The highly infectious variant of COVID-19 discovered in Kent, which swept across the UK last year before spreading worldwide, is
Month: March 2021
Adenovirus type 4 infections more common than thought, large-scale systematic review finds
A new study by scientists from Duke-NUS Medical School found that human adenovirus type 4 (HAdV-E4) infections—long thought to circulate
New study links protein causing Alzheimer’s disease with common sight loss
Newly published research has revealed a close link between proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease and age-related sight loss. The findings
How the COVID-19 pandemic affects dark personalities
The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a global upheaval, with lives lost, vanished jobs, social instability and other detrimental effects—and some
Placenta is a dumping ground for genetic defects
In the first study of the genomic architecture of the human placenta, scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the University
Researchers develop guidelines for reporting polygenic risk scores
Scientists and healthcare providers are beginning to use a new approach for assessing a person’s inherited risk for diseases like
Feelings about scientists a factor in COVID‐19 attitudes, behaviors
Some people’s willingness to reduce the spread of COVID-19 seems to be connected to their feelings about scientists rather than
Immune cell implicated in development of lung disease following viral infection
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have implicated a type of immune cell in the development
Mix of treatments could be way to restore hand function in thumb-base osteoarthritis
The base of our thumb may be just a small part of our hand, but we rely on it more
Researchers reveal mechanism of hepatitis B-induced venous metastasis and immune escape of hepatocellular carcinoma
In China, about 70 million people are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV), and more than 80% of liver cancer
