In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers investigated the effect of influenza A virus (FLUAV) pre-exposure and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2… [+6354 chars]
IntroductionThe theory behind the use Investigation and resultsReferences Assessing the freshness of fish continues to be a painful and long-winded task for the fishing industry. However, there are … [+5470 chars]
Introduction Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder associated with problems in social and occupational functioning and self-care.1 The most recent estimates suggest that Australians aged between 18 … [+37972 chars]
Gday, Dr Karl here. Most us accept that the Earth is a globe, that orbits the Sun over a period of a year. Now imagine the Sun is shining its light onto the Earth. In your mind, youre probably seein… [+4637 chars]
Marburg virus disease (MVD) has been detected in two men in Ghana, both of whom died after seeking treatment late last month. The Ebola-like disease, which is severe in humans and often fatal, was … [+3062 chars]
Well over half the U.S. population had caught COVID by February 2022. That majority has only gotten bigger in the months since as contagious, immune-system-evading variants continue to circulate. Ye… [+17168 chars]
Although blood-biomarker-based tests help in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, the low abundance of blood protein biomarkers related to Alzheimer’s disease and the complexity of the human s… [+6512 chars]
Viruses have always had the potential to cause persistent, weird and transient symptoms even after the inflection point of being on the mend. Most of us have experienced a cough that lingered for wee… [+997 chars]
Roadblocks to accessing data on vaccine effectiveness from provincial health ministries impede researchers' ability to inform a national pandemic response and maintain public trust, according to an a… [+2092 chars]
MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- It may not be long before highly sensitive scans might spot Parkinson's disease in its early stages, researchers report. A disease of the brain that is char… [+1989 chars]
MacLeod gave birth to her daughter Nell, her second child, in 2010. When she found a lump nine months later, she worried it could be cancer. That worry was compounded by the fact that the 44-year-old… [+4468 chars]
Epigenetic clocks are powerful biomarkers based on DNA methylation that were developed to track aging in population studies, clinical trials, and personal health applications. Intended to measure bio… [+2630 chars]