Medical News
A new mathematical model assesses ICU patients' mortality risk
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Researchers from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) Department of Mathematics worked in collaboration with the Hospital de Mataró in developing an artificial intelligence-ba...
AZ heroes study awarded $15M to continue, expand evaluation of COVID-19 immunity
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Arizona Health Sciences) A research study that started by analyzing COVID-19 immunity and vaccine effectiveness in frontline workers is broadening to include children.
Advantages of intranasal vaccination against SARS-CoV-2
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Alabama at Birmingham) There are many reasons that an intranasal vaccine against the SARS-CoV-2 virus would be helpful in the fight against COVID-19 infections, University of Alabama at Birmingham immunolo...
Bacteria navigate on surfaces using a 'sense of touch'
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) EPFL researchers have characterized a mechanism that allows bacteria to direct their movement in response to the mechanical properties of the surfaces the microbes move on -- ...
Better healthcare management can reduce the risk of delirium among older adults
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(City University London) New research by an Executive PhD Research student at the Business School (formerly Cass) outlines how elderly patients with neurological conditions are significantly more likely to develop deliri...
Blushing plants reveal when fungi are growing in their roots
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Cambridge) Scientists have created plants whose cells and tissues 'blush' with beetroot pigments when they are colonised by fungi that help them take up nutrients from the soil. This is the first time this...
Brain-repair discovery could lead to new epilepsy treatments
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Virginia Health System) Researchers have discovered a previously unknown repair process in the brain that they hope could be harnessed and enhanced to treat seizure-related brain injuries.
Chemotherapy can induce mutations that lead to pediatric leukemia relapse
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) A collaboration led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Shanghai Children's Medical Center and others revealed how thiopurines produce mutations that lead to multi-drug resis...
Child mental health services lacking in high-income countries: SFU study finds
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Simon Fraser University) Most children with a mental health disorder are not receiving services to address their needs--according to a new study from researchers at Simon Fraser University's Children's Health Policy Cen...
Early antiviral response in the nose may determine the course of COVID-19
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard) How early is the course of COVID-19, mild or severe, determined? In Cell, researchers examined nasal cells sampled from patients at the time of diagnosis, looking for differences betw...
Featured articles from the journal CHEST®, July 2021
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(American College of Chest Physicians) The July issue of the journal CHEST® includes 85 articles, including "Pulmonary Function and Radiologic Features in Survivors of Critical COVID-19: A 3-Month Prospective Cohort," o...
Four themes identified as contributors to diseases of despair in Pennsylvania
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Penn State) Financial instability, lack of infrastructure, a deteriorating sense of community and family fragmentation are key contributors to diseases of despair in Pennsylvania communities, according to Penn State Col...
High school student presents on oral-health impact profile 5: analyzing a private practice adult population's distribution
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(International & American Associations for Dental Research) Hiba Nasir, Wayzata High School, Plymouth, Minn., presented the poster "Oral-Health Impact Profile 5: Analyzing A Private Practice Adult Population's Distributi...
Neuroscientists posit that brain region is a key locus of learning
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Picower Institute at MIT) Long thought of as a generic alarm system, the locus coeruleus may actually be a sophisticated regulator of learning and behavior, according to a new review by MIT researchers. They will test t...
New 'atlas' charts how antibodies attack spike protein variants
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Now, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and collaborators have created an "atlas" that charts how 152 different antibodies attack a major piece of the SARS-CoV-2 machinary, the s...
New insights into immune responses to malaria
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) Advanced technologies have been used to solve a long-standing mystery about why some people develop serious illness when they are infected with the malaria parasite, while others carry t...
Novel imaging agent identifies biomarker for iron-targeted cancer therapies
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging) A new radiotracer that detects iron in cancer cells has proven effective, opening the door for the advancement of iron-targeted therapies for cancer patients. The radio...
Phase two CD19-antibody-drug conjugate trial demonstrates promise for aggressive lymphoma
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Medical University of South Carolina) MUSC Hollings Cancer Center was one of 28 clinical sites around the world that participated in the LOTIS-2 trial to test the efficacy of Loncastuximab tesirine, a promising new trea...
Research identifies potential role of 'junk DNA' sequence in aging, cancer
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Washington State University) Researchers at Washington State University have recently identified a DNA region known as VNTR2-1 that appears to drive the activity of the telomerase gene, which has been shown to prevent a...
Strategies for disseminating guidance to dentists during the COVID-19 pandemic
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(International & American Associations for Dental Research) Ruth Lipman, American Dental Association (ADA) Science and Research Institute, Chicago, Ill., U.S., presented the poster "Strategies for Disseminating Guidance ...
UMass Amherst grad student awarded fellowship for food allergy research
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(University of Massachusetts Amherst) University of Massachusetts Amherst food science Ph.D. candidate Cassandra Suther has received a prestigious predoctoral fellowship of $180,000 from the U.S. Department of Agricultur...
Using silicone wristbands to measure air quality
EurekAlert! - 23 Jul 2021 06:00
(Texas A&M University) A study by researchers at the Texas A&M University School of Public Health shows that inexpensive and convenient devices such as silicone wristbands can be used to yield quantitative air quality da...