People with asthma can breathe a little easier: New research suggests the condition does not increase your risk of hospitalization
Month: June 2020
New light shone on inflammatory cell death regulator
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have made significant advances in understanding the inflammatory cell death regulatory protein MLKL and
Study shows sedentary behavior independently predicts cancer mortality
In the first study to look at objective measures of sedentary behavior and cancer mortality, researchers from The University of
Fighting the COVID-19 pandemic through testing
The world is now in the grips of a historic pandemic. The death toll from the novel coronavirus has climbed
Researchers identify key steps in development of kidneys
The discovery of how certain key structures in the kidneys are formed could have important implications for treating renal fibrosis
Despite medical advances, people with HIV still live shorter, sicker lives
HIV may not be the death sentence it was 20 or 30 years ago, but people who are HIV-positive still
Simple oral health steps help improve elite athletes’ performance
Elite athletes who adopted simple oral health measures, such as using high fluoride toothpaste and cleaning between their teeth, reported
Scientists decode how the brain senses smell
Scientists have further decoded how mammalian brains perceive odors and distinguish one smell from thousands of others. In experiments in mice,
Mutations linked to intellectual disability point to overly active ion channel
Two mutations identified in individuals with developmental and epileptic brain disease can be traced back to the same ion channel.
Dexamethasone: What is the breakthrough treatment for COVID-19?
Six months and eight million positive cases since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in Wuhan, scientists have announced the first major breakthrough
