The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday changed its website guidance on how COVID-19 spreads, emphasizing that it is mainly transmitted through the air, not on surfaces.
May 11, 2021
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T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) is a very aggressive type of blood cancer. It is relatively rare but still draws a lot of attention as it mostly develops in children under the age of 20. The standard treatment ...
May 4, 2021
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New research offers an up-close view of how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can spread to the brain. The study helps explain the alarming array of neurological symptoms reported in some patients with COVID-19, ...
Apr 27, 2021
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The hormone prolactin has long been understood to play a vital role in breast growth and development and the production of milk during pregnancy. But a pair of recent studies conducted at VCU Massey Cancer Center finds strong ...
Apr 27, 2021
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For tens of millions of patients who battle chronic lung diseases, present-day care options are mostly limited to short-term drug and oxygen therapy. Biomedical Engineering's Interim Department Head and Professor Keith Cook ...
Apr 21, 2021
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The potassium channel KCNQ1 plays a critical role in the cardiac action potential—the electrical activity underlying heart muscle contraction. Inherited mutations resulting in loss of channel function or gain of function ...
Apr 16, 2021
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The Australian public's infection control literacy continues to expand. We know what PPE is, what "flattening the curve" means, and we are growing increasingly familiar with the term "deep clean." But what does a deep clean ...
Apr 16, 2021
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The risk for catching the new coronavirus from surfaces is low, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week in what some experts say is a long overdue announcement.
Apr 12, 2021
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Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have experimentally demonstrated a novel cancer diagnosis technique based on the scattering of circularly polarized light. Computational studies revealed that this ...
Apr 6, 2021
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When we watch a mime seemingly pull rope, climb steps or try to escape that infernal box, we don't struggle to recognize the implied objects—our minds automatically 'see' them, a new study concludes.
Apr 1, 2021
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