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(Technische Universität Dresden) Type 1 diabetes is the most common metabolic disease in children and adolescents worldwide. It can be particularly dangerous as often there is no diagnosis until severe and sometimes lif...

Are coronavirus vaccines safe? What's in them? Is one option better than another? Will a vaccine make me immune? How long will they remain effective? Has anyone died after getting the vaccine?

Bacteria aren't the only microscopic stowaways our bodies carry. Dubbed the "dark matter" of the microbiome, fungi may also play a major role in our physical and mental health.

(University of Maryland School of Medicine) University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) researchers have identified the most toxic proteins made by SARS-COV-2--the virus that causes COVID-19 - and then used an FDA-...

(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) When the brain suffers injury or infection, glial cells surrounding the affected site act to preserve the brain's sensitive nerve cells and prevent excessive damage. A team of res...

(Baylor College of Medicine) Researchers have identified and characterized a novel neural circuit that mediates the reciprocal control of obesity and depression in mouse models, and a potential therapy.

(Henry Ford Health System) A study published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine from researchers at Henry Ford Health System has found that Henry Ford's early implementation of a universal mask pol...

(Canadian Glycomics Network) Dr. Simonetta Sipione, GlycoNet Investigator and Professor in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Alberta, was recently awarded a major five-year grant from the Canadian Insti...

(JAMA Network) This article discusses possible pathogenic mechanisms of brain dysfunction in patients with COVID-19.

(Universität Leipzig) For the first time in Germany, patients with incurable cancer have been systematically questioned about their palliative care needs from the time of their diagnosis and at regular intervals over th...

(University of Pittsburgh) As evidence mounts supporting the use of monoclonal antibody treatment to reduce hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19, UPMC and University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine physician-scient...

(University of Georgia) Eagle and waterfowl deaths occur in late fall and winter within reservoirs with excess invasive aquatic weeds, and birds can die within five days after arrival.

(University of Tokyo) A study with first-time learners of Japanese has measured how brain activity changes after just a few months of studying a new language. The results show that acquiring a new language initially boos...

(University of Würzburg) Scientists at the University of Würzburg together with a pharmaceutical company are working on a novel approach to oral vaccination against the coronavirus.

(DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory) A rare isotope in high demand for treating cancer is now more available to pharmaceutical companies developing and testing new drugs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently rec...

(Radboud University Medical Center) A new method makes it much easier to follow the progression of multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. With a single drop of blood, it is possible to very accurately show whether the...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Inhibiting IRE1α, a molecule activated by the endoplasmic reticulum in neutrophils, counters disease progression in lupus mice.

(Massachusetts General Hospital) Researchers have demonstrated a novel function for odontoblasts: the ability to respond to cold by initiating electrical signals in nerves that register as pain. The discovery delineates ...

(American Roentgen Ray Society) According to ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), updated United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) lung cancer screening (LCS) guidelines based solely on age, pack-y...

(Northwestern University) Heart failure deaths are persistently higher in rural areas of the United States compared with urban areas, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study. The research also showed race disparities i...

(Rutgers University) Bariatric surgery can significantly reduce the risk of cancer--and especially obesity-related cancers--by as much as half in certain individuals, according to a study by researchers at Rutgers Robert...

(University of Florida) More than 3 million people in the U.S. carry MRSA, the staph strain that is hard to treat and resistant to many antibiotics. Unless MRSA carriers develop an infection or are tested for the bacteri...