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(Cell Press) An international team of researchers has characterized the effect and molecular mechanisms of an amino acid change in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein N439K. Viruses with this mutation are both common and rapidl...

Disease specialists studying new SARS-CoV-2 variants discuss whether virus mutations could upend herd immunity timelines and thwart vaccine progress.

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(American Society for Microbiology) Self swabs and caregiver swabs are effective at detecting multiple pathogens and are just as accurate as those taken by healthcare workers, according to a team of Australian researcher...

(Duke-NUS Medical School) COVID-19 has led to psychological distress among one in three adults, systematic review and meta-analysis reveals.

(National Research University Higher School of Economics) A research team from HSE University and SkolTech, together with experts from the Smorodintsev Research Institute of Influenza in St. Petersburg and the RAS Kharke...

(University of California - Davis) This is the first study to examine the association between active cannabis dispensary operations -- both medical and recreational -- and opioid-related mortality rates at the county lev...

(University of Massachusetts Lowell) A UMass Lowell criminology researcher will share in a $1.5 million grant from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study a new intervention program aimed at preventing...

(Hokkaido University) A tick saliva study reveals immune responses that could lead to better protection for cattle.

(University of Plymouth) Scientists from the UK and Kenya found that lettuce plants exposed to a higher concentration of four commonly-used antiviral and antiretroviral medicines could be more than a third smaller in bio...

(Mayo Clinic) In a new study published in Circulation, Mayo Clinic researchers provide the first preclinical, proof-of-concept study for hybrid gene therapy in long QT syndrome, a potentially lethal heart rhythm conditio...

(Yale University) A new study led by researchers at Yale and the University of California-San Diego (UCSD) uncovers intriguing genetic similarities between PTSD and other mental health disorders such as anxiety, bipolar ...

(University of California - San Diego) After analyzing the genomes of more 250,000 military veterans, researchers have identified 18 specific, fixed positions on chromosomes that appear associated with post-traumatic str...

(University of Liverpool) An international team of researchers has found that the common anticoagulant drug heparin inhibits the SARS-Cov2 virus spike protein, by reducing the virus' ability to attach to human cells and ...

(Michigan State University) For Michigan State University's Felicia Wu, the surprise isn't that people who work with livestock are at higher risk of picking up antibiotic-resistant bacteria, but instead how much higher t...

(Duke University) Malaria is an ancient scourge, but it's still leaving its mark on the human genome. And now, researchers have uncovered recent traces of adaptation to malaria in the islanders of Cabo Verde -- thanks to...

(Cleveland Clinic) The National Institutes of Health has awarded Cleveland Clinic a $6.7 million grant to evaluate if high-intensity exercise can prevent development of Alzheimer's disease. The five-year study will asses...

(New York University) NYU College of Dentistry clinician-scientists Seiichi Yamano and Brian Schmidt have set out to develop a new class of medicines using gene therapy to effectively and safely treat oral cancer pain. T...

(Veterans Affairs Research Communications) Veterans Affairs researchers have designed a new way to deliver pancreatic cancer drugs that could make fighting the disease much easier.

(International Osteoporosis Foundation) A new position paper by an International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Fracture Working Group reviews the clinical significance of vertebral fractures, and the rationale for perfor...

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) A collaborative study found that compared with their non-autistic peers, young autistic drivers have lower rates of moving violations and license suspensions, as well as similar to l...

(Goethe University Frankfurt) Scientists at Goethe University Frankfurt, together with colleagues from Darmstadt, Heidelberg, Oxford and Dundee (UK), have investigated how the fit of potent inhibitors to their binding si...