Archive: 18/02/2021

Local and national restrictions in England reduced contacts in small and varied ways

The imposition of various local and national restrictions in England during the summer and autumn of 2020 gradually reduced contacts between people, but these changes were smaller and more varied than during the lockdown ...

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Boys who play video games have lower depression risk

Boys who regularly play video games at age 11 are less likely to develop depressive symptoms three years later, finds a new study led by a UCL researcher.

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Post-transplant mortality among veterans enrolled in the VA and Medicare

In a study of kidney transplant recipients dually enrolled in the Veterans Health Administration (VA) and Medicare, use of the VA for all post-transplant care was linked with a lower risk of death than care provided outside ...

Feb 18, 2021

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Georgia opening up four mass vaccination sites for COVID-19

Georgia is opening up four mass vaccination sites to inoculate people against COVID-19, with locations chosen to try to increase the lagging share of Black and Latino residents who are getting the shots.

Feb 18, 2021

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Stents or bypass surgery more effective for stable patients with high-risk cardiac anatomy

A recent study by University of Alberta cardiologists at the Canadian VIGOUR Centre shows that a particular group of patients with stable ischemic heart disease have better outcomes with percutaneous coronary intervention ...

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The messenger matters in safe gun storage, suicide prevention education

Law enforcement and those in the military, rather than doctors and celebrities, are the most preferred messengers on firearm safety, a Rutgers study found.

Feb 18, 2021

Chatter between cell populations drives progression of gastrointestinal tumors

Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are a subytpe of cancers known as sarcomas. GIST is the most common type of sarcoma with approximately 5,000 to 6,000 new patient cases annually in the United States. GIST cannot be ...

Feb 18, 2021

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Researchers identify mechanisms that are essential for proper skin development

Mount Sinai researchers have discovered that Polycomb complexes, groups of proteins that maintain gene expression patterns, are essential for proper skin development, according to a paper published in Genes & Development ...

Feb 18, 2021

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Top scientists call for universal coronavirus vaccine

The prestigious journal Science on Thursday published an editorial calling for a global effort to develop a universal coronavirus vaccine that would remain effective against other members of the same virus family that might ...

Feb 18, 2021

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Study finds combination therapy suppresses pancreatic tumor growth in mice

UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have uncovered a potential new way to target pancreatic tumors that express high intratumoral interferon signaling (IFN). The team found that high type I IFN signaling ...

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