UKHSA announces pilot scheme to monitor infections in care homes in England
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has today announced a pilot scheme to monitor infections in care homes in England. The new pilot builds on the success of the Vivaldi…
NYU Langone receives $9.8 million funding to promote innovation in pediatric research
The Department of Pediatrics at NYU Langone Health has received $9.8 million from NYU Langone trustee Trudy Elbaum Gottesman and Robert W. Gottesman, founding donors of Sala Institute for Child…
Study unravels the prognostic paradox of isolated cardiac sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a complex inflammatory disease that causes the harmful accumulation of tiny clumps of cells called granulomas in the body.
New environmental risk score assesses a person’s risk for developing ALS using blood sample
Over the last decade, research at Michigan Medicine has shown how exposure to toxins in the environment, such as pesticides and carcinogenic PCBs, affect the risk of developing and dying…
New antibody may offer effective drug treatment for breast cancer
An enzyme that may help some breast cancers spread can be stopped with an antibody created in the lab of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor Nicholas Tonks.
Short-chain fatty acids produced by intestinal bacteria play role in dendritic cell elongation
Dendritic cells play a key role in the mammalian immune system. These cells are present throughout the human body and are known to capture foreign bodies, i.e., antigens, using extendable…
Weekly insulin injections have the potential to be as effective in diabetes management as now-common daily injection regimes
Insulin icodec, a once-weekly basal injection to treat type 1 diabetes, has the potential to be as effective in managing the condition as daily basal insulin treatments, according to new…
Remote sample management unchains scientists from their lab bench
Using high-speed, web-based communications protocols - DP5 Network rack decoding software from Ziath can be run from a laptop, desktop, phone, or any other network connected device.
New omicron sublineages surge, but Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent booster retains effectiveness
The efficacy of the bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine BNT162b2 BA.4/5.
Cardiovascular-related deaths due to extreme heat expected to increase between in the United States
Cardiovascular-related deaths due to extreme heat are expected to increase between 2036 and 2065 in the United States, according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health.