AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE A treatment for multiple myeloma that harnesses the body’s cancer-fighting T cells was safe in humans and showed preliminary signs of effectiveness, according to a clinical trial involving 23 patients with relapsed or treatment-resistant disease. Although more research is needed to determine how well the treatment works, the...
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High levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria found on equipment in communal gyms
Washington, DC – July 24, 2020 – Research presented at ASM Microbe Online found that 43% of Staphylococcus bacteria found on exercise equipment in university gyms were ampicillin-resistant, with 73% of those isolates being resistant to multiple additional drugs. The late Xin Fan, Ph.D., and her student Chase A. Weikel of West Chester University (WCU)...
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Researchers to study the effectiveness of an intervention for helping isolated older people during COVID-19
by Alistair Keely, University of York Researchers are to trial an intervention aimed at preventing and mitigating the onset of depression and loneliness among the most vulnerable in society as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown. Enforced isolation, whether this is due to shielding or self-isolation, causes disruption to daily routines, loss of social contact...
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Scientists isolate protective proteins that influence outcomes for type 2 diabetes
by Trinity College Dublin Scientists from the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, have, for the first time, discovered a family of proteins that are associated with lower blood sugar levels among obese patients with type 2 diabetes. Their research is published today in the international journal Nature Communications. The study showed that patients with type 2 diabetes who have high levels...