Patients receiving in-hospital dialysis treatment for kidney disease produce a larger neutralizing antibody response when given the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine,
Month: August 2021
Your metabolism changes as you age, just not when you think
Everyone knows that your metabolism peaks in your teenage years, when you’re fit and active and feeling your oats. And
Odds for an eating disorder may vary by income
Young Americans from low-income homes are more likely than those whose families are better off to be unhappy with the
Better reporting, measurement and control of the environmental conditions of cell cultures is needed
There is an urgent need for the reporting of biomedical research on mammalian cells to be more standardized and detailed,
No more cases of lethal Marburg virus in Guinea so far: WHO
The WHO said Friday that no further Marburg cases have been identified so far in Guinea but contacts of the
New blood test improves prostate cancer screening
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden recently reported that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) could reduce overdiagnoses and thereby improve prostate
You’ve had a COVID ‘breakthrough infection’—can you spread it to others?
COVID-19 breakthrough infections—where a fully vaccinated person becomes infected with the coronavirus—are occurring across the globe, due, in large part,
Genetic program protects neurons from degeneration
Researchers at the University of Bonn (Germany) have identified a previously unknown genetic program in the fruit fly. The genetic
Israel begins COVID booster shots for over 50s
Israelis aged 50 and over began receiving vaccine booster shots against the coronavirus Friday as the government steps up its
Disease ecologists document person-to-person spread of antimicrobial-resistant plague
Although the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many other dangerous pathogens still out there, like Yersinia
