Gum disease: Dentist explains how you can prevent it We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A new risk factor has been […]
The severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) infection primarily affects the respiratory system, ultimately causing coronavirus disease (COVID-19). COVID-19 also triggers host immune responses by activating pro-inflammatory cytokines, which may have systemic effects by causing a ‘cytokine storm’ due to a dysregulated immune response, platelet activation, hypercoagulability, endothelial cell dysfunction, and thromboembolism. Study: Differential […]
Face masks have been considered as one of the most effective non-pharmacological strategies in prevention against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections. The increase in vaccine coverage led several governments to ease the mask mandate. However, the resurgence of cases along with deaths in the US and Europe led to a re-issue of […]
The developer of Russia’s Sputnik V said Friday that its vaccine provides the best protection against the omicron variant of the coronavirus, disputing a Western study that found Sputnik produced “no neutralizing activity” against the new variant. The Gamaleya Institute and the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which bankrolled Sputnik V and its one-shot version called […]
As we live in a dynamically changing environment, it is important for our brain to not only learn new things but also to modify existing memories. This is commonly referred to as “cognitive flexibility.” Without this ability, we would not be able to adapt to the altered environment and be vulnerable to making wrong choices […]
In habituation, an organism gets so used to a ubiquitous sight, smell, sensation or sound that it virtually disappears. Runa Hamid of the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, India, and colleagues have identified a transporter protein in the brain that plays a vital role in habituation, which they report in a new […]
AMSBIO has expanded its range of custom gene editing services to complement its extensive portfolio of off-the-shelf CRISPR/Cas9 products. Image Credit: AMS Biotechnology A powerful technology, widely used in genome science, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) / Cas9 is a simple and efficient editing tool which allows for specific genome disruption and replacement […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said that it would permanently ease restrictions on a pill used to terminate early pregnancies, making it easier to obtain the medicine through the mail. The decision comes as the right to obtain an abortion, established in the 1973 Supreme Court ruling Roe […]
Exercise recovery peaked during the summer, when quitting was at its most popular. Here’s why. If your DOMS is going on for days, you feel shattered after a mild training session or you feel unable to push yourself in your workouts, the problem might not be your fitness. The issue could be your job. Yep, […]
The World Health Organization has given emergency approval to a coronavirus vaccine made by U.S.-based Novavax and the Serum Institute of India, paving the way for its inclusion in the U.N.-backed program to get such vaccines to poorer countries around the world. The vaccine, known as CovavaxTM, is the ninth to be granted an emergency […]
