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(American Association for the Advancement of Science) A portable, rapid testing platform can detect gonorrhea infections in patient samples in under 15 minutes, far faster than standard-of-care tests that can take hours ...

(Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center) An immune system that mistakes our good gut bacteria for an enemy can cause a dangerous type of inflammation in the intestines called colitis. An immune system that looks the othe...

(Wiley) The inhibition of pathological protein-protein interactions is a promising approach for treating a large number of diseases, including many forms of cancer. A team of researchers has now developed a bicyclic pept...

(King's College London) Researchers from the £12 million Developing Human Connectome Project have used the dramatic advances in medical imaging the project has provided to visualise and study white matter pathways, the ...

(West Virginia University) Jonathan Busada, a researcher with the WVU School of Medicine and Cancer Institute, has investigated the role that hormones play in male and female inflammatory responses. In a new study, he fo...

(Joslin Diabetes Center) Joslin Diabetes Center scientists have found dramatic differences between gut microbiomes from ancient North American peoples and modern microbiomes, offering new evidence on how these microbes m...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) Previous research has suggested that an inhaled anesthetic called sevoflurane may promote the brain changes of Alzheimer's disease. A new study in cells and mice reveals that sevoflurane ...

(Michigan Technological University) In 2020, stores sold out of garden seed, coops and rabbit cages. Meat shortages led many to wonder what to eat for protein when supply chains are disrupted and some people turned to ga...

(University of Alberta) Brown bears that are more inclined to grate and rub against trees have more offspring and more mates, according to a University of Alberta study. The results suggest there might be a fitness compo...

(Concordia University) Two Concordia researchers and their colleagues study the 2020 influenza figures from Canada, the United States, Australia and Brazil and show there is a clear relationship between COVID-mitigation ...

(European Society of Cardiology) Get the latest insights across all core specialities in cardiology at EuroHeartCare - ACNAP Congress 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). The a...

(Mayo Clinic) Patients diagnosed with post-COVID-19 syndrome, also known as "PCS," "COVID-19 long-haul syndrome" and "Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS COV-2," experience symptoms such as mood disorders, fatigue and perceived ...

(Michigan State University) As climate change heats up the air and land making them hotter and dryer, warmer nighttime temperatures make it more difficult to grow beans -- the number one source of protein and nutrients f...

(Florida Atlantic University) In previously unstudied gopher tortoise aggregations, researchers found that overall, 42.9 percent had circulating antibodies to an infectious bacterium that causes upper respiratory tract d...

(University of California - Berkeley Haas School of Business) A new study from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business and UC San Francisco's Department of Neurology combines insights from economics and psychology with dec...

(University of Utah Health) Research published in Nature reveals insights into how the body maintains balance with "good" gut bacteria that allows these microbes to flourish in the intestine but keeps them out of tissues...

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) Gut health is having a moment, with sales of fermented foods such as kefir, kombucha, and kimchi steadily on the rise. The benefits of...

(Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association) Researchers from the ECRC in Berlin, together with scientists from the United States and Canada, have discovered a sugar molecule whose levels ar...

(Columbia University Irving Medical Center) A new study of drug utilization data reveals that insufficient information about how to treat patients with severe COVID led to major global differences in patient management.

(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) In a new study published in JAMA Dermatology, Moffitt Cancer Center researchers report on the mutation profile of acral nevi and describe differences between acral nevi...

(Scripps Research Institute) Scientists at Scripps Research have unveiled a new Ebola virus vaccine design, which they say has several advantages over standard vaccine approaches for Ebola and related viruses that contin...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Conclusion was drawn from a study that involved 92 adolescents aged 11-18. The findings underscore the importance of considering differences between the sexes when ...