Archive: 07/11/2016

Human trials begin for Army-developed Zika purified inactivated virus (ZPIV) vaccine

The Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) began vaccinations today in a Phase 1 human clinical trial to test the safety and immunogenicity of the Zika purified inactivated virus (ZPIV) vaccine.

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Unlocking big genetic datasets: Researchers apply machine learning tools to infer ancestry mix of individuals

The same algorithms that personalize movie recommendations and extract topics from oceans of text could bring doctors closer to diagnosing, treating and preventing disease on the basis of an individual's unique genetic profile.

Nov 7, 2016

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Mouse study reveals promising new directions for diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant multiple sclerosis

For more than 15 years, people suffering from multiple sclerosis have relied on a drug called interferon-beta to prevent flare-ups of the disease and avoid its crippling neurological symptoms.

Nov 7, 2016

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Early study finds antibody that 'neutralizes' Zika virus

Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, have isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model "markedly reduced" infection by the ...

Nov 7, 2016

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Researchers take step toward gene therapy for sickle cell disease

A team of researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has used a gene-editing tool known as CRISPR to repair the gene that causes sickle cell disease in human stem cells, which they say is a key step toward ...

Nov 7, 2016

Do nights, weekends affect survival after pediatric cardiac arrest in hospital?

For hospitalized children, the rate of surviving to discharge was lower for those who had cardiac arrest with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at night compared with during the daytime and evening, according to an article ...

Nov 7, 2016

Small association of surgical anesthesia before age four, later academic performance

A study of children born in Sweden suggests a small association between exposure to anesthesia for surgery before the age 4 with slightly lower school grades at age 16 and slightly lower IQ scores at 18, according to an article ...

Nov 7, 2016

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Researchers uncover key mechanisms of cancer, aging and inflammation

A team of University of Pittsburgh researchers has uncovered new details about the biology of telomeres, "caps" of DNA that protect the tips of chromosomes and play key roles in a number of health conditions, including cancer, ...

Nov 7, 2016

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Drug shows promise for preventing pre-term birth

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have successfully tested a drug that is showing some early promise in efforts to prevent pre-term birth.

Nov 7, 2016

How to deal with election anger? Try a little tenderness

As we move closer to Election Day, many of us are breathing a sigh of relief, but there is another mood percolating. Many of us feel anger, a deep, fire in the belly anger that it has come to this. We may feel like caged ...

Nov 7, 2016

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Archive: 07/11/2016

Human trials begin for Army-developed Zika purified inactivated virus (ZPIV) vaccine

Unlocking big genetic datasets: Researchers apply machine learning tools to infer ancestry mix of individuals

Mouse study reveals promising new directions for diagnosis and treatment of drug-resistant multiple sclerosis

Early study finds antibody that 'neutralizes' Zika virus

Researchers take step toward gene therapy for sickle cell disease

Do nights, weekends affect survival after pediatric cardiac arrest in hospital?

Small association of surgical anesthesia before age four, later academic performance

Researchers uncover key mechanisms of cancer, aging and inflammation

Drug shows promise for preventing pre-term birth

How to deal with election anger? Try a little tenderness

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