A new heart at 18 put her on a new path Jill Hollander was 9 when, during a visit to her cardiologist with her parents, he asked her to step outside so he could speak alone with her parents. Mar 2, 2021 0 6
French data show 75% of AstraZeneca jabs unused The French government was under pressure on Tuesday to accelerate its vaccination programme after new figures showed that three in four jabs delivered by AstraZeneca had gone unused. Mar 2, 2021 0 2
Italy eyes more school closures as UK variant runs riot Italy's new government ordered more school closures Tuesday after data showed the majority of coronavirus cases to be of the more contagious British variant. Mar 2, 2021 0 3
COVID-19 can kill heart muscle cells, interfere with contraction Since early in the pandemic, COVID-19 has been associated with heart problems, including reduced ability to pump blood and abnormal heart rhythms. But it's been an open question whether these problems are caused by the virus ... Mar 2, 2021 0 276
Researchers find dozens of genes that block regeneration of neurons When central nervous system cells in the brain and spine are damaged by disease or injury, they fail to regenerate, limiting the body's ability to recover. In contrast, peripheral nerve cells that serve most other areas of ... Mar 2, 2021 0 131
Deep immune profiling shows significant immune activation in children with MIS-C Taking the first deep dive into how the immune system is behaving in patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), researchers at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the Perelman School of ... Mar 2, 2021 0 41
Disruption of lung biological clock in premature babies may raise later flu risk Disruptions in the circadian rhythms in lung cells may explain why adults who survived premature birth are often more at risk of severe influenza infections, suggests a study in mice published today in eLife. Mar 2, 2021 0 12
COVID-19 spread tracked via a rapid, large-scale early wastewater surveillance alert system Detecting COVID-19 outbreaks before they spread could help contain the virus and curb new cases within a community. This week in mSystems, an open-access Journal of the American Society for Microbiology, researchers from ... Mar 2, 2021 0 2
A genetic patch to prevent hereditary deafness They can hear well up to about forty years old, but then suddenly deafness strikes people with DFNA9. The cells of the inner ear can no longer reverse the damage caused by a genetic defect in their DNA. Researchers at Radboud ... Mar 2, 2021 0 5
Heart disease is in the eye of the beholder In a new study from Shiley Eye Institute at UC San Diego Health, researchers have identified a potential new marker that shows cardiovascular disease may be present in a patient using an optical coherence tomography (OCT) ... Mar 2, 2021 0 114
