As the effort to combat the SARS-CoV-2 virus began, among the most pressing questions were how to gauge its infectivity and get a better picture of those dynamics from the inside out. Answering them initially would bring ...
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have performed numerical simulations based on network theory which show how numbers of infections in a pandemic change when a new variant emerges. They found a non-linear dependence ...
Feb 21, 2022
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Johns Hopkins University scientists have developed a new tool for predicting which patients suffering from a complex inflammatory heart disease are at risk of sudden cardiac arrest. Published in Science Advances, their method ...
Jul 28, 2021
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By delivering small electrical pulses directly to the brain, deep brain stimulation (DBS) can ease tremors associated with Parkinson's disease or help relieve chronic pain. The technique works well for many patients, but ...
Jun 2, 2021
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Scientists have found new, unexpected behaviors when SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—encounters drugs known as inhibitors, which bind to certain components of the virus and block its ability to reproduce.
Mar 23, 2021
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A new study has demonstrated that using the 'wisdom of crowds' (also known as collective intelligence) of three or more medical prescribers, can improve decisions about antibiotic prescribing and help combat rising levels ...
Nov 3, 2020
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A trio of researchers, two with the Polish Academy of Sciences, the other the University of Warsaw, has found evidence showing that super-spreader events pushed the exponential growth phase of COVID-19. In their paper published ...
All cancers are the result of cells that have gone haywire, multiplying out of control and expanding beyond their normal constraints. But not all tumors are the same: for reasons that remain poorly understood, some are more ...
Sep 3, 2020
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One of the most common congenital heart defects, coarctation of the aorta (CoA) is a narrowing of the main artery transporting blood from the heart to the rest of the body. It affects more than 1,600 newborns each year in ...
Aug 11, 2020
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Face masks are thought to slow the spread of viruses, including the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but little is known about how well they work.
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