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(Gladstone Institutes) A multifaceted collaboration between researchers at UC San Francisco, Gladstone Institutes, and other organizations across California provides a comprehensive portrait of the variant--including its...

(Aarhus University) Researchers from the Danish psychiatry research-project iPSYCH have contributed to identify 33 new genetic variants which, as it turns out, play a role in bipolar disorder. To achieve this, they have ...

(North Carolina State University) A recent study finds that the vast majority of Black adolescents have experienced racism, that they experience anticipatory stress about experiencing racism again, and that their racial ...

(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Even among a large group of cancer survivors who were mostly insured, college educated and had annual incomes above the national average, up to 10% delayed care in the p...

(Cornell University) Approximately one-third of all U.S. counties do not exempt grocery foods from the general sales tax, which means the lowest-income families living in those areas are most susceptible to food insecuri...

(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) In a new study, scientists at HKUST have revealed that most T cell epitopes known to be targeted upon natural infection are seemingly unaffected by current SARS-CoV-2 vari...

(University of Michigan) Up to half of patients with head and neck squamous cell carcinoma will experience tumor recurrence or new tumors--tumors that often spread and are difficult to treat.

(Burness) A new research-based guide is available to increase uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine among nursing home workers. Invest in Trust: A Guide for Building COVID-19 Vaccine Trust and Increasing Vaccination Rates Among...

(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), which causes tingling and numbness in the hand, more commonly affects women than men and tends to peak around the age of menopause. A new study ...

(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) Researchers from LSTM's Centre for Neglected Tropical Diseases (CNTD) have been using an infrared thermal imaging camera to detect subclinical cases and predict the progression of ...

(University of Oklahoma) A hematology oncologist at OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center is the co-leader of a national clinical trial that could revolutionize the field of bone marrow transplant with an imaging technique ...

(University of Birmingham) What information is retained in a memory over time, and which parts get lost? These questions have led to many scientific theories over the years, and now a team of researchers at the Universit...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) The immune system's attempt to eliminate Salmonella bacteria from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract instead facilitates colonization of the intestinal tract and f...

(University of Waterloo) The pandemic has increased older adults' willingness to receive the flu shot, new research shows.

(University of Cincinnati) Fatal opiate overdoses are most prevalent among six states: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana and Tennessee. But researchers identified 25 hot spots of fatal opioid overdoses...

(Ruhr-University Bochum) Many eye diseases are associated with a restricted blood supply, known as ischaemia, which can lead to blindness. The role of the protein tenascin-C, an extracellular matrix component, in retinal...

(University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) By applying mass spectrometry, scientists at the University of Copenhagen provide some of the most detailed data on how mitochondrial proteins clust...

(Durham University) Using four experimental houses, researchers in Africa found that the number of female malaria mosquitoes collected in huts declined with increasing height, decreasing progressively as the hut's floor ...

(University of California - San Diego) Researchers are finding new details on the complex dynamics involved in how organisms sense an infection from pathogens. The researchers found that worms can sense changes in their ...

(University of Groningen) The biological clock is present in almost all cells of an organism. As more and more evidence emerges that clocks in certain organs could be out of sync, there is a need to investigate and reset...

(St. Petersburg State University) Researchers from St Petersburg University have created a new theory of diffusion NMR experiments to study amyloid fibrils. Fibrils are one of the key factors behind various forms of deme...

(RAND Corporation) A new study looking across a large body of research finds further evidence for the safety of vaccines that are Food and Drug Administration-approved and routinely recommended for children, adults and p...