Over years of studying antibody responses against the flu in the Wilson lab at the University of Chicago, researchers kept coming up with a strange finding: antibodies that seemed to bind not only to the flu virus, but to every virus the lab could throw at them. Since antibodies are usually highly specific to individual pathogens, in order to maximize […] Contrary to what science once suggested, older people with a declining sense of smell do not have comprehensively dampened olfactory ability for odors in general—it simply depends upon the type of odor. Researchers at the University of Copenhagen reached this conclusion after examining a large group of older Danes’ and their intensity perception of common food odors. That grandpa and […] You thought you couldn’t get a great workout in seven minutes. But you thought wrong. And we spent part of June working to prove that. Our Men’s Health “7 to Strong” Challenge, presented by Degree, ran from June 6 through June 13, and the goal was simple: Push men around the country to work out for seven straight days, for […] Malaria still kills millions. Researchers are excited by a new intervention: giving people a drug which kills mosquitoes that bite them. Incredibly, this is a reality, as the drug ivermectin, widely used for the control of parasite infections such as lymphatic filariasis and onchocerciasis, appears to do this. With some mosquitoes now resistant to the insecticides used in treated bed […] Researchers have identified a new treatment candidate that appears to not only halt neurodegenerative symptoms in mouse models of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease, but also reverse the effects of the disorders. The team, based at Tohoku University, published their results on June 8 in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences. The treatment candidate has been declared safe by Japan’s governing […] Five percent of people diagnosed with COVID-19 during NSW’s ‘first wave’ were still experiencing symptoms three months later, according to the largest study of COVID-19 recovery time ever undertaken in Australia. The study, a collaboration between UNSW Sydney and NSW Health and published in The Lancet Regional Health—Western Pacific journal today, also found younger people, men and those without co-morbidities […] It’s best to watch your step in Dique da Vila Gilda, a slum on stilts where the rickety walkways across the fetid water below the tin-roof shacks sometimes break beneath people’s feet. Deise Nascimento dos Santos, a 54-year-old resident of the neighborhood—which holds the title of Brazil’s biggest favela on stilts—learned that lesson the hard way: with 23 stitches, the […] Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, many African leaders implemented prevention measures such as lockdowns, travel bans, border closures, and school closures. While these efforts may have helped slow the spread of the virus on the continent and continue to be important for its containment, they inadvertently disrupted livelihoods and food systems and curtailed access to critical nutrition, health, and education […] Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have analyzed and described in detail the immune cells residing in the human bile duct. The findings may pave the way for new treatment strategies against disorders of the bile duct, which are often linked to immunological processes. The study is published in the journal Science Translational Medicine. Over the last decade, our understanding […]
Vaccines grown in eggs induce antibody response against an egg-associated glycan
Sense of smell in older adults declines when it comes to meat, but not vanilla
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Ivermectin treatment in humans for reducing malaria transmission
Success in reversing dementia in mice sets the stage for human clinical trials
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One in 20 COVID-19 cases report long-term symptoms
In Brazil favela on stilts, COVID one on a long list of woes
COVID-19 disruptions in sub-Saharan Africa will have substantial health consequences
Immune cells in the human biliary system mapped
