A genetic scoring of schizophrenia-related genes in the placenta can predict the size of a baby's brain at birth and its rate of cognitive development, which, dependent on other factors, may lead to schizophrenia later in ...
Feb 8, 2021
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A research paper co-written by a Massey academic takes a critical look at a public health narrative she says links fatness to risk factors for COVID-19, despite little evidence for this.
Jan 26, 2021
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Despite cancer being a leading cause of death worldwide, treatment options for many types of cancers remain limited. This is partly due to the in vitro tools used to model cancers, which cannot adequately predict the behavior ...
Jan 21, 2021
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Adding the arthritis drug tocilizumab to standard care for patients in hospital with severe or critical COVID-19 is no better than standard care alone in improving clinical outcomes at 15 days, finds a new trial published ...
Jan 20, 2021
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Schools should only close as a last resort while research is under way into whether the new coronavirus variants affect children differently, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
Jan 20, 2021
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Scientists at EPFL have used a snap-freezing method to reveal the true structure of the connections that join neurons together in the adult brain.
Jan 18, 2021
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There is currently no cure for osteoarthritis, but a group of scientists believe they've discovered a method through which a simple knee injection could potentially stop the disease's effects. These researchers showed that ...
Jan 15, 2021
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Africa should see the first COVID-19 vaccine doses in March from the global COVAX effort aimed at helping lower-income countries obtain the shots, the World Health Organization's Africa chief said Thursday, as deaths on the ...
Jan 14, 2021
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A study led by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has found that magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, frequently underestimates the size of prostate tumors, potentially leading to undertreatment.
Jan 7, 2021
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Men and women aged over 50 can reap similar relative benefits from resistance training, a new study led by UNSW Sydney shows.
Jan 7, 2021
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