technology to bioprint miniature human kidneys in the lab, paving the way for new treatments for kidney failure and possibly lab-grown transplants...

(University of North Carolina Health Care) UNC School of Medicine discovered that artificially forcing the activity of BNST cells in mice produced an arousal response in the form of dilated pupils and faster heart rate, ...

(Wiley) Social needs--such as food and economic insecurity, poor housing and neighborhood conditions, and lack of access to transportation--were common in a group of African American cancer survivors in Detroit, and they...