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Monoclonal antibodies are man-made proteins that mimic natural antibodies in the immune system.

(Shibaura Institute of Technology) As people age, joints become less flexible, causing balance problems that lower quality of life. Dr. Kosuke Hirata, Mr. Ryosuke Yamadera, and Prof. Ryota Akagi from the Shibaura Institu...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) New BIDMC-led research sheds light on the genetic risk factors that make individuals more or less susceptible to severe COVID-19.

(BfR Federal Institute for Risk Assessment) Chia seeds, goji berries or quinoa -- 48% of the population see so-called 'superfoods' as part of a health-conscious diet. This is shown by a recent representative survey by th...

(Deep Longevity Ltd) Deep Longevity added My Care Express Merriville to its growing longevity network. My Care Express physicians will get training in longevity medicine and interpret the AgeMetric™ reports incorporati...

(Lancaster University) The lives of patients hospitalised with COVID-19 are being saved by doctors who are using an existing medical treatment at an earlier stage. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) in the first ...

(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Although it is a widely known scientific fact that infectious diseases emerge and re-emerge due to climate change, a study which included the involvement of the UAB published in PlosOn...

(University of California - San Francisco) Research indicates that starting school later in the morning yields health and academic benefits for high schoolers, whose natural body clock tends toward late-to-bed, late-to-r...

(University of Birmingham) A new educational framework and toolkit will be launched in the UK and Ireland this week.

(American Association for Cancer Research) Among patients with glioblastoma receiving an immune checkpoint inhibitor, those who received the corticosteroid dexamethasone at baseline for cerebral edema had significantly w...

(Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute) Iron-deficiency anaemia is a major concern in low-income settings, especially for women. In a new study by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH) and partn...

(University Health Network) Princess Margaret scientists have revealed how stem cells are able to generate new blood cells throughout our life by looking at vast, uncharted regions of our genetic material that hold impor...

(National University of Ireland Galway) Research and analysis team at NUI Galway CORRIB Core Lab, led by Professor Patrick W Serruys, is coordinating a cutting edge clinical trial of cardiovascular diagnosis and treatmen...

(University College London) A novel CAR T-cell therapy developed by researchers at UCL and designed to target cancerous tumours, has shown promising early results in children with neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood ...

(Kyushu University) Researchers have identified a unique population of astrocytes in the dorsal horn of the spinal cord of mice that produces pain hypersensitivity when activated by neurons carrying signals down from the...

(Karolinska Institutet) It is largely unknown why influenza infections lead to an increased risk of bacterial pneumonia. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have now described important findings leading to so-...

(Princeton University) Princeton researchers Shan He, Martin Jonikas, and colleagues have discovered how Rubisco holoenzymes assemble to form the fluid-like matrix of the algal pyrenoid, an organelle that mediates the in...

(Radboud University Medical Center) Lung tissue of patients who suffered severely from COVID-19 shows good recovery in most cases. This was revealed by a study carried out by the Radboud university medical center that ha...

(University College London) None of the mutations currently documented in the SARS-CoV-2 virus appear to increase its transmissibility in humans, according to a study led by UCL researchers, published in Nature Communica...

(Kobe University) An international research group headed by Professor SEINO Susumu (Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine) has clarified the action mechanism of widely utilized incretin-based drugs in the treatment...

(University of Gothenburg) Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have detected a connection between Brachyspira, a genus of bacteria in the intestines, and IBS -- especially the form that causes diarrhea. Although ...

(The Ottawa Hospital) A new study published in The BMJ shows that people who had surgery to improve blood flow in their legs under spinal or epidural anesthesia were less likely to die than those who were given general a...