It's a question everyone wants answered: Who is more likely to develop long COVID-19, the debilitating symptoms that can linger for weeks, months or even longer, after an infection?A new unpublished … [+6030 chars]
Gene therapies for sickle-cell disease have shown promise in clinical trials.Credit: Dennis Kunkel Microscopy/SPL After years of disappointment, gene-therapy research has undergone a renaissance, wi… [+7736 chars]
Humans DNA could be edited to cure genetic conditions such as progeria that causes sufferers to age so fast they die while still teenagers. Scientists at Harvard University say they have made a 'bas… [+3421 chars]
A new optical illusion can trick most of us into perceiving an expanding black hole, new research reports. The image is completely static, but researchers say it gives people "a growing sense of dar… [+3594 chars]
New Jersey on Tuesday reported 1,872 COVID-19 confirmed positive tests and one confirmed death as the United States has reached over 84 million cases. The states seven-day average for confirmed case… [+5438 chars]
Summary: Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve promotes healing in those with acute inflammation by shifting the balance between inflammatory and anti-inflammatory molecules. Source: Karolinska … [+4889 chars]
The children of Bees Haven kindergarten are about 15 minutes into their weekly taekwondo class when their instructor has some stern words for them. You guys are not panting, says Lizzanne Adhiambo, w… [+11448 chars]
Over-the-counter supplements and treatments can be dangeroussome more than others. "While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is charged with overseeing dietary supplements, there is no safety tes… [+4573 chars]
If you love cheese then you are not alone. According to statistics, on average each American consumes up to 40 pounds of cheese annually. However, this really should come as no surprise. Stuffed into… [+6064 chars]
As COVID-19 cases continue to rise, Paxlovid is being prescribed to try to keep high-risk patients out of the hospital. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning of potential "COV… [+1838 chars]
image: Prof. Pierre-Alain Clavien and Prof. Philipp Dutkowski during the transplantation of the liver treated in the machine.view more Credit: USZ The Liver4Life research team owes its perfusion m… [+4189 chars]
With each passing day, the news connected to the COVID shots grows worse. That the injections don’t prevent COVID -- or even its spread -- has been known for months, and post-injection problems enco… [+5938 chars]