by Laura Ungar People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing site in Times Square, New York, Monday, Dec. 13, 2021. Scientists are warning that omicron’s lightning-fast spread across the globe practically ensures it won’t be the last worrisome coronavirus variant. And there’s no guarantee the next ones will cause milder illness or that vaccines...
By AFP15 January 2022, 6:54 pm This image provided by US Department of Health and Human Services shows an illustration of the outer coating of the Epstein-Barr virus. (US Department of Health and Human Services via AP) WASHINGTON — Multiple sclerosis, a neurodegenerative disease that has no cure and affects some 2.8 million people in the...
A new study in macaque monkeys has shed light on which parts of the brain support credit assignment processes (how the brain links outcomes with its decisions) and, for the first time, how low-intensity transcranial ultrasound stimulation (TUS) can modulate both brain activity and behaviours related to these decision-making and learning processes. While currently developed in an...
by Children’s Hospital Boston Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Concussion can be frustratingly hard to diagnose and track. The injury doesn’t show up on routine brain scans, and there is no definitive diagnostic test. It’s usually diagnosed based on symptoms, and, in athletes, comparison with baseline testing if it was done. But concussion symptoms are non-specific,...
by University of New South Wales The findings may validate some of the symptoms that people with long COVID experience, the authors say. Credit: Shutterstock A team from UNSW’s Kirby Institute and St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney have uncovered an immune profile for long COVID, potentially paving the way for tailored treatment for those with ongoing...
by Sally Cutler, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Before omicron, people in the UK with COVID symptoms or a positive test had to self-isolate for ten days. But when the new variant of concern arrived, the government changed the self-isolation period to seven days. On the other side of the Atlantic, the US Centers for Disease...
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Creative rendition of SARS-CoV-2 particles (not to scale). Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH In a large prospective study of just over 1,000 patients ages 17 and younger who were seen at the Baltimore Convention Center Field Hospital (BCCFH) testing site during a seven-month period...
Erik Greb January 10, 2022 The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the dual orexin receptor antagonist daridorexant (Quviviq) for the treatment of insomnia in adults, the drug’s manufacturer, Idorsia, has announced. The FDA’s decision was based partly on a phase 3 trial of adults with moderate-to-severe insomnia who were randomly assigned to receive 25...
January 11, 2022 by Kyle Melnick Feeling queasy while exploring the metaverse? Grab a stick of your favorite gum and start chewing. *UPDATE [1/14/21]: We’ve updated the article to better clarify information provided by the researchers.* It’s every VR user’s worst nightmare. You’ve just finished installing a new game or app and excitedly dive in...
by Delthia Ricks, Medical Xpress Figure S1. Design of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and chimeric costimulatory receptor (CCR) constructs and expression of CAR, CCR, and CD38 on T cells. (A) Schematic diagrams of the vectors used for CARs and CCRs are shown. SP, signal peptide; P2A, “self-cleaving” 2A peptide; IC, intracellular domain; TM, transmembrane domain....
