by The University of Hong Kong Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers at the Department of Microbiology and State Key Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases, LKS Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed) have conducted a comprehensive study for identifying an effective vaccine regimen in preventing SARS-CoV-2 nasal infection. The study demonstrated that...
by University of California San Francisco Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Severe injuries to the lung from diseases such as COVID-19 trigger abnormal stem cell repair that alters the architecture of the lung. The aberrant stem cell differentiation in response to injury can prevent the restoration of normal lung function. In a collaborative study between UCSF researchers appearing...
By Rich Haridy December 29, 2021 2021 proved to be a landmark in the world of psychedelic science – here are the highlightsagsandrew/Depositphotos As we get closer and closer to a world where psychedelic medicines are widely used in a variety of therapeutic ways, the last 12 months saw some incredible advances in the field...
Written by Kaylea Swearingen, PharmD | Reviewed by Christina Aungst, PharmD Published on August 31, 2021 Key takeaways: When combined with certain medications, dairy products can affect how a medication works in your body — potentially making it less effective. Certain antibiotics and osteoporosis medications are more commonly associated with potential dairy product interactions, but...
By Suchandrima Bhowmik Dec 29 2021Reviewed by Aimee Molineux Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, several severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‑CoV‑2) variants of concern (VOC) have emerged, leading to repeated surges in cases, deaths, and hospitalizations throughout the world. Classification of these variants by the Phylogenetic Assignment of Named Global Outbreak Lineages...
An international team of scientists have identified antibodies that neutralize omicron and other SARS-CoV-2 variants. These antibodies target areas of the virus spike protein that remain essentially unchanged as the viruses mutate. By identifying the targets of these “broadly neutralizing” antibodies on the spike protein, it might be possible to design vaccines and antibody treatments that will...
Anemia is a lowered level of red blood cells and hemoglobin, leading to a diminished supply of oxygen to tissues and thus degraded function throughout the body. The anemia of aging, like all issues in later life, is a gradual onset, a sliding scale of dysfunction with an arbitrary line in the sand as how low hemoglobin must fall for...
CLEVELAND CLINIC Wednesday, December 29, 2021, 11 am ET, CLEVELAND: A Cleveland Clinic study shows that among patients with obesity, prior weight loss achieved with bariatric surgery was associated with a 60% lower risk of developing severe complications from COVID-19 infection. The research was published in the journal JAMA Surgery. Numerous studies have established obesity as a major...
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER LOS ANGELES—Infection with the virus that causes COVID-19 can trigger an immune response that lasts well beyond the initial infection and recovery—even among people who had mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, according to Cedars-Sinai investigators. The findings are published in the Journal of Translational Medicine. When people are infected with a virus or other...
SOUTH URAL STATE UNIVERSITY War veterans have helped scientists of South Ural State University identify biological indicators which signal whether people have a post-traumatic stress disorder or a susceptibility to it. The research results are published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research(Q1) top-rated scientific journal. In their research works on studying post-traumatic stress disorder, the representatives of the SUSU School of Medical...
