In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers evaluate the travel restrictions placed by nations worldwide following the emergence of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant. Study: Fifteen Days in December: Capture and Analysis of Omicron-Related Travel Restrictions. Image Credit: Bakhtiar Zein / Shutterstock.com Background After the emergence […]

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers designed artificial intelligence (AI)-based primers for the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron variant. Study: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant AI-based Primers. Image Credit: Naeblys/Shutterstock The Omicron (B.1.1.529) variant has more than 30 mutations in its genome that characterize it as the most divergent strain […]

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Hybrid gelatin-poly-L-lactide scaffolds were produced with an affinity for water that could be controlled. The hydrophilicity was controlled by binding increasing concentrations of hyaluronic acid to the free amine residues of gelatin, as reported in the peer-reviewed journal Tissue Engineering, Part C: Methods. Katja Schenke-Layland, Ph.D., from Eberhard Karls University (and co-Editor-in-Chief of Tissue Engineering, […]

University of Stirling researchers will explore the clinical and cost-effectiveness of an innovative self-management program designed to help improve the lives of women with pelvic organ prolapse. The study – involving Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) and Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) – will enable academics to assess the long-term outcomes of women who followed […]

Children and adolescents who stammer report elevated symptoms of anxiety compared with non-stammering peers, according to a new review of evidence led by UCL researchers. The study, published in the Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research and also involving the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, combined and re-analyzed findings from 11 previous studies […]

Smoking cannabis leads to lung damage, but in a different way from tobacco, new University of Otago research has found. Study co-author Professor Bob Hancox says until recently, it was assumed that cannabis would have similar effects to tobacco, but this does not seem to be the case. “Although the effects of cannabis were detrimental, […]

You might think you have little in common with the royals, but based on Prince William’s latest admission about Prince George, it’s clear that royal parents are just like the rest of us. During a recent visit to the London headquarters of BAFTA (the British Academy of Film and Television Arts), William admitted it’s getting […]

Just before my son’s 9-month checkup, my wife and I debated whether to postpone it. It was a “well baby visit,” but the potential threats to his health felt real. The last time he went to the pediatrician, in November, the air inside the office was stuffy, and the waiting room was crowded with children […]

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — If you are Black or Hispanic in a conservative state that already limits access to abortions, you are far more likely than a white woman to have one. And if the U.S. Supreme Court allows states to further restrict or even ban abortions, minority women will bear the brunt of it, […]