For a glimpse into the future of SARS-CoV-2 immunity, scientists at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) are investigating how the immune system builds its defenses against common cold coronaviruses (CCCs).
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When people feel sleepy or alert, that sensation is controlled in part by the ebb and flow of a 24-hour rhythm of their body temperature. Bioengineers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a unique mattress ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Skin swabs are "surprisingly effective" at identifying COVID-19 infection, according to new research from the University of Surrey, offering a route to a non-invasive future for COVID-19 testing.
Jul 19, 2022
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With COVID case numbers expected to rise in Australia over the coming weeks and months there is significant concern the numbers of severely sick patients may overwhelm hospitals.
Jul 19, 2022
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In case of heart and/or lung failure, an ECMO machine can be used to maintain organ function for days or even weeks. Although extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology has advanced, its use can still cause fatal ...
Jul 18, 2022
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Temperatures are skyrocketing across the United States, as the high sky sun bakes everyone who ventures out for some summer fun.
Jul 17, 2022
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One promising treatment for patients with blood cancers is stem cell transplantation. Doctors completely eliminate the patient's immune system by aiming chemotherapy, radiation or both at their bone marrow before replacing ...
Jul 14, 2022
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Immunotherapy has revolutionized treatment for many forms of cancer, but glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common and deadly form of brain cancer, has remained untouched. GBM tumors are sometimes referred to as "cold"—that ...
Jul 11, 2022
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People with hematologic malignancies—or blood cancers including leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma—have an impaired immune system due to their disease and its treatment, putting them at risk of severe COVID-19 infection ...
Jul 11, 2022
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The average body contains about 37 trillion cells—and we are in the midst of a revolutionary quest to understand what they all do. Unraveling this requires the expertise of scientists from all different backgrounds—computer ...
Jul 7, 2022
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