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(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) The AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG), the largest global HIV research network, has been re-funded for the next seven years by the National Institute of Allergy an...

There isn't any proven correlation between coffee and height. But there are some health risks for excessive caffeine consumption in children.

(Harvard University) Scientists have developed a technology to investigate the function of many different genes in many different cell types at once, in a living organism. They applied the large-scale method to study doz...

(Lund University) A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows that validated biomarkers can reveal an individual's risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Using a model that combines the levels of two specific prote...

(University of Massachusetts Amherst) The use of big data to address the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts poses ethical concerns that could undermine its benefits without clear governance guidelines that protect and resp...

(University of South Australia) UniSA researchers are evaluating a new vaccination education initiative - the COVID-19 Peer Hub - to help immunisation and public health professionals to tackle the emerging dangers of vac...

(University at Buffalo) More COVID-19 studies should be devoted to how immunity emerges to SARS-CoV-2 in the mucous membranes of the nose and mouth, a new paper argues.

(Picower Institute at MIT) Via circuit tracing and behavioral manipulation using optogenetics, a new study shows that a region of the prefrontal cortex connects to the superior colliculus to override the SC's reflexive a...

(Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) Princeton University researchers now report that low-income Black households experienced greater job loss, more food and medicine insecuri...

(Portland State University) Portland State University researchers and their collaborators at the Quinault Indian Nation and Oregon State University found microplastics in Pacific razor clams on Washington's sparsely popu...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) An experimental vaccine developed in Europe to prevent infection by Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) has protected cynomolgus macaques in a new col...

(George Mason University) The third edition of Family Violence in the United States explains the factors that can lead to family and intimate partner abuse as well as opportunities for prevention and intervention. Abuse ...

(Radiological Society of North America) Up to one-third of adult women who sustain a non-displaced fracture to the ulna bone of the forearm may be victims of intimate partner violence, according to a study being presente...

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) Watch a video about Evie's treatment with an experimental gene therapy for sickle cell disease here:

(University of Tsukuba) Researchers at the University of Tsukuba used a cocktail of antibiotics to deplete gut microbes in mice. They found that metabolites in the gut differed in these mice compared with controls. In pa...

(Hackensack Meridian Health) The findings, published in the online edition of Clinical Cancer Research on Nov. 4, 2020, suggest that BMS-986178, an investigational OX40 agonist, has an acceptable safety profile in patien...

(American Heart Association) Experts with the American Heart Association reviewed current research indicating how a woman's hormone changes, body composition, cholesterol and vascular health during the years leading to m...

(International Vaccine Institute) The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) and the Republic of Korea's Global Disease Eradication Fund (GDEF) have agreed to conduct joint projects to fight cholera, which include vaccina...

(Lehigh University) Lehigh University Professor Kelly Austin explores the consequences of drought and lack of environmental resources on women in less-developed countries. The research shows the direct and indirect assoc...

(Medical University of Vienna) Patients with liver cirrhosis display a wide range of clinical symptoms. A prospective study conducted by MedUni Vienna has now shown that blood levels of biomarkers for systemic inflammati...

(Frontiers) Divorce can be grueling, and researchers are interested in understanding the factors that affect mental and physical health during this experience. A recent study is the first to examine divorcees immediately...

(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) More than one-third of kids who have COVID-19 aren't showing symptoms, according to a University of Alberta study that suggests youngsters diagnosed with the diseas...