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In a preprint paper published on the medRxiv server, a team of researchers from various institutions in South Africa, the UK, and Europe discuss how they determined the impact of HIV on the COVID-19 immune response in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, which is an area with very high HIV prevalence.

Doctors miss mum's deadly cancer amid lockdown

People with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) could soon benefit from a new drug treatment that not only suppresses inflammation but also significantly reduces patient reported pain scores. Otilimab is a monoclonal antibody, biologic drug, which targets and suppresses the inflammatory cytokine GM-CSF.

A new, biocompatible photooxygenation catalyst that can selectively oxygenate and degrade the pathogenic aggregation of Alzheimer's disease (AD)-related amyloid-β peptide (Aβ) under near-infrared (NIR) light irradiation is developed.

Meghan Markle has penned a moving essay on pregnancy loss. It has highlighted just how common miscarriage is, and how little we discuss it.

Growing Value of Stem Cells in Medicine to Create a US$2. 4 Billion Opportunity for Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell ((iPSC). The global market for Induced...

Aussie research on bioprinting mini kidney raises hope for lab-grown transplantation - Xinhua | English.news.cn  Xinhua

At the 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society's Division of the Americal Physical Society's Division of Fluid Dynamics, researchers presented a range of studies investigating the aerodynamics of infectious disease.

The insulation around nerve cell components in our corneas have unique properties, and little is known about them.

A collaborative team, which includes a group from the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation, has developed a fabrication method to meet all the challenges in making a hydrogel contact lens for biomarker sensing. The specially engineered contact lenses use tears to monitor patient health.

Mention depression and gut issues, and many women with endometriosis will start nodding furiously.But it has been difficult to prove a link between them.

Doctors behind new Australian guidelines for treatment of the painful disease say they are hampered by a lack of quality scientific evidence

Researchers in the US claim to have identified specific physiological features which may boost the spread of airborne pathogens, like the coronavirus.

Launch provider Rocket Lab has a mission today -- codenamed "Return to Sender," it's the company's 16th launch, and it will carry, among other things, a...

In the treatment of leukemia, stem cell transplantation subsequent to chemotherapy and radiation can often engender severe adverse inflammatory reactions—especially in the skin or in the gut, since these so-called barrier organs are more frequently affected. Up until now, the reason for this was unclear. A MedUni Vienna team led by Georg Stary and Johanna Strobl from MedUni Vienna's Department of Dermatology, the…

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The suggestion that humans will soon set up bustling, long-lasting colonies on Mars is something many of us take for granted. What this lofty vision fails to appreciate, however, are the monumental " if not intractable " challenges awaiting colonists who want to permanently live on Mars. Unless we radically...

Dani Bergey/Cognition Studio, Inc. Artist conception of the creation of two cell atlases that track gene expression and chromatin accessibility as human...

Bioengineers at EPFL have used organoids to mimic the early development of the heart in the mouse embryo. The work is another step towards future bioartificial organs for research and transplants.

The gut-associated lymphoid tissue represents an integral part of the immune system. Among the powerful players of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue are isolated lymphoid structures (ILSs).