A new University of California, Irvine-led study reveals albumin (Alb), among the most abundant proteins in the body, activates a proton channel (hHv1), also widespread in the body, giving sperm the ability to penetrate and fertilize an egg, and allowing white blood cells to secrete large amounts of inflammatory mediators to fight infection.

Viral mutations during the COVID-19 pandemic could cause the SARS-CoV-2 virus to become more dangerous. A new study published in Genetic Epidemiology has examined the genetic code of SARS-CoV-2 viruses that have infected patients, looking for links between different mutations and patient deaths.

Half of Colorado's population is fully immunized against COVID-19, according to data released on Tuesday by the state.

Tennessee has one of the worst vaccination rates in the country and according to people at Vanderbilt, vaccine doses are being sent back to the CDC before th...

The pandemic isn't over yet and one of the biggest clues that it's still here might just be COVID-19 testing sites. While mass testing sites have slowly disa...

Mongolia promised its people a "COVID-free summer." Bahrain said there would be a "return to normal life." The tiny island nation of the Seychelles aimed to ...

Analysis shows how households celebrating birthdays may have fuelled the spread of Covid-19 during the height of the pandemic in the US.

Experts call for relationship between adenovirus vector vaccines and GBS to be studied

How do you kill tumor cells that can't be targeted? Get their more susceptible neighbors to help.

Ninety-three more people have died in South Africa after contracting the coronavirus.

Julie Lillis has launched a GoFundMe to help get life-saving treatment after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis the day before mounting a charity cycle for Cancer Focus NI.

People who have experienced childhood trauma get a more pleasurable "high" from morphine, new research suggests.

The nucleus is much more than a storage compartment for chromosomes: It also contains the complex machinery producing transcripts of the genes that are currently needed and releases them into the cell body. Some of the proteins involved herein are not evenly distributed in the nucleus, but cluster at specific sites. A study led by the University of Bonn (Germany) now shows how these ''flash mobs'' are regulated.…

TikTok user "princxssglitterhead" experienced tooth decay and loss throughout four pregnancies. She now uses clip-in dentures to feel like herself.

A study in 27 European countries puts the prevalence of depression at 6.4 percent of the population. The work, published in The Lancet Public Health, analyzed data from the European Health Interview Survey, which includes responses from more than 250,000 people. The incidence is higher in women at 7.7 percent, while in men it is 4.9 percent. Strong differences are seen between countries, with higher rates in more…

Researchers from the Turku PET Centre and Technical University of Munich have discovered a new mechanism controlling satiation. According to the recently published study, the hormone secretin induces satiation by activating brown adipose tissue.

An algorithm by electronic medical record company Epic to flag patients with sepsis, an often deadly condition, doesn't perform as well as advertised.

The latest scientific studies on Covid-19 reveal that brain inflammation seen in people who died of Covid is similar to that seen in people with neurodegenerative conditions. Also, sleep woes may be linked with higher risk for severe Covid.

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A blood gene profile associated with a high risk of dying from Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis can also predict poor outcomes in patients with COVID-19.