Filters close
Released: 19-Sep-2022 3:05 PM EDT
Gene regulation: DNA modification important for silencing of endogenous retroviruses
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Munich)

LMU molecular biologist Gunnar Schotta has investigated which mechanisms prevent endogenous retroviruses from becoming overly active.

Released: 19-Sep-2022 10:45 AM EDT
Scientists identify potential vaccine target for increasingly concerning bacterial strain
Wiley

Acinetobacter baumannii is a bacterial pathogen responsible for serious hospital-related infections that is becoming increasingly resistant against antibiotics.

14-Sep-2022 2:15 PM EDT
NEJM: Cerebral Embolic Protection During Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement
Cedars-Sinai

A study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) found that among patients with aortic stenosis undergoing transfemoral TAVR, the use of a debris capturing device called cerebral embolic protection reduced the risk of disabling stroke from 1.3% to 0.5%.

Released: 15-Sep-2022 12:05 PM EDT
Artificial Intelligence Shown to More Rapidly and Objectively Determine Calcium Scores Than Physicians
Cedars-Sinai

A study published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC): Cardiovascular Imaging shows that artificial intelligence tools can more rapidly, and objectively, determine calcium scores in computed tomographic (CT) and positron emission tomographic (PET) images than physicians, even when obtained from very-low-radiation CT attenuation scans.

Released: 19-Aug-2022 4:15 PM EDT
Variations in uptake of COVID-19 booster doses among fully vaccinated adults
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

In this survey study of 135,000 adults, less than half (48.5%) of individuals who had been fully vaccinated nationwide had received a booster dose.

Released: 8-Aug-2022 10:05 AM EDT
Triple Therapy Halved the Risk of Death Among Patients Hospitalized With Severe COVID-19
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Adding baricitinib to remdesivir and dexamethasone improved outcomes among patients hospitalized with Covid-19, according to a Rutgers researcher



close
1.72659