Living alone linked with higher dementia risk People over 55 who live alone are 30% more likely to develop dementia than those who live with others, according to a new UCL-led study. Jul 23, 2020 0 14
Hepatitis C cure means many liver failure patients have a better chance at transplantation and recovery With the number of liver transplants performed at the University of Chicago Medicine on track to reach a 20-year high, a new study by the institution's researchers reinforces the growing popularity and safety of using livers ... Jul 23, 2020 0 1
Two immunotherapies merged into single, more effective treatment that may work against variety of cancers Some of the most promising advances in cancer treatment have centered on immunotherapies that rev up a patient's immune system to attack cancer. But immunotherapies don't work in all patients, and researchers have been searching ... Jul 23, 2020 0 7
If adults spent no more than two hours watching TV each day, they could minimise their exposure to the health risks If adults spent no more than two hours watching TV each day, they could minimize their exposure to the health risks associated with TV. Jul 23, 2020 0 52
Immune system could be trained to spot drug-resistant cancers Aggressive cancers could be treated with immunotherapies that direct the immune system to kill cancer cells with specific drug resistance-causing mutations, a major new study suggests. Jul 23, 2020 0 20
Driving immunometabolism to control lung infection When drugs to kill microbes are ineffective, host-directed therapy uses the body's own immune system to deal with the infection. This approach is being tested in patients with COVID-19, and now a team of researchers at Trinity ... Jul 23, 2020 0 51
Testing vaccines without laboratory animals The quality of vaccines is still often tested by using laboratory animals. That has to change, according to researchers from Leiden University and the vaccinological institute Intravacc. Together they went on searching for ... Jul 23, 2020 0 95
NIH leadership details unprecedented initiative to ramp up testing technologies for COVID-19 In a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientific leaders from the National Institutes of Health set forth a framework to increase significantly the number, quality and type of daily tests for detecting SARS-CoV-2, ... Jul 23, 2020 0 18
Using light instead of electricity in cochlear implants A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Germany has developed a cochlear implant that converts sound waves to light signals instead of electrical signals. In their paper published in the journal Science ... Jul 23, 2020 report 0 354
Battle royale: How bacteria fight antibiotics and up the ante in chemical warfare Inadequate development of new antibiotics and rising rates of resistance by bacteria to existing antimicrobials are dual forces pushing the world ever closer to a post-antibiotic era. Jul 23, 2020 feature 2 168
