Monthly Archives: Maggio 2020
Altered mental state and strokes are the most common neurological symptoms associated with coronavirus...
A study by University of Cincinnati researchers and four Italian institutions reviewing neuroimaging and neurological symptoms in patients with COVID-19 may shed light on...
Silent symptomless COVID-19 infection may be much higher than thought
The prevalence of 'silent' symptomless COVID-19 infection may be much higher than thought, reveals a study charting the enforced isolation of cruise ship passengers...
Le forti convinzioni radicate possono accecarci alle informazioni che le mettono alla prova
Quando le persone sono molto fiduciose in una decisione , prendono informazioni che confermano la loro decisione, ma non riescono a elaborare le informazioni che la...
Strong beliefs entrenched can blind us to information that challenges them
When people are highly confident in a decision, they take in information that confirms their decision, but fail to process information which contradicts it,...
REPORT: la vera percentuale di falsi negativi nei test diagnostici COVID-19
Uno degli strumenti diagnostici più comunemente usati, in particolare durante questa pandemia, è il test di reazione a catena della polimerasi della trascrittasi inversa...
Report: The true percentage of false negatives in COVID-19 diagnostic tests
One of the most commonly used diagnostic tools, particularly during this pandemic, is the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction test (RT-PCR), which uses a...
Patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm do not benefit from taking a common antibiotic drug...
A new landmark study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) found that patients with a vascular condition, called abdominal...
Lumefantrine is a potential novel approach for glioblastoma management
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an aggressive form of cancer in the brain that is typically fatal. But new findings by VCU Massey Cancer Center...
First demonstration that surveillance by immune cells of the lens in response to injury...
The lens of the eye is an unusual organ. Unlike most of the body's organs, blood vessels don't reach the lens. If they did,...
Even people with minor illness from the coronavirus can develop antibodies that could leave...
Even people with minor illness from the coronavirus can develop antibodies that could leave them immunised for several weeks or more, according to an...
People who have recovered from COVID-19 show that generated antibodies capable of neutralizing the...
The first round of results from an immunological study of 149 people who have recovered from COVID-19 show that although the amount of antibodies...
COVID-19 : Aerosolized feces possible disease vector
Chinese researchers have isolated live COVID-19 virus from the feces of patients who died from the disease, according to a report published yesterday in Emerging...
None of the mutations currently documented in the SARS-CoV-2 virus appear to increase its...
None of the mutations currently documented in the SARS-CoV-2 virus appear to increase its transmissibility, according to a UCL-led study.
The analysis of virus genomes...
Empathetic accuracy is beneficial and also harmful to relationships
Are you good at reading your partner’s emotions?
Your perceptiveness may very well strengthen your relationship. Yet when anger or contempt enter the fray,...
China is targeting a July launch for its ambitious plans for a Mars mission
China has named its first independent interplanetary mission Tianwen-1, with the combined Mars orbiter and rover spacecraft apparently proceeding towards launch in July.
Tianwen-1, meaning...
