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Covid-19: All you need to know about the Deaths in England and Wales were 7%
Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine higher than usual during week ending
Britain’s regulators today approved the Dec 18 Search
Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, offering Deaths in England and Wales were 7% higher than
renewed hope the end of the pandemic... usual during week ending December 18, analysis
reveals England and Wales... RECENT POSTS

Coronavirus UK: Britain will need Is the great vaccine drive by Easter Covid-19: Impact on Israel
Covid-19: How winter exercise could help us cope with
lockdowns until summer 2021 even with doomed already? Volunteers army has
pandemic
vaccines, scientists warn NOT been recruited Covid-19: How will the pandemic affect global health in

England will be stuck in its relentless cycle of Retired doctors desperate to roll their sleeves up 2021?
Is it wise to carry on shielding in the 12 weeks between your
coronavirus lockdowns until at least the end of and help Britain administer 2million Covid vaccines
first and second jabs?
spring even if the vaccine... each week to end the...
Thousands at risk of blindness set to benefit from a new eye
drug
Blood vessel cells implicated in chronic Social media safety messages: Pictures HEALTH NOTES: Surge in patients admitted to hospital for
inflammation of obesity should match the words alcohol-related liver disease
I caught Covid from a hospital, we must give all NHS
“The inflammation of fat cells in obese individuals is After looking at social media posts, parents of young
workers the jab
linked to many of the comorbidities we associate children were better able to recall safety messages My chest pains are terrifying
with being... such as how to... How many have to die before Britain tackles its black and
Asian organ donor crisis?
Bionic idea boosts lithium-ion extraction Scientists find the error source of a sea- A couch potato took part in experiment on boosting immunity
‘Covid loves a crowd… so stay at home this New Year’s Eve’
IMAGE: Metal ion sieving using a bioinspired ice model varies with the season
says NHS boss
nanochannel membrane view more Credit: XIN IMAGE: Schematic diagram of the sea-ice Professor Hugh Montgomery says hospitals are facing a
Weiwen Lithium is... simulation error sources of a regional configuration "tsunami" of Covid cases.
of MITgcm. view... Face masks: How to wear one correctly
‘We filmed our dad’s final months to help people’
JOANNA HALL’S 30-day exercise plan to kickstart your New
Combined approach could boost breast Study points the way to boost
Year
cancer immunotherapy, study suggests immunotherapy against breast cancer, New mutant coronavirus strain IS more contagious by nearly
IMAGE: A diagram showing the various strategies other solid tumors 50%
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY launches a new series to make
that could enhance the activity of CAR T cells IMAGE: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer
2021 your healthiest year yet
against breast cancer. ... Center’s Jonathan S. Serody, MD, and colleagues Allergists offer reassurance regarding potential allergic
report that adding... reactions to COVID-19 vaccines
Putty-like composites of gallium metal with potential for real-
Transfusions with higher red blood cell Study: in social media safety messages, world application
Nanoparticle drug-delivery system developed to treat brain
levels do not improve preterm baby the pictures should match the words
disorders
outcomes IMAGE: Researchers found that parents understood
IMAGE: This large, multi-center randomized clinical safety messaging better when the picture showed
trial was conducted by Dr. Haresh Kirpalani of the the desired behavior,...
University of...

St Petersburg University scientists Allergists offer reassurance regarding

discover an ancient island arc in the potential allergic reactions to COVID-19
Kyrgyz Tien Shan vaccines
IMAGE: (a) Tectonic units of the Tien Shan in BOSTON – Reports of possible allergic reactions to
Kyrgyzstan; (b) schematic geological map of the the COVID-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer-
Songkultau area ... BioNTech and Moderna, both...

Coronavirus: Spain to keep register of Coronavirus doctor’s diary: ‘Close to

those who refuse Covid vaccine death from Covid, I asked them to save
It is currently rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine my baby’
which was approved for EU member states last Trump’s call for $2,000 cheques blocked in Senate
week. Mitch McConnell says raising aid cheques from
$600 would be “another...

Covid: New Year’s Eve warning as Covid rule-breakers ‘have blood on their
millions are told to stay at home hands’
Covid-19: Twenty million in England added to Trump’s call for $2,000 cheques blocked in Senate
toughest tier of restrictions Mitch McConnell says raising aid cheques from
$600 would be “another...
Model used to evaluate lockdowns was Discovery boosts theory that life on Earth
flawed arose from RNA-DNA mix
In a recent study, researchers from Imperial College LA JOLLA, CA–Chemists at Scripps Research have
London developed a model to assess the effect of made a discovery that supports a surprising new
different measures... view of how life originated...

Do toddlers learning to spoon-feed seek NTU Singapore study suggests link

different information from caregivers’ between word choices and extraverts
hands & faces? A study by a team of Nanyang Technological
IMAGE: A. A toddler moving their spoon towards the University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
food in a dish that the caregiver is holding. B. The psychologists has found a link between extraverts...
caregiver moving...

Big bumblebees learn locations of best The brain network driving changes in
flowers consciousness
IMAGE: A bumblebee on a flower. view more The loss and return of consciousness is linked to the
Credit: Natalie Hempel de Ibarra Big bumblebees same network of brain regions for both sleep and
take time to learn... anesthesia, according...

Despite recommendations, patients with Carotid physiology, neck restraints in law

treatment-resistant hypertension rarely enforcement
tested for primary al What The Viewpoint Says: This Viewpoint reviews
Below please find summaries of new articles that will the potential neurologic consequences of any
be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal restriction of blood flow or...
Medicine. The...

US won’t approve AstraZeneca shot until UC researcher urges caution using

APRIL, Operation Warp Speed chief says remdesivir to treat COVID-19
The US has only administered about 10 percent – IMAGE: Bingfang Yan is a professor at the
less than 2.6million – of the 20 million doses of University of Cincinnati’s James L. Winkle College of
coronavirus... Pharmacy. Yan’s...

Dating apps don’t destroy love Higher red cell transfusion threshold
Mobile apps have revolutionised the way people offers no advantage for treating preterm
meet in Switzerland and elsewhere in recent years. infants
Unlike traditional dating... Very low birthweight infants often need blood
transfusions to survive. A National Institutes of
Health-funded study suggests...

Frailty is a factor in higher mortality for NIH study uncovers blood vessel damage
women awaiting liver transplants & inflammation in COVID-19 patients’
Women awaiting liver transplants in the United brains but no infection
States are known to be about one-third more likely IMAGE: In an in-depth study, NIH researchers
than men to become too... consistently found blood vessel damage in the
brains of COVID-19 patients...

Published data from Moderna COVID-19 Moving due to unaffordable housing may
vaccine trial show 94.1 percent efficacy jeopardize healthcare
BOSTON — A peer-reviewed paper published in LOS ANGELES (Dec. 30, 2020) — People who
The New England Journal of Medicine provides data move due to unaffordable housing are at increased
from the much-anticipated... risk of failing to receive...

How did trauma centers respond to Covid: Essex declares major incident
COVID-19? New processes provide care over virus cases
to trauma patients while keeping Primary schools in the districts of Brentwood,
providers safe Epping Forest, Castle Point, Basildon, Rochford,
December 30, 2020 – As the COVID-19 pandemic Harlow, Chelmsford, Braintree,...
emerged, trauma centers faced unprecedented
obstacles to providing care...

Covid-19: Twenty million in England Losing a daughter to cancer during the

added to toughest tier of restrictions Covid-19 pandemic
And secondary schools across most of England are In the last year of her life, Anna’s determination
to remain closed for an extra two weeks for most shone through, as she continued on with her
pupils. studies, with her college...

Covid-19: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Second ‘super-COVID’ case suspected in

approved for use in UK Colorado
It comes as millions more in England are placed in A second case of ‘super-COVID’ variant of
tier four restrictions. coronavirus is now suspected in Colorado, officials
said Wednesday. Elbert...

Covid vaccine: Oxford AstraZeneca Britain’s deadliest day since April: Health
professors stand to make MILLIONS chiefs record 981 Covid victims
Britain today approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca Leicester City Leicestershire (Oadby and Wigston,
Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for millions to Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby,
receive the jab within weeks... Charnwood, North West Leicestershire,...

Questions over Britain’s decision to drop Matt Hancock reveals Britain will only
two-dose vaccine regimen have 530,000 doses of Oxford’s Covid jab
Pfizer warned today there is ‘no data’ to show a next week
single dose of its coronavirus vaccine provides long- Britain will only have 530,000 doses of the
term protection,... Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine at its disposal from
Monday, the Health Secretary...

Weekly Covid deaths rose again in last Potential new RX strategy for stroke
full week of data and rose by 44% in the Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor, Professor
South East of Neurology and Director of the Neuroscience
Weekly Covid-19 deaths rose again in England and Center of Excellence at LSU...
Wales and surged by 44 per cent in the South East
during the last full week...

Novel public-private partnership Anti-transpirant products unnecessary in

facilitates development of fusion energy cycad propagation
IMAGE: PPPL physicist Gerrit Kramer with IMAGE: Benjamin Deloso holds a Zamia stem
conceptual image of SPARC fusion reactor. view cutting that has successfully produced a healthy root
more Credit: Collage... system. In his recently...

Largest study of Asia’s rivers unearths A pursuit of better testing to sort out the
800 years of paleoclimate patterns complexities of ADHD
IMAGE: Map of the Asian Monsoon region; river COLUMBUS, Ohio – The introduction of computer
basins involved in this study are highlighted by simulation to the identification of symptoms in
subregion, rivers belonging... children with attention...

The map of nuclear deformation takes the LSU Health New Orleans discovers
form of a mountain landscape potential new RX strategy for stroke
IMAGE: Deformation landscape of the nickel-64 New Orleans, LA – Research conducted at LSU
nucleus. Prolate, oblate local minima and main Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of
spherical minimum are... Excellence reports that a combination...

New research may explain severe virus Scientists explore deficits in processing
attacks on the lungs speed in individuals with spinal cord
IMAGE: The development of human macrophages. injury
view more Credit: The research team. In some IMAGE: Dr. Wylie is director of the Rocco Ortenzio
cases, immune... Neuroimaging Center at Kessler Foundation. view
more Credit:...

Only 28 Covid patients are currently How a QUARTER of hospitals are

being treated in No10’s £220million operating at Covid ‘danger zone’
Nightingale hospitals A quarter of England’s hospitals were treating a
Only 28 Covid-19 patients are currently being ‘dangerous’ number of Covid patients in the run up
treated in Nightingale hospitals across England, to...
official data shows amid...

Patients from London could be taken to Millions more face Tier 4 as Boris
YORKSHIRE for treatment Johnson reveals TODAY where tougher
Medics in Covid hotspots are just days away from restrictions are needed
having to make ‘horrendous choices’ over who they Millions more are set to face the country’s toughest
can treat... Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions this week, with Boris
Johnson...

Essex declares ‘major incident’ over Covid vaccine from Oxford University and
surging Covid cases Astrazeneca is APPROVED
Essex declares ‘major incident’ over surging Covid Matt Hancock hailed approval for the critical Oxford
cases Councils and health chiefs warn of University and AstraZeneca vaccine today saying it
‘significant... means the UK will...
Obesity, eating disorder disparities Gut cells sound the alarm when parasites
among sexual, gender minority children invade
What The Study Did: The likelihood of having To effectively combat an infection, the body first has
obesity or eating disorders was compared between to sense it’s been invaded, then the affected tissue
sexual and gender minority... must send...

Patient characteristics associated with Assessment of neutrophil extracellular

telemedicine access during COVID-19 traps in coronary thrombus of case series
pandemic of patients with COVID-19
What The Study Did: This study identified racial/ What The Study Did: Severe COVID-19 is
ethnic, sex, age, language, and socioeconomic characterized by the intense formation of neutrophil
differences in accessing... extracellular traps (NETs),...

Imaging the twilight zone Order and disorder in crystalline ice

IMAGE: Differences in brain activity between explained
connected and disconnected states of A fascinating substance with unique properties, ice
consciousness studied with positron... has intrigued humans since time immemorial. Unlike
most other materials,...

Detective work in theoretical physics An explanation for the lack of blood

IMAGE: Time axis showing the number of oxygenation detected in many COVID-19
publications relating to dynamical density functional patients
theory. view more Credit:... One of the physiopathological characteristics of
COVID-19 that has most baffled the scientific and
medical community is what...

Covid-19: First vaccine patient has her Covid: Military back-up for pupil testing
second jab as heads urge delay to start of term
The grandmother, who is originally from Enniskillen, “Instead, it appears that there will be 1,500
Co Fermanagh, received a first injection on 8 personnel available for more than 3,400 secondary
December, a week before... schools in England,...

Covid in Scotland: ‘Stay at home’ Covid: Millions more braced for tougher
Hogmanay plea as cases hit record high rules in England
The whole Scottish mainland is in the highest level There may also be further curbs for areas already in
of restrictions in a bid to contain a new strain of the the highest tier amid concerns tier four rules are not
virus. enough to stop...

Super gonorrhea could be fueled by General anesthesia and normal sleep

antibiotic use amid the pandemic affect brain in an amazingly similar way
Grasping at straws for COVID-19 treatments may be as consciousness fades
inadvertently fueling a the rise of another hard to Explaining the biological basis of human
treat disease: super... consciousness is one of the greatest challenges of
science. While the loss and return...

College football players: Underestimating Scientists develop high-throughput

risk of injury and concussion mitochondria transfer device
Christine Baugh, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of A study, published today in the journal Cell Reports,
medicine at the University of Colorado School of describes how the new UCLA-developed device,
Medicine and member of... called MitoPunch, transfers...

In plants, channels set the rhythm Sugars influence cell-to-surface adhesion

Although plants are anchored to the ground, they IMAGE: Flagella-mediated adhesion and gliding by
spend most of their lifetime swinging in the wind. Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (green alga) on a solid
Like animals, plants... surface (top). Using...

Electrons hop to it on twisted molecular Significant disparities in telemedicine

wires use, especially among older and POC
IMAGE: Concept and chemical structure of patients
periodically twisted molecular wires. view more After “COVID-19,” the term that most people will
Credit: Osaka University Osaka,... remember best from 2020 is likely to be “social
distancing.”...

Scientists turned toxic pesticide into Study examines the most effective
treatment against antibiotic-resistant COVID-19 control policies
bacteria IMAGE: Anita M. McGahan is a University Professor
N-Aryl-C-nitroazoles are an important class of and the George E. Connell Chair in Organizations
heterocyclic compounds. They are used as Society at the...
pesticides and fungicides. However,...
Polysaccharides from red algae affect Imaging of ballistic wounds, bullet
mice immune systems, say FEFU composition and implications for MRI
scientists safety
Carrageenans, biologically active polysaccharides IMAGE: Scout (A), T1-weighted spin-echo (SE) (B),
isolated from red algae and widely used in the food T2-weighted SE (C), T2-weighted gradient-recalled
industry as stabilizers,... echo (GRE) (TR/TE,...

More than a million Americans flew on Covid England: How the new mutated
Sunday despite COVID-19 strain has spread in a fortnight
U.S. air travel hit a pandemic-high on Sunday By David Churchill What has happened to the
following Christmas, with at least 1.28 million coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of
Americans flying, according... Covid has developed which...

Covid UK:New cases DOUBLE in a week New coronavirus variant has triggered
with 36,804 more infections ‘explosive’ outbreaks in London schools
By David Churchill What has happened to the By David Churchill What has happened to the
coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of
Covid has developed which... Covid has developed which...

Moonshot scientists DEFEND rapid Coronavirus UK: R rate is UP again to a

lateral flow coronavirus tests possible 1.3, SAGE warns
The scientists behind the Government’s Moonshot The coronavirus R rate in Britain has risen to
testing plans have leapt to the defence of lateral flow between 1.1 and 1.3 and it is at least one or higher
coronavirus... in every region of England...

HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL: Eat Covid UK: 41,385 daily cases and 357
your way to weight loss deaths as second wave grows
Want to eat better forever? I’m in no doubt that the Britain could be put into ‘Tier 5’ restrictions, it has
best and simplest way to do that is to eat been claimed, with England’s hospitals are now...
wholefoods — foods...

Long-lasting COVID immunity gives real A single gene ‘invented’ haemoglobin

hope for the long-term protection of several times
vaccines Having red blood is not peculiar to humans or
The research is the strongest evidence for the mammals. This colour comes from haemoglobin, a
likelihood that vaccines against the virus, SARS- complex protein specialized...
CoV-2, will work for long...

Stopping RAS inhibitors tied to worse Flag leaves could help top off
outcomes in patients with chronic kidney photosynthetic performance in rice
disease The flag leaf is the last to emerge, indicating the
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects approximately transition from crop growth to grain production.
ten percent of the global population. Hypertension is Photosynthesis in this...
the most common...

Story tip from Johns Hopkins expert on UCLA scientists develop high-throughput
Covid-19 mitochondria transfer device
In a study that looked at suicide deaths during LOS ANGELES — Scientists from the UCLA
2020’s first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have
Maryland, Johns Hopkins... developed a simple, high-throughput...

College football players underestimate The puzzle of nonhost resistance: why do

risk of injury and concussion pathogens harm some plants but not
AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 29, 2020) – College football others?
players may underestimate their risk of injury and IMAGE: Ralph Panstruga Matthew Moscou view
concussion, according... more Credit: Ralph Panstruga Matthew Moscou
People have puzzled...

Army research leads to more effective 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for

training model for robots Americans recommend grains at all life
IMAGE: New Army research reduces the stages
unpredictability of current training reinforcement IMAGE: 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for
learning policies so that they... Americans recommend maintaining existing serving
size for whole and enriched...

Sustained cellular immune dysregulation Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of

in individuals recovering from COVID-19 those who refuse Covid vaccine
IMAGE: Nathaniel Erdmann view more Credit: UAB It is currently rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – COVID-19, which has killed which was approved for EU member states last
1.7 million... week.

Parents warned of ‘sharp rise’ in eating Covid-19: Military to support mass testing
disorders of students in England
What is an eating disorder? New coronavirus variant: What do we know?

Covid-19: Health workers ‘back in eye of Mother reveals two-year-old daughter’s

storm’, says NHS chief flu-like symptoms were deadly meningitis
With coronavirus infections at what public health A mother has revealed how her two-year-old
officials called an “unprecedented level” and a new daughter had to have both legs amputated after
variant... contracting meningitis. Restaurant...

Frontline medic choir in Queen’s Why tidying your kitchen will help you
Christmas message tell of sacrifice polish off the pounds!
Gareth Malone. Justin Bieber. The Lewisham and Over-indulged this festive season? Carrying a few
Greenwich NHS choir could easily have been extra pounds? Feeling sluggish and unfit? Fear not,
forgiven for thinking they had... help is just around...

‘My feet burn with pain if I go walking’: Silicone ‘ping pong ball’ implanted in the
DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health stomach could help relieve persistent
questions heartburn
I’m an avid walker aged 74, but now find after a few Silicone ‘ping pong ball’ implanted in the stomach
miles I get a tingling feeling in my little toe which could help relieve persistent heartburn By Pat
spreads to the... Hagan for the Daily...

Will 2021 finally be the year we finally get High-tech new toothbrushes designed to
the male pill? make you smile
A male counterpart to the contraceptive pill for Looking to add ‘better-looking teeth’ to your New
women, which first appeared in Britain 60 years ago, Year resolutions? The latest electric toothbrushes
is seen as the Holy... claim to be capable...

Why common antibiotics may trigger $3.9M project on self-deleting genes

mental breakdowns takes aim at mosquito-borne diseases
Earlier this year it was reported that Alana Cutland, To control mosquito populations and prevent them
a 19-year-old Cambridge University from transmitting diseases such as malaria, many
student,pictured, jumped... researchers are pursuing...

One year later, how does COVID-19 affect Comparing health outcomes of privileged
children? Americans with residents of other
What The Patient Page Says: We have all lived with developed countries
COVID-19 for about a year now. Overall, we have What The Study Did: Researchers looked at
learned that children... whether health outcomes of white citizens living in
the richest U.S. counties were...

Beverage prices, volume sold after High-speed atomic force microscopy

sweetened beverage tax repeal in takes on intrinsically disordered proteins
Chicago’s county IMAGE: Structural and dynamic features of three
What The Study Did: This observational study IDPs (NTAIL, PNT and Sic1) revealed by HS-AFM
examined whether lasting change in sweetened imaging. The top and...
beverage prices or the volume sold...

Protein twist and squeeze confers cancer Large transporter protein linked to
drug resistance schizophrenia
In 1986, cellular biochemist Kazumitsu Ueda, IMAGE: Abnormalities in the cholesterol transport
currently at Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated protein ABCA13 have been shown to lead to
Cell-Material... schizophrenia in a mouse...

Brain imaging predicts PTSD after brain Oxford coronavirus vaccine to be

injury approved ‘shortly after Christmas’
Philadelphia, December 29, 2020 – Posttraumatic Coronavirus vaccinations have started in care
stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric homes in the UK, Matt Hancock confirmed today.
disorder brought on... Care home residents are top...

Tony Blair calls for the UK to use up ALL Covid England: Earlier spring lockdown
coronavirus vaccine supplies on one could have saved 20k lives
dose strategy Starting spring lockdown just a WEEK earlier could
Tony Blair has called for Britain to scrap its current have saved 20,000 lives from Covid-19 crisis, claims
coronavirus vaccination strategy and give ‘as many Imperial College...
people as...
Coronavirus can affect the brain because Covid cases in England spike back up to
its ‘spike’ protein is capable of crossing pre-lockdown levels with 646,000 people
blood barrier infected last week
Covid-19 may be able to infect the brain because it One in every 85 people in England is now infected
carries a protein capable of getting through the with coronavirus, half of them have caught the new
barrier at the top of... super-infectious strain...

Why you should open your windows Quack cure or Covid hope? Six science-
while eating Christmas dinner backed foods that fight Covid
Open your windows while eating Christmas dinner: A vaccine is being rolled out and potential
Simulation reveals how fresh air whisks away treatments are being trialled to see if they can cure
coronavirus particles in a... Covid, but for the foreseeable...

Coronavirus vaccine: How the Oxford HKU chemists develop a new drug
dosing mix-up REALLY happened discovery strategy for "undruggable"
Oxford accidentally under-dosed participants in its drug targets
coronavirus vaccine trial because of a measurement IMAGE: Graphic illustration of the work: DNA-
blunder by the university’s... programmed affinity labelling (DPAL) enables the
direct screening of DNA-encoded...

New research makes strong case for Study identifies distinct sub-types of
restoring Hong Kong’s lost oyster reefs aggressive tumours to allow for targeted
IMAGE: Oyster reefs in Hong Kong view more treatment
Credit: ©Kyle Obermann/Courtesy TNC New Angiosarcomas are clinically aggressive tumours
research produced jointly... that are more prevalent in Asian populations Study
led by Singapore clinician-scientists...

Faster, greener way of producing carbon Heart transplantations: prospects of

spheres success increase with larger case
IMAGE: Carbon spheres – microscope images A volumes
fast, green and one-step method for producing In a series of commissions awarded by the Federal
porous carbon spheres,... Joint Committee (G-BA) to the Institute for Quality
and Efficiency in Health...

Industry collaboration leads to important Surveys identify relationship between

milestone in the creation of a quantum waves, coastal cliff erosion
computer IMAGE: Scripps Oceanography geomorphologist
IMAGE: (a) Scanning electron image of one of the Adam Young buries wave energy-measuring
Foundry-fabricated quantum dot devices. Four sensors. view more Credit:...
quantum dots can be formed...

Common brain malformation traced to its Covid-19: Five ways to stay positive
genetic roots through the winter
IMAGE: The lowest part of a child’s brain is visible “You can think of it as a kind of brain fertiliser – it
below the bottom of the skull in this MRI scan and helps parts of your brain regenerate,” says Dr...
shows...

Covid-19: Concern at ‘unprecedented’ Chemotherapy ‘is made a THIRD more

infection level in England effective’ with magnetic nanoparticles
On Monday, a further 41,385 Covid cases and 357 Chemotherapy technique that uses magnetic
deaths were reported in the UK. nanoparticles to heat cancerous cells to more than
104°F while delivering drugs...

Only 388 people aged under 60 with no Millions more Britons face being plunged
underlying health conditions have died of into Tier 4 lockdown this week
Covid in the UK Doctors fear the NHS could be overwhelmed within
388 people aged under 60 with ‘NO underlying days as hospital admissions surge due to the highly
health conditions’ have died of Covid in England’s infectious Covid strain...
hospitals Covid-19...

Hospitals in England ‘on track’ to have Children who identify as gay or

more than 20,000 Covid patients on New transgender are 64% MORE likely to be
Year’s Eve obese
Hospitals in England are hurtling towards having Children who identify as gay, bisexual or
20,000 coronavirus patients who need NHS transgender are 64% MORE likely to be obese,
treatment on New Year’s Eve,... study finds US-based researchers...

Is Cumbria on the brink of Tier Four? SAGE expert warns hitting one million
vaccines a week won’t be enough to curb
More than 90 per cent of councils in England saw Covid crisis in months
their coronavirus outbreaks grow before Christmas,
Teachers and key workers will be added to the
according to official...
vaccine priority list when the Oxford
University/AstraZeneca jab is finally...

Britain records 41,385 Covid cases and Do toddlers learning to spoon-feed seek
357 more deaths as second wave different information from caregivers’
continues to grow hands and faces?
Britain today recorded 41,385 cases of Covid and An international research collaboration led by Kobe
357 more deaths as the second wave of the disease University’s Professor NONAKA Tetsushi (Graduate
continues to grow with... School of Human...

Switching DNA functions on and off by Chemists develop a new drug discovery
means of light strategy for ‘undruggable’ drug targets
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the basis of life on Membrane proteins play important roles in biology,
earth. The function of DNA is to store all the genetic and many of them are high-value targets that are
information, which... being intensively pursued...

Study suggests link between word Music-induced emotions can be predicted

choices and extraverts from brain scans
The finding highlights the need for stronger linguistic The researchers used a machine learning algorithm
indicators to be developed for use in online to map which brain regions are activated when the
personality prediction... different music-induced...

Quick look under the skin Vaping could cloud your thoughts, new
How big is the liver? Does it change if medication is studies suggest
taken? Is the kidney inflamed? Is there a tumor in While other studies have found an association
the brain and did... between vaping and mental impairment in animals,
the URMC team is the first...

The evolving role of platelet-rich plasma The liverwort oil body is formed by
(PRP) in plastic surgery redirection of the secretory pathway
December 28, 2020 – Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) Cells, the basic unit of life, are surrounded by a
treatment, which involves injecting a small amount limiting membrane called the plasma membrane.
of a patient’s... Inside cells, there are...

New studies suggest vaping could cloud Extremely energy efficient

your thoughts microprocessor developed using
Two new studies from the University of Rochester superconductors
Medical Center (URMC) have uncovered an IMAGE: AQFP MANA microprocessor die photo.
association between vaping and mental... MANA is the world’s first adiabatic superconductor
microprocessor. ...

One psychedelic experience may lessen Discovery about how cancer cells evade
trauma of racial injustice immune defenses inspires new treatment
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A single positive experience on approach
a psychedelic drug may help reduce stress, Cancer cells are known for spreading genetic chaos.
depression and anxiety... As cancer cells divide, DNA segments and even
whole chromosomes can be...

Neurologists say there is no medical Groups of bacteria can work together to

justification for police use of neck better protect crops and improve their
restraints growth
BOSTON – Some police departments in the United IMAGE: Scientist Susanna Harris in the lab. view
States continue to teach officers that neck restraints more Credit: Noam Eckshtain-Levi, Susanna Leigh
are a safe method... Harris, Reizo...

Covid-19: UK records 30,000 new cases Covid-19: London Ambulance Service

and 316 deaths receives as many 999 calls as first wave
It comes as doctors in Scotland warned that the The UK reported another 30,501 positive tests on
health system was “severely stretched” and a Welsh Sunday, and 316 deaths of people who had tested
hospital made... positive within the past...

Covid: Cardiff health board plea for Scar-free operation could banish acid
critical care help reflux for good
It said it needed help from people with experience in A revolutionary scalpel-free procedure that
“proning” patients. strengthens weak muscles in the oesophagus could
spare millions from chronic...
HEALTH QUIZ: How much of 2020 do YOU Now here’s the good news
remember? It has been a year like no other. Families have been
If there was ever a year to pay attention to health torn apart and long-term plans destroyed, with few
news, it was 2020. From the first celebrities to able to consider...
receive a Covid jab,...

Thousands of children are stuck in care Hope after a grim week

home hell Last week I wrote about receiving my first dose of
Like any 11-year-old, Josh Jones loves Christmas. the Covid-19 vaccine – as a healthcare worker, I am
Above all because it’s normally one of the few one of the first...
occasions he gets...

The intriguing reason you feel ill after a COVID-19 isolation hurting women more
single glass than men
I’ll admit it: I have a drinking problem. But mainly A study by University of Calgary researchers with
only with white wine, not red. And always with the Hotchkiss Brain Institute examining sex and
bubbles. No, it’s... gender differences on sleep,...

Mayo Clinic Model of Care and Research E-cigarettes, as consumer products, do

leads to favorable outcomes for patients not help people quit smoking, study finds
with COVID-19 E-cigarette use has risen steeply and mostly without
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients with COVID-19 regulation over the past decade. The devices have
who received care at Mayo Clinic, whether in the diversified into a...
hospital or at home, had...

Record-setting thermoelectric figure of Researcher uses machine learning to

merit achieved for metal oxides demonstrate that DNA impacts cancer
IMAGE: The barium-cobalt oxide film (top right, risk
approximately 1 cm2) being exposed to an open Lifestyle, or put another way ‘bad habits’, is one of
flame to generate voltage.... the textbook explanations for why some people are
at higher...

Covid-19: Tougher Covid rules begin for Maternal Immune Activation Induces
millions in UK Sustained Changes in Fetal Microglia
It comes after official UK coronavirus deaths passed Motility
70,000 on Christmas Day. IMAGE: Illustration of microglial process motility
changes in fetuses affected by maternal immune
activation. ...

Cancer’s intelligence Evidence for a massive paleo-tsunami at

Dr. J. James Frost and The International Journal of ancient Tel Dor, Israel
Unconventional Computing will soon be publishing IMAGE: Geoprobe drilling rig extraction of a
“Cancer’s... sediment core with evidence of a tsunami from
South Bay, Tel Dor, Israel ...

Children’s emotion inferences from VR simulations shed potential light on

masked faces during the COVID-19 goalkeepers’ ability to stop free kicks
pandemic IMAGE: The study’s VR technology being used for
IMAGE: Girl wearing a mask at school view more training purposes view more Credit: INCISIV
Credit: Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash, Virtual...
https://unsplash.com/photos/r2hTBxEkgWQ
Children...

Capturing 40 years of climate change for Remarkable new species of snake found
an endangered Montana prairie hidden in a biodiversity collection
IMAGE: The intermountain bunchgrass prairie at the IMAGE: Jeff Weinell, a KU graduate research
National Bison Range, Montana, USA at one of the assistant at the Biodiversity Institute, is lead author
study areas. ... of a paper describing...

Neurology patients faced with rising out- People in rural areas less likely to receive
of-pocket costs for tests, office visits specialty care for neurologic conditions
MINNEAPOLIS – Just like with drug costs, the MINNEAPOLIS – A new study has found that while
amount of money people pay out-of-pocket for the prevalence of neurologic conditions like
diagnostic tests and office... dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s...

Experiment takes ‘snapshots’ of light, New research highlights the importance

stops light, uses light to change of the thymus in successful pregnancies
properties of matter IMAGE: Magdalena Paolino, assistant professor and
team leader at the Department of Medicine Solna,
PITTSBURGH–Light travels at a speed of about Karolinska Institutet. ...
300,000,000 meters per second as light particles,
photons, or equivalently...

Weedy Seadragon genomics reveal highly New research highlights the importance
distinct populations of a forgotten organ in ensuring healthy
Charismatic, iconic and Instagram-friendly, the pregnancies
weedy seadragon is a favourite with divers and An international research team led by the University
snorkellers. The first genomic... of British Columbia (UBC) has uncovered for the first
time the importance...

The thymus as key to healthy Caspian crisis: Sinking sea levels

pregnancies threaten biodiversity, economy and
IMAGE: The thymus as key to healthy pregnancies. regional stability
view more Credit: @IMBA/Kulcsar Female sex IMAGE: Infographic showing the effects of water
hormones instruct... level change in the Caspian Sea area. view more
Credit: Naturalis The...

Scientists discover how our brains track Covid: Post-exposure antibody protection
where we and others go trialled
IMAGE: Scientists used a special backpack to study Covid antibodies ‘last at least six months’
for the first time how a person’s brain navigates
space and...

Covid-19: UK coronavirus deaths pass DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Overdone it this

70,000 year? Help’s just around the corner
More than 70,000 people in the UK have now died How was Christmas for you? With 2020 having been
within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test, official such a difficult year, it would be completely
figures show. understandable if you’ve...

Global trial reveals life saving drug for Assessment of air contamination by
acute myeloid leukemia SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings
A landmark paper published today in the New What The Study Did: In this systematic review of
England Journal of Medicine describes the results current evidence on air contamination with SARS-
from a global trial across... CoV-2 in hospital settings,...

Chest pain risk assessment may reduce FDA Oncology Center of Excellence
treatment disparities during COVID-19
The use of a standardized tool for assessing the risk What The Viewpoint Says: This Viewpoint discusses
of serious outcomes in patients with chest pain was initiatives of the U.S. Food and Drug
associated with... Administration’s Oncology Center...

Wistar reports new class of antibiotics Climate crisis is causing lakes to shrink
active against a wide range of bacteria While global sea levels are rising due to the climate
IMAGE: Bacteria image view more Credit: The crisis and threatening near-coastal infrastructures,
Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA — (Dec. 23, 2020) higher temperatures...
—...

Triple chemotherapy combination Perfect transmission through barrier

improves metastatic colorectal cancer using sound
outcomes The perfect transmission of sound through a barrier
IMAGE: Scott Kopetz, MD, of SWOG Cancer is difficult to achieve, if not impossible based on our
Research Network view more Credit: SWOG existing knowledge....
Cancer Research Network Researchers...

Bedford woman ‘lost hands and feet’ as Rob Burrow: Rugby League legend’s year
Covid led to sepsis living with MND
A woman who had her hands and feet amputated playRob Burrow: ‘2020 has taught me life is
after coronavirus led to pneumonia, which then precious’ Video, 00:04:53Rob Burrow: ‘2020 has
caused sepsis, says she is looking... taught me life...

Coronavirus: Fresh air ‘forgotten weapon’ Covid: Rapid tests ‘useful public health
in fight tool’
EU diplomats get Brexit trade deal briefing MPs are It’s a more difficult question once you are using them
waiting to see the full text of the agreement ahead of to clear people to do something – for example visit
a vote in Parliament... a...

Theory describes quantum phenomenon Researchers develop new way to break

in nanomaterials reciprocity law
IMAGE: A quantum dot (the yellow part) is IMAGE: One-way light transmission. view more
connected to two lead electrodes (the blue parts). Credit: Xuchen Wang / Aalto University An
Electrons tunneling into... international research...

Estonian-led international network The ABCs of species evolution

publishes first study of growing influence IMAGE: The ABCA1 protein flips the cholesterol
of social media from the inner to the outer layer of the cell
The key conclusion of the study was not a surprise membrane. This strengthens...
to the scientists involved: the importance of social
media as a primary...

Christmas trees can be green because of Plastic is blowing in the wind

a photosynthetic short-cut As the plastic in our oceans breaks up into smaller
How can conifers that are used for example as and smaller bits without breaking down chemically,
Christmas trees keep their green needles over the the resulting microplastics...
boreal winter when most trees...

Study suggests great earthquakes as TPU chemists convert plastic bottle

cause of Arctic warming waste into insecticide sorbent
IMAGE: Aleutian Islands are an archipelago Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University proposed
comprising dozens of islands with 40 active and 17 a method to create a sorbent for imidacloprid
dormant volcanoes ... insecticide removal from...

Teen figure skater suffers rare genetic Mathematical modeling can help balance
disorder her to have transplant at just 14 economy, health during pandemic
A teen figure skater needed a heart transplant after As a result, many areas, including the St. Louis
it was discovered she had a genetic condition that region, saw increases in cases in July. Using
was turning her heart... mathematical modeling, new...

Cooperation with R&D organizations is Trophoblast motility in a gelatin hydrogel

significantly distinctive for advanced IMAGE: Journal brings together scientific and
innovators medical experts in the fields of biomedical
The innovation performance of firms depends on engineering, material science,...
their ability to innovate in cooperation with external
partners. In a study,...

Astrocytes eat connections to maintain COVID-19 severity affected by proportion

plasticity in adult brains of antibodies targeting crucial viral
IMAGE: A 3-D animated image showing our protein
synapse phagocytosis reporter in mouse COVID-19 antibodies preferentially target a different
hippocampus. Presynapses in green, astrocytes... part of the virus in mild cases of COVID-19 than
they do in severe...

Eavesdropping on the pH levels inside Multi-population risk scores could

the brain improve risk prediction for inflammatory
IMAGE: The multiplexed pH probe with a light- bowel diseases, study finds
addressable potentiometric sensor and a schematic Using genetic data from nearly 30,000 people,
diagram of the multimodal... Mount Sinai researchers have built risk scores from
a combination of datasets...

Early mammal with remarkably precise Novel method reveals small microplastics
bite throughout Japan’s subtropical ocean
IMAGE: The investigated dentition of P. fruitaensis. IMAGE: Six areas around Okinawa were visited to
The upper molars (M2, M3) are offset from the lower collect samples for analyzing the marine
ones (m2,... microplastics – two...

‘Horrendous’ ambulance delays at West Covid-19: UK bans travel from South

Midlands hospitals Africa over variant
Delays in hospitals taking over care of patients is Covid: Sharp rises in infection levels in England,
considered “risky”, NHS England said, because it says ONS
not only...

Schools ‘may need to close to control Covid: Sharp rises in infection levels in
new variant’ England, says ONS
The work, which is still preliminary, calculates the According to the ONS figures, there are sharp rises
variant is spreading 56% faster than other forms of in levels of positive tests in the capital, the east of
the virus. England, and...

Breaking bad: How shattered International research team calls for

chromosomes make cancer cells drug- ‘glocal’ approach to help mitigate
resistant flooding damage
In a paper published in the December 23, 2020 IMAGE: By coupling a large-scale hydrological
online issue of Nature, researchers at University of model with a local-scale, high-resolution hydraulic
California San Diego School... model and urban flood...

Human-made landscape promotes Shapeshifting crystals-varying stability in

coexistence of two normally separated different forms of gallium selenide
Andean warblers monolayers
IMAGE: The two species and their habitats at the IMAGE: The P and AP phases of a GaSe monolayer
study site in Ecuador (Photos by J. Nowakowski). view more Credit: Hirokazu Nitta from Japan
The higher elevation... Advanced Institute...

Discovery of aging mechanism for Protein tells developing cells to stick

hematopoietic stem cells together
IMAGE: No caption view more Credit: ©Atsushi IMAGE: Compartments in adult tissues. Fluorescent
IWAMA, The Institute of Medical Science, The protein expression shows posterior compartments in
University of Tokyo By... the wing and the...

A new TanSat XCO2 global product for Modeling can help balance economy,
climate studies health during pandemic
Since CO2 has been recognized as the most IMAGE: Arye Nehorai, the Eugene Martha Lohman
important anthropogenic greenhouse gas owing to Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Preston M.
its significant impact on global... Green Department...

RUDN University scientist showed global Even after long-term exposure, bionic
warming effect on greenhouse gas touch does not remap the brain
emissions in paddy soils A new study by neuroscientists at the University of
IMAGE: A soil scientist from RUDN University Chicago and Chalmers University of Technology,
studied the decomposition of organic matter in rice published on December...
paddies–the...

The brain’s protein factories at work Metabolic syndrome ‘interacts’ with

Proteostasis refers to maintaining a delicate balance COVID-19
of protein levels in the cell, which is of particularly Announcing a new publication for BIO Integration
crucial importance... journal. In this review article the authors Zeling Guo,
Shanping Jiang,...

Understanding nanoparticle entry Quantum wave in helium dimer filmed for

mechanism into tumors the first time
Announcing a new publication for BIO Integration Anyone entering the world of quantum physics must
journal. In this commentary the authors Phei Er Saw prepare themself for quite a few things unknown in
and Sangyong Jon from... the everyday world:...

Physician-led Spanish-speaking New mammal reference genome helps ID

volunteers address health care inequities genetic variants for human health
during a crisis The rhesus macaque is the most widely studied
BOSTON — In a perspective published in the nonhuman primate in biomedical research. A
Journal of Hospital Medicine, experts from the genome sequencing project for this...
Massachusetts General Hospital...

Scientists at Tel Aviv University develop With COVID exacerbating superbug

new gene therapy for deafness threat, researchers ID new weapon
IMAGE: Professor Karen Avraham and Shahar IMAGE: Corrie Detweiler in the lab at CU Boulder.
Taiber of Tel Aviv University. view more Credit: Tel view more Credit: CU Boulder As scientists around
Aviv University A... the...

Atomic-scale nanowires can now be Coronavirus variants and mutations: the

produced at scale science explained
IMAGE: (a) Illustration of a TMC nanowire (b) UK has two cases of variant linked to South Africa
Chemical vapor deposition. The ingredients are
vaporized in a hydrogen/nitrogen...

NHS: Intensive care choir attempts Coronavirus: Vaccinate more people with
Christmas number one one dose, urges Tony Blair
They face stiff competition from Justin Bieber’s In the Independent, he argued the roll-out must be
collaboration with the Lewisham and Greenwich “radically accelerated”.
NHS choir.
UK has two cases of variant linked to COVID-19: First 10 days after hospital
South Africa discharge are most dangerous
Covid: New variant found ‘due to hard work of UK COVID patients are 40% more likely to die within 10
scientists’ days of leaving the hospital than those with
pneumonia or heart failure,...

Moderna says it expects its coronavirus Similar factors cause health disparities in
vaccine to protect against the new U.K. cancer, COVID-19
strain The same factors are also causing worse outcomes
Moderna Inc says it expects its COVID-19 vaccine from COVID-19 in this population. “The similarities
to protect people against the new mutant British between COVID-19...
variant of the coronavirus. The...

Scientists develop new gene therapy for Disposable surgical masks best for being
deafness heard clearly when speaking, study finds
The scientists were able to prevent the gradual Corey, an electrical and computer engineering
deterioration of hearing in mice that had a genetic postdoctoral researcher under professor Andrew
mutation for deafness.... Singer at the University of...

Ancient DNA retells story of Caribbean’s How our brains track where we and
first people, with a few plot twists others go
An international team led by Harvard Medical Published Dec. 23 in Nature, the findings suggest
School’s David Reich analyzed the genomes of 263 that our brains generate a common code to mark
individuals in the largest... where other people are in...

New class of antibiotics active against a New drug inhibits the growth of cancer
wide range of bacteria cells
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Mitochondria provide our cells with energy and
AMR as one of the top 10 global public health cellular building blocks necessary for normal tissue
threats against humanity.... and organ function. For...

Covering faces around kids won’t mask What does ‘do not resuscitate’ mean?
emotions Varying interpretations may affect patient
It’s easiest to understand the emotions of the people care, reports American Journal of
around you by taking in all the hints they’re Nursing
dropping,... December 23, 2020 – When patients have a do-not-
resuscitate (DNR) order, it means they have chosen
not to receive cardiopulmonary...

Sex Differences in Death After Stroke Discovery of chemical clue may lead to
IMAGE: Journal dedicated to the diseases and solving cacao’s black pod rot mystery
conditions that hold greater risk for or are more IMAGE: The researchers have created a
prevalent among women,... streamlined sample-collection protocol that only
requires a single leaf disc....

Scientists identify new gene involved in Turning the heat down: Catalyzing
autism spectrum disorder ammonia formation at lower temperatures
IMAGE: Bruce Beutler, M.D. view more Credit: with ruthenium
Photo taken by Brian Coats for UT Southwestern IMAGE: The metal ruthenium, supported with
Medical Center DALLAS... lanthanide oxyhydrides, can efficiently catalyze the
synthesis of ammonia...

Breaking bad: how shattered No. 1 news release on EurekAlert!’s 2020

chromosomes make cancer cells drug- Trending List smashes previous all-time
resistant record for visits
IMAGE: In this scanning electron micrograph of IMAGE: The sixth most popular release in 2020 is
inside the nucleus of a cancer cell, chromosomes also the first from China and described a newly
are indicated by blue... unearthed prehistoric...

Ludwig Cancer Research study reveals HALF of air samples taken from hallways
how ecDNA forms and drives cancer drug and a fifth from bathrooms have high
resistance levels of coronavirus
IMAGE: Ludwig San Diego Members Don Cleveland HALF of air samples taken from hospital hallways
and Ofer Shoshani view more Credit: Ludwig and a fifth from bathrooms have high levels of
Cancer Research DECEMBER... coronavirus, study finds Researchers...

Blood alcohol levels much lower than the Cellular exclusion of mitochondria
legal limit impair hand-eye coordination, protects cells from damage
study finds
New research published in The Journal of Most cells in the body require mitochondria to
Physiology however found for the first time that function and survive. Various disease processes and
hand-eye coordination is dramatically... toxic agents can harm...

Scientists discover mutations associated Cannabis use blunts stress reactivity in

with early onset dementia female rats
Adult onset Leukoencephalopathy with axonal In contrast, male rats that were provided access to
Spheroids and Pigmented glia (ALSP) is an ultra- the same potency of cannabis over the same 30-day
rare condition characterised... window did not experience...

Controlling cardiac waves with light to Increased meat consumption associated

better understand abnormally rapid heart with symptoms of childhood asthma
rhythms Asthma prevalence among children in the United
In Chaos, by AIP Publishing, researchers use mice States has risen over the last few decades.
to study tachycardias and find there are intrinsic Researchers found that dietary...
mechanisms that exist...

Liquid bandage detects tissue New mammogram measures of breast

oxygenation without the drawbacks of cancer risk could revolutionize screening
wired oximeters Published in the International Journal of Cancer, the
“Our trial showed that the transparent liquid University of Melbourne-led study found two new
bandage detected tissue oxygenation as well as the mammogram-based measures...
gold standard of an...

New mechanisms to control dental Light smokers may not escape nicotine
procedure spray emissions addiction, study reveals
Alexandria, Va., USA — Since the onset of COVID- HERSHEY, Pa. — Even people who consider
19 the potential risk of dental procedure spray themselves to be casual cigarette smokers may be
emissions for SARS-CoV-2... addicted, according to current...

Tracing the many paths of vision Changing the perspective on the

IMAGE: The catalog allowed studying individual cell ‘Cinderella of the cytoskeleton’
types in the retina and linking them to a specific SETD2 is a protein well known as a chromatin
structure, function... remodeler, one that helps turn genes on or off by
modifying histone proteins...

AI-designed serotonin sensor may help Immersive virtual reality boosts the
scientists study sleep and mental health effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation
Serotonin is a neurochemical that plays a critical for chronic pain
role in the way the brain controls our thoughts and December 23, 2020 – For patients receiving spinal
feelings. For example,... cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic pain, integration
with an immersive...

Research reveals compromised transfer Cost-effective hood reduces aerosol

of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies exposures to patients, otolaryngologists
through placenta (Boston)–The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to
BOSTON – Recent analyses indicate that pregnant cause dramatic shifts in the practice of
women and newborns may face elevated risks of otolaryngology. Even with...
developing more severe...

Covid-19: Can face masks make Covid-19: The Philippines and its
communal singing safe enough? lockdown baby boom
playCan face masks help people sing together The crush can be felt everywhere from the city’s
again? Video, 00:02:21Can face masks help people traffic jams to the jails, where people sleep like
sing together again? sardines in cells...

Cygnet Woodside in special measures ‘I was desperate for a cancer manual –

over ‘patient safety risks’ but there isn’t one’
Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and One of them is Steve Bland, who runs the award-
Instagram. Send your story ideas to winning and ground breaking You, Me and the Big C
[email protected]. podcast which was co-created...

Evolution of a killer: How African New method for imaging exhaled breath
Salmonella made the leap from gut to could provide insights into COVID-19
bloodstream transmission
Bloodstream infections caused by a drug-resistant “Scientists believe the SARS-CoV-2 virus is primarily
type of Salmonella Typhimurium called ST313 are a spread through respiratory droplets that can be
major public health concern... carried in the...
Modeling study suggests mitigation What if clean air benefits during COVID-
efforts can prevent most college campus 19 shutdown continued post-pandemic?
COVID-19 cases The researchers leveraged the unintended “natural
Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, experiment” of cleaner air in New York City during
Massachusetts General Hospital and Case Western the COVID-19...
Reserve University...

New drug combination could improve Bio-inspired endoscope provides 3D

glucose and weight control in diabetes visible and near-infrared images
The results pave the way for clinical studies of the simultaneously
new drug combination as a more effective long-term Endoscopes with 3D imaging capability can help
treatment for millions... surgeons precisely locate diseased tissue. Adding
fluorescence imaging can...

Pandemic and forthcoming stimulus Scientists suggested a method to

funds could bring climate targets in sight improve performance of methanol fuel
— or not cells
The worldwide recession caused by the coronavirus IMAGE: Metallic glass, microscopic image view
has had a profound impact on greenhouse gas more Credit: FEFU press office Fuel cells based on
emissions that is likely to... methanol...

What pandemic messaging around Diversity, severity of autism symptoms

changing holiday rituals gets wrong linked to mutation locations
In the midst of the raging coronavirus pandemic, NEW YORK, NY (Dec. 22, 2020)–One of the most
we’re faced with agonizing decisions about whether recognizable characteristics of autism is an amazing
to forgo treasured... diversity of associated...

Survival of the thickest: Big brains make Highest levels of microplastics found in
mammal populations less dense molluscs, new study says
IMAGE: A Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) in Mussels, oysters and scallops have the highest
Gibraltar view more Credit: Manuela Gonzalez- levels of microplastic contamination among seafood,
Suarez/University... a new study reveals. The...

Molecular reporters expose the allies of Are two phases of quarantine better than
the brain tumor one?
IMAGE: Previously only suspected, now made it New research into this question shows that the
visible thanks to the molecular reporter: where second wave of an epidemic is very different if a
human tumor cells and... population has a homogenous...

Genetic engineering without unwanted NIH launches study on allergic reactions

side effects helps fight parasites caused by Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine
Around a third of the world’s population carries The U.S. National Institues of Health (NIH) is
Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that puts people with planning to examine why a few people have suffered
a weakened immune... allergic reactions to Pfizer‘s...

Covid US: Number of people keen to take Cloth masks are NOT enough to stop the
vaccine DOUBLES to 46% spread of COVID-19 without social
The number of Americans who say they are willing distancing
to get a coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible is Wearing a cloth mask is not enough to prevent the
growing, a new poll... spread of the coronavirus without practicing social
distancing, a new study...

Masks not enough to stop COVID-19’s Community spread of COVID-19 tied to

spread without distancing, study finds patient survival rates at area hospitals
In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers “We have known that individual risk factors like age
tested how five different types of mask materials and gender, comorbidities such as obesity, and
impacted the spread... whether someone...

Hand-held device measures aerosols for Pregnant women in third trimester

coronavirus risk assessment unlikely to pass SARS-CoV-2 infection to
That is, until now. Researchers from the Cardiology newborns
Centers of the Netherlands and the University of “This study provides some reassurance that SARS-
Amsterdam demonstrate... CoV-2 infections during the third trimester are
unlikely to pass through...

Surgery may offer survival advantage in In shaky times, focus on past successes,
certain metastatic breast cancers if overly anxious, depressed
Stage four breast cancer accounts for 6% of newly The findings, published today, Dec. 22, in the journal
diagnosed breast cancer cases. Systemic therapy, eLife, are particularly salient in the face of a COVID-
which may include treatments... 19 surge that...

Mouse-controlled mouse helps Model predicts where ticks, Lyme disease

researchers understand intentional will appear next in Midwest states
control Black-legged ticks can carry the bacterium that
The study, published today in Neuron, sheds light on causes Lyme disease, an infection that can affect
how the brain represents causally-controlled objects. the nervous system, heart...
The researchers...

Light flips genetic switch in bacteria Putting on the pressure improves glass
inside transparent worms for fiber optics
IMAGE: Light-responsive bacteria fed to worms are IMAGE: The voids (yellow) in silica glass become
visible in images of the worms’ gastrointestinal much smaller when the glass is quenched at higher
tracts. Engineers... pressures. ...

Why an early start is key to developing Perspective: Why opioids cannot fix
musical skill later in life chronic pain
Among the many holiday traditions scuttled by A broken heart is often harder to heal than a broken
pandemic restrictions this year are live concerts leg. Now researchers say that a broken heart can
featuring skilled musicians.... contribute to lasting...

Enzyme discovery can help rein in blood Secondary bloodstream infections

vessels that fuel cancer associated with severe COVID-19
LA JOLLA, CA–Most living things need oxygen to People with severe COVID-19 and a secondary
grow and thrive. Even cancerous tumors. That’s why blood infection were significantly sicker upon
tumors will... hospital admission, had longer...

How the American child welfare system New mammogram measures of breast
lost its way cancer risk could revolutionise screening
Black children are removed from their families at World-first techniques for predicting breast cancer
much greater rates than any other race or ethnicity risk from mammograms that were developed in
in this country. At... Melbourne could revolutionise...

Covid-19: UK sees over 80,000 excess Coronavirus: Impact of new variant on

deaths during pandemic children investigated
High death rate ‘may be starting to fall’ New coronavirus variant: What do we know?

Covid jab ‘very likely’ to protect against Covid: New variant found ‘due to hard
new variant work of UK scientists’
The new variant has also been found in Denmark, US Congress passes long-awaited Covid aid
the Netherlands and South Africa – countries which, package The $900bn package comes as millions
like the UK, are... have been left jobless or in poverty...

Vivek Murthy says most Americans won’t High rates of COVID-19 in a community
get the coronavirus vaccine until reduces survival rates among
SUMMER 2021 hospitalized patients
President-elect Joe Biden‘s nominee for U.S. The spread of COVID-19 in a hospital’s surrounding
Surgeon General has said the general public might community can affect the survival rates of patients, a
not get a coronavirus vaccine... new study...

Is the new Covid variant REALLY more Covid deaths fell 3% in England and
infectious for children? Wales after national lockdown
By David Churchill What has happened to the Cambridge University experts behind a string of dire
coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of coronavirus projections fear England was on track
Covid has developed which... for 900 deaths a day...

Is mutant Covid ripping through UK Diseased cell fragments burst from

REALLY 70% more infectious or is Britain pockets in immune cells to activate
just testing more? response
By David Churchill What has happened to the In their study, published in Nature Immunology, the
coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of scientists found a mechanism by which specific
Covid has developed which... immune cells, called dendritic...

Potential new drug target to treat How to be happier in 2021

cutaneous T cell lymphoma You are not alone. New Year’s resolutions are as
Moffitt Cancer Center treats approximately 16% of ubiquitous as they are difficult to keep. Does it even
CTCL patients nationwide. In order to improve their make sense...
understanding of how...
High-five or thumbs-up? New device Brain tissue yields clues to causes of
detects which hand gesture you want to PTSD
make The analysis of gene expression patterns in brain
That’s one of the goals of a new device developed tissue located in four regions of the prefrontal cortex
by engineers at the University of California, — areas of...
Berkeley, that can...

Antibiotics for C-sections effective after Neuroscientists isolate promising mini

umbilical cord clamped antibodies against COVID-19 from a llama
The study, by far the largest of its kind and published The study was led by a pair of neuroscientists,
in the journal Antimicrobial Resistance Infection Thomas J. “T.J.” Esparza, B.S., and David L. Brody,
Control, challenges... M.D., Ph.D.,...

Anti-diarrhea drug drives cancer cells to Japanese art technique inspires new
cell death engineering technique
When cells digest themselves In certain types of Paper snowflakes, pop-up children’s books and
tumour cells, administration of loperamide leads to a elaborate paper cards are of interest to more than
stress response in... just crafters. A team...

Promising clinical data for fenofibrate’s Scientists pinpoint molecular cause for
ability to prevent lung damage in COVID severe disorder in children
patients IMAGE: By modelling the mutations causing the LIC
IMAGE: Under the microscope. view more Credit: syndrome in the system, this showed that the
Daniel Hanoch In what has the potential to mutations affect ability...
significantly...

Can we be manipulated into sharing The college student in a pandemic

private info online? Yes, says Ben-Gurion Washington DC, December 22, 2020 – A study in
U. study the Journal of the American Academy of Child and
IMAGE: Online users are more likely to reveal Adolescent Psychiatry...
private information based on how website forms are
structured to elicit...

Scientists suggested a way to measure New imaging method views soil carbon at
soil properties at any depth without near-atomic scales
digging The Earth’s soils contain more than three times the
A team of scientists from RUDN University and the amount of carbon than is found in the atmosphere,
Dokuchyaev Soil Science Institute developed a but the processes...
method for identifying the...

A powerful computational tool for New online tool reveals when YOU can
efficient analysis of cell division 4D get the coronavirus vaccine
image data A new online tool reveals how long it will be until
IMAGE: Morphological dynamics of cell division of different Americans are eligible to receive the
C. elegans embryo cell at single-cell resolution. view COVID-19 vaccine. With...
more Credit:...

Revealed, the truth about the Covid Rapid coronavirus tests used by UK
mutation that threw Christmas plans into Government ‘could miss 97% of
disarray infections’
By David Churchill What has happened to the Rapid coronavirus tests that Britain spent more than
coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of £600million on could pick up as few as three per
Covid has developed which... cent of people infected...

Did No10 lie about Professor Lockdown 300 years of London smallpox data may
quitting SAGE? offer insight into coronavirus
September 20: Patient in Kent became the first What 300 years of smallpox epidemics in London
person to test positive for the new strain. At that can teach us about Covid-19: Infection with a small
point, the UK was recording... amount of virus can IMPROVE...

How the Mail’s amazing 30,000 volunteers Britain’s Covid outbreak continues to
are helping on the NHS front line worsen with another 33,364 cases
Kenny is just one of the more than 30,000 amazing The mutated coronavirus spreading rapidly in the
Daily Mail readers who signed up in response to our UK will likely become the dominant global strain, a
2018 partnership... SAGE scientist warned...

Covid UK: Children are more likely to Drinking milk while breastfeeding may
catch mutated new strain reduce the child’s food allergy risk
Children may be more at-risk of catching the new The result is based on a survey of more than 500
mutated coronavirus variant than any previous Swedish women’s eating habits and the prevalence
strains, Government advisers... of allergies in their...

Difference in blood pressure between How cancers hurt themselves to hurt

arms linked to greater early death risk immune cells more
Led by the University of Exeter, the global The immunotherapies currently administered for
INTERPRESS-IPD Collaboration conducted a meta- melanomas work by removing obstacles that keep
analysis of all the available research,... immune cells called T cells...

The mechanics of the immune system Silkworm’s brain determines diapause by

How this process takes place at the molecular level thermal information
is not yet well understood. What is now clear, IMAGE: Thionin staining of embryos 8 days after
however, is that not only... oviposition in DW-injected silkworms and 60 days
after oviposition...

Study identifies amenities parents want in Reston ebolavirus spreads efficiently in

public parks pigs
While parents from diverse backgrounds most often IMAGE: This colorized transmission electron
value parks that offer amenities like playgrounds, micrograph shows a slice of Reston virus particles
sports fields and green... (blue) in the lung of...

Child care facilities can be safe and are Modeling study suggests mitigation
essential: new Case Western Reserve efforts can prevent most college campus
study COVID cases
Cleveland – Child care programs can be safe within Boston — As colleges and universities consider
the context of low community transmission of strategies for the spring semester to keep COVID-19
COVID-19, according... cases down, a study...

ACP, Annals of Internal Medicine host Nobel Prize reflects perseverance in

virtual COVID-19 Vaccine Forum II for scientific research
physicians IMAGE: Topics cover both human and animal viral
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21 – As COVID-19 vaccines immunology, exploring viral-based immunological
are becoming available, physicians and other health diseases, pathogenic...
care professionals...

A groggy climate giant: subsea Coronavirus: Do people still have to

permafrost is still waking up after 12,000 shield and what are the rules?
years As many parts of the UK face more restrictions due
IMAGE: Artistic diagram of the subsea and coastal to rising cases of coronavirus across the country,
permafrost ecosystems, emphasizing greenhouse what are the recommendations?
gas production and...

Covid-19: Visitors from tier 4 and Wales Covid: Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine approved
‘must self-isolate’ for EU states
Covid-19: More than 40 countries ban UK arrivals More than 311,000 lives have been lost to the
pandemic across the bloc.

Covid-19: More than 40 countries ban UK The extraordinary and moving story of a
arrivals grieving mother’s vow
Flights from the UK are being suspended to The walls are still blue in the bedroom where Ella
countries across the world including Spain, India Adoo-Kissi-Debrah once slept. Against the
and Hong Kong. makeshift sky the little girl...

Hospital worker celebrates as he and Could this ‘straw’ for your NOSTRILS be
colleagues become among the first to the answer to overeating?
receive Moderna’s vaccine A tube that is slipped inside the nostrils to dull the
The first Americans have received Moderna’s sense of smell could offer a simple and drug-free
coronavirus vaccine after it was approved for way to lose weight. People...
emergency use authorization. Just...

Woman contracted sepsis and almost We test these High-Street treatments for
died after minor injury to her finger your embarrassing ailments
Sales executive Beth Brown has two passions in life Two thirds of us avoid going to the GP for conditions
— her beloved horse, Cider, and having a we find embarrassing to talk about, according to a
glamorous set of smartly... recent survey,...

‘Agonising leg cramp interrupts my Side effects? It’s time to give your pills a
sleep’: DR MARTIN SCURR answers your yellow card
health questions
I am plagued with cramp in my legs at night. I have Nearly 60 years on, the thalidomide scandal is still
great difficulty getting back to sleep, and the various arguably the world’s worst preventable medical
medications I’ve... disaster. It took...

Why some people won’t mind Christmas Brain stem cells divide over months
parties being cancelled From stem cell behavior to the activity of genes in
Most of us can find some joy in Christmas — even individual cells In a study published in Nature
this year — but just imagine what it would be like if Neuroscience, the group...
you couldn’t,...

How one pain suppresses the other Antigen tests — are self-collected nasal
In the first study, the research team compared an swabs a reliable option?
established CPM model with a recently introduced Rapid antigen tests may be less reliable than PCR
variation. With Conditioned... tests, but their speed and simplicity make them an
important complementary...

Prostate cancer regulator plays role in Traditional model for disease spread may
COVID-19, providing a promising not work in COVID-19
treatment lead Called the R-naught, or basic reproductive number,
Two proteins, ACE2 and TMPRSS2, help the the model predicts the average number of
coronavirus gain entry and replicate within cells. susceptible people who will be...
TMPRSS2 is well-known to Arul...

Learning from three centuries of Community-based COVID-19 testing: The

smallpox epidemics in London, UK importance of understanding the virus’
Smallpox, one of the most devastating viral diseases unique impact on children
ever to strike humankind, is one of only two Of the 1,445 patients tested at the specimen
infectious diseases that... collection site for SARS-CoV-2 virus between March
21 and May 16, 2020, the...

New 3D maps reveal inner workings of Social media use by young people in
immune cell gene expression conflict-ridden Myanmar
“The difference is within us,” says Vivek Chandra, IMAGE: Explores the psychological and social
Ph.D., an instructor at La Jolla Institute for issues surrounding the Internet and interactive
Immunology... technologies. view...

The far-reaching effects of mutagens on Breathing rate predicts therapeutic

human health benefits for heart patients
IMAGE: Michael Lynch is the director of the Conditions causing arrhythmia are among the most
Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution and common cardiac conditions. A study headed by
professor at ASU’s... Prof. Georg Schmidt of the...

Researchers explore why some MS Deep, slow-slip action may direct largest
patients experience seizures earthquakes and their tsunamis
IMAGE: Image shows astrocytes (green) in MS IMAGE: Map of the Cascadia subduction zone. view
hippocampus. view more Credit: Tiwari-Woodruff more Credit: Public Domain Megathrust
lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE,... earthquakes and subsequent...

COVID-19 news from Annals of Internal Hormone metabolites found in poop give
Medicine researchers new insight into whale stress
Below please find a summary and link(s) of new IMAGE: Oregon State University researchers are
coronavirus-related content published today in studying gray whales along the Oregon Coast.
Annals of Internal Medicine.... Images and data collected...

Light signal emitted during People without college degrees

photosynthesis used to quickly screen accounted for two-thirds of all of
crops California’s excess deaths
An international effort called Realizing Increased Excess deaths in California during the height of the
Photosynthetic Efficiency (RIPE) aims to transform coronavirus pandemic were higher among the
crops’ ability... elderly, minorities and those...

‘Professor Lockdown’ Neil Ferguson Italy becomes fourth country to spot

warns Tier Four may be needed until mutated Covid virus in British traveller
Easter By David Churchill What has happened to the
By David Churchill What has happened to the coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of
coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of Covid has developed which...
Covid has developed which...

Where’s next for Tier Four? Medical oddity reveals unheard-of

‘immunity gene’ mutations and new way
By David Churchill What has happened to the to screen them
coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of
The IRAK4 gene instructs the production of a protein
Covid has developed which...
that plays a key role in the early recognition and
response to invading...

California lockdown suppressed excess Ecosystem dynamics: Topological

pandemic deaths phases in biological systems
Nearly 20,000 more Californians died in the first six Physicists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU)
months of the pandemic than would have been in Munich have shown that topological phases could
expected to die in a normal... exist in biology,...

CRISPR helps researchers uncover how Sex-specific Alzheimer’s treatment could

corals adjust to warming oceans benefit males over females
Baltimore, MD– The CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing A University of Ottawa study has found a specific
system can help scientists understand, and possibly Alzheimer’s treatment is effective in male and not
improve, how corals... female mice, providing...

Under Antarctica’s ice, Weddell seals Gene pathway linked to schizophrenia

produce ultrasonic vocalizations identified through stem cell engineering
IMAGE: University of Oregon evolutionary biologist IMAGE: These are neurons derived from induced
Paul Cziko looks over the underwater camera during pluripotent stem cells from a schizophrenia patient.
a dive at the... view more Credit:...

Citizens versus the internet: Confronting January issue of SLAS Discovery “Cryo-
digital challenges with cognitive tools EM: The Resolution Revolution and Drug
Access to the Internet is essential for economic Discovery”
development, education, global communications, Oak Brook, IL – The January edition of SLAS
and countless other applications.... Discovery features the cover article, “Cryo-EM: The
Resolution Revolution...

New coronavirus variant: What do we Covid: Cases rise as Christmas rules

know? come into force
The government’s advisers on new infections have Coronavirus cases in the UK have risen by 35,928 –
“moderate” confidence that it is more able to nearly double the number recorded last Sunday,
transmit... figures show.

Study resolves the position of fleas on Screen time, emotional health among
the tree of life parents’ top concerns for children during
A study of more than 1,400 protein-coding genes of pandemic
fleas has resolved one of the longest standing IMAGE: A new national poll gives a glimpse into
mysteries in the evolution... parents’ greatest concerns about their kids in the
pandemic-era. ...

Climate warming linked to tree leaf Study reveals low risk of COVID-19
unfolding and flowering growing apart infection among patients undergoing
An international team of researchers from the head and neck cancer surgery
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhejiang A F A recent international observational study provides
University and the University of... important data on the safety of head and neck
cancer surgery during the...

Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance Exposure to metals can impact

could be more challenging outside of the pregnancy
EU Exposure to metals such as nickel, arsenic, cobalt
In a new report from the Microbiology Society, and lead may disrupt a woman’s hormones during
experts from around the UK explain the desperate pregnancy, according...
need for long-term and ambitious...

Water and genes flow between the two Targeting the deadly coils of Ebola
largest Baltic salmon rivers In the midst of a global pandemic with COVID-19,
IMAGE: Juvenile salmon from the Tornio River. view it’s hard to appreciate how lucky those outside of
more Credit: Ville Vähä Salmon from upstream Africa have been...
reaches...

New nature lover? It’s a COVID-19 side Long non-coding RNA may play a key
effect role in cardiovascular disease
The new study finds that 26% of people visiting Through utilization of genetically modified high-risk
parks during early months of the COVID-19 atherosclerotic mice, a research team from Brigham
pandemic had rarely — or... and Women’s...
Three-dimensionally reconstituted New solutions for addressing systemic
organoids that are just like human organs risks
IMAGE: A bladder assembloid, a reconstituted Systemic risks like climate change, cybersecurity
organoid with three tissue layers of the human and pandemics are characterised by high
bladder. view more Credit:... complexity, uncertainty, ambiguity,...

Researchers make ‘high vis vests’ to help Blood pressure drug may be key to
monitor bee behaviour increasing lifespan, new study shows
A team of researchers from the University of IMAGE: Scientists found that C. elegans
Sheffield and The Bumblebee Conservation Trust administered metolazone lived longer than those
have been trialling new, low-cost... that were not given the drug....

When light and atoms share a common Getting into shape pre-surgery to aid
vibe recovery for older patients
An especially counter-intuitive feature of quantum Older adults about to undergo elective surgery
mechanics is that a single event can exist in a state should undertake a sustained programme of
of superposition... targeted exercise beforehand to...

Socioeconomic background linked to COVID-19: avoiding hospital caused heart

survival after having a cardiac arrest in disease death rise
hospital Lower rates of hospital attendance for urgent heart
IMAGE: Graphical abstract view more Credit: problems during the initial phase of the COVID-19
European Heart Journal Hospital in-patients from pandemic may have contributed...
lower socioeconomic...

Covid: Matt Hancock on ‘new variant’ of Covid tier 3 rules: What closes in tier 3 in
Coroanavirus England?
playMore than 1,000 cases of ‘new variant’ virus. More half of England’s population are set to be
Video, 00:01:15More than 1,000 cases of ‘new subject to the tightest set of restrictions from 00:01
variant’ virus GMT Wednesday. Health...

Covid Christmas: What are the Christmas New recipe for antibiotic could prevent
Covid rules? deafness
A five-day window of special restrictions will be in Gentamicin is used in U.S. hospitals to treat a
place this year across the UK to allow people to variety of bacterial infections, including infections in
celebrate Christmas. The... newborns and in...

Living environment affects the microbiota Power boost thanks to gold lamellae
and health of both dogs and their owners IMAGE: Ultra-thin gold lamellae drastically amplify
In a joint research project known as DogEnvi, the incoming terahertz pulses (red) in the underlying
researchers from the University of Helsinki, the graphene...
Finnish Environment Institute...

The Milky Way primordial history and its Potentially damaging surface ozone
fossil findings levels rose in lockdown
IMAGE: Panoramic view of the Milky Way (Credit: Less traffic on the roads during the first lockdown led
ESO/S. Brunier) with the location of the two Bulge to a reduction in air pollution but may have caused
Fossil Fragments... potentially damaging...

New drug molecules hold promise for Covid-19: contaminated surfaces as a

treating rare inherited terminal childhood risk factor
disease The results could make a significant contribution to
Scientists at the University of Exeter have identified combating COVID-19 and have now been published
a way to “rescue” cells that have genetically in Advanced Nano-Biomed...
mutated,...

Novel crystalline oxide may solve the Researchers reveal link between
problem of overheating in composite cryptocurrency coding and market
materials behavior
Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology recently A new study by Reader in City’s Department of
synthesized a novel material that displays unique Mathematics, Dr Andrea Baronchelli, published in
thermal expansion... the Science Advances...

New curriculum improves students’ New discovery brings analogue

understanding of electric circuits in spintronic devices closer
schools IMAGE: This EM image of an experimental device
FRANKFURT / TÜBINGEN. Life without electricity is as used in this study shows graphene (light green)
something that is no longer imaginable. Whether it with boron nitride...
be a smartphone, hair-dryer...
In liver, a stressed cell can be bad news New mechanism of force transduction in
for its neighbors muscle cells discovered
A key protein in the communication channels IMAGE: The picture shows focal adhesions
between cells can allow a stress response in one (red/blue), in which metavinculin connects to the
liver cell to spread to neighboring... intracellular actin cytoskeleton...

Inverted fluorescence Study sets baseline for sleep patterns in

Fluorescence usually entails the conversion of light healthy adult dogs
at shorter wavelengths to light at longer A new canine sleep study from North Carolina State
wavelengths. Scientists have... University could serve as a baseline for research on
chronic pain and...

Research brief: Researchers discover Researchers determine factors

new way to deliver DNA-based therapies associated with ovary removal in patients
for diseases with ovarian torsion
University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers in (Boston)–Ovarian torsion can cause severe pain
the Department of Chemistry have created a new and other symptoms because the ovary is not
polymer to deliver DNA... receiving enough blood...

Study sheds new light on how the brain Long Covid: I used to run, now I can only
distinguishes speech from noise walk 200 metres
IMAGE: This image shows histological confirmation playLong Covid: I used to run, now I can only walk
of recording sites. Fluoro-Gold deposited at the end 200 metres. Video, 00:01:46Long Covid: I used to
of separate... run, now I can only walk...

Covid Christmas: What can you do to Covid vaccine: How will the UK jab
stay safe? millions of people?
Changes to a planned relaxation of Covid rules for In addition to the Pfizer vaccine though, two other
Christmas have been scrapped. Only people living jabs – developed by Moderna and Oxford-
outside of tier four... AstraZeneca – are...

Coronavirus creates boom in digital Could coronavirus trigger a sudden

fitness menopause years before your time?
“Covid-19 has presented many people with the Coughing fits that send shockwaves down to your
unique opportunity to exercise more, because, toes. Breathlessness that feels as though you’re
practically, people have... drowning. Haunted by a...

HEALTH NOTES: Happiness is a slice of What can I do about my lockdown

cake and a loved one radiator face? EVE SIMMONS asks the
HEALTH NOTES: Happiness is a slice of cake and a experts
loved one By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: For many, 2020 has been a year of new
17:01 EST, 19 December... experiences: wearing masks in supermarkets, Zoom
conferences and watching Ministers...

Thousands are risking blindness because DR ELLIE CANNON: Help… I just can’t
they don’t use their eye drops properly, stop my nose from dripping!
warn experts My nose won’t stop running – particularly in the
Failure to use eye drops correctly is putting mornings. It drips when I move around in the
hundreds of thousands of Britons at risk of afternoons. Antihistamines...
blindness, experts have warned....

How healthy is a vegan Christmas?… and If face masks really stop Covid, then why
can you really stomach soya turkey made are so many of us still catching it?
with coconut milk? Stifling. Itchy. Dehumanising. Oppressive.
The vegan bug bit last year, with thousands of Profoundly un-British. Just some of the terms used
Britons turning to plant-based diets in a bid to save to describe the experience...
the environment, shed...

Researchers create model to calculate COVID-19 pandemic had big impact on

COVID-19 health outcomes commercial fishing in Northeast
“The goal is to give an earlier alert to clinicians to Of those who kept fishing, nearly all reported a
identify patients who may be vulnerable at the decline in income compared with previous years,
onset,”... according to the survey...

Researchers use artificial intelligence to The mask matters: How masks affect
ID mosquitoes airflow, protection effectiveness
Human malaria is an ongoing public health crisis In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers
affecting multiple continents, with the highest from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and
numbers of cases and people... California Baptist University...
New insights into cholera microbe and Potentially damaging surface ozone
chances of pandemic strain levels rose in lockdown, UK study finds
The finding was revealed by examining the type VI The study — led by the University of York — shows
secretion system, or T6SS for short, a secretion levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) down on average
system used by Vibrio... across the...

Prenatal testing has halved the number of Stroke and altered mental state increase
babies born with Down syndrome in risk of death for COVID-19 patients
Europe, study finds The study looked at data from 4,711 COVID-19
The researchers spent three years collecting data patients who were admitted to Montefiore during the
from multiple registries and databases in every six-week period between...
country in Europe to estimate...

World’s first transmission of 1 Petabit/s COVID-19: what strategies are beneficial

using a single-core multimode optical to the state
fiber Those who consider themselves healthy will be
IMAGE: Previous high capacity demonstrations in more willing to comply with COVID restrictions if
multi-mode fibers view more Credit: National they believe, according to...
Institute of...

Key building block for organic molecules NYS can achieve 2050 carbon goals:
discovered in meteorites Here’s how
IMAGE: Photo of a piece of the Murchison meteorite ITHACA, N.Y. – By delving into scientific,
that was used in this study. view more Credit: NASA technological, environmental and economic data,
Scientists... Cornell University engineering...

Experts call for Europe-wide COVID-19 Concern about loved ones might motivate
targets people to mask up and get vaccine
A group of more than 300 leading scientists across ANN ARBOR, Michigan — While many people have
the globe are calling for European governments to listened to messaging about wearing a mask and
work together in managing... following social distancing...

Discovery finds a cellular building block What’s the ‘true’ rate of dislocation after
acts as a gel, not liquid as previously total hip replacement?
believed December 18, 2020 – The cumulative incidence of
University of Alberta researchers have found an hip dislocation following total hip replacement is
answer to a fundamental question in genomic about 50 percent...
biology that has eluded scientists...

AI-supported test predicts eye disease New way to deliver DNA-based therapies
three years before symptoms for diseases
Researchers hope their test could be used to The research is published in the Proceedings of the
identify the disease early enough so that treatment National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Gene
can effectively prevent... therapy involves altering the...

CAPTUREing Whole-Body 3D movements Nanotechnology: Nanoparticles as

Animal behavior is important to a broad range of weapons against cancer
disciplines, from neuroscience and psychology to Both calcium phosphate and citrate are involved in
ecology and pharmacology.... the regulation of many cellular signaling pathways.
Hence, the levels...

How does the brain manage its learning? NASA finds what a glacier’s slope reveals
H.M. helped scientists understand the role of the about Greenland Ice Sheet thinning
hippocampus in learning, but a mystery remains IMAGE: GIF showing the potential distances over
around how signals from... which thinning can spread into Greenland’s interior.
Glaciers...

Breast cancer study uncovers how Prenatal testing has halved the number of
macrophages may contribute to a babies born with Down syndrome in
therapeutic weak spot Europe
Breast cancer, the second most common cancer in BOSTON — The growth of prenatal screening in
the United States, can result from a number of Europe has reduced the number of babies being
cellular misregulations, such... born per year with Down...

APS plays foundational role in Land ecosystems are becoming less

development of COVID-19 vaccines efficient at absorbing CO2
IMAGE: Data taken at the APS shows the Land ecosystems currently play a key role in
neutralizing antibody D25 binding to the F protein of mitigating climate change. The more carbon dioxide
the Respiratory Syncytial... (CO2) plants and trees absorb...
Humpback whale songs provide insight Shifting gears toward chemical machines
to population changes IMAGE: Animation from simulation demonstrating
IMAGE: Humpback whale off Maui. view more spatio-temporal control of rotors via a cascade
Credit: HIHWNMS/NMFS ESA Permit #782-1719 reaction. GOx-coated...
Approximately 8,000-12,000...

Scientists get the most realistic view yet Covid-19: Germany introduces new
of a coronavirus spike’s protein structure restrictions amid rise in cases
IMAGE: This rotating image shows the detailed Coronavirus: Germany to go into lockdown over
structure of a “spike ” from a coronavirus that Christmas
causes cold...

Covid Christmas risk ‘hard to control’ Covid rules still to be relaxed over
US approves Moderna as second Covid-19 vaccine Christmas in UK
The Food and Drug Administration gives the green Only two households are advised to mix in Wales,
light for releasing millions... under new stricter advice.

Covid: US approves Moderna as second Media Alert: The CRISPR Journal

vaccine publishes special issue on expanding the
It has recorded more than 313,500 deaths and CRISPR toolbox
about 17.5 million infections, according to Johns IMAGE: outstanding research and commentary on
Hopkins University. all aspects of CRISPR and gene editing, including
CRISPR biology, technology,...

Study shows incorporating telemedicine New study identifies greatest risk factors
helps surgical practices of mortality from COVID-19
IMAGE: Aurora D. Pryor, MD view more Credit: Hospitalized COVID-19 patients have a greater risk
Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY, of dying if they are men or if they are obese or have
December 18, 2020 –... complications from...

Researchers propose process to detect Study finds growing numbers of critically

and contain emerging diseases endangered sawfish in Miami waters
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A University of Arkansas IMAGE: Figure 3 from the paper: (A) Photograph
biologist is part of a global team of researchers taken by W. A. Fishbaugh in the 1920s, recorded as
developing a strategy... taken in Miami (courtesy...

Ultra-fast gas flows through tiniest holes New topological properties found in "old"
in 2D membranes material of Cobalt disulfide
IMAGE: Researchers identify ultra-fast gas flows IMAGE: Experimental verification of Weyl nodes in
through atomic-scale apertures in 2D membrane Cobalt disulfide, in comparison to the theoretical
and validate a century-old... prediction. ...

Low-income preschoolers exposed to How a very ‘sociable’ protein can hold

nurturing care have with higher IQ scores clues about Alzheimer’s origin
later on The origin of the most prevalent form of Alzheimer’s
IMAGE: This model illustrates the proposed disease, which accounts for 95% of cases, is still not
association between early cumulative adversities in clear despite...
childhood and benefits...

New material system to convert and Monkeys, like humans, persist at tasks
generate terahertz waves developed they’ve already invested in
Some time ago, a team of experts working on the But why would we engage in such potentially self-
HZDR accelerator ELBE were able to show that defeating behavior? Georgia State researchers think
graphene can act as a frequency... two factors may play...

Zika virus affects eye development before More than half of Hudson River tidal
but not after birth marshes were created accidentally by
The Zika virus is primarily transmitted by the bite of humans
an infected mosquito from the Aedes genus. IMAGE: The arrival of the railroad and associated
However, it can also be... structures in 1850 along the banks of New York’s
Hudson River...

New class of cobalt-free cathodes could Gene biomarkers indicate liver toxicity
enhance energy density of next-gen quickly and accurately
lithium-ion batteries IMAGE: From left: University of Illinois researchers
IMAGE: Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, associate professor of
have developed a new class of cobalt-free cathodes nutrition; Rohit...
called NFA that...
The incredible, variable bacteria living in UH Mānoa researcher examines why
your mouth people choose to wear face coverings
IMAGE: Micrograph showing Rothia cells (light blue) IMAGE: Published by Oxford University Press on
in their native habitat, a bacterial biofilm scraped behalf of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 2020.
from the human... This work is written...

Identifying where to reforest after wildfire A step toward understanding why COVID-
IMAGE: A post-fire area of the Sierra Nevada 19 boosts stroke risk
mountains with very little conifer regeneration. view IMAGE: A UCLA-led study may help explain how
more Credit:... COVID-19 increases the risk for stroke. Scientists
made the finding by...

Plants can be larks or night owls just like Covid: Boris Johnson ‘hoping to avoid’
us national lockdown
IMAGE: Dr Hannah Rees, postdoctoral scientist at It comes after a tough new six-week lockdown was
the Earlham Institute, UK view more Credit: announced in Northern Ireland from 26 December.
Earlham Institute Plants...

Caroline Wyatt: MS research ‘the urgent Pressure on hospitals ‘at a really

search for hope’ dangerous point’
Caroline Wyatt: The fight to reverse damage caused For example, Leicester’s hospitals are now on the
by MS highest level of alert while three in Essex have
stopped non-urgent...

Coronavirus: UK R number back above GPs told to use extra dose of Pfizer’s
one Covid vaccine as NHS updates advice
Coronavirus: What is the R number and how is it GPs have been told to use a sixth dose of Pfizer’s
calculated? Covid-19 vaccine by the NHS, after it emerged
yesterday that its...

Figures reveal hospitality industry NHS data suggests hospitals in England

accounts for just 3% of cases despite are STILL less full than last December
damaging restrictions NHS data still shows hospitals to be quieter than
Hospitality venues facing ‘hugely damaging’ they were this time last year amid the looming threat
restrictions accounted for less than 3 per cent of of a third national...
coronavirus outbreaks...

Oxford University scientist behind Covid US could approve Moderna’s Covid

vaccine hopes UK approval ‘isn’t too far vaccine ‘within hours’
off’ How does the Moderna vaccine work? It works in a
The lead researcher behind Oxford University’s similar way to the jab from Pfizer/BioNTech.
coronavirus vaccine today revealed she hopes the Coronavirus is studded with...
jab ‘isn’t...

Britain’s Covid-19 R rate rises ABOVE Optogenetic method can reveal how gut
crucial level of one microbes affect longevity
The lockdown graphs used to justify putting They report in the journal eLife that green-light-
38million people into Tier 3 were published today induced production of colanic acid by resident E. coli
amid fears of a New Year shutdown... bacteria protected...

Can mammogram screening be more Exercise for low back pain beneficial but
effective? no one agrees on why
Thus, while some organizations have advocated for The study, published in Musculoskeletal Science
testing to start at age 40, in 2009 the U.S. and Practice recently, was a collaboration between
Preventive Services Task Force... researchers from UNSW...

Green revolution saved over 100 million Growing human organs for
infant lives in developing world transplantation with new proof-of-concept
The study assessed mortality rates of more 600,000 “This paper is really about using the stem cells from
children across 37 developing countries, revealing pigs for the first time and showing that they actually
global diffusion of... can be...

Cell atlas of tropical disease parasite may Machine intelligence accelerates research
hold key to new treatments into mapping brains
The study, published today (18 December 2020) in Their development, published on December 18th in
Nature Communications, identified 13 distinct cell Scientific Reports, gives researchers more
types within the worm... confidence in using the technique...
Social holidays improve overall well- How does the brain project manage its
being learning?
Social holidays refer to holidays that are granted to IMAGE: Dr. Richard Naud, an assistant professor at
disadvantaged persons or families usually on the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine’s
economic, social or health-related... Department...

Will we still need Covid-19 volunteers in Recently discovered comet seen during
the new year? 2020 total solar eclipse
– A University of Sheffield-led research programme IMAGE: (left) The LASCO C2 camera on the
finds Local Authorities and the Voluntary and ESA/NASA SOHO observatory shows comet
Community Sector are... C/2020 X3 (SOHO) in the bottom left-hand...

Developing smarter, faster machine Devastating skin disease covering up to

intelligence with light 70% of a dolphin’s body tied to climate
IMAGE: A massively parallel amplitude-only Fourier change
neural network view more Credit: Volker IMAGE: A closeup view of a bottlenose dolphin
Sorger/GWU SUMMARY Researchers... shows signs of skin lesions associated with a deadly
skin disease known...

Nanotechnology — nanoparticles as Roadmap to renewables unites climate

weapons against cancer and sustainability goals
Many chemotherapeutic agents used to treat IMAGE: Great egrets sit atop a floatovoltaic array in
cancers are associated with side-effects of varying Florida in 2020. view more Credit: Rebecca R.
severity, because they are... Hernandez,...

Water limitations in the tropics offset Hundreds of Amazon shoppers swear by

carbon uptake from arctic greening this light-blocking Bluetooth eye mask for
IMAGE: A map of the world shows the changes in a good night’s sleep
global gross primary productivity (GPP), an indicator Are you having trouble sleeping? Hundreds of
of carbon uptake,... Amazon shoppers swear by this light-blocking
Bluetooth eye mask for a good night’s...

Covid-19 was the leading cause of death The TRUE number of cases recorded
in England in November each day in Wales over the past week
Covid was the biggest killer in England and Wales Wales has more than doubled its weekly count of
last month, with one in every six deaths caused by coronavirus infections, after adding 11,000 cases
the illness, according... that were missed off due...

UK records 35,383 daily Covid cases after Does 70% of England REALLY need to be
officials include 11,000 cases missed in in Tier 3?
Wales count NORTH WEST Cheshire and Warrington Tier 2
Britain’s daily coronavirus case count today surged (High) Since the end of national restrictions cases
by 35,383 after Wales added a further 11,000 of the virus in Cheshire...
infections that had...

Surrey borough with fastest rising Britain’s Covid vaccination scheme needs
coronavirus rate escapes county-wide to get FOUR TIMES quicker to meet target
Tier Three The UK Government looks set to fall short on its
The only borough of Surrey where Covid infections promise to give millions of people their first
fell last week will be forced into a Tier Three local coronavirus jab by Christmas,...
lockdown from Saturday,...

Scientists unlock promising key to In fiction, we remember the deaths that

preventing cancer relapse after make us sad
immunotherapy In a new study, researchers found that when people
The answer involves a protein called fas, and were asked to recall the death of a fictional
regulating fas may be a route to preventing cancer character, they were more...
relapse, the researchers...

More West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes Antifungal drug improves key cystic
in lower-income areas of Baltimore fibrosis biomarkers in clinical study
“In order to effectively address environmental Cystic fibrosis is caused by a missing or defective
injustices, we have to understand where they occur ion channel in the lining of the lungs, called CFTR.
and why,” says... This leaves patients...

Infant circumcision may lead to social How climate change is disrupting

challenges as an adult undergoing ecosystems
circumcision as an infant IMAGE: Roesel’s bush-cricket is one of the many
grasshoppers that might migrate to higher elevations
Infant circumcision may lead to social challenges as once the...
an adult Undergoing circumcision as an infant has
delayed psychological...

Research strongly suggests COVID-19 Oceans without oxygen

virus enters the brain With no dissolved oxygen to sustain animals or
IMAGE: The S1 protein likely causes the brain to plants, ocean anoxic zones are areas where only
release inflammatory products causing a storm in microbes suited to the environment...
the brain, researchers...

Mission to MAARS: Long non-coding The ‘crazy beast’ that lived among the
RNA may play a key role in dinosaurs
cardiovascular disease Adalatherium is an important piece in a very large
Atherosclerosis is marked by the buildup of puzzle on early mammalian evolution in the
inflammatory cells which narrow arteries to the point southern hemisphere, one...
of chest pain and muscle...

Stem cell treatment for vascular diseases ‘Poverty line’ concept debunked by new
can be predicted through real-time machine learning model
observation Mathematicians have used machine learning to
IMAGE: (A) For the bioorthogonal labeling, develop a new model for measuring poverty in
unnatural azide groups on the hEPC surface are different countries that junks...
generated with Ac4ManNAz...

Allow pregnant women partner support Coronavirus doctor’s diary: ‘Have I got
‘at all times’ Covid for a second time?’
Covid rules on hospital visits and maternity At that stage we had no way of testing for infection.
appointments relaxed Later, when antibody testing became available as a
way of revealing...

Covid cases in schools ‘reflect Long Covid: Hospital patients to get

community levels’ checks at six weeks
The Schools Infection Survey will continue to track New guidelines written by NICE, along with its
cases and transmission in schools over the coming Scottish counterpart SIGN and the Royal College of
months. GPs, list more than two...

New Mexico forced to throw out 75 doses Drug overdose deaths have risen by 20%
of COVID-19 vaccine over temperature in the U.S. amid the coronavirus
concerns pandemic, new CDC data show
New Mexico officials threw out 75 doses of Pfizer’s Drug overdose deaths have spiked in the U.S. due
coronavirus vaccine over concerns they became too to the continuing coronavirus pandemic, a new
warm during transportation Vials... advisory finds. More than...

Computational model reveals how the Talking to kids about weight: What the
brain manages short-term memories internet says and why researchers are
Now, Salk scientists have developed a new wary
computational model showing how the brain To help sort it all out, researchers from the Center
maintains information short-term using... for Weight, Eating and Lifestyle Science (WELL
Center) in the College...

What’s up, Skip? Kangaroos really can Researchers discover brain area crucial
‘talk’ to us, study finds for recognizing visual events
The research which involved kangaroos, marsupials “The human visual system recognizes, prioritizes,
that were never domesticated, at three locations and categorizes visual objects and events to provide
across Australia*, revealed... actionable information,”...

A new means of neuronal communication Cataract surgery in infancy increases

discovered in the human brain glaucoma risk
Neuronal oscillations are an essential part of the “These findings underscore the need for long-term
functioning of the human brain. They regulate the glaucoma surveillance among infant cataract
communication between... surgery patients. They...

Study in mice shows genes may be COVID-19 virus enters the brain, research
altered through drug repurposing strongly suggests
A team from the UIC Department of Ophthalmology And researchers are discovering why. The SARS-
and Visual Sciences published the article, “Gene CoV-2 virus, like many viruses before it, is bad news
dosage manipulation... for the brain. In a study...

Protein linked to progressive lung New study measures neighborhood

scarring in scleroderma patients inequality and violence based on
Systemic sclerosis is an autoimmune disease everyday mobility
associated with inflammation and fibrosis, or
A new study looking at the patterns of movement
scarring, that affects organs including...
from 400,000 people offers fresh insights into how a
neighborhood’s...

Fibrous protein finding may lead to UMD paves the way for growing human
improved bioprinting, tissue engineering organs for transplantation with new
IMAGE: Collagen and fibrinogen in aqueous proof-of-concept
solutions form a solid layer on the surface of water, In a new paper published in Stem Cell Reports,
corrupting flow behavior... Bhanu Telugu and co-inventor Chi-Hun Park of the
University of Maryland (UMD)...

How long’s too long? Effects of Improving hospital nurse staffing is

crosslinker length on anion-exchange associated with fewer deaths from sepsis
membrane fuel cells Researchers at the Center for Health Outcomes and
IMAGE: Progress in fuel cell technology will help us Policy Research (CHOPR) at the University of
greatly reduce our use of fossil fuels to generate Pennsylvania School of Nursing,...
electricity,...

SARS-CoV-2-like particles very sensitive US needs clear vaccine distribution

to temperature strategy to defeat coronavirus
IMAGE: A group of SARS-CoV-2 virus-like particles December 17, 2020 — An opinion piece published
are shown in panel (A) on a glass surface in room today online in BMJ by Nina Schwalbe in the
temparture. The... Heilbrunn Department of...

A SECOND Alaska healthcare worker has COVID-19 is THE leading cause of death
an allergic reaction to Pfizer’s in the U.S., study finds
coronavirus vaccine Coronavirus has become the leading cause of death
A second healthcare worker in Alaska has suffered in the United States, a new study suggests.
an allergic reaction after receiving Pfizer Inc’s Researchers found that...
coronavirus vaccine...

Nearly half of young drivers are resuming Reliable COVID-19 test could reduce virus
driving just weeks after sustaining a spread
concussion Stephen Bustin, Professor of Molecular Medicine at
The findings were published online today by the ARU and a leading expert in quantitative
Journal of Adolescent Health. More than 1.9 million polymerase chain reaction (qPCR),...
children sustain a concussion...

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected Men over 50 have same success with
measles vaccination rates? vasectomy reversal outcomes as younger
In a recent study published in Pediatrics, men
researchers at Nationwide Children’s Hospital In good news for older men, a new study from Keck
evaluated changes in measles... Medicine of USC published in Urology shows that
men over 50 who undergo...

Especially neurotic people feel worse COVID-19 escalated armed conflicts in

emotionally during the coronavirus crisis several war-torn countries
When the corona pandemic began in March, it India, Iraq, Libya, Pakistan and the Philippines all
fundamentally changed many people’s everyday saw an escalation of civil wars because conflict
lives. A normal working day,... parties exploited either...

Study reports drop in lung cancer Hearing loss and high blood sugar linked
screening, rise in malignancy during to poorer learning and memory among
COVID-19 surge older Latinos
The study has been selected for the 2020 Southern Hearing loss and diabetes are major public health
Surgical Association Program and published as an problems, with Latinos at higher risk than other
“article in press”... demographic groups. In...

NIH researchers discover brain area What’s up Skip? Kangaroos really can
crucial for recognizing visual events ‘talk’ to us
IMAGE: fMRI scans reveal activity changes in the IMAGE: A kangaroo displays gaze alternation
fSTS. view more Credit: Richard Krauzlis, Ph.D., between the transparent box with food inside it and
National... with a human. ...

Errant DNA boosts immunotherapy UMD finds more West Nile virus-infected
effectiveness mosquitoes in lower-income areas of
IMAGE: A UT Southwestern study discovered the Baltimore
molecular mechanism by which tumors defective in
DNA mismatch repair... IMAGE: Mosquito trapping in Baltimore, Maryland
view more Credit: Lena McBean, University of
Maryland In...

Researchers discover brain pattern that Financial woes grow worse during
could improve mental health disorder pandemic for American families
diagnosis The economic challenges caused by the coronavirus
A pattern in how the brain breaks down tryptophan, pandemic have grown worse since the spring for
a common amino acid consumed through food, was many American families,...
discovered by researchers...

Upcycling: new catalytic process turns Complex dental care ‘threatened by NHS
plastic bags into adhesives targets’
IMAGE: Using a catalyst based on ruthenium (gold French President Macron tests positive for Covid
ball, center), UC Berkeley chemists were able to add The 42-year-old took a test after experiencing
specific chemical... symptoms and will now self-isolate...

Covid: ‘Miracle’ survivor Mal Martin Covid: Cancer scan backlog raises late
feared his life was over detection fears
Coronavirus: Mal Martin due home after ‘miracle’ Vice-president of the RCR, Dr William Ramsden,
recovery said: “The trouble is, because of our capacity issues,
because of our...

Covid and vitamin D: ‘Not enough UK’s daily Covid cases continue to rise
evidence’ for treatment with 25,161 more positive tests
Covid: Free Vitamin D pills for 2.5 million vulnerable Daily coronavirus infections in the UK have spiked
in England by 50 per cent again as health chiefs recorded
another 25,161 cases in...

Health chiefs say there is ‘not enough Boris Johnson defends UK Christmas
evidence’ to support taking vitamin D for bubble chaos
Covid-19 The advice offered by Boris Johnson on having a
There is ‘not enough evidence’ that taking vitamin D safe ‘little’ Christmas this year One-in-four Britons...
can prevent or treat Covid-19, according to a UK
Government...

Researchers expose power of enzyme on How hope can make you happier with
key immune cells your lot in life
Two papers on DOT1L by teams led by Professor Researchers studied ‘relative deprivation’ — the
Colby Zaph and Associate Professor Kim Good- feeling that other people have things better than
Jacobson — whose labs are... you...

New salmonella proteins discovered Novel biomarkers predict the

An international research team, led by scientists development of incident heart failure
from Würzburg, shows how to succeed in this The study used a random selection of 10,106 men
search in the new research... participating in the Metabolic Syndrome in Men
(METSIM) study, who at baseline...

Despite decrease in recent years, rate of Turning sweat against itself with a metal-
sledding-related injuries still concerning free antiperspirant
The study, published in Clinical Journal of Sports Most commercial antiperspirants use metallic salts,
Medicine, found that the majority of patients were such as aluminum chlorohydrate, to clog sweat
injured as the result... ducts. Years ago, it was...

New guideline supports behavioral, Maternal diet during lactation shapes

psychological treatments for insomnia functional abilities of milk bacteria
The guideline includes one strong recommendation In a new study published in Nature Scientific
— which is one that clinicians should follow under Reports, researchers from Baylor College of
most circumstances... Medicine, Texas Children’s...

Coronavirus spread during dental New path to rare earth mineral formation
procedures could be reduced with slower has implications for green energy and
drill rotation smart tech
Dental procedures can pose a high risk of viral IMAGE: First author Adrienn Maria Szucs with
transmission because the tools that are used often Professor Juan Diego Rodriguez-Blanco in Trinity’s
produce aerosols, which... Museum Building ...

Oral contraceptive pills protect against Still paying for broken smartphone
ovarian and endometrial cancer display? Now, It is automatically fixed
IMAGE: Åsa Johansson, Assistant Professor at the IMAGE: Schematic of preparing PBF via LbL
Department of Immunology, Genetics and assembly view more Credit: Korea Institute of
Pathology, Uppsala University ... Science and Technology(KIST) Smartphone...

Shark fishing bans partially effective When genetic data meets marketing
IMAGE: Sharks in a market in Sri Lanka view more Researchers from The Wharton School of the
Credit: Claire Collins Bans on shark fishing are only University of Pennsylvania published a new paper in
partially... the Journal of Marketing that...

Tiny quantum computer solves real Organic molecules on a metal surface… a

optimisation problem machinist’s best friend
IMAGE: Researchers at Chalmers University of IMAGE: Purdue University innovators are working
Technology, Sweden, have now shown that they can on technologies to make it easier to cut metals. view
solve a small part of... more Credit:...

Americans will still have to wear masks Rollout of US COVID-19 vaccines is ‘on
and socially distance after getting track’ to get 20 million Americans
vaccinated, Giror says vaccinated this year
White House coronavirus testing czar says it will still The massive rollout of coronavirus vaccines is ‘on
be ‘absolutely imperative’ for Americans to wear track,’ to vaccinate 20 million Americans by year-
masks... end, with...

Fauci says 85% of U.S. population will Pulse oximeters readings are FOUR times
need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 more likely to be inaccurate in black
for ‘herd immunity’ patients
Fauci says 85% of Americans will need to be Pulse oximeters that measure blood oxygen levels
vaccinated against COVID-19 for the U.S. to reach are FOUR times more likely to be inaccurate in
‘herd immunity’ Dr... black patients than white...

Alaska healthcare worker suffered Dr Fauci says Moderna’s COVID-19

serious allergic reaction from Pfizer’s vaccine could get FDA emergency
coronavirus vaccine approval TOMORROW
An Alaska healthcare worker suffered a serious Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine could get emergency
allergic reaction within 10 minutes of receiving FDA approval as early as Thursday, Dr Anthony
Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine... Fauci said Wednesday...

FDA reveals vials of Pfizer’s vaccine Minister urges families to do ‘minimum’

contain extra doses in Christmas bubbles
FDA reveals vials of Pfizer’s vaccine contain extra The Christmas plans of millions of Britons were
doses that could be given to 6.86 million Americans hanging in the balance tonight as politicians failed to
by Christmas Pharmacists... make a decision on...

An atlas of S. pneumoniae and host gene Researcher identifies gene teams

expression during colonization and working in subregions of brain
disease That’s the idea behind brain research by Yuqing
To understand how this pathogen adapts to different “Iris” Hang, a Clemson University graduate student
locations in the body, and also how the host pursuing...
responds to the invading...

New use for an old drug: How does Teaching artificial intelligence to adapt
ketamine combat depression? Now, Salk researchers have used a computational
Because more than 30% of patients are resistant to model of brain activity to simulate this process more
selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI), the accurately than ever...
most commonly-prescribed...

The 16 facial expressions most common COVID-19 spread increases when UV

to emotional situations worldwide levels decrease
The findings, published today, Dec. 16, in the journal “Understanding the potential seasonality of COVID-
Nature, confirm the universality of human emotional 19 transmission could help inform our response to
expression across... the pandemic in...

Driving force behind cellular ‘protein Many Americans reported economic

factories’ identified hardships even early in the COVID-19
In a study published today in Science Advances, pandemic
researchers from the University of Cambridge show The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted not just the
that tiny components within... health but also the economic wellbeing of citizens
worldwide, and the U.S....

How the spread of the internet is Potential treatment approach kills

changing migration lymphoma while sparing healthy cells
The spread of the Internet is shaping migration in IMAGE: A heavy layer of glycans, seen here in
profound ways. A McGill-led study of over 150 green, cover immune cells and provide a way to
countries links Internet... target cancer-specific...

Experimental vaccine can counter New approach reveals structure and

dangerous effects of synthetic function of individual synapses
cannabinoids IMAGE: Multiphoton imaging in vivo provides
LA JOLLA, CA–Made in clandestine laboratories measures of synaptic activity and function (left),
and sold widely across the United States, the while electron microscopy...
diverse class of drugs...

Pandemic has severely disrupted sleep, Dark storm on Neptune reverses

increasing stress and medication use direction, possibly shedding a fragment
IMAGE: Principal Investigator Rébecca Robillard, an IMAGE: This Hubble Space Telescope snapshot of
Assistant Professor and co-director of the Sleep the dynamic blue-green planet Neptune reveals a
Laboratory of... monstrous dark storm...

Researchers identify neurons that control Individuals with high ADHD-traits are
nausea-like responses in mice more vulnerable to insomnia
IMAGE: GLP1R neurons (red) play a critical role in IMAGE: Predrag Petrovic, consultant and associate
detecting toxins in blood vessels (green) and professor in psychiatry at the Department of Clinical
initiating the nausea... Neuroscience...

Coronavirus: ‘Long Covid’ impact Vaccine doctors on TikTok: ‘Come for the
estimated fun, stay for the science’
WHO to investigate Covid origins in China’s Wuhan Is the Covid vaccine safe?
Ten international scientists will travel next month to
the city where...

Covid vaccine: More than 130,000 Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: Air pollution a

vaccinated in UK in first week factor in girl’s death, inquest finds
Covid: How close is the light at the end of the Ella Kissi-Debrah ‘living on knife edge’ before death
tunnel?

Is Sussex on the brink of being dragged Mutated form of Covid has also been
into Tier 3? found in Wales, Scotland, Denmark and
Sussex could be the next area of England dragged Australia
into Tier Three, official figures suggest amid soaring The new strain of coronavirus revealed by Matt
Covid-19 cases in... Hancock yesterday has spread to Scotland and
Wales after emerging in South...

New Covid strain has 17 mutations, Hospitals must allow pregnant women to
scientist say bring a visitor to appointments and
The new strain of coronavirus spreading through labour, NHS says
Britain has a ‘striking’ amount of mutations, Pregnant women will once again be allowed to take
scientists have... someone with them to hospital appointments and
have them by their side...

One in 10 suffer from ‘long Covid’ three World Health Organization urges families
months after recovering to wear face masks at Christmas get-
One in ten coronavirus survivors suffer lasting togethers
symptoms three months after beating the illness, The World Health Organization has pleaded with
data suggests. The Office... families to wear face masks and socially distance at
Christmas get-togethers...

Minister reveals nearly 140,000 Brits have Where is next for Tier Three? Urban-rural
already been vaccinated against Covid splits loom for divided counties
Almost 140,000 Britons have been vaccinated Counties could be split by new local lockdown tiers
against coronavirus in the first seven days of the roll today as MPs call for rural wards to be given looser
out, officials claimed... rules than towns...

Type of sugar used to sweeten sheep milk New study links cadmium to more severe
kefir may improve consumer acceptance flu, pneumonia infections
The authors of this study, from the Federal Institute “Our study suggests the public in general, both
of Rio de Janeiro, Fluminese Federal University, smokers and nonsmokers, could benefit from
Federal Institute... reduced exposure to cadmium,”...

The DNA regions in our brain that Lipid identified in human breast milk may
contribute to make us human play important role in early childhood
weight
Gene expression, not gene sequence To explain The authors of the study propose that 12,13-
what sets human apart from their ape relatives, diHOME, as well as linked pathway metabolites from
researchers have long hypothesized... breast milk, have a protective...

Three pillars of mental health: Good New insights into Fragile X syndrome and
sleep, exercise, raw fruits and veggies the fetal brain
The study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, During brain development, the fetal period is vital in
surveyed more than 1100 young adults from New creating neurons from neural stem cells to build up a
Zealand and the United States... functional adult...

The human helpers of SARS-CoV-2 Oh so simple: Eight genes enough to

An infection of the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, convert mouse stem cells into oocyte-like
just like any other viral infection, follows a specific cells
pattern: The viruses... On top of providing new insights into the
mechanisms of egg cell development, the research
may lead to a simple route for...

Cancer: Tumor driver promoting EMT, Information transport in antiferromagnets

metastasis and resistance to therapy via pseudospin-magnons
Cancer metastasis, which is the dissemination of IMAGE: A research team from the Technical
tumor cells into distant organs, is the leading cause University of Munich (TUM), the Bavarian Academy
of mortality in cancer... of Sciences and Humanities,...

LOOP technique for I&D of abscesses in COVID patterns

adults is safe, effective alternative to I&D Scientists, policymakers and healthcare workers are
with packing eager to discern to what extent COVID-19 may be
IMAGE: Randomized controlled trial, patient of any seasonal. Understanding...
age requiring emergency department abscess
drainage. view...

Connections determine everything Some neurons target tiny cerebral blood

IMAGE: Stroke Popular Figure view more Credit: vessel dilation
M.Nzarova et al. A team of scientists, with the first IMAGE: Section of a brain showing neurons that
author... have nNOS-expressing neurons labeled in green,
DREADD-expressing neurons...

Ignoring CDC guidelines leads to fear, The bull’s eye: New modified stem cells
anger among employees can deliver drugs specifically to tumor
Companies worldwide are facing unprecedented cells
challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from As humans evolve, cancer also evolves in parallel,
modifying operations to keeping... making the race for finding efficient treatment
methods for cancer patients...

New insights about depression Researchers uncover blind spots at the

One study, published in the Journal of Clinical intersection of AI and neuroscience
Psychiatry, shows a link between an inflammatory Purdue University researchers — working at the
molecule in the blood and... intersection of artificial intelligence and
neuroscience — say...

Poverty linked to higher risk of COVID-19 Scientists show what loneliness looks
death, study suggests like in the brain
The first nationwide study of its kind found patients A team of researchers examined the magnetic
from the most economically disadvantaged areas resonance imaging (MRI) data, genetics and
had a higher chance... psychological self-assessments of...

‘Alarmingly high’ vitamin D deficiency in New approach can improve COVID-19

the United Kingdom predictions worldwide
The journal Clinical Nutrition also reports that more “It is about understanding best and worst-case
than a third of Black Africans living in Britain have scenarios — and the fact that worst case is one of
high levels of... the most important...

Fast walking in narrow corridors can An avocado a day keeps your gut
increase COVID-19 transmission risk microbes happy, study shows
The simulations are used to determine flow patterns “We know eating avocados helps you feel full and
behind a walking individual in spaces of different reduces blood cholesterol concentration, but we did
shape. The results... not know how it...

Tepary beans — a versatile and New research could lead to better

sustainable native crop eyewitness recall in criminal
investigations
IMAGE: Tepary beans created through From a half-hidden corner in a crowded scene, a
crossbreeding display variation for seed coat colors. thief emerges to snatch a purse. Three days later,
view more Credit:... can you remember what...

Semiconductor material analysis made Aroma diffuser and plastic bag offer
possible with artificial intelligence inexpensive method to test fit of face
IMAGE: (A) Data generation process showing the masks at home
sampled spin configurations generated through the Researchers have developed a way to use a simple
simulated annealing... home aroma diffuser to test whether N95 and other
types of sealing masks,...

Energy transition at the crossroads: New Extracting precious zinc from waste ash
topical issue in Russian Journal of IMAGE: “In our pilot study, we found that 70 percent
Economics of the zinc present in fly ash can be recycled. The
IMAGE: Three Czarevnas of Underground Kingdom zinc...
(1879). A painting by Viktor Vasnetsov. The painting
is based on the...

A new method for the functionalization of In pandemic, people are turning to nature
graphene IMAGE: One of the first studies of its kind finds
An international research team involving Professor significant increases in outdoor activity during
Federico Rosei of the Institut national de la COVID-19, especially...
recherche scientifique (INRS)...

High death rate ‘may be starting to fall’ Covid: Clinical trials begin for Valneva
Top Trump ally ends silence to congratulate Biden vaccine
Weeks after the election, Senate Majority Leader New Covid strain: How worried should we be?
Mitch McConnell congratulates...

Covid: First care home residents in Wales Covid: ‘Rash’ Christmas rules ‘will cost
get vaccine many lives’
Covid: Christmas rules change will not be taken The prime minister’s spokesman said the
‘lightly’ government had been clear that people needed to
“remain cautious and...

AstraZeneca could ask for FDA approval States only use 5-20% of the covid
of its shot by February antibody drugs sent by Operation Warp
AstraZeneca could ask the FDA to approve its Speed
coronavirus vaccine as early as February, Operation The majority of doses of coronavirus antibody drugs
Warp Speed chief says AstraZeneca’s... are going unused, a new report claims. According to
CNBC, Operation...

Nearly one-quarter of the world’s More than 80% of Americans say they
population may not have access to WILL get a COVID-19 vaccine
coronavirus vaccines until 2022 More than 80% of Americans say they WILL get a
Nearly one-quarter of the world’s population may not COVID-19 vaccine – but most want to ‘wait a bit’ –...
have access to coronavirus vaccines until 2022
Researchers looked ...

COVID-19 does not damage auditory Plastics pose threat to human health,
system, study finds report shows
The study was led by Professor Karen Avraham of EDCs are chemicals that disturb the body’s hormone
TAU’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine. The results were systems and can cause cancer, diabetes,
published online... reproductive disorders,...

Telemedicine needed to diagnose and Physicians say non-contact infrared

treat dysphagia in COVID-19 patients, thermometers fall short as COVID-19
doctors say screeners
Health care professionals whose work puts them in The editorial was published Dec. 14, 2020, in Open
contact with the body areas frequented by SARS- Forum Infectious Diseases, the online journal of the
CoV-2 — such as the... Infectious Diseases...

Urine diversion shows multiple Better heart health scores in midlife

environmental benefits when used at city linked to lower risk of late-life dementia
scale Previous research suggests that efforts to address
The study, published online Dec. 15 in the journal modifiable risk factors, such as behaviors that
Environmental Science Technology, modeled large- impact heart health, could...
scale, centralized urine-diversion...
Attitudes about climate change are Immune cell that drives breast cancer
shifting, even in Texas could be effective target in novel
About 80% of Americans — almost 81% of Texans immunotherapies
— say they believe climate change is happening, “A deeper understanding of the immunobiology of
according to new... breast cancer is critical to the success in harnessing
immunotherapeutic...

Scientists discover a new complex Bermudagrass versus the armyworm

europium hydride IMAGE: Fall Armyworm feeding on bermudagrass
IMAGE: The novel strongly correlated Europium clippings. view more Credit: Gurjit Singh Tifton,
superhydride view more Credit: Dmitrii V. Semenok Georgia:...
et al/The...

New permafrost thermal stability map Evapotranspiration in an arid

better describes the permafrost on the environment
Tibetan Plateau LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Evapotranspiration is an
IMAGE: Mean annual ground temperature (MAGT) important process in the water cycle because it is
on the Tibetan Plateau view more Credit: @Science responsible for 15% of the...
China Press The...

Male bats with high testosterone levels Researchers turn DNA detectives to aid
have large forearm crusts when females rhino poaching prosecutions with
are fertile forensic evidence
Males may put a lot of effort into attracting females. The project is part of the Rhino DNA Indexing
Male peacocks flaunt eye-catching trains, but male System (RhODIS- India) conservation program. This
bats, because they... database has been created...

An avocado a day keeps your gut Gene therapy for placental insufficiency
microbes happy moves toward the clinic
URBANA, Ill. – Eating avocado as part of your daily IMAGE: journal in the field and provides all-inclusive
diet can help improve gut health, a new study from access to the critical pillars of human gene therapy:
University of... research,...

A one-week quarantine CAN work if Which medical patches are worth sticking
people receive a negative coronavirus with?
test on their last day More than 40 years ago, skin patches were
A one-week quarantine IS enough to stop someone introduced as an effective way of delivering drugs
exposed to coronavirus from spreading it – if they into the body while avoiding...
test negative on...

Weekly Covid deaths FELL during the Making Britons wear masks while out
final days of England’s second lockdown Christmas shopping on crowded streets
Weekly Covid-19 deaths fell for the first time in three could slow spread of Covid
months during the final days of England’s second Wearing a face mask while shopping for Christmas
national lockdown,... presents may slow the spread of coronavirus,
scientists say. Current rules...

Wearing a used mask ‘can be WORSE What’s the TRUTH about England’s new
than not wearing one at all’, study strain of coronavirus?
suggests Matt Hancock was today accused of scaring the
Wearing a used mask can be less effective at public with his dramatic announcement that a
protecting against coronavirus than not wearing one mutated strain of coronavirus...
at all, a new study suggests. Researchers...

Coughing while walking down a corridor Does London REALLY need to be in Tier
leaves coronavirus particles BEHIND you Three?
Walking down a narrow corridor can increase your Questions are being raised about No10’s decision to
risk of catching Covid-19 as viral droplets linger in put London in a Tier Three lockdown from midnight
the air up to 16 feet... tonight as official...

Data-driven discovery of biomarkers pave Type and abundance of mouth bacteria

way for improved diagnosis of contact linked to lung cancer risk in non-smokers
allergy Fewer species and high numbers of particular types
About 20 percent of the population of high-income of bacteria seem to be linked to heightened risk, the
countries are troubled by contact eczema, a disease findings indicate. Around...
often associated with...

Digital trackers for mental health not yet Genes play a role in common knee injury
fit for purpose
The approach, known as ‘digital phenotyping’, uses By analysing data from the Swedish Twin Register
digital traces from smartphones, combined with along with data from the Swedish National Patient
medical data,... Register, researchers...

Undruggable diseases gain a new RNA Study IDs four things that make people
drug-discovery tool feel good about using chatbots
Scientists refer to diseases as “undruggable” when “Chatbots that use artificial intelligence to address
their targets lie on a protein molecule that folds customer needs are already in widespread use, and
inward,... are expected...

RNA basic building block produced Drug may boost vaccine responses in
biocatalytically for the first time older adults
In medicinal chemistry, the molecular family of The results may lead to new approaches to protect
carbon (C)-nucleosides is particularly in demand. older individuals from viruses such as the one
These differ from the naturally... causing the current COVID-19...

To the brain, reading computer code is This is your brain on code: JHU
not the same as reading language deciphers neural mechanics of computer
CAMBRIDGE, MA — In some ways, learning to programming
program a computer is similar to learning a new IMAGE: The graphic shows the how the brain
language. It requires learning... activates during computer programming, compared
to brain activations for...

Plastics pose threat to human health Empowering women could help address
WASHINGTON, DC–Plastics contain and leach climate change
hazardous chemicals, including endocrine-disrupting Current and future damages of climate change
chemicals (EDCs) that... depend greatly on the ability of affected populations
to adapt to changing conditions....

UMBC researchers identify where giant Engineers develop soft robotic gripper
jets from black holes discharge their Scientists often look to nature for cues when
energy designing robots – some robots mimic human hands
IMAGE: In this artist’s rendering courtesy of NASA, while others simulate...
the remnants of a star torn apart by a black hole
form a...

Device mimics life’s first steps in outer HSS bone study sheds light on
space complications after spinal surgery
IMAGE: Abdellahi Sow uses the VENUS apparatus, The microscopic structure of bone appears to
which offers researchers insight into how life can predict which patients will experience poor
form in space. ... outcomes after spinal fusion, according...

Coronavirus: Health checks What has changed since the tiers came in
recommended for ethnic minorities from after lockdown?
age 25 The government has brought some areas into the
Biden after win confirmed: ‘Time to turn the page’ highest alert level early as a result of recent
The US president-elect also condemns Donald “exponential”...
Trump’s...

Covid: Twelve charts on how Covid New Covid strain: How worried should we
changed our lives be?
The most obvious way to measure the impact of There is no clear-cut evidence the new variant of
coronavirus is to see how many people have died – coronavirus – which has been detected in south-
and look at how much... east England –...

U.S. nursing home vaccinations will start Eight-week-old baby with spinal muscular
this week and healthy people will get atrophy could be saved by a single jab
shots next year Like a ‘punch in the stomach’, is how Megan Willis
Nursing home residents will start getting felt on hearing that her eight-week-old baby with
vaccinations this week and Dr Fauci predicts healthy partner...
Americans with no underlying...

Half-dose of Oxford vaccine was NOT a Risk of dying from Covid-19 in British
‘mistake’ and was known before people hospitals has HALVED since the peak of
got jabs, scientists say the crisis in spring
Oxford scientists say the more effective half-dose The risk of dying from Covid-19 in British hospitals
regimen of their coronavirus vaccine was not given has halved since the peak of the crisis in spring,
by ‘mistake’. In... according to research...
One in 11 people have now had Covid: At Lockdown DID work and coronavirus
least 8.9% of England has coronavirus cases in England fell by more than a
antibodies quarter, official study shows
At least one in 11 people in England have had The number of coronavirus cases in England
coronavirus, a Government-run surveillance study dropped by a quarter during the second national
suggests. The Office for... lockdown, a Government-backed...

Matt Hancock blames new strain of How England’s North-South divide

coronavirus for surging cases in London reversed
and the South East England’s North-South divide of coronavirus cases
A mutated strain of coronavirus may be behind the has reversed in the past month, with outbreaks in
rapid surge in infections in London and the South the North brought...
East of England, Matt...

Why ‘lab-made’ proteins have unusually Challenges of fusing robotics and

high temperature stability neuroscience
Natural proteins with high ‘thermostability’ are prized Prof. Cheng, by training a paraplegic patient with the
for their wide range of applications, from baking exoskeleton within your sensational study under the
and... “Walk Again”...

tRNA fragments are involved in post- High blood pressure at any age, no
stroke immune reactions matter how long you have it, may speed
The project was initiated and led by Hermona Soreq cognitive decline
(Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) and Andreas Nearly half of American adults have high blood
Meisel (Charité, Berlin),... pressure or hypertension. Having high blood
pressure is a risk factor for...

New combination therapy could help fight Point of Care testing can improve the
difficult-to-treat cancers with common detection and treatment of influenza
mutations The influenza virus causes seasonal epidemics of
Now, scientists at the UCLA Jonsson acute illnesses every winter. Adults who are
Comprehensive Cancer Center describe a new admitted to hospitals are often...
combination therapy that suppresses the MAPK...

How to protect neurons and encourage Salt-tolerant bacteria with an appetite for
their growth: New clue sludge make biodegradable plastics
Researchers know that inhibiting an enzyme called The United States generates seven million tons of
dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK) appears to robustly sewage sludge annually, enough to fill 2,500
protect neurons in... Olympic-sized swimming pools....

Study: More than half unlikely to get Shedding light on the dark side of
COVID-19 vaccine under emergency use biomass burning pollution
authorization Oxidized organic aerosol is a major component of
RICHMOND, Va. (Dec. 14, 2020) — The first ambient particulate matter, substantially impacting
COVID-19 vaccine has received emergency use climate, human health,...
authorization. Yet a key question...

Scientists warn of likely massive oil spill Balancing climate and development goals
endangering the Red Sea, region’s health That is the key finding in a new study published
IMAGE: Corals in the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea today in Environmental Research Letters by
view more Credit: Credit: Maoz Fine STONY scientists from the Carnegie...
BROOK, NY, December...

Structural racism severely impacts the Purdue researchers uncover blind spots
health of foreign-born Blacks and Latinx at the intersection of AI and neuroscience
IMAGE: These figures show predicted values of IMAGE: Purdue University researchers are doing
allostatic load for women and men for each work at the intersection of artificial intelligence and
race/nativity group by survey... neuroscience....

Researchers use origami to solve space Moderna will ship nearly 6 million doses
travel challenge of its coronavirus vaccine as soon as it
IMAGE: The researchers have developed an gets FDA approval
origami-inspired, folded plastic fuel bladder that Up to six million people will be vaccinated during the
doesn’t crack at... first rollout of Moderna Inc’s coronavirus vaccine in
the U.S. During...

COVID-19 vaccines are here How dare the NHS throw us on the
The U.S. has finally approved its first coronavirus scrapheap!
vaccine and began dosing some of the most at-risk
people, including health... They enjoy life to the full and don’t want their days to
end on the whim of a doctor’s signature. These
four...

Tuck into a guilt free festive feast that So that’s why men find it so much easier
helps you beat disease to shed all that extra weight
This Christmas, more than ever, needs to be a time Christmas is still just over a week off, but many
of comfort and joy. After months of living under the couples will already be thinking about starting the
dark pandemic cloud,... New Year with a joint...

Tensing muscles could help those with a New breathalyser test may allow doctors
fear of needles to diagnose respiratory conditions in
From trips to the dentist to vaccinations, injections minutes
are a mainstay of modern medicine. And, while it’s A breathalyser may give doctors a new way to
fair to say... diagnose a range of respiratory conditions in as little
as two minutes. Lung...

Dr MARTIN SCURR answers your health The power of validation in helping people
questions stay positive
QUESTION: About 25 years ago, I had a ligament In the study, participants described to the
repair but soon tore it again playing badminton, researchers a real-life incident that made them
which I then had to give... angry. When researchers didn’t...

Mystery solved with math: Cytoplasmic Irrelevant information interferes with

traffic jam disrupts sleep-wake cycles making decisions
Human bodies adjust sleep schedules in According to new research from behavioral
accordance with the ‘circadian rhythms’, which are economist Ian Chadd, an assistant professor at
regulated by our time... Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,...

Robotic exoskeleton training improves Compound derived from thunder god vine
walking in adolescents with acquired could help pancreatic cancer patients
brain injury The medicinal plant’s key ingredient, triptolide, is the
The authors are Kiran Karunakaran, PhD, Naphtaly basis of a water-soluble prodrug called Minnelide,
Ehrenberg, MS, and Karen Nolan, PhD, from the which appears...
Center for Mobility and Rehabilitation...

UV-emitting LED lights found to kill Endothelial cell targeting could help fight
coronavirus COVID-19 symptoms, study shows
This is the first study conducted on the disinfection SARS-CoV-2 causes Covid-19, characterized by
efficiency of UV-LED irradiation at different pulmonary edema, viral pneumonia, coagulopathy,
wavelengths or frequencies... inflammation and other physiological...

Apathy could predict onset of dementia Marine pollution: How do plastic additives
years before other symptoms dilute in water and how risky are they?
Frontotemporal dementia is a significant cause of IMAGE: Plastic waste can contaminate water supply
dementia among younger people. It is often as it breaks down into microplastics and its additives
diagnosed between the ages of... leach out....

Recovery of an endangered Caribbean Exploring the relationship between

coral from parrotfish predation nitrogen and carbon dioxide in
IMAGE: A large predation scar on Orbicella greenhouse gas emissions
annularis coral from a Stoplight parrotfish A University of Oklahoma-led interdisciplinary study
(Sparisoma viride) view... on a decade-long experiment (1997-2009) at the
University of Minnesota...

Nanoengineered cement shows promise Emerging from the fog: Little understood
for sealing leaky gas wells post-stroke cognitive issues are verified
IMAGE: Pictured is a natural gas well in IMAGE: Overlay plots of cerebral activation time
Pennsylvania. When wells become damaged or courses corresponding to each of the predefined
degraded, methane can potentially... areas of interest...

A human gene placed in fruit flies reveals An unexpected role for the brain’s
details about a human developmental immune cells
disorder SAN FRANCISCO, CA–December 14, 2020–An
IMAGE: Left to right: Katarina Akhmetova, Igor important part of the brain’s immune system, cells
Chesnokov and Maxim Balasov view more Credit: called microglia...
UAB BIRMINGHAM,...

UMaine-led research group find that trees Covid PPE: Hospital gowns that cost
are out of equilibrium with climate £122m never used
Forecasts predicting where plants and animals will Coronavirus: Safety concerns halt use of 50 million
inhabit over time rely primarily on information about NHS masks
their current climate...

Covid: Intensive care staff plead for pre- Covid: London to move into tier 3 as
Christmas lockdown infections rise
It comes after the number of positive Covid-19 tests A new variant of coronavirus has been identified
passed 100,000 in Wales “which may be associated with the faster spread in
the south of England”,...

‘New variant’ of coronavirus identified Risk of catching coronavirus from a

‘Mutant coronavirus’ seen before on mink farms, say family member you live with is just 16.6%
scientists Risk of catching coronavirus from a family member
you live with is just 17% and only one in three
people pass it on to their...

Pfizer CEO doesn’t want to ‘jump the line’ Head of Operation Warp Speed says US is
to get firm’s vaccine trying to secure more doses of Pfizer’s
Pfizer’s CEO has not yet taken his own company’s coronavirus vaccine
coronavirus vaccine to avoid the appearance that Head of Operation Warp Speed says the U.S. is in
executives... ‘active discussions’ to secure more doses of
Pfizer’s...

Like adults, children by age 3 prefer How our brains know when something’s
seeing fractal patterns different
That discovery emerged among children who’ve “Our results suggest that every experience we store
been raised in a world of Euclidean geometry, such into memory can be used to set our expectations
as houses with rooms... and predictions...

Using play to ‘school’ children’s Fans are not amused about decisions
emotions made by video assistants
When children start school, pupils with the ability to For its 2019/20 season, the English Premier League
understand their own emotions and the emotions of introduced the video assistant referee (VAR). Dr.
others are more... Otto Kolbinger and Melanie...

Young people who go to bed later drink Singing to preterm infants during
and smoke more due to their impulsivity kangaroo care reduces maternal anxiety
In the first study of its kind, researchers from the Researchers from the University of Helsinki
University of Surrey and Brunel University London contributed to a study investigating the effects of
investigated how being... singing during kangaroo care...

Does sharing health data help maintain Drugs create balancing act for patients
weight loss? with non-small cell lung cancer
Researchers studied 87 adult participants in a 12- The findings were published online Oct. 29 in the
month weight loss program. For the entire study journal JAMA Oncology. The researchers analyzed
participants were asked... data from 623 patients...

‘Magic’ angle graphene and the creation When you can’t afford to go on lockdown
of unexpected topological quantum Researchers at HSE University and Lomonosov
states Moscow State University analyzed data on
IMAGE: A Princeton-led team of physicists have Russians’ movements during the...
discovered that, under certain conditions, interacting
electrons can...

Model could help determine quarantine Study: Oregon’s Western Cascades

measures needed to reduce Covid-19’s watershed to experience larger, more
spread frequent fires
As Covid-19 infections soar across the U.S., some IMAGE: A view of the Riverside Fire from La Dee
states are tightening restrictions and reinstituting Flats on the Mt. Hood National Forest on Sept. 9,
quarantine measures... 2020. The fire encompassed...

FARI publishes new research on omega- Success in the Amazon

3s and heart rate recovery In 2006, Greenpeace launched a campaign
IMAGE: Comparing each patient’s heart rate exposing deforestation caused by soy production in
recovery with their Omega-3 Index, the researchers the Brazilian Amazon. In the previous...
found a significant...

Massive underground instrument finds High-brightness source of coherent light

final secret of our sun’s fusion spanning from the UV to THz
A hyper-sensitive instrument, deep underground in IMAGE: Artistic impression of the spectrum of a mid-
Italy, has finally succeeded at the nearly impossible infrared pulse broadening in the background with the
task of detecting... electric field...

Blood test for Alzheimer’s disease A theory as clear as glass

predicts future cognitive decline in IMAGE: Scientists at The University of Tokyo use
healthy people computer simulations to model the effects of
“Our findings indicate that measuring a tau fragment elemental composition...
in plasma can help predict which elderly people are
likely to...

Genes could be key to new COVID-19 No deal Brexit could have detrimental
treatments, study finds impact for people in UK living with a rare
Potential treatments for Covid-19 have been disease
identified after the discovery of five genes Experts have warned that a ‘no deal’ Brexit will
associated with the most severe... result in the exclusion of the UK from the 24
European Reference...

Polarization increases with economic Everything you want to know about

decline, becoming cripplingly contagious sunscreen
PRINCETON, N.J.–The rise of populist movements From safety and effectiveness to who should use
is changing political systems around the world. As sunscreen and how to apply it, Canadian
support for these... dermatologists review the latest...

Molecule holds promise to reprogram Researchers reveal how our brains know
white blood cells for better cancer when something’s different
treatment IMAGE: NIH scientists discovered how a set of high
IMAGE: Pictured L-R: Caitlin Brandle, research frequency brain waves may help us unconsciously
assistant, Dr. Gang Zhou, Timothy Kim, set expectations...
undergraduate student, Nada S....

Social media use increases belief in Covid: Public must think carefully about
COVID-19 misinformation Christmas risk, NHS bosses warn
PULLMAN, Wash. – The more people rely on social Lockdown rules: What Covid tier is your area in and
media as their main news source the more likely what are the restrictions?
they are to believe...

Blood donation: Rule change means Covid PPE: Hospital gowns that cost
more gay and bisexual men can give £122m never been used
blood Coronavirus: Safety concerns halt use of 50 million
The gay men breaking blood donation rules NHS masks

Covid vaccine: GPs in England to begin Increased social media use linked to
offering Pfizer jab developing depression
Tens of thousands of people in the UK received the Compared with participants who used less than 120
Pfizer-BioNTech jab last week in hospitals. minutes per day of social media, for example, young
adults who used more...

New and unexplored dimension in the A potential therapy for one of the leading
study of protein-protein interactions causes of heart disease
Sliding clamps are ring-shaped proteins that encircle After 15 years of unrelenting work, a team of
DNA and bind to the DNA polymerase, the enzyme scientists from Gladstone Institutes has now
that performs the actual... discovered a potential drug candidate...

When it comes to feeling pain, touch or Bosses need appreciation, too

an itch, location matters “Based on theory, we knew feeling appreciated by
The new blueprint of this aspect of the sensorimotor another person sends a strong signal that you are
system, described online in Neuron on November positively regarded,...
11, 2020, could lead...

Natural environmental conditions Using CRISPR, new technique makes it

facilitate the uptake of microplastics into easy to map genetic networks
living cells A team of University of California, Berkeley,
The interdisciplinary research team led by Prof. Dr. scientists has developed an easy way to do just that,
Christian Laforsch (Animal Ecology) and Prof. Dr. allowing anyone to profile...
Holger Kress (Biological...

Different forms of sugar impact hunger- Rectal cancer patients who "watch and
suppressing hormones in young adults wait" may only need few years of
stringent follow-up
Too much sugar consumption is a contributing factor An international team of scientists, including doctors
for obesity. Sucrose, or “table sugar,” is composed of from the Champalimaud Clinical Centre, in Lisbon,
equal... has just published...

Fewer than 2 percent of OB-GYN doctors Researchers control multiple

can prescribe life-saving opioid treatment wavelengths of light from a single source
The number of obstetrician-gynecologists who are IMAGE: Photoluminescence change of dual-color-
able to prescribe a lifesaving opioid addiction emissive carbon dots (CDs) depending on their
medicine called buprenorphine... concentration. Blue- and...

Vitamin D the clue to more Autism Rewiring stroke survivors brains could
spectrum disorder in boys alleviate depression
A deficiency in Vitamin D on the mother’s side could IMAGE: Large doses of repetitive trans cranial
explain why Autism spectrum disorder is three times magnetic stimulation significantly improve post-
more common... stroke depression. ...

Pizza can help address the dark matter Research reveals unexpected insights
mystery? into early dinosaur’s brain, eating habits
Despite its vanishingly tiny mass, the existence of and agility
the axion, once proven, may point to new physics IMAGE: Braincase and endocast of
beyond the Standard... Thecodontosaurus antiquus. From CT scans of the
braincase fossil, 3-D models of the...

No association between COVID-19 and Researchers find why ‘lab-made’ proteins

Guillain-Barré syndrome have unusually high temperature stability
Neuroscientists at UCL have found no significant IMAGE: Structure of the de novo protein with most
association between COVID-19 and the potentially of the core filled with valine residues (green). Ten
paralysing and sometimes... hydrophobic...

Flavors added to vaping devices can Unexpectedly, data show that

damage the heart anaesthetists and intensive care doctors
TAMPA, Fla (Dec. 11, 2020) — The appealing array are at lower risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection
of fruit and candy flavors that entice millions of compared with other medical staff
young people take... Following the first recorded death of an anaesthetist
from COVID-19 in the UK in November 2020, a
review of available data...

New report finds global health research Artificial intelligence helps scientists
infrastructure imperiled by COVID-19 develop new general models in ecology
The strong foundation of global health research and In ecology, millions of species interact in billions of
development (RD) that greatly accelerated the different ways between them and with their
development of COVID-19... environment. Ecosystems...

Record resolution in X-ray microscopy Potential extreme condition history

Researchers at Friedrich-Alexander Universität detector
Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the Paul Scherrer IMAGE: Tricolor photoluminescence enhancement
Institute in Switzerland and... from site symmetry breakdown in pyrochlore
Ho2Sn2O7 after pressure treatment ...

New insights into Glioblastoma Covid: More tier 3 areas to get mass
invasiveness testing from Monday
One of the hallmarks of Glioblastoma (GBM), the Covid: Secondary school pupils in London, Kent and
most aggressive type of brain cancer, is its high Essex hotspots urged to get tested
invasive capacity, which...

Covid: Relaxing restrictions ‘could trigger ‘The robot made me do it’: Robots
third wave’, NHS bosses warn encourage risk-taking behaviour in
England’s three-tier system is due to be reviewed on people
16 December. IMAGE: A SoftBank Robotics Pepper robot was
used in the two robot conditions. Pepper, 1.21-
meter-tall with 25 degrees...

Novel cathode design significantly Last Interglacial: warming amplified in

improves performance of next-generation mountain environments
battery IMAGE: A look at the last interglacial shows:
IMAGE: An all-in-one solution for the design strategy Temperatures in the high alpine region were up to 4
of macroporous host with double-end binding sites. degrees higher than...
view...
Trapping nanoparticles with optical Fan mussel larval dispersal for the future
tweezers of an endangered species
Optical tweezers are a rapidly growing technology, IMAGE: Protecting the marine areas that distribute
and have opened up a wide variety of research larvae will be decisive for the future of the species in
applications in recent years.... the Mediterranean. ...

New analysis method for predicting the The Protein Society announces 2022
risks and effects of immunotherapy appointment of Protein Science Editor-in-
IMAGE: Sara Mangso is an Associate senior chief
lecturer/Assistant Professor at the Department of IMAGE: Congratulations, Dr. John Kuriyan view
Pharmaceutical Biosciences,... more Credit: The Protein Society CANYON
COUNTRY, CA –...

VRK1: a protein that reduces the survival DR ELLIE CANNON: The messy drops I
of patients with neuroblastoma use for my sore eyes don’t work… what
Researchers from the Departments of Cell Biology will?
and Medical Physiology at the University of Seville Since having radiotherapy for cancer in my neck,
have identified that... I’ve suffered terribly from what I’ve been told is dry
eye syndrome....

Hot balloon that frees diabetics from HEALTH NOTES: App that shows nurses
insulin jabs begins trials how to treat bed sores
A procedure that involves inflating a hot balloon HEALTH NOTES: App that shows nurses how to
inside the gut could reverse type 2 diabetes and free treat bed sores By Mail on Sunday Reporter
thousands of patients... Published: 17:01 EST, 12 December...

BARNEY CALMAN: How do you solve a The festive recipes for ALL dietary needs
problem like Maria – the 68-year Turkey and trimmings are, for many, the peak of the
It’s been an emotional week. An 81-year-old bloke festive season. And especially this year, with the
called William Shakespeare, from Warwickshire, usual highlights –...
became the second person...

When was the exact moment we got DR TOM JEFFERSON: I fear this mania
infected with Covid? for mass Covid testing is a hugely
It started with a text message. ‘Please pick-up. Very expensive blunder
important’. It was a Tuesday afternoon in late Dr Tom Jefferson, pictured, said he has received a
October, and I’d... stream of unsettling letters and emails from
members of the public...

Insecure livelihoods hindering efforts to Predicting heart disease from the skin
combat anti-microbial resistance globally An international team of researchers led by Jouni
The findings add to evidence that focus should shift Uitto, MD, PhD, a Professor of Dermatology and
from influencing individuals’ efforts to combat anti- Cutaneous Biology, report...
microbial...

Kids gain weight when new convenience Robots could replace real therapy dogs
stores open nearby Animals, especially dogs, can have therapeutic
“Childhood obesity has a complex multifaceted benefits for children and young people. A new
etiology. In this study we found that community food paper, published in The International...
environment, particularly...

The secret behind male ornaments Majority of pregnant women who tested
IMAGE: In several species of the genus positive for COVID-19 were
Xiphophorus, the males carry a so-called ‘sword’. asymptomatic, study finds
Females prefer... The majority of pregnant women who tested positive
for COVID-19 on arrival to the delivery room were
asymptomatic, according...

Scientists found out genes involved in a A protein has been identified as a

compound in lichens with antiviral potential therapeutic target for
activity leishmaniasis vaccines
An international study led by researchers from the According to the results of research led by the
Faculty of Pharmacy at the Complutense University Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), one the
of Madrid has identified... various strategies deployed...

Two, six, many Faraday fabrics?

IMAGE: Artist impression: Six pairs of atoms in the Researchers at Drexel University’s College of
focus of a laser beam. view more Credit: Jonas Engineering have reported that fabric coated with a
Ahlstedt... conductive, two-dimensional...
New computational method validates tRNA fragments are involved in
images without ‘ground truth’ poststroke immune reactions
A realtor sends a prospective homebuyer a blurry Sebastian Lobentanzer of Goethe University,
photograph of a house taken from across the street. Frankfurt, has been studying small RNA dynamics in
The homebuyer can compare... various contexts using bioinformatic...

Covid: Homeless people in Milton Keynes Covid: FDA approves Pfizer vaccine for
left struggling for shelter emergency use in US
Winter support for rough sleepers has been cut due On Friday, President Trump sent out an angry tweet
to Covid guidelines, the BBC has heard, as charities calling the FDA a “big, old, slow turtle”, adding:
warn many people... “Get...

Covid: Trials to test combination of Newly discovered toxin-antitoxin system

Oxford and Sputnik vaccines abundant in one-cell organisms
Oxford recently published results showing their jab IMAGE: A bacterial cell poisons itself with an
was safe and effective in trials on people. antitoxin to prevent a virus from taking over, which is
one important...

Evolution of tropical biodiversity "The machine as extension of the body"

hotspots IMAGE: Prof. Gordon Cheng whats to dig deeper
For decades, scientists have worked to understand into understanding how the brain functions view
the intricacies of biological diversity–from genetic more Credit:...
and species...

Strong social support decreases mental From publication bias to lost in

health problems in young adults information
A team of McGill University researchers has found The availability of clinical trial records has increased
that young adults who perceived higher levels of markedly in recent years. For instance, several
social support reported... documents from numerous...

Development of the first biohybrid Virtual therapy: The ‘new normal’ after
artificial retina built with silk fibroin and COVID-19
retinal cells. Once the COVID-19 pandemic is over, a lot of things
“The biohybrid retina is a cell therapy for the will go back to normal. We’ll stop wearing masks.
reconstruction of the damaged retina by implanting We’ll crowd...
healthy cells in...

Male weeds may hold key to their own Carolina Sandhills Salamander: New
demise species added to species-rich North
IMAGE: University of Illinois scientists are getting Carolina
closer to finding the genes for maleness in IMAGE: Carolina Sandhills salamander (Eurycea
waterhemp and Palmer... arenicola) in life from North Carolina. view more
Credit: Todd...

Negative reviews boost sales Gene could help predict response to

IMAGE: Aleksei Smirnov, Assistant Professor, cervical cancer treatment
Faculty of Economic Sciences (HSE University) view UCLA RESEARCH BRIEF FINDINGS UCLA
more Credit:... researchers have identified a potential diagnostic
marker that could help predict how...

Pre-existing flu immunity impacts Financial distress negatively impacts

antibody quality following infection and well-being, satisfaction of breast cancer
vaccination patients
New research by scientists at the University of CHICAGO (December 11, 2020): Financial toxicity
Chicago suggests a person’s antibody response to among breast cancer patients is independently
influenza viruses... associated with worse psychological...

Oregon researchers find that like adults, Using water fleas, UTA researchers
children by age 3 prefer seeing fractal investigate adaptive evolution
patterns Researchers from The University of Texas at
IMAGE: A fractal inspired carpet designed by Arlington resurrected the preserved eggs of a
Richard Taylor and his University of Oregon shrimp-like crustacean to examine...
colleagues is underfoot during...

Patients with non-cardiac chest pain are Covid: London’s coronavirus levels
reassured with brief education rising, ONS says
Sophia Antipolis – 12 December 2020: Patients Figures for the week to 5 December, as England’s
diagnosed with non-cardiac chest pain are reluctant second lockdown was ending, suggest infection
to believe they... levels continued to...
Tavistock puberty blocker study Covid: Genes hold clues to why some
published after nine years people get severely ill
The High Court ruled last week that under-16s are A study in Nature of more than 2,200 intensive care
unlikely to be able to give informed consent to be patients has identified specific genes that may hold
treated with puberty-blocking... the answer.

Covid: UK isolation period shortened to US buys ANOTHER 100 million doses of

10 days Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
But the Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures US buys ANOTHER 100 million doses of Moderna’s
show that in the week to 5 December, there were COVID-19 vaccine for $2.6 billion bringing its total
increases in coronavirus... stock from the...

What your rumbling tummy is really Covid-19: Transmission via semen

telling you: DR MICHAEL MOSLEY on a ‘cannot be ruled out’, says expert
revolutionary microphone Coronavirus transmission through semen cannot be
With Christmas just around the corner we will soon completely ruled out, a top fertility expert has
be scoffing lots of rich foods, which will make our warned. Professor Allan...
tummies rumble even...

Sir Patrick Vallance admits there is ‘NO New light shed on cause of deadly lung
hard evidence’ that pub curfews slow disease
coronavirus Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) affects at least
There was ‘no hard evidence’ that England’s 32,000 people in the UK, and accounts for one per
controversial 10pm curfew prevented coronavirus cent of all UK deaths,...
from spreading,...

New biomarker candidate for New guidelines for treating the

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis complications of brain tumors
Altered protein structures in ALS ALS is a fatal “Every year, around 18 million people worldwide are
neurodegenerative disease causing a rapid loss of diagnosed with cancer and up to every second
motor function, which... patient with an advanced...

Engaged dads can reduce adolescent Researchers suggest stool transplants

behavioral problems, improve well-being can battle serious infections
The researchers found that adolescents in low- Using genetic material analysis and machine
income families whose fathers are more frequently learning, UBC researchers have pinpointed several
engaged in feeding, reading,... key factors to ensure successful...

Diet modifications — including more wine What makes hard workouts so effective
and cheese — may help reduce cognitive “Our research on rats with heart failure shows that
decline, study suggests exercise reduces the severity of the disease,
The study was spearheaded by principal improves heart function...
investigator, Auriel Willette, an assistant professor in
Food Science and Human Nutrition,...

Muscle cell secrets A matter of balance: asymmetric

Usually, each cell has exactly one nucleus. But the divisions are crucial to form a functional
cells of our skeletal muscles are different: These retina
long, fibrous cells... Balancing proliferation and differentiation in a
developing organ are a complex act, especially
when these two processes...

How AI could make therapeutic decision- A saliva-based smartphone platform

making for breast cancer more accurate, could rapidly expand COVID-19 testing
affordable Offering an ultrasensitive yet accessible approach to
Breast cancer affects 1/8 women in the USA, and COVID-19 testing, a portable saliva-based
rates of breast cancer are increasing. Humans are smartphone platform provides...
good at spotting cancer...

Vanderbilt researchers discover strong Political partisanship has had outsized

correlation between partisanship and influence on individual social mobility
social mobility during COVID-19 during COVID-19 pand
pandemic In the United States, political partisanship has
According to many medical experts, reduced social played a much stronger role in individuals’ decisions
mobility – defined here as social contact and travel to limit their...
within and among...

New insights about age-related macular Access to nature important for mental
degeneration could spur better health during Covid lockdowns
treatments People in European countries with the strictest
COVID-19 lockdown policies were more likely to
BOSTON – “Wet” age-related macular degeneration
show symptoms of depression...
(AMD) is one of the most common causes of
irreversible...

Carrots are healthy, but active enzyme UK woman, 91, first to get Covid vaccine,
unlocks full benefits urges others to comply
IMAGE: (From left): Doctoral students Ivan Pinos A 90-year-old grandmother who became the first
and Johana Coronel, and Assistant Professor person in the world to have Pfizer‘s coronavirus jab
Jaume Amengual, Department... has urged sceptics...

Why pregnant women CAN’T have the 160,000 people now waiting over a year
coronavirus vaccine for NHS operations amid Covid delays
Pregnant women will not be offered Pfizer‘s At least 162,000 people have been waiting more
breakthrough coronavirus vaccine due to a lack of than a year for routine operations on the NHS in
evidence, experts have... England – the highest number...

Mass Covid testing in secondary schools Self-isolation period to be cut from two
is being rolled out in London, Kent and weeks to 10 DAYS for at-risk contacts
Essex today People forced to self-isolate after coming into
Mass coronavirus testing is being rolled out in contact with someone infected with coronavirus will
secondary schools in coronavirus hotspots in North only have to do so for...
East London, South Essex...

How Havering became London’s Covid Sky News host Kay Burley seen for first
capital time since rule-breaking party
The national lockdown failed to stop the spiralling By Amie Gordon for MailOnline Kay Burley is the no-
spread of coronavirus in London‘s infection hotspot nonsense news viper who relishes holding MPs to
of Havering,... account – but has...

Coronavirus R rate in the UK RISES for Five-minute EEG recordings: A key to the
first time since October to between 0.9 symptoms of Parkinson’s
and 1 But is it possible to detect this coupling if the
SAGE, Number 10’s Scientific Advisory Group for electrical nerve activity is only derived from the
Emergencies, estimates the R number across patient’s scalp,...
Britain is between...

Within a hair’s breadth — forensic Ability to predict C-diff mortality nearly

identification of single dyed hair strand doubled with new guidelines
now possible “Whenever changes to national guidelines are
But what if a bit of fashion consciousness could based on expert opinion only, that is an opportunity
inspire a new forensic technique? In a recent study to do a research...
published in Analytical...

Hydrogels with fine-toothed molecular Persistence of Zika virus in the brain

combs may make enduring glucose- causes long-term problems in mice
monitoring implants Infections in the perinatal period are associated with
By incorporating dangling, comb-type molecular lasting cognitive impairment and increased risk for
chains within a type of hydrogel called poly(N- psychological...
isopropylacrylamide) or poly...

Scientists build whole functioning The pressure sensor of the venus flytrap
thymus from human cells Researchers from Julius-Maximilians-Universität
The thymus is an organ in the chest where T (JMU) Würzburg in Bavaria, Germany, have isolated
lymphocytes, which play a vital role in the immune individual sensory hairs...
system, mature. If the thymus...

Gut microbiota plays a role in brain Baricitinib plus Remdesivir shows

function and mood regulation promise for treating COVID-19
The bacterial population in the gut, known as the gut IMAGE: This colorized transmission electron
microbiota, is the largest reservoir of bacteria in the micrograph shows a SARS-CoV-2 virus particle,
body. Research... isolated from a patient. ...

Tanzania farmers distrust fertilizer quality, New online COVID-19 mortality risk
are less willing to pay for it calculator could help determine who
IMAGE: University of Illinois researchers examined should get vaccines first
fertilizer use in Tanzania. view more Credit: Anna A new online calculator for estimating individual and
Fairbairn. URBANA,... community-level risk of dying from COVID-19 has
been developed by researchers...
High-tech fixes for the food system could Researchers rank various mask
have unintended consequences protection, modifications against COVID-
IMAGE: A farmer in Beora, a small community in 19
Rupandehi District of Nepal. view more Credit: Neil IMAGE: Medical procedure mask and modifications
Palmer... designed to enhance mask fit or comfort for the
wearer. A mask w/ear...

MGB study finds majority of COVID-19 Sea star listed as critically endangered
patients died in hospital following research by Oregon State
There have been over 280,000 deaths in the United University
States due to COVID-19, with the infectious nature IMAGE: Sunflower sea star view more Credit:
of the disease preventing... Janna Nichols CORVALLIS, Ore. – The iconic
sunflower sea...

Researchers find a better way to design Covid-19: The day of the UK’s
metal alloys ‘tremendous shot in the arm’
IMAGE: Researchers have found a new way to The NHS’s biggest ever vaccination programme is
predict the properties of metal alloys based on underway; its first recipient: a grandmother from
reactions at the boundaries... Coventry. Margaret...

Covid testing of students finds few Covid vaccine: US experts recommend

positive cases Pfizer vaccine approval
First execution of Trump’s final days goes ahead Covid vaccine: When can I get vaccinated in the
Brandon Bernard was executed in Indiana despite US?
pleas from Kim Kardashian...

Covid response hits rural NHS services Blocking protein restores strength,
hard endurance in old mice
The Nuffield Trust report says while the number of “The improvement is really quite dramatic” said
Covid cases in rural areas was lower than in big Helen Blau, PhD, professor of microbiology and
urban centres, the pandemic’s... immunology. “The...

Diet modifications – including more wine Germans want open communication of

and cheese uncertainty in the coronavirus pandemic
The study was spearheaded by principal The COVID-19 pandemic has once again
investigator, Auriel Willette, an assistant professor in highlighted the uncertainty inherent in science. The
Food Science and Human Nutrition,... results of a Germany-wide study...

Roadmap offers solutions for future of Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals

food, global ag innovation occur in 27-million-year cycle
ITHACA, N.Y. – To deflect future world food crises Mass extinctions of land-dwelling animals–including
created by climate change and growing consumer amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds–follow a
demand, a Cornell... cycle of...

Young people embrace new model of Test your heart health by climbing stairs
teaching sexual consent, study finds Sophia Antipolis – 11 December 2020: Climbing four
IMAGE: Consent Image view more Credit: Taylor flights of stairs in less than a minute indicates good
Francis: heart health,...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14681811.2020.1840343
Sexual...

Screening for endocrine disruption in Artificial visual system of record-low

artificial zebrafish for long-term risk energy consumption for the next
assessment generation of AI
IMAGE: Picture of zebra fish view more Credit: IMAGE: Professor Johnny Chung-yin Ho, Associate
Korea Institute of Science and Technology(KIST) Head and Professor of the Department of Materials
Newly developed... Science and Engineering...

Masonic Medical Research Institute One-third of US hospitals surpassed 90%

studies brown fat: Implications in obesity capacity in ICUs last week, HHS data
IMAGE: The Lin Lab at the MMRI, quantified the reveals
number of brown fat cells present in newborn One-third of US hospitals surpassed 90% capacity
animals. For years, researchers... in ICUs last week and nearly half of their critically ill
patients were...

Inhaled vaccine induces fast, strong A gene from ancient bacteria helps ticks
immune response in mice and non- spread Lyme disease
human primates “Bacteria exchange DNA with each other all the
time, but what’s remarkable is that 40 million years
“This translational strategy potentially enables more ago a gene...
effective delivery of therapeutics or vaccines while
reducing...

Human egg cells are imperfect Ferrets, cats and civets most susceptible
surprisingly often to coronavirus infection after humans
“As much as anything else, this is a public service The findings, published in PLOS Computational
announcement,” says first author Terry Hassold of Biology, found that ducks, rats, mice, pigs and
Washington... chickens had lower or no susceptibility...

New algorithm will prevent Making cheaper, biocompatible E-skin

misidentification of cancer cells electrodes
Cancer cell lines are cells isolated and grown as cell Among promising alternative materials for
cultures in laboratories for study and developing electrodes is the polymer PEDOT:PSS. It is
anti-cancer drugs.... biocompatible with human skin, flexible,...

Embryonic development in a petri dish Artificial Chemist 2.0: quantum dot R&D
It would certainly spare mothers the hardships of in less than an hour
pregnancy, but mammals do not grow in eggs. In a IMAGE: This color wheel of quantum dots highlights
way, this is also impractical... some of the colors that can be made with Artificial
Chemist 2.0. ...

Antiepileptic drug reduces motor neuron Restorative justice preferred among the
excitability in ALS Enga in Papua New Guinea
BOSTON – The antiepileptic drug ezogabine IMAGE: A group of Enga men offer pigs to contribute
reduced pathologic excitability of cortical and spinal to the compensation for the victim for harm done.
motor neuron cells... view more Credit:...

Which product categories and industries COVID-19 may also invade the central
benefit most from social advertising nervous system, cause neurological
CATONSVILLE, MD, December 10, 2020 – New illnesses
research from a team of scientists at four leading CLEVELAND – COVID-19 is known primarily as a
universities has shed new... respiratory disease, with symptoms that include
cough, shortness of breath,...

Study details first artificial intelligence AAV capsid-promoter interactions in the

tool to help labs rule-out COVID-19 non-human primate brain
Hospital-based laboratories and doctors at the front IMAGE: Provides all-inclusive access to the critical
line of the COVID-19 pandemic might soon add pillars of human gene therapy: research, methods,
artificial intelligence... and clinical...

Quantitative approach on understanding Covid: Students and retirees form long-

how epigenetic switches control gene distance friendships
expression Coronavirus: French care home fights to keep
IMAGE: Site specific histone acetylation can Covid-19 at bay
differentially affect the sequential stages of
transcription. view...

Covid-19 vaccine: ‘Hopefully next year Covid-19 app adds self-isolation

we’ll be living a normal life’ payments
The first Covid vaccinations have begun to take The move comes at a time when the number of
place across the UK. people testing positive for the coronavirus is on the
rise again.

Covid: NHS long waits 100 times higher Moderna has begun testing its
than before coronavirus vaccine in children as young
Coronavirus lockdown: All shops can open on as age 12
Monday in England Moderna Inc announced on Thursday that it has
begun testing its experimental coronavirus vaccine
in children. The phase II/III...

Pregnant women in the US will probably Exercise may protect bone health after
be denied coronavirus vaccines until next weight loss surgery
year The study randomized 84 patients undergoing
Pregnant women in the US will likely have to wait to weight loss surgery to an exercise group or a control
receive Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine after it is group for 11 months. The...
approved...

Using light, red blood cells and a honey Americans must be vigilant against anti-
bee peptide to deliver therapeutic vax rumors in ‘fractured media universe’
proteins SEATTLE (10 December 2020) – As the world
watches how UK residents respond to COVID-19
Because protein drugs are unstable in the body, they
vaccinations, three leading...
must be given at high levels, which can cause side
effects. Scientists...

Bad news for fake news: Rice research Police investigators of online child abuse
helps combat social media at risk of mental harm
misinformation Police who investigate online crimes against
IMAGE: Anshumali Shrivastava is an assistant children, and protect wider society from seeing
professor of computer science at Rice University. images of violence against young...
(Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice...

The immunomodulatory activity of a drug Preschool program linked with better

would improve the efficacy of social and emotional skills years later
immunotherapy in breast cancer UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A preschool enrichment
IMAGE: From left to right, Clara Gómez-Aleza, program developed at Penn State helps boost social
Guillermo Yoldi and Eva González-Suárez. view and emotional skills...
more Credit:...

Bacteria release climate-damaging State-reported data underestimate the

carbon from thawing permafrost true impact of COVID-19 social distancing
IMAGE: Permafrost areas thaw out and become IMAGE: States’ residential mobility over time with
marshland. view more Credit: Monique Patzner highlighted period of government stay-at-home
Around a quarter... order. The red...

Atom-thin transistor uses half the voltage Research provides tools for achieving the
of common semiconductors, boosts ‘how’ of well-being in daily life
current density Organizations and communities are looking for
BUFFALO, N.Y. — University at Buffalo researchers practical tools to support mental health amidst this
are reporting a new, two-dimensional transistor growing crisis, which...
made of graphene...

Teen dislike of physical appearance Database for studying individual

strong predictor of depression in early differences in language skills
adulthood Such questions can only be answered by testing
The size of the increased risk ranges from 50% to large numbers of individuals on a large number of
285%, the findings show, with boys more likely to language and cognitive tests....
experience severe depression...

First instance of COVID-19 triggering Tension between awareness and fatigue

recurrent Guillain-Barré Syndrome shapes COVID-19 spread
While there have been several reports of Guillain- The tension between awareness and fatigue can
Barré Syndrome following COVID-19, this is the first lead to case-count plateaus, shoulder-like dynamics,
in which COVID-19... and oscillations as rising...

Face shields no match for sneeze vortex Researchers develop rapid genomics
rings strategy to trace coronavirus
The researchers originally set out to explore whether The researchers today published an analytical
surgical masks and face shields used as preventive validation and best practice guidelines for Nanopore
measures are effective,... sequencing of SARS-CoV-2...

Promising treatment for premenstrual Insufficient screening for heart damage

dysphoric disorder, PMDD after noncardiac surgery puts patients at
The mental symptoms of premenstrual dysphoric risk
disorder improve following treatment with a Philadelphia, December 10, 2020 – About five
progesterone receptor modulator,... percent of patients experience heart muscle injury
around the time of...

Artificial intelligence finds surprising Immediate detection of airborne viruses

patterns in Earth’s biological mass with a disposable kit!
extinctions IMAGE: Graphical abstract of Airborne pathogen
IMAGE: A new study applies machine learning to the sampling/monitoring kit view more Credit: Korea
fossil record to visualise life’s history, showing the Institute of...
impacts...

The role of platform protection insurance Studies reveal potential weaknesses in

in the sharing economy SARS-CoV-2 infection
Researchers from Temple University, Tsinghua A single protein that appears necessary for the
University, and Fudan University published a new COVID-19 virus to reproduce and spread to other
paper in the Journal of Marketing... cells is a potential weakness...

Cataloging nature’s hidden arsenal: Hematoxylin as a killer of CALR mutant

Viruses that infect bacteria cancer cells
IMAGE: A false-color transmission electron IMAGE: First author Ruochen Jia and Last author
micrograph of multiple bacteriophages attached to a Robert Kralovics. view more Credit: First author
bacterial cell wall ... Ruochen Jia...

Covid: ‘There are no words for losing MS: Essex woman says she is
loved ones’ ‘determined’ after diagnosis
A man who was told to move his chair back after A woman who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
trying to comfort his mother during his father’s last year says young people should not “panic” if
funeral has spoken... they are...

Coronavirus: First Pfizer vaccine Covid-19 vaccine: Allergy warning over

recipient leaves hospital and reunites new jab
with family The latest daily figures for the UK, published on
Coronavirus: First Pfizer vaccine recipient reunited Wednesday, showed a further 533 people have now
with family. Video, 00:00:49Coronavirus: First Pfizer died within 28 days of...
vaccine recipient...

Coronavirus: Canada second country to New interactive map reveals how full
approve Pfizer Covid vaccine hospitals are in every county of the US
Canada has become just the second country in the Scientists have developed a new interactive map
world to approve Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine, that shows how many coronavirus patients are in
and may start immunizing... hospitals in every county...

Fauci is ‘concerned’ about possible Pfizer’s first shipment of its coronavirus

allergies to Pfizer’s covid shot vaccine will include 2.9 million doses
The severe allergic reactions suffered by two UK upon FDA approval
health care workers who got Pfizer‘s coronavirus Nearly three people will be vaccinated during the
vaccine yesterday... first rollout of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine
in the US. During...

Scientists shed new light on how lung New method for evaluating vaccine safety
bacteria defend against pneumonia Vaccines are safe and potent pharmaceutical
The study in mice shows that a strain of lung products that prevent infectious diseases caused by
bacteria called Lactobacillus provides a barrier viruses and bacteria, and...
against Streptococcus pneumoniae...

Focus on human factor in designing Youth depression tied to higher risk of 66

systems diseases and premature death
The study, published in the journal IEEE Control “Our study shows that children and teenagers
Systems, takes a novel multidisciplined approach in diagnosed with depression have a significantly
studying “cyberphysical... higher risk of premature...

Obesity impairs immune cell function, New compound related to psychedelic

accelerates tumor growth ibogaine could treat addiction,
Now, in a study in mice, Harvard Medical School depression
researchers have uncovered a new piece of this “Psychedelics are some of the most powerful drugs
puzzle, with surprising implications... we know of that affect the brain,” said David Olson,
assistant...

Study connects diabetes, air pollution to How neurons form long-term memories
interstitial lung disease Unfortunately, for patient H.M., so too did time.
“Our findings are especially important today as we’re When he woke up after surgery, he could no longer
in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, where we form new long-term memories,...
have great...

How soil fungi respond to wildfire Big data offers promise of better
IMAGE: Oak and evergreen trees in Hood Mountain groundwater management in California
Regional Park and Preserve in Santa Rosa in To ensure that California’s groundwater is
August 2019. view... sustainably managed in the future and over the
long-term, current state...

Brains work harder while processing A balancing act: Improved water

descriptions of motion in other languages treatment technique using ‘energy
ATLANTA–We all run from a burning building the matching’
same way–fast!–but how we describe it depends on
the language...
 IMAGE: Scarcity of freshwater in many parts of the
world calls for improved and sustainable methods of
wastewater treatment ...

Discovery suggests new promise for Racial disparities in stage of breast

nonsilicon computer transistors cancer diagnosis
For decades, one material has so dominated the IMAGE: Multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the
production of computer chips and transistors that the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or
tech capital of the... are more prevalent...

Toxic pollutants can impact wildlife Toxin provides clues to long-term effects
disease spread of diarrhea caused by E. coli
Exposure to toxic pollutants associated with human IMAGE: Toxin-producing E. coli bacteria (green)
activities may be influencing the spread of infectious attach to human intestinal cells expressing the
diseases in wildlife,... protein CEACAM6 (red)....

Covid-19: Four Pfizer vaccine trial Men with COVID-19 nearly THREE TIMES
volunteers develop Bell’s palsy more likely to be admitted to ICUs and at
Four people who got Pfizer‘s coronavirus vaccine in higher risk of death
the firm’s trial developed Bell’s palsy, a form of... Male coronavirus patients are at greater risk of
being admitted to intensive care units and dying
compared to female patients,...

FDA warns face masks with metal could Children who get depression are SIX
cause burns during MRIs times more likely to die by the age of 31,
Getting an MRI while wearing a mask with metal in it study finds
could cause burns, FDA warns after alarming report Children who get diagnosed with depression
of patient whose... between the ages of five and 19 are six times more
likely to die by the time they’re...

Canada becomes second country to Research team invents novel light-

approve Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine controlled contamination-free fluidic
Canada becomes second country to approve processor for advanced medical and
Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine a week after UK industrial applications
approved the shot – but... The new technology has been published in Science
Advances in an article titled “Photopyroelectric
Microfluidics,”...

Using targeted microbubbles to Key driver of the spread of cancer to the

administer toxic cancer drugs brain
Microbubbles are small manufactured spheres half Huang is renowned for her work in modeling the
the size of a red blood cell — and scientists believe spread of cancer to the brain. Her most recent
they can be... findings show that increased...

Significant increase in depression seen Tomatoes offer affordable source of

among children during first UK lockdown Parkinson’s disease drug
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK The development of the genetically modified (GM)
Government implemented a national “lockdown” tomato has implications for developing nations
involving school closures... where access to pharmaceutical...

Breast cancer survivors are less likely to Several U.S. populations and regions
get pregnant, but often have healthy exposed to high arsenic concentrations
babies and good long-term health in drinking water
“With the availability of more effective anticancer “This research has important implications for public
treatments, survivorship has gained substantial health efforts aimed at reducing arsenic exposure
attention. Today,... levels, and...

Battling COVID-19 using UV light Wielding a gun makes a shooter perceive

Although most experts agree that a vaccine would others as wielding a gun, too
significantly slow or eventually stop the spread, the IMAGE: Jessica Witt, professor of psychology at
work to develop, approve... Colorado State University. view more Credit:
Colorado State...

Temporal crop diversity stabilizes Natural antibiotics produced in wounds

agricultural production increase sleep and survival after injury
Securing food supplies around the globe is a major IMAGE: C. elegans worm expressing a gene (in
challenge facing humanity, especially in light of the green) that promotes production of the antimicrobial
predicted increase... molecules (AMP). ...
Neuropeptide discoveries could someday Warmer springs mean more offspring for
help defeat the dreaded cockroach prothonotary warblers
Cockroaches are notorious for their abilities to IMAGE: Female prothonotary warblers lay their eggs
survive and reproduce, much to humanity’s chagrin. earlier in the breeding season when local April
In addition to... temperatures are...

Tri-lab initiative leads innovation in novel ‘Rambo root’ could help with climate
hybrid energy systems action, peace building and environmental
IMAGE: In an historic collaboration between the issues
nation’s Nuclear Energy, Renewable Energy and In an article published in Conservation Science and
Fossil Energy labs,... Practice, scientists highlight an overlooked but
science-backed and nature-based...

Dynamics in the root zone When will you be eligible for the Covid
Nutrient contamination of groundwater as a result of vaccine?
nitrogen-based fertilisers is a problem in many The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was found to be safe
places in Europe. Calculations... and effective by the UK medicines regulator last
week, and was approved...

Rich countries hoarding Covid vaccines, Covid vaccine: What you need to know
says People’s Vaccine Alliance about vaccine safety
playCoronavirus: First Pfizer vaccine given to 90- Biden vows 100m vaccinations in first 100 days The
year-old woman US president-elect says he cannot promise to end
Covid quickly, but he...

Covid-19 vaccine: GPs to start Research reveals how COVID-19 affects

immunising next week the eyes
Shakespeare gets Covid vaccine: All’s well that ends Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU)
well asked people who had a confirmed COVID-19
diagnosis to complete a questionnaire...

COVID-19: persistent symptoms in one Predicting epilepsy from neural network

third of cases models
To better understand this phenomenon, a team of The team’s findings could give researchers a better
physicians and epidemiologists from the University understanding of suddenly occurring episodes
of Geneva (UNIGE) the... including epilepsy...

Racial microaggressions contribute to Elevated biomarker for blood vessel

disparities in STEM education damage found in all children with SARS-
A recent study from University of Illinois researchers CoV-2
examining reasons for such disparities shows the The findings were published today in Blood
overall racial climate... Advances. “We do not yet know the clinical
implications of this elevated...

Infant health inequality has increased Disrupting the cellular process that
since 2010, study finds promotes pancreatic cancer’s deadly
Between 1989 and 2010, the health gap between growth
infants born to the most socially advantaged The team, led by scientists at Georgetown Lombardi
mothers — those who are... Comprehensive Cancer Center and including
investigators from Lawrence...

Lab-grown human brain organoids mimic Program reduces social isolation among
an autism spectrum disorder, help test middle-aged and older adults
treatments An existing service in the North West of England
Researchers at University of California San Diego called Community Connectors, which enables adults
School of Medicine and Sanford Consortium for to access social activities...
Regenerative Medicine recently...

The use of wild mammals in traditional Evolution may be to blame for high risk of
medicine advanced cancers in humans
IMAGE: In an analysis of published research, Compared to chimpanzees, our closest evolutionary
investigators identified 565 mammalian species that cousins, humans are particularly prone to
have been used to... developing advanced carcinomas...

Microbes and plants: A dynamic duo The ethics of human challenge trials
IMAGE: Mature sorghum plants before harvest. The first human challenge trial to test COVID-19
Sorghum can be used for animal feed, cereal grain, treatments and vaccines is set to begin in January in
and syrup. view... the United Kingdom....
How blood and wealth can predict future Can sting rays and electric rays help us
disability map the ocean floor?
Blood tests for ‘biomarkers’ such as cholesterol and IMAGE: Researchers fixed acoustic transmitters to
inflammation could predict whether you will be electric rays and sting rays and were able to map
disabled... their movements...

Filming roaming molecular fragments in Johnson & Johnson may know whether
real time its one-dose coronavirus vaccine works
The observation of a chemical reaction at the by January
molecular level in real-time is a central theme in Johnson Johnson says it may have the results of its
experimental chemical physics.... late-stage experimental coronavirus vaccine trial
sooner than expected. In...

Pfizer works on Covid vaccine that won’t Four volunteers who got Pfizer’s vaccine
need ultra-cold storage developed Bell’s palsy
Pfizer Inc said it is working on a new form of Four people who got Pfizer‘s coronavirus vaccine in
its experimental coronavirus vaccine that can be the firm’s trial developed Bell’s palsy, a form of...
stored in the refrigerator. Currently,...

Fears coronavirus can trigger Guillain- How the US had the first coronavirus
Barre syndrome in sufferers vaccine designed by JANUARY
Researchers say they have documented the first How the US had the first coronavirus vaccine
instance of a coronavirus patient being struck down designed by JANUARY: Moderna mapped out its jab
with sudden paralysis... over a single weekend as soon...

Is London facing Tier Three before Are Covid cases beginning to creep back
Christmas? UP?
London could find itself facing a Tier Three lockdown Britain’s daily Covid cases may be starting to slowly
just a week before Christmas as data shows creep up again, official statistics suggested today
infections are rising in... after health...

More years of obesity means higher risk Potential antibiotic for drug-resistant
of disease, study finds pathogen
People with obesity do not all share the same risk The pathogen, called Mycobacterium abscessus, is
for the development of cardiometabolic disease risk related to a better-known bacterium that causes
factors. The duration... tuberculosis and leprosy...

Smartphone data shows real-time impact More support for induction at 41 weeks’
of neighborhood on health pregnancy, especially for first time
Equipped with smartphones for a week, dozens of mothers
older New York City residents allowed a Cornell The present study, an individual participant data
sociologist to track their... meta-analysis, is published in the journal PLOS
Medicine. Most of the researchers...

Damage to brain cells reverberates to New approach for more accurate

‘bystander’ cells epidemic modeling
The findings, published today in the journal Neuron, In the paper, the scientists said that standard
may help to explain why people can suffer from epidemic models incorrectly assume that the rate in
temporary but severe... which an infectious disease...

Environmental impacts of the COVID-19 How the brain remembers right place,
pandemic, as observed from space right time
Researchers from several institutions presented About a decade ago, a group of neurons known as
their early results in a virtual press conference on “time cells” was discovered in rats. These cells
Dec. 7 at the American... appear to play...

Understanding COVID-19 infection and Breakthrough optical sensor mimics

possible mutations human eye, a key step toward better AI
IMAGE: This schematic shows the difference in CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State
interactions between SARS-CoV and human ACE2 University are making key advances with a new type
versus SARS-CoV-2 and human... of optical sensor...

Reductive stress in neuroblastoma cells Miniature guttural toads on Mauritius and

aggregates protein and impairs Réunion stun researchers
neurogenesis IMAGE: Guttural Toads, native to mainland Africa,
IMAGE: Rajasekaran “Raj ” Namakkal-Soorappan were deliberately introduced from Durban to
view more Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. –... Mauritius in 1922 in...
Vitamin boosts essential synthetic AGU panel explores environmental
chemistry impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as
IMAGE: Inspired by light-sensing bacteria that thrive observed from space
near hot oceanic vents, synthetic chemists led by IMAGE: Maps of water turbidity compiled using data
Julian West... from NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite before and during
the lockdowns...

New treatment in development for Colorado mountains bouncing back from

irritable bowel syndrome with ‘acid rain’ impacts
constipation IMAGE: Meadows, forests and mountain ridges
Patients suffering from irritable bowel syndrome with create the high alpine landscapes of Niwot Ridge in
constipation (IBS-C) have long needed an upgrade the Rocky Mountains,...
in treatment. Rapid-release,...

‘Mix-and-match’ coronavirus vaccines to Safety data on Pfizer jab released by US

be tested Last week Dr Anthony Fauci, the top US infectious
There is another Covid jab that could soon be disease expert, apologised for remarks that seemed
approved by regulators – the Oxford/AstraZeneca to criticise the UK’s...
vaccine.

First person receives Covid-19 vaccine in Oxford Covid vaccine ‘safe and effective’
UK study shows
Shakespeare gets Covid vaccine: All’s well that ends The Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid vaccine is safe and
well effective, giving good protection, researchers have
confirmed in The Lancet...

People could get ‘mix and match’ Shutting Britain’s borders at the start of
coronavirus vaccines, jab chiefs say coronavirus could have prevented major
Brits could get ‘mix and match’ coronavirus vaccines outbreak
to try and stimulate different parts of their immune Travel bans are having little impact on halting the
systems. Scientists... spread of coronavirus, according to a study which
will pile pressure...

How a THIRD of local authorities in Coronavirus deaths FELL for the first
England saw a spike in Covid cases in time since September in England’s last
over-60s full week of lockdown
Britain today began mass vaccination of the public Britain today began mass vaccination of the public
with Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, bringing the with Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, bringing the
‘end in... ‘end in...

Heartbreaking moment boy, 14, sings to Nursing home where HALF residents died
his dying mother from the garden waits for coronavirus vaccine
This is the heartbreaking moment an 14-year-old A Nottinghamshire care home where coronavirus
singer sung to his dying mother for the final time killed almost half of its residents has been told it
from the garden of her... might need to wait three...

Matt Hancock reveals he’s ALREADY London’s Covid infection rate is now
booked his 2021 summer holiday HIGHER than 27 authorities stuck in Tier
Britain today began mass vaccination of the public 3
with Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, bringing the London’s Covid-19 infection rate is now higher than
‘end in... more than two dozen areas currently stuck under
Tier Three restrictions,...

Current treatment period may be too Eyebuy: Sweeping glances can ‘cost you
short to remove competitive advantage of money’
transgender athletes Attention can be easily influenced “In looking at
Transgender women elite athletes may need more shelves shoppers always see a subset of the
than the recommended year of feminising hormone assortment and which...
therapy to remove the competitive...

Magnetic bacteria as micropumps Risk of serious complications during

These microvehicles can be powered from outside knee replacement 73% higher when a
the body by a moving magnetic field. Simone tourniquet is used
Schürle, Professor at the Department... Serious complications during knee replacement
surgery are rare. However, researchers at the
University of Warwick found that...

‘SCOUT’ helps researchers find, quantify New findings shed light on the repair of
significant differences among organoids UV-induced DNA damage
Called “SCOUT” for “Single-Cell and Main Points The researchers developed a
Cytoarchitecture analysis of Organoids using microscope system whereby they could induce DNA
Unbiased Techniques,”... damage to any intracellular location...

Visual short-term memory is more How poor oral hygiene may result in
complex than previously assumed metabolic syndrome
For the study, Dr. Hui Zhang, Rebekka Heinen and Periodontal bacteria have long been known to cause
Professor Nikolai Axmacher from the Department of inflammation within the oral cavity, but also
Neuropsychology collaborated... systemically increase inflammatory...

Study: Bartonella infection associated Labeling paid ‘influencer’ vaping posts as

with psychiatric symptoms and skin ads draws attention
lesions Social media influencers vaping glamorously into
Bartonella bacteria are increasingly recognized as their social media feeds are often not doing so for
an emerging infectious disease threat. A new study free. And new research...
by North Carolina State...

Coral recovery during a prolonged Studying trust in autonomous products

heatwave offers new hope While a certain level of trust is needed for
IMAGE: UVic marine biologist Julia Baum sampling autonomous cars and smart technologies to reach
Platygyra colonies on Kiritimati (Christmas Island), their full potential, these...
2019. ...

A role for the slow oscillations of the Research sheds new light on cause of
neocortex in epileptic spasm generation deadly lung disease
Epileptic spasms are a type of brief seizures that are New research could shed light on the mystery cause
the hallmark of catastrophic seizure disorders, which of a lung disease that is a major killer, and
are characterized... potentially unlock new treatments....

Novel gene variants that modify the risk In new step toward quantum tech,
of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease scientists synthesize ‘bright’ quantum
discovered bits
Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD) is the most With their ability to harness the strange powers of
common form of dementia in the elderly, affecting quantum mechanics, qubits are the basis for
almost 44 million... potentially world-changing...

Every week coronavirus lockdowns drag Americans’ mental health sinks to a 20-
on increases odds Americans will binge year low, poll finds
drink by nearly 20% Americans’ mental health sinks to a 20-year low:
How the pandemic is driving Americans to drink: More than 25% of US adults say their emotional
Binge-drinkers are nearly 20% more likely to overdo wellbeing is just ‘fair...
it each week a coronavirus...

Coronavirus vaccine: Nurse in Pfizer trial Study finds a low risk of respiratory virus
describes ‘highest fever’ transmission on trains and buses across
Kristen Choi (pictured), an assistant professor in the the US
School of Nursing at UCLA said she experienced Public transportation is not a large contributor in the
several side... spread of viral respiratory diseases, a new study
suggests. After...

Can sunbeds help banish our winter Rap music increasingly mixes in mental
blues? health metaphors
Lisa’s experiences are typical of SAD, which “These artists are considered the ‘coolest’ people on
typically causes low mood in the winter months, loss earth right now,” said lead study author Alex...
of interest in...

We’re watching the world go blind, Synthetic llama antibodies rescue

researchers say doomed proteins inside cells
As 2020 comes to a close, an international group of In many genetic diseases, including cystic fibrosis,
researchers set out to provide updated estimates on mutated proteins are capable of performing their
the number of people... jobs but are tagged...

How do we separate the factual from the Pupils can learn more effectively through
possible? New research shows how our stories than activities
brain responds to both A randomised controlled trial found that children
“At a time of voluminous fake news and learn about evolution more effectively when
disinformation, it is more important than ever to engaged through stories read...
separate the factual from...
Novel anti-craving mechanism Deep rooted: Mother’s empathy linked to
discovered to treat cocaine relapse ‘epigenetic’ changes to the oxytocin gene
New research from the University of Pennsylvania When it comes to biological mechanisms of
School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) has discovered empathy, scientists are particularly interested in
that GLP-1Rs are expressed... oxytocin, the so-called “love...

Why some people may become seriously Science leaders issue clarion call for
ill from meningococcal bacteria evidence-based policy
The researchers have also designed and validated a AUDIO: An audio collage of the Past Presidents of
PCR test that can detect these mutations. “We found the American Institute of Biological Sciences reading
that non-coding... their statement. ...

What are schools doing to feed students Large US study confirms COVID-19
during COVID-19-related closures? complications: lung, kidney and
AUDIO: A nationwide assessment of child nutrition cardiovascular issues
administrative agencies’ initial responses to meal A large study of patients in the United States who
service... contracted coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
confirms many complications...

Most U.S. social studies teachers feel Transforming the scientific community
unprepared to teach civic learning The members of ACNP have been motivated by
Only one in five social studies teachers in U.S. recent events to strengthen diversity and inclusivity
public schools report feeling very well prepared to programs within the College...
support students’...

Natural reward theory could provide new Beavers may help amphibians threatened
foundation for biology by climate change
IMAGE: Dr Owen Gilbert, researcher at the VANCOUVER, Wash. – The recovery of beavers
Department of Integrative Biology at the University may have beneficial consequences for amphibians
of Texas at Austin (USA)... because beaver dams can...

Eyebuy: Sweeping glances can cost you Pakistan: Covid patients die due to
money oxygen shortage in Peshawar
IMAGE: Marketing expert Mathias Streicher view Covid: Pakistan cricket squad quarantined after
more Credit: University of Innsbruck Unplanned positive tests in New Zealand
purchases...

Covid-19 vaccination: Needle phobia Covid: Military could be used to transport

“My heart would be racing. My mind saying, ‘calm Covid vaccine
down, it’s going to be fine’ but also, ‘it’s... Health Secretary Matt Hancock tweeted all parts of
the UK had vaccine doses.

Public health grant cuts ‘worst in poorest Why worrying about a pill’s side-effects
areas’ could actually CAUSE them
Fauci warns Christmas ‘greater challenge’ on Covid The patient leaflet that comes with your medication
The US diseases expert says a surge after provides important, if alarming, information about
Thanksgiving could... potential side-effects. But...

CDC’s tool that will track first Americans Hype or genuine hope
to receive jabs may be vulnerable to anti- Six years ago, Carly Barton was in such severe pain
vaxxers that she started Googling end-of-life clinics.
CDC’s smartphone tool that will track the first Following a stroke at...
Americans to receive coronavirus jabs may be
vulnerable to hackers...

When a bout of shingles is a sign you’ve States will get FAR fewer covid jab doses
had silent Covid-19 than estimated, official warns
Annette Guest, 69, a retired sales manager, States will likely receive far fewer doses of
developed shingles three weeks after having Covid- coronavirus vaccines than they told their residents to
like symptoms — a... expect this month, a...

The placenta jab that could ease pain of Scientists say they can make
creaky knees antiperspirant from body fluids
A jab of placental tissue may help alleviate the pain For lovers of natural toiletries, it doesn’t get purer
of arthritic knees. The treatment is made from the than this: antiperspirant made from your own sweat.
inner layer of the... Scientists from...

‘Why did I suddenly start talking Researchers use genomics to identify

gibberish?’: DR MARTIN SCURR answers diabetic retinopathy factors
your health questions In the paper, “Integration of genomics and
transcriptomics predicts diabetic retinopathy
Last night, I was reading to my wife and I found it
susceptibility genes,”...
came out as slurred gibberish, which frightened me.
It lasted for about...

Warning labels reduce sugary drink Machine learning identifies new brain
consumption in university setting network signature of major depression
“Sugar-sweetened beverages are a major driver of While major depression is usually straightforward to
chronic disease. Health warning labels may reduce diagnose, a better understanding of the brain
the intake of sugar-sweetened... networks associated with...

Poor sleep can lead to depression in White blood cells may cause tumor cell
adolescents death — but that’s not good news
We talked to senior author Nafissa Ismail, Associate Wei Li, assistant professor of pediatrics and
Professor at the uOttawa School of Psychology and biochemistry and molecular biology, studied the
University Research... causes of this tissue death,...

Paper-based electrochemical sensor can A recipe for protein footprinting

detect COVID-19 in less than five minutes By sharing their method for fast photochemical
“Currently, we are experiencing a once-in-a-century oxidation of proteins (FPOP), a means of protein
life-changing event,” said Alafeef. “We are footprinting, they hope to...
responding...

CRISPR-edited CAR T cells enhance fight Study finds no change in preterm birth or
against blood cancers stillbirth in Philadelphia during pandemic
The findings will be presented as an oral Philadelphia, December 7, 2020–Despite early
presentation at the 62nd American Society of reports suggesting a decline in preterm births during
Hematology Annual Meeting Exposition... the COVID-19 pandemic...

Two related discoveries advance basic Research brief: Global trends in nature’s
and applied additive manufacturing contributions to people
research IMAGE: Lettuce rows view more Credit: Kate
A research team led by Tao Sun, associate Brauman from the University of Minnesota In a new
professor of materials science and engineering at study published...
the University of Virginia, has...

Deep rooted — mother’s empathy linked Scientists discover how COVID-19 virus
to ‘epigenetic’ changes to the oxytocin causes multiple organ failure in mice
gene IMAGE: Heart muscle cells in an uninfected mouse
IMAGE: Methylation of the oxytocin gene (OXT) is (left) and a mouse infected with SARS-CoV-2 (right)
positively correlated with personal distress, a with mitochondria...
negative emotional...

UTSA researchers study the effects of Study identifies links between atopic
parental job loss on families during the dermatitis and autoimmune diseases
pandemic In a recent study published in the British Journal of
(December 7, 2020) – A team of UTSA researchers Dermatology, individuals with atopic dermatitis, or
has discovered that economic implications because eczema, were more...
of COVID-19 can have...

Career thoughts and parental Nurse who took part in Pfizer’s

relationships in adolescents with ADHD coronavirus vaccine trial said she had the
A new study published in The Career Development highest fever of her life
Quarterly looked for potential links between negative Kristen Choi (pictured), an assistant professor in the
or dysfunctional career... School of Nursing at UCLA said she experienced
several side...

COVID-19 vaccines won’t cut death rates Care home where HALF of residents died
for WEEKS, Fauci warns from coronavirus might need to wait
Top U.S. health officials are urging Americans to be THREE MONTHS for vaccine
patient, with the nation’s first coronavirus vaccine as A Nottinghamshire care home where coronavirus
little... killed almost half of its residents has been told it
might need to wait three...

Northern England was hit hardest by both Covid-19 UK: Fears over new NHS
the Covid-19 and 1918 Spanish flu vaccination identity card
pandemics, study shows Boris Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccination ID card could
The North of England was hardest hit by both the create a black market in fakes if pubs, theatres and
Covid and Spanish flu pandemics, a study has restaurants...
revealed. During the first...

January could see a ‘severe peak’ of Are people healthy enough to retire later?
coronavirus infections if we ‘take our foot Life expectancy has steadily been increasing in
off the pedal’ many countries around the world due to, among
UK could suffer a ‘severe’ third wave of Covid in others, advances in healthcare...
January if we ‘take our foot off the pedal’, SAGE...

A study predicts smooth interaction Seventeen genetic abnormalities that

between humans and robots cause brain aneurysms
With the rapid progress in robotics, it is anticipated Every year, five out of every 100,000 people
that people will increasingly interact with so called experience a rupture of an intracranial aneurysm —
social robots... as many as those injured...

Useful ‘fake’ peptides Grasping an object: Model describes

Several drugs are peptides that inhibit or activate complete movement planning in the brain
the actions of certain proteins. To enhance their Rhesus monkeys, like humans, have a highly
efficiency, scientists... developed nervous and visual system as well as
dexterous hand motor control. For...

Quick and sensitive identification of Self-learning algorithms for different

multidrug-resistant germs imaging datasets
Bacteria that are no longer susceptible to various In the evaluation of medical imaging data, artificial
antibiotics pose a significant threat to our health. In intelligence (AI) promises to provide support to
the event of a... physicians and help...

New semiconductor detector shows Seizing military weapons does not

promise for medical diagnostics and increase violent crime nor risk police
homeland security safety
Using cesium lead bromide in the form of perovskite More local law enforcement agencies are using
crystals, the research team found they were able to military equipment, such as tear gas, armored
create highly efficient... vehicles and rubber bullets,...

Aluminium alloy research could benefit Urban heat and mortality: who are the
manned space missions most vulnerable?
IMAGE: The cover of Advanced Science referencing IMAGE: Overall cumulative temperature-mortality
the work of Tunes and Greaves view more Credit: association between summer temperatures and
University... mortality in the city of...

Possible bittersweet effects of stevia The natural ‘Himalayan aerosol factory’

uncovered by Ben-Gurion U. researchers can affect climate
BEER-SHEVA, Israel…December 7, 2020 – IMAGE: Pristine locations like the Himalayas are
According to a new study by Ben-Gurion University useful when trying to understand the natural
of the Negev (BGU) researchers,... atmospheric conditions...

What makes COVID misinformation so RUDN University biologist: Fern leaves

tough to stop on social media improve immunity and support growth in
A recent study highlights two of the reasons that carps
misinformation about COVID-19 is so difficult to According to a biologist from RUDN University, fern
tackle on social media:... leaves powder has a positive effect on the immune
system, antimicrobial...

Research brief: Researchers develop Will the EHIC still be valid after Brexit?
unique process for producing light-matter The UK has issued 27 million cards.
mixture
IMAGE: Annular holes in a thin gold film filled with
silicon dioxide enable ultrastrong coupling between
light and...

Scotland’s health chiefs warn of no-deal Andhra Pradesh: ‘Mystery’ illness puts
Brexit risk hundreds in hospital
Whatever the outcome of continuing Brussels talks, “The people who fell sick, especially the children,
continuity of healthcare is a key concern and the suddenly started vomiting after complaining of
NHS across Scotland... burning eyes. Some...

Covid: Russia begins vaccinations in Coronavirus UK: Health chiefs reveal UK

Moscow will get FOUR MILLION vaccine doses by
So far Russia has recorded 2,431,731 cases of the the end of the year
virus, and 42,684 deaths. On Saturday it reported a
record daily high of... Health chiefs yesterday revealed that the UK will
receive up to four million doses of the
Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine...

First look at new NHS Covid-19 Crystals may help reveal hidden Kilauea
vaccination identity card Volcano behavior
Millions of Britons are set to be handed a Covid-19 Scientists striving to understand how and when
vaccination ID card proving they have received the volcanoes might erupt face a challenge: many of the
jab and are being... processes take place deep...

Kidney injury in diabetic ketoacidosis New pathway in Alzheimer’s disease

linked to brain injury provides earlier target for potential
Philadelphia, December 4, 2020 – Researchers from therapies
a consortium of hospitals including Children’s IMAGE: Xin Qi, Case Western Reserve University
Hospital of... School of Medicine view more Credit: Case
Western Reserve University CLEVELAND–
Researchers...

Trench fever in urban people who are Study finds obesity contributes to 40%
homeless mortality gap between Black and white
A disease common during the First World War, women with early breast
trench fever, has been found in some urban In an analysis of women with early breast cancer,
populations experiencing homelessness... Black women had higher rates of obesity and other
health conditions that...

New study shows every week of The world’s first DNA ‘tricorder’ in your
lockdown increases binge drinking pocket
IMAGE: Wine poured into glass view more Credit: IMAGE: Aspyn Palatnick holding the world’s first
Taylor Francis: mobile genetics laboratory at Cold Spring Harbor
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00952990.2020.1832508
Laboratory’s...
Harmful...

Cervical cancer survival may improve by Development of new stem cell type may
targeting senescent "zombie" cells lead to advances in regenerative
IMAGE: Drs. Jin-Xiong She and Sharad Purohit view medicine
more Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, The findings, published online this week in Cell
Augusta... Stem Cell, could lead to a host of advances in basic
biology, regenerative...

Gamblers ignore important information How networks form: Charting the

when placing a bet developing brain
Instead, people with gambling disorder pay more Researchers are starting to better understand the
attention to irrelevant information from the previous complexity of neuronal networks found in our and
gamble to inform their... animals’ brains....

Household-grown food leads to improved Researchers find ‘missing link’ between

health for children stress and infertility
The research, which looked at households in low- Published in The Journal of Neuroscience, and led
and middle-income countries, showed growing their by Professor Greg Anderson of the Centre for
own food helped mothers... Neuroendocrinology, the research...

Strategies for boosting accuracy of Researchers link cases of ALS and FTD
personal genetic risk scores to a Huntington’s disease-associated
However, the risk scores from these genetic tests mutation
are not always as precise as they could be, This large, international project, which included a
according to a new study from... collaboration between the National Institute of
Neurological Disorders...

New testing system could become the IoT Assessment of racial/ethnic disparities in
of photovoltaics hospitalization, mortality in patients with
IMAGE: New solar performance monitoring system COVID-19 in New York City
has potential to become IoT of photovoltaics. view What The Study Did: COVID-19 outcomes based on
more Credit:... race and ethnicity were compared in this
observational study of patients...

Pediatric appendix perforation rate at Green energy transition: Early and steady
children’s hospital during COVID-19 wins the race
pandemic IMAGE: Assistant Professor Marta Victoria view
What The Study Did: This observational study more Credit: Ida Jensen, AU Photo Researchers
assessed the rate of appendix perforations during from Aarhus...
the COVID-19 pandemic at a...

Donor stem cell transplant shown to Mass incarceration results in significant

improve survival in older patients with increases in industrial emissions, study
MDS finds
IMAGE: Corey Cutler, MD, MPH, FRCPC view Mass incarceration is as much an environmental
more Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute A new problem as it is a social one, according to a new
clinical trial... Portland State University...

Molecules convert visible light into PTSD with depression may significantly
ultraviolet light with record efficiency increase risk of early death in women
IMAGE: A newly developed molecular system in the Boston, MA – Women with post-traumatic stress
glass tube on the right efficiently upconverts visible disorder (PTSD) and depression have an almost
light even... fourfold greater risk of...

Covid-19 vaccine: Who will get the Pfizer Covid: Will I need a vaccine passport?
vaccine first? And other questions
The UK is the first country in the world to approve When England’s lockdown ends on 2 December,
mass use of a Covid-19 vaccine. It means a lot of only the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and the Isles of
people are asking:... Scilly will move into tier...

Covid-19: Vaccine rollout ‘ready’ for any Coronavirus: Vaccine rollout ‘marathon
Brexit outcome not a sprint’
The EU and UK are trying to reach a trade deal Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland will also
before a 31 December deadline. begin their vaccination programmes from hospitals
on Tuesday.

Iron deficiency can be managed better Characterising complex flows in 2D

IMAGE: Iron deficiency is a major cause of anaemia, bubble swarms
a deficiency in oxygen-carrying red blood cells or When swarms of bubbles are driven upwards
hemoglobin in... through a fluid by their buoyancy, they can generate
complex flow patterns in their...

Reversible stickiness is something to COVID-19 in Victorian schools and

smile about childcare mainly driven by community
IMAGE: To facilitate the debonding of dental transmission
restorative materials adhered on tooth surfaces, UV News at a Glance: Analysis of Victorian data by the
light-embrittled dental... Murdoch Children’s Research Institute suggests that
COVID-19...

‘Off switch’ during error-prone cell cycle Radicals seem to be good for the brain
phase may fix CRISPR’s unwanted Reactive oxygen molecules, also known as “free
changes problem radicals”, are generally considered harmful.
A group of researchers developed a promising fix to However as it now...
CRISPR-Cas9’s problem with unwanted genetic
changes using a method...

The Mediterranean diet reduces the risk Gasdermin offers insight into coral
of having another heart attack necrotic death
Heart disease is the main cause of death in IMAGE: Cleavage of GSDME by caspase 3. view
developed countries. There is evidence that shows more Credit: IOCAS Pyroptosis is a highly
that factors related to lifestyle,... inflammatory form...

Optimising laser-driven electron Ionic defect landscape in perovskite solar

acceleration cells revealed
The interaction between lasers and matter is at the IMAGE: Artistic representation of an ionic defect
forefront of new investigations into fundamental landscape in the perovskites. view more Credit:
physics as well as forming... Prof. Dr....

Using a video game to understand the Mimicking the effect of exercise with
origin of emotions gene therapy
Emotions are complex phenomena that influence IMAGE: The picture shows heart cells formed by
our minds, bodies and behaviour. A number of stem cells. The cell nucleus appears blue and stem
studies have sought to connect... cells are green....

Electrons falling flat: Germanium falls Identifying markers of COVID-19 infection

into a 2D arrangement on zirconium using blood tests
diboride Researchers from the Institute of Biomedicine of
Seville (IBIS) have presented a study carried out in
the Clinical Biochemistry...
IMAGE: Germanium atoms (light and dark blue)
spontaneously crystallize into a two-dimensional
(2D) “bitriangular...

Detecting solar neutrinos with the NIH researchers link cases of ALS and
Borexino experiment FTD to a Huntington’s disease-associated
Neutrinos are chargeless particles with about a mutation
mass about a millionth that of an electron that are A study led by researchers at the National Institutes
created by the nuclear... of Health has made a surprising connection between
frontotemporal dementia...

Is the Covid vaccine safe? ‘Covid killed my wife

Covid: Will I need a vaccine passport? And other “I said to her, ‘You’ve got three choices: I can either
questions get you to the doctor’s, I can call an ambulance,...

Bird flu: All captive birds in Britain to be Covid: NHS rapid test use defended amid
kept indoors amid outbreak accuracy concerns
The risk to humans is “very low”, the government Mass testing is being introduced in England’s tier-
said, and should “not affect the consumption of three “high-risk” areas and is starting in one of the...
poultry...

A toaster that makes bacon healthy: one Can going vegetarian help bring down my
of the must-have gifts this Christmas to high blood pressure? DR ELLIE CANNON
boost body and mind answers your questions
Smart Bacon Express: The Bacon Toaster Enjoy a I have high blood pressure but I don’t want to take
lower-fat bacon sarnie with this cooker that uses tablets for it. I read that a hot bath and a supplement
vertical heated plates to... that releases...

Groundbreaking urine test that can spot Simple gel injection can spare agony for
bladder cancer proves 100% accurate in men undergoing radiotherapy for prostate
trials cancer
Groundbreaking urine test that can spot bladder Men undergoing radiotherapy for prostate cancer
cancer proves 100% accurate in trials – and could could be spared one of the treatment’s most
soon be rolled out... distressing side effects...

HEALTH NOTES: Driving habits that fail Growing evidence suggests popping too
the test and bald truths on hair loss from many heartburn pills is actually CAUSING
men who know tummy troubles
HEALTH NOTES: Driving habits that fail the test and Tis the season for indigestion, with the festivities
bald truths on hair loss from men who know By Mail leaving many reaching for heartburn tablets. The
on Sunday Reporter... pills, which stop...

The Warrior: Inspiring story of consultant All NHS staff MUST get Covid vaccine –
breast surgeon LIZ O’RIORDAN whether they like it or not, says ex
Two photographs, taken five years apart, almost The scientists have done their bit, and the regulators
exactly to the day. Both are of the same woman. have made the assessment. This week, if all goes
Each tells a strikingly... according to plan,...

Visualization reveals how a protein Telemedicine use disparity during COVID-

‘hunkers down’ to conserve energy 19 among head and neck cancer patients,
The protein is called myosin and it is known as a study finds
molecular motor because of the way it interacts with In a Research Letter published in the Journal of the
other proteins and... American Medical Association’s Otolaryngology —
Head and...

Replacing red meat with plant foods may New software cuts time, cost of gene
reduce the risk of heart disease sequencing
Substituting whole grains and dairy products for total The software, detailed in a paper published in
red meat, and eggs for processed red meat, might Nature Biotechnology, can be used with portable
also reduce this... sequencing devices to accelerate...

Significant reason older adults are at Chicago neighborhoods with barriers to

greater risk of heart attack social distancing had higher COVID-19
Dr. Ji Li, professor of surgery and molecular death rates
pharmacology and physiology, and his colleagues “We wanted to look at neighborhood characteristics
found levels of Sesn2 diminish... that may contribute to higher death rates in certain
neighborhoods...

Neighborhood deprivation and COVID in Once hospitalized, Black patients with

Louisiana COVID-19 have lower risk of death than
Led by Edward S. Peters, DMD, SM, ScD, FACE, white, study finds
the team at LSU Health New Orleans School of
The study — recently published online in JAMA
Public Health sought to find more...
Network Open — is, according to its authors, one of
the first to...

New study debunks blood type diet LSU Health conducts first study on
WASHINGTON–A study published in the Journal of neighborhood deprivation and COVID in
the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics by Louisiana
researchers with the Physicians... New Orleans, LA – A study by researchers at LSU
Health New Orleans School of Public Health,
believed to be the first...

The climate changed rapidly alongside Immunity passports: Ethical conflict and
sea ice decline in the north opportunity
Researchers from the Niels Bohr Institute, University Immunity passports are a means of registering
of Copenhagen have, in collaboration with whether an individual has developed immunity to
Norwegian researchers in... COVID-19 and is therefore unlikely...

RUDN University chemists synthesized Inouye Solar Telescope releases first

new fluorescent substances for medical image of a sunspot
applications The world’s largest solar observatory, the U.S.
Indolizines are a group of substances with biological National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye
and optical properties. A team of chemists from Solar Telescope,...
RUDN University developed...

ASH: Off-the-shelf immune drug shows Venetoclax added to standard treatments

promise in aggressive multiple myeloma shows promise in high-risk myeloid
PHILADELPHIA– A subcutaneous injection of the blood cancers
immune-boosting drug teclistamab was found to be IMAGE: Jacqueline Garcia, MD view more Credit:
safe and elicit responses... Dana-Farber Cancer Institute The novel oral drug
venetoclax...

Digital breast tomosynthesis improves Rochester researchers uncover key clues

invasive cancer detection about the solar system’s history
IMAGE: Images show symptomatic false-negative IMAGE: Illustration of solar wind flowing over
cancer in a 73-year-old black woman who presented asteroids in the early solar system. The magnetic
with a palpable abnormality... field of the solar...

Biologists from RUDN University Researchers discover new particle in the

discovered the secret of flaxseed oil with blood of septic patients
long shelf life IMAGE: This timelapse image shows the appearanc
IMAGE: Biologists from RUDN University working of an ENDS and how it curls over time view more
together with their colleagues from the Institute of Credit: Alex...
Molecular Biology...

BIDMC researchers define immune Study reveals surprising benefit of clonal

system’s requirements for protection hematopoiesis in allogeneic transplants
against COVID-19 IMAGE: Christopher Gibson, MD view more Credit:
Boston, Mass. – Since the novel coronavirus Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Clonal hematopoiesis
emerged at the end of last year, scientists around (CH) is...
the world — including...

CAR T-cell therapy found highly effective Integrated anemia-SCD test demonstrates
in patients with high-risk non-Hodgkin accurate results in study at 2020 ASH
lymphoma meeting
A CAR T-cell therapy known as axicabtagene Researchers from Case Western Reserve University
ciloleucel (axi-cel) drove cancer cells to presented research today in which Hemex Health’s
undetectable levels in nearly 80% of... Gazelle platform...

Where are England’s coronavirus Puberty blockers: Under-16s ‘unlikely to

hotspots among older people? be able to give informed consent’
Why is my area in a higher tier? She argued the clinic should have challenged her
more over her decision to transition to a male as a
teenager.

Covid: Greater Manchester stops care Covid-19: Care home vaccinations to

home tests over accuracy fears start ‘within two weeks’
Johnson and EU chief seek to break Brexit deadlock Covid: First batch of vaccines arrives in the UK
EU and UK negotiators call in leaders in last ditch
effort to secure a...

Differences in immunity and blood Birth defects linked to greater risk of

vessels likely protect children from cancer in later life
severe COVID-19 The researchers found a continued increased risk of
A huge body of global COVID-19 literature was cancer in people who had been born with both non-
reviewed by experts at the Murdoch Children’s chromosomal and chromosomal...
Research Institute (MCRI),...

Gut microbiome snapshot could reveal Genetically engineered T cells could lead
chemical exposures in children to therapies for autoimmune diseases
The results show that certain SVOCs are correlated The immune system fights bacteria, viruses and
with the abundance of bacterial and fungal species other pathogens by utilizing several types of T cells,
living in the human... all of which have receptors...

Can we make bones heal faster? Outbreak investigation reveals ‘super-

The University of Illinois Chicago researchers who spreader’ potential of Andes virus
published the paper described their experiments — In the paper, an international scientific team reports
which captured... the genetic, clinical, and epidemiologic features of
the outbreak...

People with rare autoimmune diseases at Drinking linked to a decline in brain

increased risk of dying during COVID-19 health from cradle to grave
pandemic Writing in The BMJ today, researchers in Australia
The findings of the study, published in the British and the UK say evidence suggests three periods of
Society for Rheumatology’s journal, Rheumatology, dynamic brain changes...
was the work...

Autologous chondrocyte implantation in RUDN University medics created a

the knee: M-ACI has comparable benefit wound-healing gel with metabolic
to therapy alternative products of trichoderma
Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI) has IMAGE: Researchers from the Department of
been used in adults with deep cartilage defects for Biochemistry of RUDN University developed a
over 30 years and has been... wound-healing gel based on a...

Hidden structure found in essential The heavier, the better — superior

metabolic machinery stability in isotope functionalized
IMAGE: Zachary Wright is a postdoctoral research perovskites
associate in Rice University’s Department of IMAGE: Color plots of the pressure-dependent PL
BioSciences. ... evolutions of CD3ND3PbI3 (left) and CH3NH3PbI3
(right) single crystals. ...

Riding in a car in the pandemic: which Lung tissue from COVID-19 patients and
windows to open? others reveals promising target to treat
IMAGE: At left is a computer simulation, at right a lung fibrosis
graphic illustration of the same situation. Mathai and An analysis of lung tissues from patients with
colleagues... different types of pulmonary fibrosis – including
cases triggered by...

Airflow modeling suggests driving with Virtual doctor visits are increasing, but
all windows down safest to prevent use differs by patient race, age and
COVID-19 transmission insurance
A new series of computational fluid dynamics When the COVID-19 lockdowns began in mid-March
simulations suggests that, for two people who must 2020, hospitals and clinics faced a new challenge:
travel together in the same... How could they continue...

Can medical cannabis protect against Pfizer CEO ‘not certain’ its Covid vaccine
Covid-19? Claims investigated prevents transmission
A confession: I’ve sampled cannabis — just the Pfizer‘s coronavirus jab may not prevent vaccinated
once, as a teenager. I didn’t enjoy it (I remember people from spreading coronavirus, the firm’s
coughing a lot) and... chairman admitted...

Moderna can make 500m covid vaccine Gestational age linked to ADHD in
doses in 2021 children with Down syndrome
Moderna is ‘very comfortable’ making 500 million “Despite growing evidence that gestational age
doses of its coronavirus vaccine next year – but predicts later symptoms of ADHD in the general
the... population, this hasn’t...

Baby’s first breath triggers life-saving Hidden network of enzymes accounts for
changes in the brain loss of brain synapses in Alzheimer’s
A team of researchers led by UVA’s Yingtang Shi, The findings present a fresh angle for discovering
MD; Patrice Guyenet, PhD; and Douglas A. Bayliss, drugs that treat Alzheimer’s disease, which affects
PhD, have discovered... roughly 50 million...

Biological diversity evokes happiness Findings about cilia on cells of the vessel
To this end, the researchers used the data from the wall may be relevant for diabetes
“2012 European quality of Life Survey” to study the treatment
connection... When blood glucose levels rise, beta cells in
pancreatic islets release insulin into the blood
stream. Insulin triggers glucose...

Research confirms crucial monitoring Researchers define immune system’s

assessment is effective for patients with requirements for protection against
COVID-19 COVID-19
The Portsmouth Academic Consortium For In a new paper in the journal Nature, Barouch,
Investigating COVID-19 (PACIFIC-19) team has Director of BIDMC’s Center for Virology and Vaccine
shown that the National Early Warning... Research, and colleagues...

Researchers urge priority vaccination for New CRISPR-based test for COVID-19
individuals with diabetes uses a smartphone camera
Because of this amplified impact, they are urging SAN FRANCISCO, CA–December 4, 2020–Imagine
policymakers to prioritize these individuals for swabbing your nostrils, putting the swab in a device,
COVID-19 vaccination.... and getting...

Once hospitalized, Black patients with Safe space: improving the "clean"
COVID-19 have lower risk of death than methanol fuel cells using a protective
white carbon shell
While multiple research studies show that Black and IMAGE: If successfully commercialized, direct
Hispanic patients are more likely to test positive for methanol fuel cells could replace the ubiquitous
COVID-19, a team... lithium-ion batteries...

First in nation treatment for chronic No strings attached: maximizing wireless

subdural hematoma at Los Robles Health charging efficiency with multiple
System transmitters
Los Robles Health System is leading the way in IMAGE: Wireless charging has already found its way
neurovascular clinical trials enrolling the first patient in many consumer electronics and medical
in the nation in... applications, and maximizing...

Research reveals how airflow inside a car Mailman School experts contribute to
may affect COVID-19 transmission risk new Lancet report on health and climate
IMAGE: A new study looks at how airflow patterns change
inside the passenger cabin of a car might affect the December 4, 2020 — Unless we take urgent action
transmission... to tackle climate change, we can expect an ever-
hotter world that threatens...

Researchers adapt cell phone camera for Covid-19: UK ‘confident’ of having

SARS-CoV-2 detection 800,000 vaccine doses by next week
IMAGE: A photo of a device attached to an ordinary Chief executive Chris Hopson tweeted that it was
smartphone that can detect the presence of SARS- “vital” hospitals sought to vaccinate as many people
CoV-2 in a nasal... as possible...

Fauci apologises for saying UK ‘rushed’ Covid: Region stops care home tests
vaccine over accuracy fears
Coronavirus: US hits record Covid cases and Biden to ask Americans to wear masks for 100 days
hospitalisations The president-elect says universal mask-wearing
should bring a “significant...

Virus levels falling across most of Falling flu rates AND Covid vaccine may
England, says ONS make NHS miss winter crisis
The percentage of people testing positive for the Fears that the NHS will be overwhelmed this winter
coronavirus has fallen in all English regions except are receding, with official figures revealing the
the North East, according... country is virtually...

Pain: Grimacing can make an injection Weekly heart disease deaths have surged
more bearable, study claims ahead of above average in England, PHE data
COVID vaccine rollout shows
Grin and bear it: Scientists claim smiling or The number of people dying with heart disease in
grimacing can make an injection feel less painful England has surged back above average since the
ahead of rollout of COVID... first wave of coronavirus,...
Does the North need to be in Tier Three? People could get ‘immunity certificates’
Every local authority in the North of England saw after coronavirus vaccine, SAGE says
their Covid-19 infection rate fall last week, according People are so unlikely to get Covid-19 a second
to official figures... time that they could be given ‘immunity certificates’
after a...

NHS workers are bumped off vaccine Care home residents given ‘illegal’ do not
priority list as Pfizer’s HALVES its resuscitate orders, report finds
deliveries Britain’s DNR shame: Care home residents were
Britain’s biggest vaccination drive in history to finally given ‘do not resuscitate’ orders without proper
spell an end to the Covid pandemic will begin on consent...
Tuesday,...

London ‘at risk of Tier Three’ because of Blackcurrants are favorable for glucose
the slowdown in the fall in coronavirus metabolism
cases Blackcurrants have a beneficial effect on the blood
London is at risk of being plunged into Tier Three glucose response after a meal. They balance the
ahead of Christmas because the capital’s Covid glucose response of ingested...
outbreak has stalled...

The helix of life: New study shows how Peanut treatment lowers risk of severe
‘our’ RNA stably binds to artificial nucleic allergic reactions in preschoolers, study
acids finds
Xeno nucleic acids are essential for the “There’s a common misperception about peanut
development of nucleic acid-based drugs. To be allergies — that it’s not a serious health issue.
effective, they need to be able to... Although...

Research leads to better modeling of New DNA modification ‘signature’

hypersonic flow discovered in zebrafish
Recent research at the University of Illinois Urbana- Dr Ozren Bogdanovic and his team discovered that
Champaign added new knowledge about the unusually high levels of DNA repeats of the
physical phenomena that occur... sequence ‘TGCT’...

Hubble captures unprecedented fading of Project 5-100 universities see a dramatic

Stingray nebula increase in publications in leading
Astronomers have caught a rare look at a rapidly journals
fading shroud of gas around an aging star. Archival IMAGE: Junior Research Fellow, HSE Center for
data from NASA’s... Institutional Studies view more Credit: Nataliya
Matveeva (HSE...

Unlocking the secrets of chemical Protein storytelling to address the

bonding with machine learning pandemic
A new machine learning approach offers important In the last five decades, we’ve learned a lot about
insights into catalysis, a fundamental process that the secret lives of proteins — how they work, what
makes it possible to... they interact...

COVID-19 pandemic responsible for New CCNY-developed resource measures

decrease in hepatitis C testing severity of work-related depression
BOSTON – New research from Boston Medical IMAGE: CCNY psychologist Irvin Schonfeld and his
Center finds that the COVID-19 emergency systemic University of Neuchâtel collaborator Renzo Bianchi
changes made to decrease... have developed...

Secukinumab in children with plaque Satellite tag tracks activity levels of

psoriasis: Study unsuitable for benefit highly migratory species across the vast
assessment ocean
The monoclonal antibody secukinumab is approved IMAGE: Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) equipped
for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque with ATS enabled PSAT during captive validation
psoriasis in children and... trials. view more Credit:...

Coronavirus US: HIGHEST daily death toll Dr Anthony Fauci accuses Britain of
at 2,304, with 354k total rushing to approve the Pfizer coronavirus
The United States has reported its highest ever daily vaccine too quickly
COVID-19 death toll with 117 Americans dying every The nation’s top infectious disease expert says he
hour in the past... believes the UK should have spent more time
thoroughly vetting Pfizer...

Experimental antiviral drug stopped Pfizer will only ship HALF its planned
coronavirus transmission in ferrets within 100m covid vaccine doses by year-end
24 HOURS
Experimental antiviral drug completely stops Pfizer and partner BioNTech will only be able to ship
coronavirus-infected ferrets from spreading the virus half as many doses of its coronavirus vaccine as it
within 24 HOURS of getting... promised by the...

Johns Hopkins apologizes after retracting Shoppers swear by this £7 scalp

article claiming covid has not caused massager for promoting fabulous and
excess deaths flake-free hair
Just how dire the coronavirus death toll is in the U.S. ‘This is a DREAM for anyone with a flaky scalp!’:
has been the subject of much debate – and Johns Over 13,000 shoppers swear by this £7 scalp
Hopkins University’s... massager for promoting...

Dementia deaths in England and Wales Stimulus relief funds increase social
dropped by the largest amount in 20 distancing to stop spread of COVID-19
YEARS in 2019 The results, published in the Journal of Economic
Deaths due to dementia and Alzheimer’s have fallen Behavior Organization, suggest that of the
by the largest amount in 20 years, official figures measures taken to address economic...
have revealed. An...

Drinking blocks a chemical that promotes Scientists invent a new type of

attention microscope that can see through an
The work is funded by generous support from the intact skull
Robert J. Kleberg, Jr. and Helen C. Kleberg Bone tissues in particular have numerous complex
Foundation and by grants from... internal structures, which cause severe multiple light
scattering and complex...

After shipping, pallets pose big risk to What social distancing does to a fish
public, cause many accidents, injuries brain
With approximately 400 million new wooden pallets Varying social conditions can cause long-lasting
produced in the United States every year, and nearly changes in animal behavior. Social isolation, for
2 billion in use at... instance, can have devastating...

No nanoparticle risks to humans found in Leaf microbiomes are a neighborhood

field tests of spray sunscreens affair in northern forests
The findings, reported by a research team led by IMAGE: Sugar maple canopy at Parc National du
Jeremy Gernand, associate professor of industrial Mont-Mégantic. view more Credit: Geneviève
health and safety, are... Lajoie. Forest...

Human Brain Project-supported Peanut treatment lowers risk of severe

innovation published in Science allergic reactions in preschoolers
There are around 40 million blind people in the IMAGE: Exposing children to a small, regular dose
world. Many of them would not benefit from a of peanuts in a real-world setting (outside of a
treatment of the eyes, e.g.... clinical trial)...

Titanium atom that exists in two places at Pediatric ER saw steep drop in asthma
once in crystal to blame for unusual visits during spring COVID-19 lockdown
phenomenon IMAGE: There was a steep drop in pediatric asthma
IMAGE: This high-resolution scanning electron visits to one ER during COVID-19 lockdown. view
microscope (SEM) image of BaTiS3 crystals is more Credit:...
overlaid with illustrations...

Thermal stability analysis technique for Tapping overlooked marketing data to

EV batteries to detect risk of fire or drive business growth
explosion Researchers from University of Houston, Columbia
IMAGE: A graphical image depicting the role of an University, Emory University, and University of
aluminum element that can reduce the risk of battery Connecticut published a...
fires in NCA...

Scientists took a rare chance to prove we Covid: Are countries under pressure to
can quantify biodiversity by ‘testing the approve a vaccine?
water’ The claim that Brexit allowed the UK to approve the
IMAGE: EA team operating at the fishery farm vaccine faster than other European countries has
during fish translocation view more Credit: Dr. been disproved but it...
Watson H.V. Organisms...

Covid-19: ‘Do not resuscitate’ decisions Covid-19 vaccine: First jabs ‘could cut
complaints up 99% of deaths’ – Jonathan Van
Covid vaccine: PM hails Pfizer jab but warns it is On Wednesday the UK became the first country in
‘not game over’ the world to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for
use.
Covid-19: UK surpasses 60,000 deaths Care homes put ‘illegal’ Do Not
More than 60,000 people in the UK have now died Resuscitate orders on patients
within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test, official Britain’s DNR shame: Care homes put ‘illegal’ do not
figures show. resuscitate orders on patients without the consent...

Positive Covid-19 cases fell 28 per cent in Up to a QUARTER of ‘Covid-19

the third week of lockdown admissions’ may have caught the virus in
Covid cases dropped 28% during the third week of hospital
lockdown as 110,620 people in England tested Up to a quarter of Covid-19 ‘admissions’ listed by
positive for the virus, Test... the Department of Health may be patients who
caught the virus...

Why is the Pfizer vaccine so difficult to No10 has ‘gambled with the UK’s future’
transport? by choosing to relax Covid-19 restrictions
The approval of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus over Christmas
vaccine on Wednesday was hailed as the light at the No10 has ‘gambled with the UK’s future’ by
end of the lockdown... choosing to relax Covid-19 restrictions over
Christmas, MPs...

How long until Britain gets its hands on Britain’s Covid death toll tops 60,000 with
another coronavirus vaccine? 414 new victims
Britain could start using Oxford University’s Britain’s official Covid-19 death toll today passed the
coronavirus before Christmas, if it gets approved by grim milestone of 60,000 after health officials
drug regulators... announced...

Why the UK approved Pfizer vaccine Sensor can detect scarred or fatty liver
before the US and Europe tissue
Britain was able to pip the US and Europe to Currently there is no easy way to diagnose either
approve Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine first thanks to fatty liver disease or liver fibrosis. However, MIT
political feet-dragging... engineers have now...

Autism study suggests connection What makes certain groups more

between repetitive behaviors, gut vulnerable to COVID-19?
problems Over 60 million people have been infected and
The study found that increased severity of other around 1.5 million have died from COVID-19. The
autism symptoms was also associated with more virus is disrupting economies...
severe constipation, stomach...

Oral drug blocks SARS-CoV-2 3D protein modeling suggests why

transmission, researchers find COVID-19 infects some animals, but not
The group led by Dr. Richard Plemper, Distinguished others
University Professor at Georgia State, originally Previous research suggests that the current
discovered that the... pandemic began when the virus that causes Covid-
19, SARS-CoV-2, jumped from bats...

Marine mammals’ adaptations to low Patients receiving low dose steroid at

oxygen offer new perspective on COVID- increased risk of cardiovascular disease,
19 study suggests
Williams, a professor of ecology and evolutionary To quantify glucocorticoid dose-dependent
biology at UC Santa Cruz, has spent decades cardiovascular risk, researchers analyzed medical
studying the physiology of... records of 87,794 patients diagnosed...

Restoring a rudimentary form of vision in Researchers create ingredients to

the blind produce food by 3D printing
The idea of stimulating the brain via an implant to IMAGE: Food engineers in Brazil and France
generate artificial visual percepts is not new and developed gels based on modified starch for use as
dates back to the... “ink ” to...

For nationalistic regimes, similar COVID- JNIS?: cuts in Medicare payments

19 policies are the sincerest form of jeopardize patient access to care
flattery FAIRFAX, Va.– The final 2021 Medicare Physician
IMAGE: Evan Mistur view more Credit: UT Arlington Fee Schedule (MPFS) issued this week by the
Analysis from a University of Texas at Arlington Centers for Medicare Medicaid...
assistant...

Tech makes it possible to digitally Chemists get peek at novel fluorescence

communicate through human touch IMAGE: Chemists at Rice University have
IMAGE: A researcher transfers information from a discovered a second level of fluorescence in single-
chip in a watch by touching a sensor connected to a walled carbon nanotubes....
laptop. ...

Low-dose CT for lung cancer screening: New review confirms disproportionate

benefit outweighs potential harm impact of COVID-19 on Black, Hispanic
For heavy (ex-)smokers, lung cancer screening populations
using low-dose computed tomography (low-dose CT, Black and Hispanic populations are
LDCT) offers more benefit... disproportionately affected by COVID-19, according
to a systematic review published this...

Advancing gene editing with new New tracking system may predict where
CRISPR/Cas9 variant the next coronavirus hotspots will be
Using a new variant to repair DNA will improve both A new global surveillance system may be able to
safety and effectiveness of the much-touted predict where the next coronavirus hotspots will be.
CRISPR-Cas9 tool in genetic... Developed by researchers...

Teachers, police officers and bus drivers Britain’s Covid deaths continue to fall
could be prioritised for Covid vaccine with another 648 fatalities
after over-50s Britain today recorded another week-on-week drop
Teachers, bus drivers and police officers could be in daily Covid-19 deaths after officials announced
prioritised for a coronavirus vaccine once the 648 more victims, in...
highest risk groups have...

Virus-like probes could help make rapid Repurposed mouse model sheds light on
COVID-19 testing more accurate, reliable loss of smell in COVID-19
The positive controls, made from virus-like particles, The study also showed that convalescent plasma
are stable and easy to manufacture. Researchers from a patient who had recovered from COVID-19
say the controls have... protected the mice against...

National Autism Indicators Report: Health Cancer-killing virus: Activates immune

and health care of individuals with autism system against colon cancer
In the recently published sixth report in the National The preclinical research is a first step to showing
Autism Indicators Report series, researchers from that City of Hope’s oncolytic virus CF33 can target
Drexel University’s... hard-to-treat...

Air pollution spikes linked to lower test Is it better to give than receive?
scores for Salt Lake County third graders In lab studies, children tested at ages 4 and 6
In a new study, University of Utah researchers found showed more willingness to give up the tokens they
that more frequent peak air pollution exposure was had earned to fictional...
associated with reduced...

For people with certain BRCA mutations, Targets for avoidable sight loss ‘not
activating the immune system could be being met’
promising treatment A second report, also published by the same group
One major factor is something called tumor mutation in The Lancet Global Health, warns that global
burden (TMB) — the number of DNA changes a blindness and severe vision...
tumor has. Studies from...

Better diabetes treatment: New insulin Researchers developed a sequence

molecule can self-regulate blood sugar analysis pipeline for virus discovery
Everyday life for the more than 46 million people IMAGE: Lazypipe flowchart. Binaries and scripts are
around the world who suffer from type 1 diabetes displayed in white, input and output files in green.
could become much easier... view...

What makes psoriasis sore: Novel role of COVID-19 advice may have reduced
immune system in the disease exposure to heart attack triggers
IMAGE: Microscopic observations of the back skins IMAGE: The graph shows the relative difference in
of two mice–one with the IL-36 deficiency and incidence in people hospitalised with acute coronary
another wild... syndrome and...

Researchers uncover significant reason Flightless bird species at risk of

older adults are at greater risk of heart extinction
attack IMAGE: Xenicus longipes longipes. Illustration: John
IMAGE: Graphical abstract demonstrates decline of Gerrard Keulemans view more Credit: John Gerrard
Sesn2 presence in older hearts. view more Credit: Keulemans Bird...
University...

A new view of how the brain decides to K9 chemistry: A safer way to train
make an effort detection dogs
Neuroscientists have provided clear visual evidence Trained dogs are incredible chemical sensors, far
that a region of the human brain known as the better at detecting explosives, narcotics and other
ventral striatum kicks... substances than even...

Covid-19: How will the new Pfizer vaccine Covid: Should pregnant women be
work? vaccinated? And other questions
Covid-19: How will the new vaccine work? Video, When England’s lockdown ends on 2 December,
00:01:30Covid-19: How will the new vaccine work? only the Isle of Wight, Cornwall and the Isles of
Scilly will move into tier...

Covid-19: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine judged Covid-19: Do not resuscitate orders may

safe for use in UK have been used without consent
He told a Downing Street news conference that, Covid vaccine: PM hails Pfizer jab but warns it is
while the “searchlights of science” had created a ‘not game over’
working vaccine,...

US hits the HIGHEST daily COVID death Link found between drought and HIV
toll as CDC tells Americans to cancel among women in less-developed
Christmas travel countries
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The paper, “Drying Climates and Gender Suffering:
(CDC) is warning Americans not to travel for Links Between Drought, Food Insecurity, and
Christmas as deaths hit pandemic... Women’s HIV in...

Meningococcus B vaccine prevents Drug development target for retinal

disease with 79 per cent effectiveness in dystrophies
under-18s More than 100 DNA variants in the RPE65 gene are
In 2015, the UK was the first country in the world to reported as pathogenic mutations causing retinal
offer the 4CMenB vaccine free after degenerative diseases....
recommendations from the Joint...

Ongoing anticoagulant treatment does Environmental exposures affect

not seem to protect against severe therapeutic drugs
COVID-19 Fragmented knowledge Think of the well-known
Early during the ongoing pandemic, there were instruction not to drink alcohol in combination with
reports that many patients with severe COVID-19 antibiotics or pain relievers....
had blood clots in their pulmonary...

Reconstruction of eye tissue gives new Cell membranes in super resolution

insight into outer retina “This method was previously limited to proteins. In
With an aging society, conditions such as age- the journal Nature Communications we are now
related macular degeneration (AMD) are becoming presenting a way of...
more frequent, affecting around...

Rethinking race and kidney function Supernova surprise creates elemental

To reflect this growing realization, hospital systems mystery
and professional medical organizations have started EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University
reconsidering the... (MSU) researchers have discovered that one of the
most important reactions...

Voyager spacecraft detect new type of Scientists predict ‘optimal’ stress levels
solar electron burst Scientists have created an evolutionary model to
IMAGE: The Voyager spacecraft continue to make predict how animals should react in stressful
discoveries even as they travel through interstellar situations. Almost all organisms...
space. In a new...

Octapharma presents research on Cluster of Alaskan islands could be

congenital & acquired bleeding disorders single, interconnected giant volcano
at ASH Meeting WASHINGTON–A small group of volcanic islands in
PARAMUS, N.J. (December 3, 2020) – Octapharma Alaska’s Aleutian chain might be part of a single,
USA will present multiple clinical research posters undiscovered...
focused on the efficacy...

Understanding bacteria’s metabolism Medicine-carriers made from human cells

could improve biofuel production can cure lung infections
IMAGE: Artist rendering of E. coli and circuitry. view SPOKANE, Wash. – Scientists used human white
more Credit: PNNL A new study reveals how blood cell membranes to carry two drugs, an
bacteria... antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory,...

Cooling electronics efficiently with Novavax delays US trials for COVID

graphene-enhanced heat pipes vaccine and says late-stage study will
IMAGE: Graphene enhanced heat pipes can begin ‘in coming weeks’
efficiently cool power electronics view more Credit:
Novavax delays US trials for its coronavirus vaccine
Ya Liu/Johan...
AGAIN and says late-stage study will begin ‘in the
coming weeks’...

Coronavirus US: 500,056 new cases and Moderna will being testing its
3,419 deaths since Thursday coronavirus vaccine in children as young
As the holiday weekend draws to a close, doctors as 12
and public health experts warn that coronavirus Moderna Inc will begin testing its COVID-19 vaccine
cases and hospitalizations... in children, who are capable of passing on the virus,
to high-risk group...

Weekly coronavirus cases in US nursing Do NOT travel for Christmas amid

homes hit the highest peak since spring, coronavirus pandemic, CDC warns
new report finds Americans
Weekly coronavirus cases in US nursing homes The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
have hit their highest peak since spring 2020, a new (CDC) are warning Americans not to travel for
report finds. During the... Christmas as hospitalizations...

Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine: EVERYTHING Key molecules in brain development and

you need to know about jab neurodegenerative diseases identified
Britain’s regulators today approved In the case of neurological diseases of the brain,
Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, paving the way for problems arise when certain effects modify the
mass-vaccination to start... synaptic plasticity and...

Big data analysis suggests role of brain Living with autonomous systems ‘we can
connectivity in epilepsy-related atrophy trust’
In neuroscience, it is becoming increasingly clear Ufuk Topcu of the Department of Aerospace
that the brain’s connectome is as important as its Engineering and Engineering Mechanics led a
anatomy when... yearlong effort involving more than...

Parents shouldn’t worry about their Patients with heart rhythm disorder
baby’s inconsistent sleep patterns warned against heavy alcohol
In the study published in Sleep Medicine, consumption
researchers asked mothers to keep a sleep diary “Our study suggests that atrial fibrillation patients
about their six-month-old infant... should avoid heavy alcohol consumption to prevent
stroke and...

AI abdominal fat measure predicts heart Research reveals how a fungal infection
attack and stroke activates inflammation
“Established cardiovascular risk models rely on “Inflammasomes are important sentinels of an
factors like weight and BMI that are crude organism’s innate immune defense system,” said
surrogates of body composition,”... corresponding...

Scientists reverse age-related vision loss, Understanding quality of life for

eye damage from glaucoma in mice caregivers of persons with traumatic
The team’s work, described Dec. 2 in Nature, brain injury
represents the first demonstration that it may be ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Quality of life is important for
possible to safely reprogram... persons with traumatic brain injury, and new studies
find it’s...

New activity found for CHD7, a protein To increase organs available for
factor vital in embryonic development transplant, reassess organ procurement
IMAGE: Shun Yan, Ph.D. view more Credit: UAB organizations’ metrics
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Research by Kai Jiao, M.D., ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Organ procurement
Ph.D.,... organizations are a critical component in organ
transplantation in the United...

Why does it matter if most Republican Incredible vision in ancient marine

voters still think Biden lost? creatures drove an evolutionary arms
IMAGE: Trump supporters and opponents differ race
most in their expressed levels of confidence in how IMAGE: An artist’s reconstruction of ‘Anomalocaris’
votes were counted.... briggsi swimming within the twilight zone. ...

RUDN University physicists described a Once in a lifetime floods to become

new type of amorphous solid bodies regular occurrences by end of century
IMAGE: Many substances with different chemical IMAGE: Sea level rise scenarios have a 50% and
and physical properties, from diamonds to graphite, 5% chance of exceedance in the mid-twenty-first
are made up of carbon... century (panels a and...
After CDC guidance, little change in Who will get the Covid vaccine first?
opioid prescriptions to those at risk of Immunisations with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine,
misuse approved by the British medicines regulator, the
IMAGE: Jeffrey Scherrer, Ph.D. view more Credit: MHRA, could start early...
Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS – Research from...

Nottingham hospitals maternity services Covid-19: Shoppers return to stores

‘inadequate’ under England’s new tier system
It comes after Nottingham University Hospitals NHS A tiered system of Covid-19 rules has now come
Trust was criticised for errors that led to the death of into force in the nation, with businesses including
Wynter Andrews,... hairdressers and beauty...

Covid-19: Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine judged High-dose infusion of vitamin D does

safe for use in UK from next week NOT help hospitalized covid patients
While Mr Hancock said that the government does survive, study suggests
not yet know how many people need to be Scientists have been looking hopefully to vitamin D
vaccinated before restrictions can... as a promising supplement to help lower COVID-19
risks, but a new study...

Experimental drug can reverse age- Physical activity has plummeted during
related cognitive decline within THREE the pandemic by 60% because gyms and
DAYS, new mouse study finds sports clubs have closed
Scientists believe they may have created the first Physical activity levels in England HALVED during
drug that reverses age-related cognitive decline in the Covid pandemic, with gyms and sports clubs
just days. It... shut and millions of us...

Jonathan Van-Tam’s ‘mum test’ won’t be Now you CAN hug your granny: Ministers
enough to convince people to get a Covid REVERSE ban on hugging loved ones in
jab, experts warn care homes at Christmas
Professor Jonathan Van Tam’s ‘mum test’ won’t be Care home residents will finally be able to hug their
enough to convince Britons to take coronavirus families again, ministers announced last night. A
vaccines,... national roll-out...

Volunteers given Pfizer’s Covid vaccine EVERYTHING you need to know about
reveal how side effects felt like a ‘severe Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine
hangover’ Britain’s regulators today approved
Volunteers who were the first in the world to be Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid vaccine, paving the way for
given Pfizer’s Covid vaccine — which Britain today mass-vaccination to start...
approved for...

Coronavirus UK: NHS workers first in Researchers develop customized

queue for Pfizer vaccine targeting of bacteria using lysins
Lorries loaded with the first batches Lysins are enzymes produced by bacteriophages to
of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine are already break open the bacteria cells while treating
on their way to Britain... infections, and have demonstrated...

Drug reverses age-related mental decline Bleach-alternative COVID-19 surface

within days, mouse study shows disinfectants may pollute indoor air,
In the new study, published December 1, 2020 in the study finds
open-access journal eLife, researchers showed The research team found that mopping a floor with a
rapid restoration of youthful... commercially available hydrogen peroxide-based
disinfectant raised the...

Cancer cells ‘remove blindfold’ to spread New lab-on-a-chip infection test could
This sensitivity to their surroundings is the key ability provide cheaper, faster portable
that makes small numbers of cancer cells better at diagnostics
spreading than... Although PCR is usually performed in a laboratory,
which means test results aren’t immediately
available, this new...

Healthy muscles are a carrot on a string Psychology research shows ‘water cooler
for healthy lungs talk’ can have big benefits
Exercise therapy is the only established treatment This corrective behavior had never before been
for the skeletal muscle complications of COPD, identified or described. The researchers at UC
however, depending on the... Santa Cruz who discovered it...

Researchers determine how the SARS- Ozone breaks down THC deposited on
CoV-2 virus hijacks and rapidly causes surfaces from thirdhand cannabis smoke
damage to human lung cells
They found a crucial type of protein modification Second- and thirdhand tobacco smoke have
called “phosphorylation” becomes aberrant in these received lots of attention, but much less is known
infected... about the compounds deposited...

Kidney disease leading risk factor for RUDN University professor suggested
COVID-related hospitalization how to clean up space debris
An analysis of Geisinger’s electronic health records IMAGE: A specialist in spacecraft movement control
has revealed chronic kidney disease to be the analyzed the process of placing vehicle stages,
leading risk factor... boosters, and other...

The tree of cortical cell types describes Roly polies transfer environmental toxins
the diversity of neurons in the brain to threatened fish populations in
The tree of life describes the evolution of life and California
seeks to define the relationships between species. WASHINGTON–Roly poly bugs may be a source of
Likewise, the tree... fun for kids and adults but these little bugs that form
into balls at...

Amphibian die-offs worsened malaria Personality changes predict early career

outbreaks in Central America outcomes
WASHINGTON–The global collapse of frogs and IMAGE: Kevin Hoff, assistant professor of industrial-
other amphibians due to the amphibian chytrid organizational psychology at the University of
fungus exacerbated malaria... Houston, is the...

Study: Telemedicine use disparity during Almost every county in America is a

COVID-19 among head and neck cancer coronavirus hotspot government map
patients reveals
IMAGE: Study co-author and otolaryngologist in A new internal federal government map shows that
Henry Ford Health System’s Department of nearly the entire United States has become one
Otolaryngology –... giant coronavirus hotspot. The...

Head of Operation Warp Speed says first Nearly 40% of healthcare workers say
Americans could get vaccines within 24 they are ‘not likely’ to get a coronavirus
HOURS of FDA approval vaccine
The chief of the Trump administration’s Operation Nearly 40% of healthcare workers say it’s ‘not likely’
Warp Speed said the first Americans to get they will get a coronavirus vaccine because they...
coronavirus vaccines could...

Coronavirus was spreading in the US by Vaping raises lung disease risks by more
December 17, study finds than 40%, study finds
Coronavirus was likely spreading in much of the Vaping may drive up the risk of developing lung
U.S. last December – weeks before China told the disease by more than 40 percent, new research
officially recognized... suggests. A new study from...

Neuroscience: Patience ‘determined by Health: Women are 20 per cent more

brain’s SEROTONIN levels’ likely to die within five years of their first
Patience is more than just a virtue: Levels of heart attack
SEROTONIN in the brain dictate whether you are Women are 20 per cent more likely to die within five
able to calmly anticipate a... years of their first heart attack than men, study
warns Canadian researchers...

Coronavirus England: ‘Tenuous evidence’ Why long-suffering hosts grow a thick

behind lockdown, says IEA skin
Number 10‘s decision to keep England’s pubs and All living organisms from single-celled bacteria to
restaurants locked down when the rest of the complex higher animals possess an ‘awareness’ of
country reopens... immunologic...

Scientists discover role of protein in CRISPR tagging improves accuracy of

detecting the common cold virus model cells grown from stem cells
In a study published in the journal Science on 22 Programming stem cells into other cell types is not a
October 2020, they showed that the protein NLRP1, new idea. Several methods already exist, but the
found on the skin and... results have left...

Statins can save lives; are they being How are older adults coping with the
used? mental health effects of COVID-19?
In a recent publication in JAMA Network Open, “Over the spring and summer of 2020, we were
Mayo Clinic researchers identify trends in statin use struck by a number of individual studies from all over
across the U.S. among... the world that...

Glucosamine may reduce overall death Kids’ TV teaching children wrong lessons
rates as effectively as regular exercise, about pain
study suggests A new study — published today [Wednesday 2
December 2020] in the international journal Pain
“Does this mean that if you get off work at five
from researchers at the...
o’clock one day, you should just skip the gym, take a
glucosamine...

New tests identify early changes in How automated vehicles can impede
Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms driver performance, and what to do about
appear it
At a time when the incidence and social costs of As cars keep getting smarter, automation is taking
dementia and Alzheimer’s disease in particular many tricky tasks –?from parallel parking to backing
continue to rise, this... up –?out...

Geoscientists use zircon to trace origin of Army researchers look to reduce

Earth’s continents rotorcraft noise
IMAGE: Jesse Reimink, assistant professor of IMAGE: The U.S. Army looks to silent technology
geosciences at Penn State, is among a team of solutions to quiet rotors. view more Credit: U.S.
researchers to use the mineral... Army ABERDEEN...

Native American ancestry associated with Building resiliency in children as the

more mutations in EGFR gene among COVID-19 pandemic continues through
Latin Americans the holidays
Bottom Line: Among patients with lung cancer from The release previously located at this link was
Latin America, genomic and ancestry analyses posted in error and can now be found here:
revealed that Native American... https://eurekalert.org/emb_releases/2020-12/nch-
bri113020.php.

Octapharma presents results of study on Keeping California a powerhouse of

Octagam® 10% for severe COVID-19 almond production
patients at ASH IMAGE: Almond trees are at full bloom in late
PARAMUS, N.J. (December 2, 2020) – Clinical February. Most almond fields have two or more
research presented by Octapharma USA at the varieties within the field...
62nd American Society of Hematology...

ETRI, DGIST develop new electrode Why is my area in a higher tier?

structure for all-solid-state secondary The document describing the government’s rationale
battery for each decision lists four factors on top of the main
IMAGE: ETRI researchers are looking at a new type case rates,...
of electrode structure for all-solid-state secondary
battery. ...

Covid-19: No plans for ‘vaccine passport’ Puberty blockers: Under-16s ‘unlikely’ to

Covid: Nadhim Zahawi appointed as vaccine rollout be able to give informed consent
minister She argued the clinic should have challenged her
more over her decision to transition to a male as a
teenager.

Covid: Adults with learning disabilities Covid UK: 12,330 new cases and 205
‘miss out’ deaths in daily toll
Top US lawyer refutes Trump election fraud claims Britain today recorded just 12,330 Covid-19
The Trump campaign hits back that the attorney infections in the lowest Monday toll since
general’s remark “appears... September, as Boris Johnson faces...

Blood test could predict Alzheimer’s The Harley Street doctors charging for
disease 4 years before symptoms cannabis treatments
A blood test to detect two molecules that act as The smart entrance to the Sapphire Medical Clinic
indicators of a person’s likelihood to get Alzheimer’s looks much like any other private practice on Harley
disease... Street in London. But...

Advent calendar to a healthier you: 24 The budget health gadgets that can save
small tweaks that can give you the gift of you up to £1,400
wellbeing A top-of-the-range toothbrush can now set you back
This year’s countdown to Christmas is unlike any up to £500 — but is it worth spending that much?
other, so give yourself the gift of good health with Just about every medical...
this special advent...

Man becomes the fourth person in his One quarter of Britons found the second
family to have testicular cancer national lockdown harder to follow
Salesman Matt Inman-Shore first heard about More than a quarter of Britons found it harder to
testicular cancer when he was a boy — his father, follow the second lockdown compared to the first, a
grandfather and uncle had... survey has revealed. The...

Why no vaccine can ever be 100% Telomere shortening protects against

effective cancer
The announcement of not one but three coronavirus “Telomeres protect the genetic material,” says Titia
vaccines has been widely welcomed, in particular, de Lange, Leon Hess Professor at Rockefeller.
their effectiveness. Preliminary... “The...

Researchers study influence of cultural Shrinking massive neural networks used

factors on gesture design to model language
Freehand gesture-based interfaces in interactive Jonathan Frankle is researching artificial intelligence
systems are becoming more common, but what if — not noshing pistachios — but the same
your preferred way to gesture... philosophy applies...

Novel mechanisms that cause protein False widow spiders bite can transmit
clumping in brain diseases harmful antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Their findings may help to better understand the This new research, published in the international
pathological process and possibly lead to journal Scientific Reports, confirms a theory which
developing medications to treat... has been debated among...

AI-based ‘OxyGAN’ is a robust, effective Metabolism influences parasite’s

method to measure tissue oxygen levels resistance to drugs
Several techniques exist for the measurement of The study in cultures of human cells infected with
tissue oxygenation, but they all have some Trypanosoma cruzi (T. cruzi), the parasite that
limitations. For instance, pulse... causes Chagas disease,...

Need to increase HPV vaccine uptake in ASM journals build mechanisms to

adolescents promote gender equity
In an article in JMIR Nursing, researchers explain ASM Journal editors and staff seek to improve
how they applied user-centered design principles to gender equity after analysis shows that women are
develop a mobile health... not only underrepresented...

New immunotherapeutic approach takes New method sees fibers in 3D, uses it to
aim at cancer’s enzyme shield estimate conductivity
Immunotherapies have transformed the landscape IMAGE: Each of the three methods used to visualize
of cancer treatment by allowing physicians to alter or the fibers had pros and cons. Ray casting showed
augment patients’... promise to become...

COVID-19 may deepen depression, After 100 years, Cornell University plant
anxiety, and PTSD among pregnant and pathologists revisit fire blight hypothesis
postpartum women IMAGE: Fly feeding on the ooze droplet in the
Boston — Though childbirth is often anticipated with experimental chamber. view more Credit: Matthew
optimism and enthusiasm, approximately 10 to 20 Boucher Historically...
percent of pregnant...

Glucosamine may reduce overall death More evidence that cellular ‘death by iron’
rates as effectively as regular exercise could be promising avenue of cancer
IMAGE: Glucosamine supplements may reduce the treatment
risk of cardiovascular-related death–and death If there is a silver lining in cancer’s chaotic biology,
overall–according... it’s that the same traits that give cancer cells a
growth...

Vitamin D regulates calcium in intestine Time spent on smartphones ‘isn’t bad for
differently than previously thought mental health’, study says
A Rutgers study has discovered that vitamin D Spending time on your smartphone scrolling through
regulates calcium in a section of the intestine that social media and replying to messages isn’t bad for
previously was thought... mental health,...

Coronavirus deaths in England and Wales People living in Tier Three areas could
are slowing, official figures show receive shopping vouchers in return for
The rise in coronavirus deaths in England and getting tested
Wales started slowing in the second half of People could be given shopping vouchers if they get
November, statistics show – and... tested for coronavirus under Number 10‘s mass-
swabbing plans. Local...

Ethnic minorities could be prioritised for The CEO behind Deepmind, the AI
Covid-19 tests in Tier Three areas company finding cures for illnesses
Ethnic minorities could be prioritised for coronavirus As DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence (AI)
tests as part of Number 10’s plans to move hotspot firm owned by Google, claims to have solved one of
areas out... science’s...
Leicester ‘given thousands of unusable Britain records 13,430 Covid cases and
coronavirus tests’ 603 deaths as second wave continues to
Leicester hasn’t yet been able to start mass testing tail off
for Covid because of a logistical blunder that has Britain today recorded another 13,430 coronavirus
meant 10,000 rapid... infections and 603 deaths as the second wave of the
disease continues to...

Covid data transparency row deepens as Research unlocks new information about
Michael Gove warns hospitals are 88% reading through visual dictionary in the
full brain
Michael Gove warned today the NHS is nearly 90 These findings were published today in Nature
per cent full in a bid to prove coronavirus is pushing Human Behavior. “How much the mid-fusiform
hospitals to... responds to a word and how...

Experimental vaccine for deadly ‘Anti-antibiotic’ allows for use of

tickborne virus effective in cynomolgus antibiotics without driving resistance
macaques “Antimicrobial resistance is a serious problem that
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, first described in has led to people dying from common bacterial
1944, is spread primarily by the bite of Hyalomma infections,”...
ticks found in the...

AI predicts which drug combinations kill Warning signs over effectiveness of HIV
cancer cells ‘wonder drug’ in sub-Saharan Africa
Medication can be combined, with different drugs As HIV copies itself and replicates, it can develop
acting on different cancer cells. Combinatorial drug errors, or ‘mutations’, in its genetic code (its RNA).
therapies often improve... While...

Older adults in wealthier countries drink Children with dyslexia show stronger
more alcohol emotional responses
Alcohol consumption among older adults is trending In the study, published online in an early form
higher across numerous countries, and alcohol use November 20, 2020 in Cortex, children with dyslexia
disorders among adults... who watched emotionally...

Post-COVID pain or weakness? Request First report card on biosimilars in

an ultrasound or MRI oncology
“Let’s say you have numbness in your fingers. That SUMMARY Researchers have developed the first
might actually be due to problems in your neck, report card on biosimilars for three blockbuster
elbow or wrist,... cancer drugs marketed by...

AI reduces computational time required Plants on aspirin

to study fate of molecules exposed to When pathogens enter a plant, infected cells set off
light an alarm before they die. They discharge
IMAGE: This is Shirin Faraji, Associate Professor in methylsalicylic acid, which...
Theoretical Chemistry at the Zernike Institute for
Advanced Materials,...

Watching the Arctic thaw in fast-forward Scientists warn of the social and
The Arctic is warming more quickly than almost any environmental risks tied to the energy
other region on Earth as a result of climate change. transition
One of the better... IMAGE: Demonstration against hydropower utility in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (nov 2019). view
more Credit:...

European colonization accelerated IU researchers publish first article

erosion tenfold dedicated to Hoosier youth’s donated
IMAGE: Clearance of native forests for cultivation tumor
accelerates soil erosion and causes rapid IMAGE: Tyler Trent, a Purdue student whose
sedimentation in alluvial... courageous battle against cancer captured the
national last year, is visited...

Molecular ‘barcode’ helps decide which Breastfeeding mums ‘lacked support’

sperm will reach an egg during lockdown
IMAGE: Three-dimensional image showing the head A leading breastfeeding charity in the UK says it is in
(green) and tail (red) of sperm cells travelling “a desperate situation” trying to support mothers
towards the fertilisation... who...

Covid: Poor public health made pandemic Covid vaccine: Rumours thrive amid
worse trickle of pandemic facts
One of biology’s biggest mysteries ‘largely solved’ And it’s trying to answer people’s concerns about
The advance is expected to accelerate research the vaccines – as well as helping people evaluate
into... the...

Covid-19: Lung damage ‘identified’ in Coronavirus can enter BRAIN via the
study nose, German research shows
Coronavirus: Warning thousands could be left with The coronavirus can reach the human brain after
lung damage being inhaled through a person’s nose and getting
stuck in their nasal...

Coronavirus: Bizarre network of masks More than ONE-THIRD of children with

plumbed into a clean air network could be coronavirus have NO symptoms of the
used in schools infection
Is this the future of classrooms? Face masks that More than one-third of children who contract
supply students with a steady supply of sterilised air coronavirus are asymptomatic, a new study
could help prevent... suggests. Researchers found that...

Former schoolboy chess prodigy used AI Covid England: Cases rose in just 18
to open door to finding cures for authorities last week
illnesses WHAT ARE THE 18 AUTHORITIES THAT HAVE
As DeepMind, the British artificial intelligence (AI) SEEN A SPIKE IN CASES? AREA
firm owned by Google, claims to have solved one of South Ribble Mendip Torridge Ashford Dover
science’s... Folkestone...

Only FOUR hospitals are busier than they Google-owned DeepMind cracks 50-year-
were last winter, data shows old ‘protein folding problem’
Number 10 was today accused of running a DeepMind, the British-based artificial intelligence
‘brainwashing PR campaign’ after MailOnline’s (AI) firm owned by Google, has ‘largely solved’ one
analysis of official... of science’s...

Online app calculates risk of catching Mothers’ stress may lead to preterm
Covid-19 in various scenarios births, faster aging in children
Outdoor spaces are safer than indoor ones for The researchers found evidence that maternal
catching coronavirus, and more people pose a stress adversely affects the length of a baby’s
greater risk than smaller groups,... telomeres — the...

Protein commonly screened for in AI model uses retinal scans to predict

pregnancy is linked to gestational Alzheimer’s disease
diabetes The novel computer software looks at retinal
“We currently evaluate women for gestational structure and blood vessels on images of the inside
diabetes at 24 to 28 weeks of pregnancy, so there’s of the eye that have been...
only a short...

First meta-analysis shows promise for How telemedicine may ease ER

yoga, meditation, mindfulness in overcrowding
concussion “This longstanding problem is mainly driven by the
“When I started doing research on concussions, imbalance between increasing patient flow and the
people just started coming to me,” Acabchuk says. shortage of emergency...
“Families...

Chemical compounds in foods can inhibit Combination therapy might improve

a key SARS-CoV-2 enzyme, study finds outcomes in treatment-resistant liver
Proteases are important to the health and viability of cancer
cells and viruses, says De-Yu Xie, professor of plant “The holy grail of immunotherapy in treating solid
and microbial... cancers like HCC is to draw cancer-fighting T-cells
inside the tumor,”...

Genetic treatment plus exercise reverses Automatic deep-learning AI tool

fatigue in mice with muscle wasting measures volume of cerebral ventricles
disease on MRIs in children
“It’s encouraging that exercise makes a noticeable IMAGE: Deep learning model (blue) and ground
difference on its own and in combination with a truth manual (green) segmentation of representative
genetic treatment... control (left) and...

CU Anschutz researcher offers new Weak police, strong democracy: civic

theory on `Venus’ figurines ritual and performative peace in
AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 1, 2020) – One of world’s contemporary Taiwan
earliest examples of art, the enigmatic `Venus’ It is conventional to believe that the police role in
figurines... society centers on violence. A forthcoming article in
the December...
Octapharma USA presents bleeding Flashy lizards are more attractive to
disorders research at virtual ASH annual mates and to predators
meeting IMAGE: A water anole with a colorful dewlap. view
PARAMUS, N.J. (December 1, 2020) – Octapharma more Credit: J. Montemarano. BINGHAMTON, NY
USA will present its most recent rare bleeding — In...
disorders research initiatives...

New device offers faster way to detect Lab results don’t explain ‘obesity
antibiotic-resistant bacteria paradox,’ but bias may
BINGHAMTON, NY — Bacterial infections have IMAGE: Dr. Gurmukh Singh (middle) and pathology
become one of the biggest health problems residents and coauthors Dr. Asad Ullah (left) and Dr.
worldwide, and a recent study... Okechukwu V....

Football-loving states slow to enact youth Computer ‘printed’ implant can heal
concussion laws broken bones
PULLMAN, Wash. – States with college teams in A pioneering implant to treat complex leg fractures
strong conferences, in particular the Southeastern can help challenging cases that until now could lead
Conference (SEC),... to amputation. Russell...

‘Electric’ blood vessels to help treat heart How do I stop my excessive drooling? Dr
disease MARTIN SCURR answers your health
A man-made ‘electronic’ blood vessel that replaces questions
diseased arteries could transform the treatment of For several years I’ve had too much saliva, causing
heart disease. The... drooling. This is embarrassing but my GP says
nothing can be done. Name...

Only THREE authorities in England saw Excess winter deaths in England and
Covid infection rates rise last week, Wales increased by a fifth last year before
official data reveals Covid hit
Only three local authorities in England saw their Winter deaths rose by a fifth to 28,300 more than
coronavirus infection rates rise last week, official average between last December and this February,
data showed- even... according to official...

UK’s coronavirus R rate falls below one Coronavirus England: Map shows Tier 3
for the first time in two-and-a-half Kent’s infection rates are low
months Anger over the whole of Kent being dragged in Tier
UK’s coronavirus R rate falls below one for the first 3 coronavirus restrictions deepened today after a
time in two-and-a-half months, SAGE reveals shocking new map showed...
Number 10’s...

Boris Johnson warns Tory MPs to back Customized programming of human stem
him or risk Covid lockdown 3 cells
Ministers today warned it could be summer before The researchers used human induced pluripotent
the UK gets back to normal as Boris Johnson faces stem cells (iPS), which were reprogrammed from
a growing Tory rebellion... connective tissue cells into...

Molecular mechanism of long-term Wuhan mass screening identifies

memory discovered hundreds of asymptomatic cases
Many life forms, from worms to humans, have The mass testing project took place over two weeks
differentiated memory functions, such as short-term at the end of May — after the city’s stringent
and long-term memory. Interestingly,... lockdown was...

How SARS-CoV-2 reaches the brain How ‘smell training’ could help overcome
It is now recognized that COVID-19 is not a purely post-viral smell distortions
respiratory disease. In addition to affecting the Parosmia is a symptom where people experience
lungs, SARS-CoV-2 can... strange and often unpleasant smell distortions.
Instead of smelling a lemon...

Esports: Fit gamers challenge ‘fat’ COVID-19 shutdowns disproportionately

stereotype affected low-income black households
The findings, published in the International Journal Princeton researchers now report that low-income
of Environmental Research and Public Health, were Black households also experienced greater job loss,
based on 1400 survey... more food and medicine...

Study shows strong links between music Microfluidic system with cell-separating
and math, reading achievement powers may unravel how novel
Nope. His new study,”Multilevel Models of the pathogens attack
Relationship Between Music Achievement and IMAGE: An image of the in-droplet cell separation
Reading and Math Achievement,”... microfluidic chip, showing the microfluidic channels
 and electrodes....

Researchers explore population size, Magnetic vortices come full circle

density in rise of centralized power in IMAGE: Reconstructed vortex rings inside a
antiquity magnetic micropillar. view more Credit: Credit:
Early populations shifted from quasi-egalitarian Claire Donnelly Magnets...
hunter-gatherer societies to communities governed
by a centralized authority...

Study identifies countries and states with An escape route for seafloor methane
greatest age biases Methane, the main component of natural gas, is the
IMAGE: Two studies from Michigan State University cleanest-burning of all the fossil fuels, but when
pinpoint where in the world you’ll find the most age emitted into the atmosphere...
bias,...

Business closures, partial reopenings Stanford engineers combine light and

due to COVID-19 could cost the US $3-$5 sound to see underwater
trillion i IMAGE: An artist’s rendition of the photoacoustic
The COVID-19 pandemic could result in net losses airborne sonar system operating from a drone to
from $3.2 trillion and up to $4.8 trillion in U.S. Real sense and image...
Gross Domestic Product...

Nonlinear beam cleaning in

spatiotemporally mode-locked lasers
IMAGE: Conceptual outline of dispersion-managed
cavity design. view more Credit: Te?in et al., doi
10.1117/1.AP.2.5.056005 In...

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