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Genomic variant may help predict which patients will experience chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity

A team of investigators have discovered a genomic variant that may help clinicians predict which patients will experience cardiotoxicity fro...

Study reveals how online misinformation 'ticks' and suggests new strategy to stop it

Parenting communities on Facebook were subject to a powerful misinformation campaign early in the COVID-19 pandemic that pulled them closer ...

New systematic review finds low-quality evidence on the effectiveness of hangover remedies

A new systematic review has found only very low-quality evidence that substances claiming to treat or prevent alcohol-induced hangover work....

Engineer receives $2.1 million grant to test a treatment strategy for children with cerebral palsy

Mechanical engineer and inventor Zach Lerner, assistant professor in Northern Arizona University's Department of Mechanical Engineering,...

Researchers discover how the sponginess of stem cell nuclei controls cell differentiation

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered how the sponginess and stickiness of stem cell nuclei controls how they "...

Secondary schools requested to provide on-site Covid-19 test for pupils on return to school

All secondary schools have been asked to provide one on-site test for pupils ahead of their return to the classroom this term to help reduce...

Around 132 million COVID-19 vaccinations administered in the UK in 2021

Around 132 million COVID-19 vaccinations were administered across all four nations of the UK in 2021, as part of the largest vaccination pro...

WHO lists the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use

The World Health Organization today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the fir...

SARS-CoV-2 omicron variant may be less severe than the delta variant

A new study reveals that omicron infections in South Africa are associated with lower rates of hospital admissions and lower disease severit...

Impact of a pan-sarbecovirus dendritic-cell targeting vaccine on SARS-CoV-2 variants

A new study used in silico approaches for designing a next-generation CD40-targeting vaccine, CD40. Read More

New technique combines bioprinting with cryopreservation to construct frozen structures

A new technique takes bioprinting -; in which an ink of cells is printed, layer by layer, to form a structure -; to a whole new, and icy lev...

New study shows how cells eat the things around them

A new study shows how cell membranes curve to create the "mouths" that allow the cells to consume things that surround them. Read...

Microgravity likely to contribute to life-saving stem cell advances on Earth

The secret to producing large batches of stem cells more efficiently may lie in the near-zero gravity conditions of space. Scientists at Ced...