Unlike ART-treated individuals, elite controllers’ viral reservoirs appear to be incapable of being reactivated. This likely helps the elite controllers…
How ‘swapping bodies’ with a friend changes our sense of self
A new study shows that, when pairs of friends swapped bodies in a perceptual illusion, their beliefs about their own…
A Woman May Have Been Cured of H.I.V. Without Medical Treatment
In dozens of other patients who suppress the virus without drugs, it seems to have been cornered in parts of…
Link between cognitive impairment and worse prognosis in heart failure patients
Despite new treatments such as modern medicines and defibrillators, the mortality rate with heart failure is still high and the…
Novel alkaline hydrogel advances skin wound care
Effective wound care requires the maintenance of optimal conditions for skin and tissue regeneration. Hydrogels provide many of these conditions,…
NBA playoff format is optimizing competitive balance by eliminating travel
In addition to helping protect players from COVID-19, the NBA ‘bubble’ in Orlando may be a competitive equalizer by eliminating…
How are information, disease, and social evolution linked?
In all social animals, gaining valuable information requires physical contact among individuals, an action that risks spreading contagion. New research…
SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected in untreated wastewater from Louisiana
Scientists have detected genetic material from SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater samples collected in April 2020 from two wastewater treatment plants…
Seizures during menstrual cycle linked to drug-resistant epilepsy
More frequent seizures during the menstrual cycle in women with genetic generalized epilepsy have been linked for the first time…
Too many COVID-19 patients get unneeded ‘just in case’ antibiotics
A study in 38 Michigan hospitals shows need for faster in-hospital testing for coronavirus and other infections, which could reduce…