For the first time in history, the Boston Marathon has announced that nonbinary athletes will be able to compete without having to register in the women’s or men’s category.  The marathon opened registration for their 2023 race on Monday and runners were able to identify themselves as nonbinary on the application. The Boston Athletic Association said in a statement that […]

Tohid Didar and Jeff Weitz had a solution, but they also had a problem. Didar, an Associate Professor of Engineering at McMaster University and Weitz, a hematologist, professor of medicine and executive director of the Thrombosis & Atherosclerosis Research Institute, had collaborated to create a novel and highly promising material to improve the success of vascular grafts, but they needed […]

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. BioNTech recently published its figures from the second quarter of 2022, as well as information regarding the future development of the company. “We have further strengthened our leading position in the field of COVID-19 vaccines, broadened our diversified pipeline, and have expedited further development,” said Uğur […]

Autism breakthrough as scientists find 70 genes ‘strongly linked’ to condition US researchers looked at DNA of 150,000 people , 20,000 of whom had autism They identified the biological changes in the brain that contribute to autism  They 70 genetic variants could pave way for new tests and treatments Scientists have discovered dozens of genes that are ‘strongly’ linked to […]

Type 2 diabetes can be a 'devastating diagnosis' says expert We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Type 2 diabetes describes a chronic condition caused by impaired […]

Sexual dysfunction is highly prevalent in women with lung cancer with most survey participants reporting little to no interest in sexual activity, according to research led by Narjust Florez (Duma), MD, associate director for the Cancer Care Equity Program at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. The research was presented today at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) World […]

Type 2 diabetes can be a 'devastating diagnosis' says expert We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Sweeteners are widely recommended to diabetics on the basis they […]

I have just finished interviewing the energetic and inspiring Simon Alexander Ong, celebrated and award-winning life coach and I have a smile plastered on my face. ‘Energy is contagious,’ he explains. ‘If you have watched the Star Wars films you will probably refer to energy as The Force or if you practice yoga, you call it prana, or if you […]

A young man took to Reddit to share his hurt and frustration over the fact that his adopted parents won’t pay for his college tuition. Some background: they paid for his three older siblings to attend university, along with law and medical school, but said they can’t offer any financial support to him. “I talked to my parents about college […]

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers described a novel protein subunit vaccine comprising the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of ancestral severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spike (S) protein, dimerized with an immunoglobulin (Ig)G1-fraction, crystallizable (Fc) domain. Study: Broad immunity to SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern mediated by a SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain protein vaccine. Image Credit: […]