Omicron is mutating in giant leaps, with scientists racing to keep up. Its diversity is challenging vaccine efficacy and complicating treatment. But this fall, broad spectrum bivalent vaccines may help mitigate the seemingly ...
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently announced plans to require tobacco companies to cut the amount of nicotine in traditional cigarettes. It also announced a ban of Juul e-cigarettes in the U.S., saying the company ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Today, an international group of leading scientists publish recommendations for updating existing standards for determining the disease-causing potential of genomic variants, harnessing insights from Genomics England rare ...
Jul 19, 2022
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A research team led by Rice University neuroengineers has created wireless technology to remotely activate specific brain circuits in fruit flies in under one second.
Jul 14, 2022
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A major expansion of an open-source stroke neuroimaging data set known as ATLAS could give a major boost to stroke recovery research.
Jul 5, 2022
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A team of investigators from Baylor College of Medicine, Texas Heart Institute and Texas Children's Hospital uncovered new insights into the mechanisms underlying the progression of congenital heart disease (CHD)―a spectrum ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Researchers are recommending a stronger move towards less stigmatizing, standardized terminology in scientific journals and with patients, which reflects our understanding of obesity as a disease, according to a new study ...
Jun 8, 2022
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As the Food and Drug Administration goes forward with its proposal to ban menthol cigarettes, Rutgers researchers insist the move is a step toward social justice and better health equity in the Black community, where menthol ...
Jun 6, 2022
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Researchers at the Allen Institute for Immunology have been busy. Since the division of the Allen Institute launched in late 2018, the 60-person team of immunologists, molecular and computational biologists, engineers and ...
Jun 1, 2022
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All over the world, people suffered the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on their well-being. However, the impact was not the same for everyone. We know physical health and mental health are affected partly by environmental ...
May 23, 2022
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