Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine researchers have shown they can eradicate advanced-stage mesothelioma tumors in mice in just a few days with a treatment combining Rice’s cytokine “drug factory” implants and a checkpoint inhibitor drug.
Scientists at Tel Aviv University announced the results of a study today that found that while the CRISPR genome-editing method is very effective, it is not always safe and that sometimes, rearranging pieces of DNA compromises genomic stability, possibly triggering cancer in the long run.
We knew heart damage was common among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, but now how or why. Today, researchers announced the results from studies that have found the spike protein from the coronavirus 2 virus can lead to heart muscle injury through the inflammatory process.
The discovery was made as researchers investigated an enduring mystery in asthma treatment: Why do some patients who suffer the most from the disease often have the least success with conventional rescue treatments?
Today the first person in the United States received a COVID-19 vaccination, a vaccine intended to prevent the coronavirus infection. This vaccine is a light at the end of the tunnel, a hope that the pandemic can be stopped. It’s practically a miracle that it was developed so fast.
People that more easily spread viruses are called “superspreaders”. Now scientists have identified the features that make some people superspreaders.
DeepMind, the AI developed by Google. has made what scientists are calling a “gargantuan leap” in solving biology’s greatest question. To say scientists are excited would be an understatement.
NASA released the images below which show NO2 levels in 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic, and 2020. The reduction in NO2 pollution levels is dramatic.
Researchers still know very little about how Coronavirus infects the lungs. After all, it’s hard to study the impact of a disease on a person while you’re scrambling to save their life. To work around this, scientists at Cambridge used donated tissue to grow “mini-lungs” in three dimensions to track the impact of SARS-CoV-2 on…
A person’s heart and breathing rates increase and heart rate variability decrease as a viral infection ramps up. All of these are measurable using a modern-day smartwatch. Researchers at Purdue University are starting a study to see if continuously collected biometric smartwatch data could be used to detect early signs of viral infections, including COVID-19.
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