Category: 5. Health

A member of the medical staff prepares to administer a vaccine on December 21, 2021 at the Titanic … [+] Exhibition Centre Belfast, Northern Ireland. Getty Images Lawmakers in Northern Ireland are weighing up new rules that campaigners say could allow mandatory vaccination and lockdowns in the… Continue Reading

Researchers at the University of Dundee have revealed in the greatest detail yet the workings of molecules called ‘protein degraders’ which can be deployed to combat what have previously been regarded as ‘undruggable’ diseases, including cancers and neurodegenerative diseases. Protein degrader… Continue Reading

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the leading cause of hospitalization in young children due to respiratory complications such as bronchiolitis and pneumonia. Yet little is understood about why some children develop only mild symptoms while others develop severe disease. To better understand… Continue Reading

Citations P.F. Velasco and H.J. Spiers. Wayfinding across ocean and tundra: what traditional cultures teach us about navigation. Trends in Cognitive Science. Vol. 28, January 2024, p. 56. doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2023.09.004. P.F. Velasco and A. Gleizer. Mental maps, practical mastery and… Continue Reading

In pioneering drug development, the new technology that enables the easy and rapid editing of key atoms responsible for drug efficacy has been regarded as a fundamental and “dream” technology, revolutionizing the process of discovering potential drug candidates. KAIST researchers have become the… Continue Reading

For the first time, researchers have linked specific frequent defects in sperm to risk of pregnancy complications and negative impacts on the health of the baby. The study from Lund University in Sweden shows that high proportion of father’s spermatozoa possessing DNA strand breaks is associated… Continue Reading

Immunity plays a central role in the fight against cancer. Many of the current immunotherapies aim at helping the patient’s immune system to better recognize cancer cells — by using engineered antibodies — or by simply providing it with new cells, pre-equipped to search and destroy cancer…. Continue Reading

Scientists have identified a protein that blocks the activity of bone-forming cells (osteoblasts) by stopping them from maturing during the journey to sites of bone formation, a new study has found. In a paper published in Communications Biology today (Friday 11 October 2024), a team of… Continue Reading

Novel magnetic nanodiscs could provide a much less invasive way of stimulating parts of the brain, paving the way for stimulation therapies without implants or genetic modification, MIT researchers report. The scientists envision that the tiny discs, which are about 250 nanometers across (about… Continue Reading

An international team of researchers have developed an innovative approach to epidemic modeling that could transform how scientists and policymakers predict the spread of infectious diseases. Led by Dr Nicola Perra, Reader in Applied Mathematics, the study published in Science Advances… Continue Reading