China announced the relaxation of some of its hardline COVID-19 restrictions on Friday, a day after authorities had vowed to stick to a zero-tolerance virus approach despite mounting economic damage.
Nov 11, 2022
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The advent of cell phones, the internet, and various messaging platforms has allowed for faster and broader communication worldwide. But did you know that your body has its own complex communication system in the form of ...
Nov 10, 2022
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A surge in COVID cases in December 2021 led to a shortage of health care workers across the U.S. While the isolation period to reduce transmission has changed during the pandemic based on various factors, on Dec. 23, 2021, ...
Oct 19, 2022
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For some laboratory workers a positive test for SARS-CoV-2 may more accurately indicate an occupational exposure rather than a viral infection. This week in Microbiology Spectrum, researchers in Seattle report on a small ...
Oct 13, 2022
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In a new paper published in Nucleic Acids Research, a team led by Ludwig Oxford's Chunxiao Song reported a method for whole-genome long-read sequencing using TAPS (for Tet-assisted pyridine borane sequencing), the method ...
Sep 20, 2022
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To put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rearview mirror and prevent other coronaviruses from causing havoc, the world needs an arsenal of measures to prevent and treat these infections. To develop new medications, researchers ...
Jul 13, 2022
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Bone tissue homeostasis is maintained by a balance between bone formation by osteoblasts and bone resorption by osteoclasts. However, when osteoblast function declines with age, bone remodeling becomes out of balance, bone ...
May 23, 2022
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A community's sewage holds clues about its COVID-19 burden. Over the course of the pandemic, wastewater surveillance has become an increasingly popular way to try to understand local infection trends.
May 5, 2022
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Nucleic acid therapeutics, which involve transferring exogenous genes inside target cells, are a promising clinical treatment option that can regulate gene expression at the transcriptional or post-transcriptional level.
May 5, 2022
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Just one dose of a new nanoparticle-based COVID-19 vaccine was enough to produce an immune response in animals on track with vaccines currently in clinical use. And with minor changes, Northwestern University researchers ...
Mar 22, 2022
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