Spain said on Saturday it would let in foreign tourists and restart top league football in the coming weeks, accelerating Europe’s exit from strict virus lockdown, as South America was labelled “a new epicentre” by the World Health Organization. Brazil led the surge across South America, its death toll passing 21,000 on Friday from 330,000 infections, the third biggest caseload […]
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Parkinson’s disease doesn’t cut your life short, but it can lead to increased disability and poor health. What’s an early sign of the condition you can spot in the toilet? Charity Parkinson’s Foundation explains that the disease predominantly affects the dopamine-producing neurons in a specific area of the brain called substantia nigra. There are typical patterns of progression in Parkinson’s […]
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Again a record year for ticks is expected Mild Winter and hot summer for ticks, this is the ideal propagation conditions. Experts explain what to look for when you stay in the Green to minimize the tick-stick-related disease risk. They suck blood and can transmit diseases: In this year particularly many ticks are on the move. How to respond when […]
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A potential coronavirus vaccine developed in China appeared safe and able to generate an immune response after an early trial in more than 100 people, according to a new study. The vaccine, called Ad5-nCoV, is being developed by the Chinese company CanSino Biologics, and was one of the first coronavirus vaccines to enter early human trials back in March. Now, […]
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Babies with Hirschsprung’s disease are born with an incomplete or absent gut nervous system. Children’s Hospital Los Angeles investigator Tracy Grikscheit, MD, runs a laboratory that investigates the therapeutic potential of tissue engineering—the induced growth of healthy tissue using stem cells. In a new study, Dr. Grikscheit successfully grew a fully functional gut nervous system—or ENS—in a pre-clinical model. While […]
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Earlier this year, in New Haven, Connecticut, the location of Yale New Haven Health’s main hospital, the health system was challenged by how many COVID-19 patients would need to be admitted and ventilated. THE PROBLEM The health system wanted to ensure its respiratory therapists and other clinicians could continue to deliver high-quality care amid a surge of patients. The concern, […]
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Suffering a quarantine dip in mood? Struggling to find motivation to do anything? You are not alone. Just six weeks of chronic stress can lead to depressive symptoms, even in people without a prior diagnosis. We are past that six-week point in this pandemic and you may be experiencing a depressed mood unlike anything you’ve experienced before. Our research in […]
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The protein cGAS plays an essential role in cellular innate immunity by detecting the DNA of invading pathogens such as bacteria and viruses, or our own damaged and mislocalized DNA. Activation of the cGAS-STING signaling pathway produces a pro-inflammatory immune response, and prolonged activation of cGAS can result in lupus-like autoimmune disorders. Manuel Ascano, Ph.D., and colleagues previously identified the […]
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In this special episode of Life’s Little Mysteries, we focus on a serious topic that everybody is talking about: SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Every day at Live Science, our reporters and editors track the latest coronavirus developments around the world: from global case numbers and quarantines, to vaccine development, to best practices for safety, prevention and treatment. […]
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The Coronavirus pandemic, keeps the world in breath: More than 5 million people were infected worldwide with the new Covid-19 – 177.183 of them so far in Germany. All messages to the Corona-crisis in Germany, Europe and the world, you will find in the News Ticker of FOCUS Online. Death numbers in the 17. Calendar week 3 % above the […]
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