Antiviral color nanocoating technology
Since the onset of COVID-19, we’ve become accustomed to seeing antiviral films attached to elevator buttons and public transportation handles. However, conventional antiviral films are made by mixing antiviral metal particles with polymers. Due...
Gut Bacterium Protective in Flu, RSV, SARS-CoV-2 Models
This picture illustrates an example of gut microbiota composition dictating how resident lung alveolar macrophages (AM) respond to viral infection. The presence of segmented filamentous bacteria, a commensal microbe present in some mice, reprograms...
Citizen scientists contribute to motor learning research
A new research study examined the results from data generated by citizen scientists using a simple web-based motor test. The big data approach provides researchers with a unique way to explore how people correct for...
Dupixent Redux? Synthekine, Sanofi Partner on Cytokine Therapies
Debanjan Ray, Synthekine CEO
Sanofi’s success co-developing a blockbuster drug based on blocking the signaling of interleukin 4 and interleukin 13 (IL-4 and IL-13) makes it an ideal partner to collaborate on inflammatory treatments based...
Common biomarker test could be misguiding treatment for some Black women with breast cancer
A common test used to decide whether breast cancer patients should get chemotherapy may be making bad recommendations for some Black women, leading them to forgo chemotherapy when it might have helped, according to...
Variant in the synaptonemal complex protein SYCE2 associates with pregnancy loss through effects on...
A sequence variant that increases risk of pregnancy lossScientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen and their collaborators from Iceland, Denmark and USA published a study today in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology...
Obesity Held Back by Single Gene Deletion, Reversing Mitochnodrial Fission in Mice
Obesity has become a worldwide epidemic, dramatically increasing the incidence of disorders including type 2 diabetes, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and other cardiometabolic abnormalities. While lifestyle factors such as diet and exercise play a...
Sclerostin may protect against heart disease in patients with type 2 diabetes
A study carried out by the MP20-Biomarkers of Metabolic and Bone Diseases research group at the Biohealth Research Institute in Granada (ibs.GRANADA), led by UGR Professor Manuel Muñoz Torres, has provided significant insights into...
Huntsman Cancer Institute receives $20 million land donation from Flagship Companies and Woodbury Corporation,...
Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) has received a $20 million land donation from the developers of Utah City, a new walkable mixed-use city center. This significant contribution from Woodbury...
EPB, ORNL announce plans for research collaborative focused on energy resilience, quantum technology
Building on $180 million in joint energy-related research, EPB and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) marked 10 years of collaboration Friday with the announcement of the new Collaborative for Energy Resilience and Quantum Science...
