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(University of Helsinki) A new strain of the Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus GG probiotic is able to utilise both lactose and casein as well as reproduce in dairy products. The discovery can make it unnecessary to separatel...

(Murdoch Childrens Research Institute) A third of children and adolescents develop a mental health problem after a concussion, which could persist for several years post-injury, according to a new literature review.

(Lund University) Alzheimer's disease is characterized by the abnormal accumulation and spread of the tau protein in the brain. An international study can now show how tau spreads according to four distinct patterns that...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) The Brigham has been awarded an 'A' in the spring 2021 Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade, released today by The Leapfrog Group.

(City of Hope) City of Hope, a cancer research and treatment center, is now recruiting patients for a Phase 2 clinical trial to investigate whether pills containing white button mushroom extract could regulate the immune...

(University of Bristol) There is an important absence of evidence regarding the effectiveness of a potentially cost-efficient intervention to prevent indoor transmission of respiratory infections, including COVID-19, war...

(University of Kansas) Researchers visited community corrections facilities that implemented an evidence-based practice to reduce drug use and recidivism. They found the most important factor in whether it would be susta...

(Uppsala University) During the first wave of the corona pandemic, 36 per cent fewer men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in Sweden than in previous years. On the other hand, the number of patients receiving curative ...

(University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio) Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio studied 43 brain disorders and strongly affirmed a theory called the "network degener...

(Geisinger Health System) The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded a 5-year, $3.6 million contract to Geisinger to study the role of genetic variation in cancer.

(American Heart Association) Last Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) lifted the pause in administration of the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) COVID-19 ...

(WIN Consortium) Gustave Roussy looks forward to a fruitful cooperation with WIN and to bringing Gustave Roussy's institutional expertise to the global community through the consortium.

(Mayo Clinic) The Mayo Clinic data scientists who developed highly accurate computer modeling to predict trends for COVID-19 cases nationwide have new research that shows how important a high rate of vaccination is to re...

(Max Planck Institute for Human Development) Human decision-making depends on the flexible processing of complex information, but how the brain may adapt processing to momentary task demands has remained unclear. In a ne...

(University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center) Researchers found a substantial reduction in the use of minimally invasive surgery for cervical cancer after publication of the results a major study called the Laparoscopi...

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) People living with a child who attends school in-person have an increased risk of reporting evidence of COVID-19, but teacher masking, symptom screening, and o...

(Bentham Science Publishers) This research book aims to highlight the significant roles of inflammation in head and neck malignancy.

(Rutgers University) Martin J. Blaser, MD, has been awarded the 2020 Prize Medal by the Microbiology Society of Great Britain in recognition of his study of the microbiome and its interactions within the human body that ...

(IOS Press) Amsterdam, April 29, 2021 - The clinical presentation and underlying biology of Parkinson's disease (PD) varies significantly, but attempts to cluster cases into a limited number of subtypes have questionable...

(PLOS) The United Kingdom government plans to implement mass scale population testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection using Lateral Flow Devices (LFDs), yet the devices' sensitivity is unknown. A study published in the open acc...

(Karolinska Institutet) Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and the Public Health Agency of Sweden have studied newborn babies whose mothers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 during pregnancy or childbirth. The results sho...

(Ohio State University) Hispanic Americans have died of COVID-19 at a disproportionately high rate compared to whites because of workplace exposure to the virus, a new study suggests.