Monthly Archives: Giugno 2020
A study confirms that minimally invasive surgery for early-stage cervical cancer is linked to...
A study led by researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center confirms that minimally invasive surgery for early-stage cervical cancer is linked to higher...
Two aspirins a day reduced the rate of bowel cancer by half
A regular dose of aspirin to reduce the risk of inherited bowel cancer lasts at least 10 years after stopping treatment, research has revealed.
The...
Le persone che hanno sangue di tipo O hanno meno probabilità di contrarre COVID-19
I rappresentanti di 23andMe, un servizio di test genetici diretto al consumatore, hanno riferito che le persone che hanno sangue di tipo O hanno...
COVID-19 : Scientists are testing if convalescent plasma might also prevent infection
Survivors of COVID-19 are donating their blood plasma in droves in hopes it helps other patients recover from the coronavirus. And while the jury's...
COVID-19 : interferon lambda (λ) can fight viral infection while limiting inflammatory damage
Interferons and other cytokines produced by the immune system are important defenses against viral infections, but as we have seen in COVID-19, they can...
People who have type O blood are slightly less likely to get COVID-19
Representatives with 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing service, have reported that people who have type 0 blood are slightly less likely to get COVID-19....
Neutrophil distraction can avoid immune system overreaction – the most common cause of death...
A long-ignored white blood cell may be central to the immune system overreaction that is the most common cause of death for COVID-19 patients...
Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC but don’t boost impairment
Smoking high-potency marijuana concentrates boosts blood levels of THC more than twice as much as smoking conventional weed, but it doesn't necessarily get you...
Coccidioides fungi : Immune modulation can treat the severe and often fatal fungal infection
In the June 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a team of UCLA physicians and scientists describes the first case of...
Threonine – Tryptophan : new understanding into the roles two essential amino acids play...
Studies by Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute (BDI), have provided a new understanding into the roles two essential amino acids play in metabolic health, which...
Serotonin can reduce the ability of some intestinal pathogens to cause deadly infections
Serotonin, a chemical known for its role in producing feelings of well-being and happiness in the brain, can reduce the ability of some intestinal...
Alzheimer : Neurons that are responsible for new experiences interfere with memories
Neurons that are responsible for new experiences interfere with the signals of neurons that contain memories and thereby disturb the recall of memories -...
Population-wide use of facemasks keeps the coronavirus reproduction number under 1.0
Population-wide use of facemasks keeps the coronavirus 'reproduction number' under 1.0, and prevents further waves of the virus when combined with lockdowns, a modelling...
COVID-19 : The first documented cases of U.S. household cats infected have emerged in...
The first documented cases of U.S. household cats infected with COVID-19 have emerged in New York state, a new government report shows.
Two cats -...
Researchers have identified BAM15 a small mitochondrial uncoupler that decreases the body fat...
Obesity affects more than 40 percent of adults in the United States and 13 percent of the global population.
With obesity comes a variety...
