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Model could help determine quarantine measures needed to reduce COVID-19's spread

As COVID-19 infections soar across the U.S., some states are tightening restrictions and reinstituting quarantine measures to slow the virus' spread. A model developed by MIT researchers shows a direct link between the number ...

Dec 14, 2020

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Researchers discover clue to how to protect neurons and encourage their growth

Many neurodegenerative conditions, from glaucoma to Alzheimer's disease, are characterized by injury to axons—the long, slender projections that conduct electrical impulses from one nerve cell to another, facilitating cellular ...

Dec 14, 2020

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New combination therapy could help fight difficult-to-treat cancers with common mutations

Scientists have long known that therapies that target the cancer-driving MAPK pathway are only effective in a handful of cancers with specific mutations in a cancer gene called BRAF, and these cancers that initially respond ...

Dec 14, 2020

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Mayo Clinic answers questions about COVID-19 vaccine

The COVID-19 vaccine is an important tool to help stop the ongoing pandemic, along with masking and physical distancing. Mayo Clinic's COVID-19 Vaccine Allocation and Distribution Workgroup have put together a list of questions ...

Dec 14, 2020

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The power of validation in helping people stay positive

Telling a distressed friend or family member something as simple as "I understand why you feel that way" can go a long way toward helping loved ones feel better, new research suggests.

Dec 14, 2020

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One-step method to generate mice for vaccine research

To develop vaccines and investigate human immune responses, scientists rely on a variety of animal models, including mice that can produce human antibodies through genetically engineered B cell receptors, which are specialized ...

Dec 14, 2020

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Young adults who identify as Republicans eschew COVID safety precautions

Young Californians who identify themselves as Republicans are less likely to follow social distancing guidelines that prevent coronavirus transmission than those who identify as Democrats or Independents, according to new ...

Dec 14, 2020

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Grasping exponential growth

The coronavirus outbreak offered the public a crash course in statistics, with terms like doubling time, logarithmic scales, R factor, rolling averages, and excess mortality now on everyone's tongue. However, simply having ...

Dec 14, 2020

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Hinder handing the message: Stopping tumors from creating new blood vessels

Cancer often becomes more difficult to treat and has a poorer prognosis when it spreads throughout the body. This process, called metastasis, is promoted by various cellular events not only become uncontrolled via mutations ...

Dec 14, 2020

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When absolute certainty may not be possible: Criteria to determine death by mountain rescue teams

The International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine (ICAR MedCom) convened an expert medical panel to develop evidence-based criteria that allow for accurate determination of death in mountain rescue situations. ...

Dec 14, 2020

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