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Study links abnormally high blood sugar with higher risk of death in COVID-19 patients not previously diagnosed with diabetes 2020-07-11
New research from Wuhan, China shows that, in patients with COVID-19 but without a previous diagnosis of diabetes, abnormally high blood sugar is associated with more than double the risk of death and also an increased risk of severe complications.
Couldn't socially distance? Blame your working memory 2020-07-11
A new study highlights the critical role that working memory capacity plays in social distancing compliance during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Physicians give first comprehensive review of COVID-19's effects outside the lung 2020-07-11
Based on their experience treating COVID-19, physicians have assembled critical information about the coronavirus's effects on organs outside the lungs.
Extraordinary regeneration of neurons in zebrafish 2020-07-10
Biologists have discovered a uniquely rapid form of regeneration in injured neurons and their function in the central nervous system of zebrafish. They studies the Mauthner cells, which are solely responsible for the escape behavior of the fish, and previously regarded as incapable of regeneration. However, their ability to regenerate crucially depends on the location […]
Study pinpoints brain cells that trigger sugar cravings and consumption 2020-07-10
New research has identified for the first time the specific brain cells that control how much sugar you eat and how much you crave sweet tasting food. The study specifically identifies the brain cells that respond to the hormone FGF21 to regulate sugar intake and sweet taste preference.
Fast-spreading mutation helps common flu subtype escape immune response 2020-07-10
Strains of a common subtype of influenza virus, H3N2, have almost universally acquired a mutation that effectively blocks antibodies from binding to a key viral protein.
Global COVID-19 registry finds strokes associated with COVID-19 are more severe, have worse outcomes and higher mortality 2020-07-10
Patients with COVID-19 who have an acute ischemic stroke (AIS) experience more severe strokes, have worse functional outcomes and are more likely to die of stroke than AIS patients who do not have COVID-19. The wide range of complications associated with COVID-19 likely explain the worse outcomes.
COVID-19 can be transmitted in the womb, reports pediatric infectious disease journal 2020-07-10
A baby girl in Texas -- born prematurely to a mother with COVID-19 -- is the strongest evidence to date that intrauterine (in the womb) transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) can occur, according to a new report.
Changes in the immune system can promote healthy aging 2020-07-10
As we age, the immune system gradually becomes impaired. One aspect of this impairment is chronic inflammation in the elderly, which means that the immune system is constantly active and sends out inflammatory substances. Such chronic inflammation is associated with multiple age-related diseases including arthritis and Alzheimer's disease, and impaired immune responses to infection. One […]
Why lopinavir and hydroxychloroquine do not work on COVID-19 2020-07-10
Lopinavir is a drug against HIV, hydroxychloroquine is used to treat malaria and rheumatism. Until recently, both drugs were regarded as potential agents in the fight against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Researchers have now discovered that the concentration of the two drugs in the lungs of Covid-19 patients is not sufficient to fight the virus.
An early morning whey protein snack increases morning blood sugar level in healthy people 2020-07-10
Consuming protein at night increases blood sugar level in the morning for healthy people, according to new research.
Researchers solve a 50-year-old enzyme mystery 2020-07-10
Advanced herbicides and treatments for infection may result from the unraveling of a 50-year-old mystery.
Children rarely transmit COVID-19, doctors write in new commentary 2020-07-10
A commentary published in the journal Pediatrics concludes that children infrequently transmit COVID-19 to each other or to adults and that many schools, provided they follow appropriate social distancing guidelines and take into account rates of transmission in their community, can and should reopen in the fall.
Farmers' climate change conundrum: Low yields or revenue instability 2020-07-10
Climate change will leave some farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell University and Washington State University: Either risk more revenue volatility, or live with a more predictable decrease in crop yields.
Scientists may have found one path to a longer life 2020-07-10
Mifepristone appears to extend lifespan in evolutionarily divergent species Drosophila and C. elegans in ways that suggest it may do so in humans, as well.
Scientists discover protective Alzheimer's gene and develop rapid drug-testing platform 2020-07-10
A gene has been discovered that can naturally suppress the signs of Alzheimer's Disease in human brain cells. The scientists have also developed a new rapid drug-screening system for treatments that could potentially delay or prevent the disease.
Neonatal exposure to antigens of commensal bacteria promotes broader immune repertoire 2020-07-09
Researchers have added fresh evidence that early exposure to vaccine-, bacterial- or microbiota-derived antigens has a dramatic effect on the diversity of antibodies an adult mammal will have to fight future infections by pathogens. This antibody diversity is called the clonal repertoire -- basically different single cells with distinct antibody potential that can multiply into […]
Community initiative increases teenage use of effective contraception 2020-07-09
Study finds that teenagers utilize Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) at a rate five times higher than the United States as a whole.
A complex gene program initiates brain changes in response to cocaine 2020-07-09
Researchers used single-nucleus RNA sequencing to compare transcriptional responses to acute cocaine in 16 unique cell populations from the brain nucleus accumbens. The atlas is part of a major study that used multiple cutting-edge technologies to describe a dopamine-induced gene expression signature that regulates the brain's response to cocaine. The study shows neurobiological processes that […]
Key role of immune cells in brain development 2020-07-09
Researchers have identified how specific brain cells interacting during development could be related to neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, including some that occur later in life.

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