The human immune system is a finely-tuned machine, balancing when to release a cellular army to deal with pathogens, with
Month: July 2020
Fighting E. coli with E. coli
According to findings published this week in mBio, Nissle, a strain of Escherichia coli, is harmless to intestinal tissue and may
Repurposing public health systems to decode COVID-19
Repurposing public health systems to decode COVID-19 Existing public health monitoring systems in the UK, could improve understanding of the
Compounds halt SARS-CoV-2 replication by targeting key viral enzyme
As the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic mounts, scientists worldwide continue their push to develop effective treatments and
People with high cholesterol should eliminate carbs, not saturated fat
For decades, people diagnosed with familial hypercholesterolemia have been instructed to minimize their consumption of saturated fats to lower cholesterol
Motherhood overrides the brain’s decision-making
Motherhood takes over the brain’s decision-making regions to prioritize caring for offspring, according to new research in rats published in eNeuro.
Researchers create an analytic tool that opens a new frontier of cancer discovery
Gene coding regions constitute 2% of the human genome. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have developed a computational tool
Coronavirus has forced doctors, insurers to embrace telemedicine like never before
When pain radiated from Fred Thomas’ neck down his arm and he couldn’t feel his fingers anymore, he knew it
Complications from COVID-19 may depend on von Willebrand factor in the blood
Anna Aksenova, a senior research associate at the Laboratory of Amyloid Biology at St Petersburg University, has advanced a hypothesis
Asthma does not seem to increase the severity of COVID-19
Asthma does not appear to increase the risk for a person contracting COVID-19 or influence its severity, according to a
