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After water contamination, Navy called on to suspend fuel operations in Hawaii
The Navy urges residents to avoid drinking, cooking or cleaning with tap water. December 6, 2021, 5:11 PM • 6…
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Early Data Suggest Potential Benefit of Heterologous Boosting for COVID-19
Early data suggest a greater increase in CD8+ T-cell response when the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine (Ad26.COV2.S), a viral vector vaccine,…
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COVID-19 pandemic linked to higher blood pressure levels among middle-aged U.S. adults
The COVID-19 pandemic is associated with higher blood pressure levels among middle-aged adults across the U.S., according to new research…
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How a carbon tax can fight inequality and climate change
Carbon taxes can attract a lot of flak. On one hand, some groups hate taxes and are indifferent to climate…
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Old UK oilwells could be turned into CO2 burial test sites
Exhausted oil and gas wells would be turned into the UK’s first deep test sites for burying carbon dioxide next…
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Early clinical data validate rare immune cell for Adicet’s off-the-shelf cancer therapy – MedCity News
Cancer cell therapy research is advancing toward off-the-shelf products that overcome some of the logistical challenges of timely manufacturing…
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On Henry’s Farm, Experimenting with Radical Adaptation to the Climate Crisis
In late September, Henry Brockman kneeled in the field, harvesting dried beans, their vines entwined over parched, dusty soil marked…
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SARS-CoV-2 immune memory in mRNA vaccine recipients
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused significant illness and mortality worldwide. As severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…
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Announcing the Winners of The Scientist’s Top 10 Innovations of 2021
Each year The Scientist seeks to highlight the latest and greatest tools, technologies, and techniques to hit the life science landscape. For…
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Does Garlic Clear Your Sinuses?
Feel a case of the sniffles coming on? Some TikTokkers say putting a clove of raw garlic up your nose…
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Hunting, fishing, and science denial
This is part 1 of a 2-part series, Mislead on Lead. See part 2, Pushing back on lead ammo and…
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COVID-19-recovered patients at an increased risk of developing new-onset mental illness
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that has claimed over 5.25 million lives…
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Misled on lead: The campaign to keep toxic lead in hunting ammo and fishing tackle
EHN investigated hundreds of claims from webpages, documents, and testimony, and found that groups including the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF),…
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Broken Toe Symptoms and What to Do About It
Maybe it happened while stumbling around your house barefoot in the dark or while running up a flight of stairs.…
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Patients, doctors are clashing about side effects of hormonal birth control
When a pediatrician put Maya Prokupets on the birth control pill at age 15 to prevent pregnancy, she doesn’t remember…
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Landmark Ruling Blocks Mining in Ecuadorian Forest, Citing Rights of Nature
Ecuador’s constitutional court has blocked plans to mine copper and gold in Los Cedros, a protected cloud forest, ruling that…
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Sino Biological Launches A Panel of Research Reagents for SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant (B.1.1.529)
Beijing, China, December 6th, 2021 – Sino Biological, Inc. (https://www.sinobiological.com; SHE: 301047) announced today that it has launched a panel…
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The Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stanch Dangerous Mutations
NTUZUMA, South Africa — A few months ago, Sizakele Mathe, a community health worker in this sprawling hillside township on…
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It’s time to open up health care’s secret use of consumer data – STAT
Each year as older adults begin choosing between traditional fee-for-service Medicare and Medicare Advantage, they are bombarded by ads and…
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Mutations in a crucial gene responsible for chemotherapy failure in some blood cancer patients
Mutations in a crucial gene are the key reason that chemotherapy fails in some patients with blood cancer, a study…
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New genetic evidence for the role of vitamin D deficiency in causing cardiovascular disease
Free from the sun, vitamin D delivers a natural source for one of the hormones essential to our bodies, especially…
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New therapeutic targets for the treatment and prevention of hypertension, cardiovascular diseases
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide. Although the development of these disorders is most commonly associated with…
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$3.4 million funding to explore how COVID-19 has affected the health of people with preexisting chronic conditions
Gayenell Magwood, Ph.D., of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) has received more than $3.4 million in funding from…
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Radiation and BOTOX: Harnessing the power of nature to advance medical discovery and treatment – MedCity News
Throughout human history, people have harnessed or tamed various naturally occurring and sometimes dangerous forces as a means of controlling…
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UK’s COVID-19 booster program accelerated, and people urged to get top-up jabs
People have been urged to get a coronavirus (COVID-19) booster vaccine to top-up their protection this winter as 20 million…
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Soil — dull and dirty? Think again … | DW | 03.12.2021
“A nation that destroys its soil, destroys itself.” Such were the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt back in 1937 when the…
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SARS-CoV-2 ORF10 degrades mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein to suppress immune response
Coronaviruses (CoVs) infect humans, pigs, cattle, horses, rats, and bats, among other host species. These viruses mainly cause infections of…
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A case of post-vaccination MIS in an adult without prior SARS-CoV-2 infection
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines tend to carry mild side effects such as muscle achiness at the injection site,…
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Preclinical data shows enhanced T-cell responses & neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 variants with ImmunityBio heterologous vaccination
Since coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines have started to be mass-produced, many developed countries have initiated programs designed to immunize as…
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The emergence and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and its VOCs
Several patients developed pneumonia of an unknown cause in late 2019 in Wuhan, China. Deep metagenomic sequencing of bronchoalveolar lavage…
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A gray wolf’s epic journey ends in death on a California highway
The young gray wolf who took experts and enthusiasts on a thousand-mile journey across California died last month, ending a…
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The climate crisis could be driving the hybrid salmon population
The climate crisis appears to be increasing the numbers of hybrid salmon in western Canada. The hybrids of Chinook and…
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Climate change, COVID-19 and conflict drive ‘alarming’ rise in aid need
BOGOTA, Dec 2 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – One in 29 people worldwide needs humanitarian assistance, the United Nations said on…
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Scientists pinpoint protein’s role in critical gene expression
Each cell in our body needs a fuel source to grow and divide to keep us alive. Most cells prefer…
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Chile confirms first case of Omicron variant
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Chile said Saturday it had found its first case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in…
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Infants, kids now have a Covid-19 therapy as FDA expands use of Eli Lilly drug – MedCity News
Pediatric patients, including newborns, can now be treated with an antibody drug for Covid-19. The FDA has expanded the…
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Language used by researchers to describe human populations has evolved over the last 70 years
National Institutes of Health researchers have found that the words that scientists use to describe human populations — such as…
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Out-of-pocket costs may play larger role in telehealth visits than in-person care: survey
Out-of-pocket costs may play a larger role in choosing telehealth over in-person visits for those who would otherwise prefer virtual…
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Building a human body through gastrulation
In their publication in Science, Professor Guojun Sheng (Kumamoto University, Japan), Professor Alfonso Martinez Arias (Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Spain) and…
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Researchers develop new approach to print skin equivalents
Chronic wounds are deep and difficult to repair. Often, the top of the injury heals before the bottom, so the…
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Unlocking the cause of UTI-induced delirium
Cedars-Sinai researchers have found that blocking the action of a protein called interleukin 6 (IL-6), part of the immune system,…
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Targeting the brain should be the focus of ALS therapy, not just spinal cord
The brain is indeed a target for treating ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered. This flips a…
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Predicting protein-protein interactions
In research published in the journal Cell Systems, Professor Lenore Cowen of the Tufts Department of Computer Science and colleagues…
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What Experts Predict for Vaccine Protection Against the Omicron Variant
As concerns about the omicron variant of the novel coronavirus continue to grow, so do the number of questions. One…
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ALS therapy should target brain, not just spine: Disease also starts in brain motor neurons, not just spinal cord
The brain is indeed a target for treating ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered. This flips a…
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Why Kathy Griffin Had Half Her Lung Removed
Nearly four months since revealing the news of her lung cancer diagnosis, comedian Kathy Griffin shared a happy update during…
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Chronic exposure to particulate matter linked with high blood pressure
According to the WHO, air pollution is the greatest health risk worldwide, accounting for more than 4.2 million deaths annually.…
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Study describes the emotional reactions of women who have undergone uterine transplant
Becoming a mother after receiving a uterine transplant, with the radical change in daily life it brings, gives a feeling…
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Research offers a phylogenetic and ontogenetic overview of the primitive streak
In their publication in Science, Professor Guojun Sheng (Kumamoto University, Japan), Professor Alfonso Martinez Arias (Universidad Pompeu Fabra, Spain) and…
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Systematic review: The involvement of bitter taste receptors in cancer
Humans have 25 different types of functional bitter taste receptors. These are found on our tongue, where they facilitate the…
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