Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New tool emerging in fight against Lyme disease
As black-legged ticks crawl their way across Michigan, scientists hope a new vaccine in development could make their presence less menacing.
Jan 3, 2022
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News tagged with pigs
Neuroscience
Monkeys, guinea pigs and native English speakers have very similar brain responses to speech sounds
Speech sounds elicit comparable neural responses and stimulate the same region in the brain of humans, macaques and guinea pigs, a multidisciplinary group of University of Pittsburgh researchers reported in the journal eNeuro ...
Nov 19, 2021
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Surgery
Pig-to-human transplants come a step closer with new test
Scientists temporarily attached a pig's kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work, a small step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants.
Oct 20, 2021
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Genetics
Obese pigs shed light on human obesity
Mapping of the complete genome of the obesity-prone Ossabaw pig gives new hope for further insights into human obesity and associated diseases
Oct 13, 2021
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Vaccination
Vaccination policy should respond to the motivations of vaccine refusers
Research by Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Erasmus University Rotterdam shows that about 15 percent of Dutch people do not want to be vaccinated. If better use were made ...
Sep 16, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
China, Australia ramp up COVID curbs as Delta variant spreads
China and Australia ramped up COVID-19 curbs Saturday as Delta variant cases surged and tens of thousands rallied in France against restrictions designed to stop the pandemic.
Jul 31, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
In Iraq, vaccine hesitancy gives way to jabs as COVID spikes
A soldier exposes his shoulder and awaits a jab to the amusement of fellow troops, a familiar scene in Iraq where a COVID spike is prompting more vaccinations despite widespread hesitancy.
Jul 29, 2021
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Neuroscience
Researchers overcome winking, napping pigs to prove brain test works
If you've ever been to an eye doctor, there's a good chance you've felt the sudden puff of air to the eye that constitutes a traditional test for glaucoma. It's no one's favorite experience, but the puff is non-invasive and ...
Jul 8, 2021
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Genetics
New research moves novel gene therapy for heart failure closer to the clinic
Research at Baylor College of Medicine, the Texas Heart Institute and collaborating institutions is moving a novel promising gene therapy to treat heart failure closer to the clinic.
Jun 30, 2021
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Medications
Tweak to pritelivir allows treatment of latent herpes infections
A team of researchers at Innovative Molecules GmbH, working with several other institutions in Germany, has developed a small-molecule therapy for the treatment of latent herpes simplex virus infections. In their paper published ...
