LONDON (Reuters) – After an uncomfortable but relatively brief return to coronavirus restrictions triggered by the Omicron variant, England is going back to “Plan A” – learning to live with a disease that is probably here to stay. The bet is that booster jabs, antiviral pills and Omicron’s lower severity will enable the government to manage outbreaks of a virus […]

A new genomics study led by the University of Liverpool will help guide the development and use of vaccines against a globally leading cause of severe diarrhea in children: shigella. Shigella are the leading bacterial cause of severe childhood diarrhea in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs) and are becoming increasingly antimicrobial resistant. However, there is no licensed vaccine widely available for […]

Statins: How the drug prevents heart attacks and strokes 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 Statins have saved countless lives by reducing the production of cholesterol […]

Researchers at University Hospitals Seidman Cancer Center and Case Western Reserve University have developed a novel approach to chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy for B-cell cancers that triples the targeted antigens on cancer cells – a "back up" approach that promises to greatly reduce the potential for antigen escape currently found in CAR T therapies that solely target CD19. […]

To find treatments for connective tissue disorders like fibrosis, scientists need models that can replicate the structure and function of human tissue when it’s healthy as well as when it isn’t, and react to drugs just like diseased human tissue would. But most models are based on animals and present significant limitations. A new laboratory test model developed by Brown […]

Lockdown measures throughout 2020 have been linked to people in Scotland and England drinking more at home, according to new research. The latest study, from researchers at the University of Sheffield and University of Glasgow, measured the impact of COVID-19 restrictions in 2020 on drinking practices, using data on almost 300,000 adult drinkers. The study, published in the journal Addiction, […]

With the surge in omicron cases, doctors are finding presentations of croup in children seeking hospital care for COVID in Australia and internationally. In some cases, children presenting to hospital with croup are infected only with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. In other cases, they’re co-infected with SARS-CoV-2 and another virus that typically causes croup. What is croup and […]

Scientists recently assessed the immunogenicity of a third booster dose of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants. The findings indicate that a booster immunization with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines induces robust antibody responses against the omicron variant in individuals primed with two doses of either mRNA or inactivated virus vaccines. The study is […]

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A new risk score can identify men and women under age 50 most likely to develop a cancer of the colon or rectum, an international study shows. The score, a number between 0 and 1, is made from a calculation of people's risk of developing cancers in either digestive tract organ based on 141 genetic variants (changes in the DNA […]