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(Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) Novel brain-translucent techniques coupled with high-resolution imaging microscopy have allowed the 3D reconstruction of oxytocin and vasopressin circuits in the developing mous...

(PLOS) Business shutdowns reduce COVID-19 deaths, though with rapidly diminishing returns, with study of Italian lockdowns estimating they saved over 9,400 lives in under a month.

(Compuscript Ltd) Beijing, 19 May 2021: Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA) has just published a new issue, Volume 5 Issue 4. This issue brings together important research from leading researchers and incl...

(JAMA Network) What The Study Did: Variation in SARS-CoV-2 infection risk and socioeconomic disadvantage among a Mayan-Latinx population in Fruitvale, California, was examined in this study.

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) DALLAS - May 21, 2021 - One member of a large protein family that is known to stop the spread of bacterial infections by prompting infected human cells to self-destruct appears to kill th...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Women who were highly exposed to ultra-fine particles in air pollution during their pregnancy were more likely to have children who developed asthma, according ...

(Georgia Institute of Technology) Chronic skin itch affects 7% of U.S. adults but until recently neuroscientists considered the mechanisms of skin itch the same. Georgia Tech researchers have uncovered differences in itc...

(JAMA Network) What The Study Did: This observational study found no association between long-term dietary intake of gluten and cognitive function among a large group of middle-age women without celiac disease.

(Technical University of Munich (TUM)) Depressive disorders are among the most frequent illnesses worldwide. The causes are complex and to date only partially understood. The trace element lithium appears to play a role....

(Simon Fraser University) Simon Fraser University researchers have validated a faster, cheaper COVID-19 test that could kickstart the expansion of more widespread rapid testing. Study results have been published in The J...

(University of Freiburg) When Marco Prinz chose to study microglia after his medical studies, they were the most boring cells in the brain. Twenty-four years later, he is receiving the 2021 Novo Nordisk Prize for his pio...

(University of Oklahoma) Campylobacter infection, one of the most common foodborne illnesses in the Western world, can also be spread through sexual contact, according to a new research discovery by an OU Hudson College ...

(Trinity College Dublin) Trinity College Dublin and St James's Hospital, Dublin clinical trials reported efficacy and safety results of upadacitinib compared with placebo for the treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic de...

(University of Helsinki) Finnish researchers have been the first to determine the cause for the nonsyndromic early-onset hereditary canine hearing loss in Rottweilers. The gene defect was identified in a gene relevant to...

(University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center) Follow-up data from the landmark SPRINT study of the effect of high blood pressure on cardiovascular disease have confirmed that aggressive blood pressure management -- low...

(Duke-NUS Medical School) Single-cell gene studies are clarifying the roles of the brain's specialised immune cell in Alzheimer's disease and offer new avenues for treatment of this incurable condition.

(AlphaMed Press) STEM CELLS Translational Medicine is announcing a special webinar, Stem Cell Research and Pay-to-Participate Trials, to help build a consensus statement and establish balance between clinical research an...

(University of California - San Diego) UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers identify how the body regulates and prevents constant skin inflammation.

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Nearly half a billion people have diabetes, but most aren't getting the kind of care that could make their lives healthier, longer and more productive, according to a new glob...

(American Academy of Sleep Medicine) Don't miss your opportunity to join leading scientists and sleep clinicians from around the globe at the world's largest meeting for sleep and circadian science. Virtual SLEEP 2021, t...

(Kessler Foundation) The number of workers on furlough declined in March and April, For people with and without disabilities, temporary layoffs dropped to their lowest numbers since the impact of the pandemic in April 20...