Archive: 01/07/2020

Cancer cells make blood vessels drug resistant during chemotherapy

Scientists at Hokkaido University and collaborators have identified how inflammatory changes in tumors caused by chemotherapy trigger blood vessel anomalies and thus drug-resistance, resulting in poor prognosis of cancer ...

Jul 1, 2020

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Scientists find a simpler way to make sensory hearing cells

Scientists from the USC Stem Cell laboratories of Neil Segil and Justin Ichida are whispering the secrets of a simpler way to generate the sensory cells of the inner ear. Their approach uses direct reprogramming to produce ...

Jul 1, 2020

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Frailty as important as age or underlying health issues in COVID-19 death risk

Frailty is as important as either age or underlying health issues in determining whether someone may die from COVID-19, a new study has found.

Jul 1, 2020

Coronavirus deaths and swelling public sector debt share a data-quality problem

Watching scientists, politicians and journalists struggle to compare national death rates from the coronavirus pandemic, I had an acute case of déjà vu. Though the virus may be novel, the confusion generated by inconsistent ...

Jul 1, 2020

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Disagreeability, neuroticism and stress: What drives panic buying during the COVID-19 pandemic

Panic buying has returned to Australia in the wake of its second-biggest city experiencing a spike in COVID-19. The Victorian government has reimposed stay-at-home restrictions on 36 of Melbourne's 321 suburbs in response.

Jul 1, 2020

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Distributing a COVID-19 vaccine raises complex ethical issues

With something in the order of 150 COVID-19 vaccine candidates now in different stages of testing and development, a global public health strategy needs to be thinking several steps ahead, beyond the science. Once a vaccine ...

Jul 1, 2020

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How does our brain fold? Study reveals new genetic insights

New research is helping unlock the mystery of how the brain folds as a baby develops in the womb—a process critical to healthy brain function.

Jul 1, 2020

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People with delusions understand metaphor differently – here's how it could help explain schizophrenia

Figurative language, by which the speaker intends to communicate something other than what is actually said by the words used, is commonplace in human communication. Some claim that metaphorical expressions such as "My home ...

Jul 1, 2020

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The science of habits: How we make and break them

We all have habits. Generally, we try to create positive habits, like saving money, and break bad ones, like smoking.

Jul 1, 2020

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Study shows surge in e-cigarette and marijuana use among state's young adults

The use of marijuana and electronic cigarettes jumped dramatically among young adult Californians between 2017 and 2018, with large proportions of users of both products being underage, according to a new study by the UCLA ...

Jul 1, 2020

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