Feel-good hormone dopamine affects passion and autism Men—more often than women—need passion to succeed at things. At the same time, boys are diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum four times as often as girls. Jun 24, 2021 0 3
Scientists discover how dengue vaccine fails to protect against disease Developing a viable vaccine against dengue virus has proved difficult because the pathogen is actually four different virus types, or serotypes. Unless a vaccine protects against all four, a vaccine can wind up doing more ... Jun 24, 2021 0 8
New app aids safe prescribing of COVID-19 drugs The University of Liverpool has launched a mobile app version of its COVID-19 Drug Interactions checker to aid the safe prescribing of experimental drugs being used against COVID-19. Jun 24, 2021 0 2
Study: COVID-19 prevalence far exceeded early pandemic cases In a new study, National Institutes of Health researchers report that the prevalence of COVID-19 in the United States during spring and summer of 2020 far exceeded the known number of cases and that infection affected the ... Jun 24, 2021 0 8
Most Australian end-of-life hospital patients are dying 'without suitable care' A new national study shows most patients in Australia are not getting suitable end-of-life care. Jun 24, 2021 0 0
Researchers find small mutation disrupts protein network, causing heart disease Each day the average human heart beats 100,000 times and pumps about 2,000 gallons of blood. It's a process that is critical to life, and yet it often goes awry for unknown reasons. Jun 24, 2021 0 13
Precision medicine becomes more accessible for Australians with cancer A new resource developed at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research and The Kinghorn Cancer Center for oncologists could help make targeted cancer therapies more accessible for Australian patients. Jun 24, 2021 0 6
S. pneumoniae sticks to dying lung cells, worsening secondary infection following flu A bout with flu virus can be hard, but when Streptococcus pneumonia enters the mix, it can turn deadly. Jun 24, 2021 0 13
Study suggests VR games may help children better cope with painful medical procedures Dealing with a painful medical procedure is difficult for anyone, but often more so if the patient is a child. For example, a venipuncture—the penetrating of a vein for a procedure such as drawing blood or inserting an ... Jun 24, 2021 0 5
Platinum-chemotherapy can enhance the treatment resistance of ovarian cancer cells Researchers from Karolinska Institutet have discovered how platinum chemotherapy can enhance the treatment resistance of ovarian cancer cells, by progressively changing the cancer cell-intrinsic adhesion signaling and cell-surrounding ... Jun 24, 2021 0 7