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Scientists say the technology behind the COVID-19 vaccines could change medicine and lead to new treatments against diseases like malaria, cancer and HIV.

Many people report having spiritual experiences and psychological shifts while practicing intense and forceful breathing. But experts say this type of hyperventilating can pose mental and physical risks.

(Tokyo Medical and Dental University) Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have developed an ingenious therapeutic strategy against chronic myelomonocytic leukemia that links a cytotoxic drug payload...

(Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes COVID-19. Knowing which genes help con...

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, does not infect brain cells but can inflict significant neurological damage, according to a new study of dozens of deceased patients...

(Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth) One of the most comprehensive statistical analyses of drivers of food insecurity across 65 countries has concluded that household income consistently explains more discrepancy ...

(Aarhus University) If you are exposed to silica (quartz) dust at work - e.g. from working with concrete and granite - you have a greater risk of certain types of rheumatic disease. This is shown by results from Aarhus U...

(Northwestern University) Using mathematical modeling, researchers considered a time very early in evolution when primordial species reproduced using external fertilization. In the model, bigger reproductive cells, or ga...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The experimental antiviral drug MK-4482 significantly decreased levels of virus and disease damage in the lungs of hamsters treated for SARS-CoV-2 infection, ac...

(University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have gained new insights into how signal molecules are transported in some of the long...

(European Society of Cardiology) Working hours that deviate from an individual's natural body clock are associated with greater cardiovascular risk, according to research presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021, an o...

(University of Colorado at Boulder) More than 70% of neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's disease and the concussion-related disorder CTE, are believed to be fueled by protein clusters called tau aggregates. A ne...

(Medical University of South Carolina) Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have developed a new digital platform called Research Integrated Network of Systems (RINS). This platform enables information...

(Dartmouth College) An initiative launched by Norris Cotton Cancer Center and the Magnuson Center for Entrepreneurship to bring new cancer treatments to patients more quickly makes its inaugural award announcment.

(University of Turku) The preliminary trial results of a novel radiopharmaceutical for PET imaging of inflammation developed at the University of Turku, Finland, have been published. The compound, which targets the vascu...

(University of Texas at San Antonio) According to new research, when people are explicitly told that they are free to accept or reject propagandistic claims, the likelihood of choosing a moderate view increases. This was...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) The new cutoff values for a metric widely used by geriatricians, physical therapists and nutritionists are more accurate, facilitate early diagnosis and contribute ...

(American Society of Hematology) Two new studies published in Blood suggest that the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine may have reduced efficacy in individuals with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and multiple myeloma, two types ...

(University of Seville) The study has demonstrated the involvement of a new Ca2+ ion entry pathway in angiogenesis processes and the formation of new blood vessels. This Ca2+ pathway is known as SOCE (store operated Ca2+...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Results suggest vaccination against COVID-19 remains crucial even in young adults who were previously infected.

(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University) Scientists have modeled the spikes of the coronavirus particle to unravel how their shape and number may influence the transmissibility of the viru...

(University of Southampton) A new study has shown that underweight and overweight women are at a significantly higher risk of experiencing recurrent miscarriages compared to those of average weight.