COVID-19 cases are rapidly on the rise across the United States. And even fully vaccinated individuals are testing positive. States
Month: July 2021
What makes some immune cells better at killing melanoma
T cells rely on surface proteins called T cell receptors (TCRs) to bind to and destroy viruses, cancer cells, and
Children under 12 can’t be vaccinated yet, so what should parents do?
In the United States, just shy of half of all adults are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and an additional 7.6
Machine learning for cardiovascular disease improves when social, environmental factors are included
Machine learning can accurately predict cardiovascular disease and guide treatment—but models that incorporate social determinants of health better capture risk
Fruit fly study reveals function of taste neurons
What can the fruit fly teach us about taste and how chemicals cause our taste buds to recognize sweet, sour,
Neural network helps doctors detect epilepsy-causing malformation in the brain
Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from the Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Center and the Kulakov National Medical Research Center
Improvement needed in treating hepatitis: 70 million Africans are infected
In 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) set an ambitious target to eliminate viral hepatitis by 2030. This was followed by commitments
How air pollution in indoor spaces affects human health
A West London-based project will investigate how pollutants in indoor spaces impact children with asthma. Researchers have received £9 million
COVID-19 could cause male infertility and sexual dysfunction, but vaccines do not
Contrary to myths circulating on social media, COVID-19 vaccines do not cause erectile dysfunction and male infertility. What is true: SARS-CoV-2,
DNA tags enable blood-based tests to assess cancer treatment outcomes
Cell-free DNA (cfDNA) shed into the blood was discovered in the late 1940s but with rapid advances in genomics and
