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FDA-approved anticoagulant may stop coronavirus from binding to human cells

SARS-CoV-2 is particularly difficult for health systems to respond to; the virus presents a perfect storm of largely mild and asymptomatic transmission dynamics combined with the danger for very severe infection in a sizable minority...

source: Infection Control Today

HPV shots: Safe and effective, but many parents still hesitate

More than a decade of research has shown that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects against a host of cancers, yet a new study finds that only half of American teens complete the multiple-shot regimen. Why? Researchers discovered...

source: HealthDay News

Team reveals how spermine synthase aids colorectal cancer growth

A new study by researchers at the University of Kentucky identifies a novel function of the enzyme spermine synthase to facilitate colorectal cancer growth. SMS is an enzyme that produces spermine from spermidine, which has been shown to be important for cell growth.

source: Technology Networks

Quest says FDA cleared new 'lab method' that will cut coronavirus testing delays

Coronavirus test manufacturer Quest Diagnostics announced that the Food and Drug Administration has granted the company emergency authorization to use a new technique it says will cut the testing turnaround time to two to three days for most people.

source: CNBC

2 new medicines may curb serious respiratory disease in infants

Half a century of research has failed to thwart respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which causes severe disease in the lower airways and lungs of some 3 million newborn children and kills more than 100,000 worldwide each year. But now, two...

source: Science Magazine

'A huge experiment': How the world made so much progress on a COVID-19 vaccine so fast

Never before have prospective vaccines for a pathogen entered final-stage clinical trials as rapidly as candidates for COVID-19. When the death toll from the coronavirus stood at one and neither it nor the disease it caused...

source: Stat

HAIs didn't go away when COVID-19 came along

By last December, the rates of some hospital-acquired infections were on the way down. For instance, by 2016, central line-associated bloodstream infections had declined 10%, catheter-associated urinary tract infections 6%, hospital-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus...

source: Infection Control Today

Age-related comorbidities for patients living with HIV

Mitigating myocardial steatosis is a long-term care solution and consideration for health care providers, according to a series of analyses studying comorbidities in the aging population of people living with HIV. Investigators from all over the United States used data from...

source: Contagionlive.com

New signal extraction technique helps breast cancer screening

Mammograms are commonly used to screen for breast cancer. In spite of easy access, conventional mammograms cannot find every tumor due to the limited image contrast mechanism.

source: Chinese Academy of Sciences via MedicalXpress

Unproven 'stem cell' therapies for COVID-19 pose harm to public, says UB expert

Be wary of “stem cell” therapy as a preventative treatment for COVID-19, warns Laertis Ikonomou, a UB expert on stem cell and gene therapies. While stem cell therapy, such as bone marrow transplantation, may be used...

source: University at Buffalo

Work absences suggest higher-than-reported COVID-19 cases

This increase does coincide with the surge in COVID-19 but suggests that the number of cases may be higher than officials initially reported. The COVID-19 pandemic has had an undeniable impact on the way we work.

source: Medical News Today

Solving a DNA mystery

"A watched pot never boils," as the saying goes, but that was not the case for University of California Santa Barbara researchers watching a "pot" of liquids formed from DNA. In fact, the opposite happened.

source: Lab Manager

A never-before-seen cell state may explain cancer's ability to resist drugs

Cancer’s knack for developing resistance to chemotherapy has long been a major obstacle to achieving lasting remissions or cures. While tumors may shrink soon after chemotherapy, many times they eventually grow back.

source: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Skin stem cells shuffle sugars as they age

Researchers have shown by in vitro experimentation that changes of glycans in mouse epidermal stem cells may serve as a biomarker of aging. Further, by overexpression of specific glycogenes in mouse keratinocytes, they replicated the glycome profile of aging cells as well...

source: ScienceDaily

'Self-eating' process of stem cells may be the key to new regenerative therapies

The self-eating process in embryonic stem cells known as chaperone-mediated autophagy and a related metabolite may serve as promising new therapeutic targets to repair or regenerate damaged cells and organs, Penn Medicine researchers...

source: Phys.org

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Universal vaccine for the flu may be just around the corner

FDA-approved anticoagulant may stop coronavirus from binding to human cells

HPV shots: Safe and effective, but many parents still hesitate

Team reveals how spermine synthase aids colorectal cancer growth

Quest says FDA cleared new 'lab method' that will cut coronavirus testing delays

2 new medicines may curb serious respiratory disease in infants

'A huge experiment': How the world made so much progress on a COVID-19 vaccine so fast

HAIs didn't go away when COVID-19 came along

Age-related comorbidities for patients living with HIV

New signal extraction technique helps breast cancer screening

Unproven 'stem cell' therapies for COVID-19 pose harm to public, says UB expert

Work absences suggest higher-than-reported COVID-19 cases

Solving a DNA mystery

A never-before-seen cell state may explain cancer's ability to resist drugs

Skin stem cells shuffle sugars as they age

'Self-eating' process of stem cells may be the key to new regenerative therapies

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