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Socio-economic, environmental impacts of COVID-19 quantifiedHow is COVID-19 impacting people and the planet and what are the implications for a post-pandemic world? A new study quantifies the socio-economic...
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Community initiative increases teenage use of effective contraceptionStudy finds that teenagers utilize Long-Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) at a rate five times higher than the United States as a whole.
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Salmonella biofilm protein causes autoimmune responses -- Possible link with Alzheimer'sScientists have demonstrated that a Salmonella biofilm protein can cause autoimmune responses and arthritis in animals.
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Study identifies unique cells that may drive lung fibrosisThis is one of the first comprehensive looks at lung cells using a technology called single-cell RNA sequencing. Instead of examining a mash-up of...
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A complex gene program initiates brain changes in response to cocaineResearchers used single-nucleus RNA sequencing to compare transcriptional responses to acute cocaine in 16 unique cell populations from the brain...
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New study supports remdesivir as COVID-19 treatmentA new study found that remdesivir potently inhibited SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, in human lung cell cultures and that it improved...
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Biologists trace plants' steady mitochondrial genomes to a gene found in viruses, bacteriaBiologists have traced the stability of plant mitochondrial genomes to a particular gene - MSH1 - that plants have but animals don't. Their...
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No association found between exposure to mobile devices and brain volume alterations in adolescentsA new study of 2,500 Dutch children is the first to explore the relationship between brain volume and different doses of radiofrequency...
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Women who deliver by C-section are less likely to conceive subsequent childrenWomen who deliver their first child by cesarean section (C-section) are less likely to conceive a second child than those who deliver vaginally,...
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Aquaculture's role in nutrition in the COVID-19 eraA new paper examines the economics of an aquaculture industry of the future that is simultaneously environmentally sustainable and nutritious for...
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Study: More than half of US students experience summer learning losses five years in a rowFollowing U.S. students across five summers between grades 1 and 6, a little more than half (52 percent) experienced learning losses in all five...
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Older, critically ill patients with COVID-19 may have increased risk of bradycardia with lopinavir and ritonavirThe combined use of antiretroviral medications lopinavir and ritonavir, previously used to treat SARS-Cov-1 and MERS-Cov patients, appeared to...
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Campaign launched to save historic NYC gay bar Julius’Bars are among the hardest-hit businesses in the COVID era, and while it’s a shame when any small business goes under, shuttered doors can...
