More researchers are studying everyday materials for homemade masks. Here are the latest findings.
How Many Infections? Rewards for Testing May Provide an Answer
Economists say incentives could overcome hurdles in gauging the overall coronavirus infection and mortality rates from a limited population sample.
Small rises in blood glucose trigger big changes in insulin-producing cells
This study provides a wealth of new data showing how beta cells behave at slightly raised levels of blood glucose…
Got seasonal allergies? Beetles could help
Allergies caused by the common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, impact millions, and in Europe alone, around 13.5 million people suffer with…
Researchers uncover mechanisms of protective antibody response during Marburg infection
A detailed study of the monoclonal antibodies from a person who survived a Marburg infection led researchers to identify novel…
Establish contingency plans to meet COVID-19 surge in urban areas
In a new article, experts from Philadelphia’s Temple University Hospital share their contingency plans for meeting an increased demand for…
Dementia Patients Aren’t in Their ‘Perfect Mind.’ Then Again, Who Is?
In “On Vanishing,” Lynn Casteel Harper argues that society needs a better approach to understand and care for people who…
Glaucoma could be successfully treated with gene therapy
A new study has shown a common eye condition, glaucoma, could be successfully treated with a single injection using gene…
Scientists shed new light on viral protein shell assembly
New insight on the conditions that control self-assembly in the protective shell of viruses has just been published.
Expansion of world’s cities creating ‘new ecological niches’ for infectious diseases
New research highlights how urban expansion is creating the conditions for infectious diseases to emerge and spread around the world…