UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – RIVERSIDE IMAGE: COVID-19 MASK HANGING FROM REARVIEW MIRROR COULD SERVE DOUBLE DUTY TO PROTECT COMMUTERS FROM AIRBORNE FLAME RETARDANTS COMING FROM CAR SEATS. CREDIT: IVAN RADIC It is unlikely that a cancer-causing chemical inside your car can be dusted or wiped way, according to new UC Riverside research. This finding has...
NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY It may sound strange, but chemicals in plastic may make the bathroom scale a less pleasant place to visit. Every day, we come into contact with plastic products. A lot of plastic is found in food packaging. Plastic packaging is common for practical reasons, because it is cheap and...
AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY Highlights: Tracking new hotspots of SARS-CoV-2 will become more important as the virus evolves and becomes endemic. New variants may be more contagious than previous ones—and escape vaccines. Serum biomarkers, identified in rhesus macaques, can differentiate between primary infection and reinfection. A tool utilizing these biomarkers may help identify surges in...
by The Mount Sinai Hospital Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai found that most disease-causing mutations have a low risk of actually causing disease. Credit: Do lab, Mount Sinai, N.Y., N.Y. Imagine getting a positive result on a genetic test. The doctor tells you that you have a “pathogenic genetic variant,”...
by Worldwide Cancer Research Dr Angus Cameron & Dr Shinelle Menzes at Barts Cancer Institute. Credit: Please credit: Worldwide Cancer Research Researchers at Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University of London, supported by a partnership between the UK charities Worldwide Cancer Research and Pancreatic Cancer Research Fund, have made a discovery that reveals new...
by University of Leeds A graphical representation of the idea of using a scan of the eye to get a window into heart health. Credit: University of Leeds. Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can analyze eye scans taken during a routine visit to an optician or eye clinic and identify patients...
by Laval University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain An international research team has established a link between gut microbiota and chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis. The team led by Éric Boilard of Université Laval has discovered that a protein naturally present in the gut acts on the microbiota and causes the formation of molecules that...
by King’s College London Credit: Public Domain New research from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King’s College London suggests that a virtual reality test in which participants “go to the shops” could offer a potentially promising way of effectively assessing functional cognition, the thinking and processing skills needed to accomplish complex...
by Australian National University Credit: Unsplash Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have identified why certain cells in the body, known as Th17 cells, go rogue and promote the onset of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis (MS). In a new study published in Nature Communications, scientists have discovered a previously unknown and nasty side...
by Laura Ungar A medical worker wearing protective gear collects a sample from a resident at a coronavirus test site in Xichen District in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Hong Kong has already suspended many overseas flights and requires arrivals be quarantined, similar to mainland China’s “zero-tolerance” approach to the virus that has placed millions...
