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(University of North Carolina Health Care) Balfour Sartor, MD, Midget Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, is the senior author of a study that shows how a novel consortium of bacteria that l...

(Bentham Science Publishers) This book highlights the numerous progress that has been made in gastroenterology and hepatology in recent years.

(University of Sussex) Scientists from the University of Sussex have recorded blood oxygen levels in the hippocampus and provided experimental proof for why the area, commonly referred to as 'the brain's memory centre', ...

(Baylor University) A breakthrough study by Bryan Shaw, Ph.D., professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Baylor University, aims to make science more accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired through small...

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) There is a strong link between hormonal contraceptives and breast cancer risk. The main culprit are progestins, synthetic mimics of the pregnancy hormone progesterone that sti...

(Taylor & Francis Group) People living in deprived, less affluent neighborhoods spent less time indoors at home during lockdown, according to a study that tracked data from millions of mobile phone users across the Unite...

(ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group) Platinum chemotherapy fails for triple-negative breast cancer, basal-like subtype. The first racially diverse trial to look at severe joint pain from aromatase inhibitors shows more pos...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Renowned scientists sharing their research and clinical practice will take part at the webinar. They will tackle the patients' evolving clinical conditions and the ...

(University of Waterloo) New tool uses AI technology to assess the severity of lung infections and inform treatmentArtificial intelligence (AI) technology developed by researchers at the University of Waterloo is capable...

(Ohio State University) A new article examines how the depiction of a "final girl's" struggle after survival in a horror film - how she has been vilified and dismissed, but ultimately proven right - might offer trauma su...

(Kessler Foundation) Experts highlight four major symptoms affecting people with progressive MS that should be the focus of new research: fatigue, mobility and upper extremity impairment, pain, and cognitive impairment. ...

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) EPFL researchers have developed a device that can continuously measure the blood concentration of propofol - one of the main compounds used in anesthetics - in patients as the...

(North Carolina State University) An analysis led by North Carolina State University researchers found counties with more socially vulnerable populations had a higher density of natural gas pipelines overall.

(NIH/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) An environment in which family members support one another and express their feelings can reduce the effects of social deprivation on ...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) A small molecule STING agonist was highly protective against the virus that causes COVID-19 and likely other coronaviruses

(American College of Chest Physicians) Respiratory groups including the American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) support World No Tobacco Day and call for commitments to support and promote tobacco cessation servic...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Mount Sinai researchers created a machine learning model to determine COVID-19 patients most at risk for treatment requiring dialysis or critical illness leadin...

(NASA/Johnson Space Center) As part of preparing for an experiment aboard the International Space Station, researchers explored new ways to culture living heart cells for microgravity research.

(University of Montreal) Colchicine could be considered as a treatment for non-hospitalized patients diagnosed with COVID-19 by PCR test and at risk of complications.

(Bentham Science Publishers) This study aimed to investigate self-reported symptoms of disease flares among patients with rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) A study of gene activity in the brain's hippocampus, led by UT Southwestern researchers, has identified marked differences between the region's anterior and posterior portions. The findin...

(University of Copenhagen - The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) Chemotherapy destroys stem cells, which then cannot develop into immune cells and become part of the body's defences. There are drugs that can remed...