Archive: 10/08/2021

Counting pandemic behaviors to inform public health decisions

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many significant changes to people's lives, but one of the most visible signals of this has been the proliferation of masks and other face-coverings in public spaces. In a recent study published ...

Aug 10, 2021

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US drug maker Moderna opening vaccine plant in Canada

US biotech company Moderna will build a plant in Canada to produce vaccines for COVID-19 and other respiratory infections, the Canadian government and the company announced Tuesday.

Aug 10, 2021

Hospitals run low on nurses as they get swamped with COVID

The rapidly escalating surge in COVID-19 infections across the U.S. has caused a shortage of nurses and other front-line staff in virus hot spots that can no longer keep up with the flood of unvaccinated patients and are ...

Aug 10, 2021

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Positive preliminary data on CRISPR treatment for blood diseases

A collaborative team of researchers, including Stephan Grupp, MD, Ph.D., Cell Therapy and Transplant Section Chief and Medical Director of the Cell and Gene Therapy Laboratory at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) ...

Aug 10, 2021

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People who manage their asthma can improve their chances against COVID-19

Asthmatics who have their illness well under control have less severe COVID-19 outcomes than those with uncontrolled asthma, according to a large study conducted by USC and Kaiser Permanente Southern California.

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Biosensor permits ultra-fast and cheap detection of SARS-CoV-2

The challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic have stimulated innovation on several fronts. One is the development of low-cost methods of clinical diagnosis. Genosensors are a case in point. Based on nucleic acids that detect ...

Aug 10, 2021

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Readiness to punish others for selfish behavior explained by functional brain connections

The stronger the functional brain connections, the less inclined someone is to punish others for unfair behavior. This conclusion was reached by Higher School of Economics (HSE) researchers following a neuroimaging experiment. ...

Aug 10, 2021

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Researchers pinpoint promising inhibitors that could lead to new antiviral drugs to treat COVID-19

The rapid development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines has been a major step forward in helping bring the pandemic under control. But with the rise of variants and an uneven global distribution of vaccines, COVID-19 ...

Aug 10, 2021

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Hunting down the mutations that cause cancer drug resistance

Using a virus to purposely mutate genes that produce cancer-driving proteins could shed light on the resistance that inevitably develops to cancer drugs that target them, a new study led by UT Southwestern scientists suggests. ...

Aug 10, 2021

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Strong adolescent and young adult enrollment to NCI-sponsored clinical trials

Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with cancer have not seen the same improvements in survival over the years as their pediatric and older adult counterparts. Some evidence has suggested that this may in part be a ...

Aug 10, 2021

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