The Nobel season opens on Monday with the pioneers of mRNA Covid-19 vaccines and immune system research tipped for the medicine prize, which kicks off a week of awards against the backdrop of the pandemic. Breakthroughs in breast cancer, new approaches to rheumatology treatments, as well as research into epigenetics, cell adhesion and antibiotic resistance […]
Strength coach and Athlean-X founder Jeff Cavaliere C.S.C.S. consistently incorporates calisthenics principles into his workouts as well as weight training. In a new video, he breaks down exactly how bodyweight exercises can be used to create resistance and stimulate muscle growth, ranking the 10 best moves for equipment-free gains. First up is the human pullover, […]
PARIS (Reuters) -Sanofi is dropping plans for its own mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine because of the dominance achieved by BioNTech-Pfizer and Moderna in using the technology to fight the pandemic, the company said on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: A Sanofi logo is seen during the company’s annual results news conference in Paris, France, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier//File […]
Not content with having one hugely successful and long-running action movie franchise in the Fast & Furious series, Vin Diesel is keen to bring back one of his other famous characters: Riddick, the lethal antihero who he first portrayed in 2000’s Pitch Black, a full year before the first Fast movie. He’s already reprised that […]
Scientists at Stanford University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have created a 3D-printed vaccine patch that provides greater protection than a typical vaccine shot. The trick is applying the vaccine patch directly to the skin, which is full of immune cells that vaccines target. The resulting immune response from the vaccine […]
Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa sustained a painful-looking chest injury after a sack against the Buffalo Bills yesterday. In a new video on his YouTube channel, sports medicine specialist Dr. Brian Sutterer shares his professional opinion on the footage from the game and a prognosis based on the information available. “There was really not much, […]
Taurus is a zodiac sign that’s often unfairly maligned as being lazy, but this is just a load of bull … stuff. The Bull may, in fact, be one of the zodiac’s hardest workers. Taurus’ pragmatic nature will stand them in good stead when it comes time to find a job, though, since in most […]
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. But in recent years, a revolutionary therapy has brought new hope in the fight against the disease that takes the lives of nearly 600,000 Americans each year. Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy is a highly customized treatment in which cancer-fighting T-cells are […]
For patients with chronic liver disease, the onset of acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) instantly alters the transplant question from “if” to “when.” Between 60 and 70% of patients with ACLF die within 3 months due to poor liver function and multiple organ failure. A timely liver transplant is the only way to save their lives. […]
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health, Johns Hopkins University, and others have published results of studies that map out the activity of genes, molecules, cells, and their interactions in specific types of multiple sclerosis (MS) brain lesions thought to contribute to progressive disability. The findings point to a possible informative new way to efficiently […]
