Articles by Justin Jackson
Medical Xpress / Oral norovirus vaccine passes safety testing with a strong immune response in older adults
Researchers at Vaxart Inc. and the Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Maryland School of Medicine evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of an oral norovirus vaccine tablet, VXA-G1.1-NN. Results indicate ...
Medical Xpress / 18-year study shows a rapid rise in alcohol-related organ damage in young Canadian population
Kingston Health Sciences Center and Queen's University researchers analyzed trends in alcohol-related organ damage among adolescents and young adults, identifying a significant rise in cases over the past two decades. Researchers ...
Medical Xpress / Do weekends really affect surgical outcomes?
Researchers from Houston Methodist Hospital, UCLA, the University of Toronto, and others have tried to answer a longstanding fear that undergoing surgery on a Friday leads to higher levels of complications or even death. ...
Medical Xpress / Gut-liver modulator shows promising type 2 diabetes control in phase 2 clinical trial
Researchers across 14 medical centers in China, including Peking University People's Hospital, have found that an investigational drug, berberine ursodeoxycholate (HTD1801), significantly lowered blood sugar levels and improved ...
Medical Xpress / Preclinical Alzheimer's disease: Study finds faster tau accumulation in females
An international team of researchers, led by Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, has conducted a meta-analysis revealing that women with high β-amyloid (Aβ) exhibit significantly faster tau accumulation ...
Medical Xpress / Twice-yearly drug eases symptoms in chronic rhinosinusitis with polyps
An international collaboration of researchers, sponsored by GSK and working on behalf of the ANCHOR-1 and ANCHOR-2 trial investigators, conducted two Phase III clinical trials to evaluate depemokimab, an ultra-long-acting ...
Medical Xpress / African American men see biggest survival gain from healthier lifestyles post prostate cancer diagnosis
Research conducted across multiple institutions, including the University of Southern California, University of Hawaii, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health reported that healthier lifestyle and dietary behaviors ...
Phys.org / Testing the Out of Africa model in East Eurasian genomic origins
University of Tokyo researchers have investigated the origin and dispersal scenarios of Homo sapiens into East Eurasia. The team examined how migration routes, genetic contributions from archaic humans, and environmental ...
Medical Xpress / Workers injured on the job may experience a greater mental health decline than those injured elsewhere
University of Manitoba-led research has found that individuals who experience workplace injuries face a greater relative decline in mental health outcomes compared with those injured outside the workplace. Findings suggest ...
Medical Xpress / Low-calorie diets fall short in altering gestational diabetes outcomes
University of Leicester and University of Cambridge researchers found no significant difference in maternal weight change or offspring birth weight among pregnant women with gestational diabetes who followed a reduced-energy ...
Phys.org / Introducing Evo 2, a predictive and generative genomic AI for all domains of life
Researchers at the Arc Institute, Stanford University, and NVIDIA have developed Evo 2, an advanced AI model capable of predicting genetic variations and generating genomic sequences across all domains of life.
Phys.org / Rat sommeliers demonstrate advanced olfactory learning in wine sniffing test
Rats successfully distinguished between two varieties of white wine, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc, in a study led by researchers from the University of Trento, the University of Lincoln, the University of London, and the ...
Medical Xpress / Direct translation of brain imaging to text with MindLLM
Yale University, Dartmouth College, and the University of Cambridge researchers have developed MindLLM, a subject-agnostic model for decoding functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) signals into text.
Medical Xpress / Can a smartwatch save your life? Google researchers develop smartwatch algorithm to detect cardiac arrest
A machine learning algorithm running on a smartwatch demonstrated the ability to detect sudden loss of pulse with high specificity (99.99%) and moderate sensitivity (67.23%), according to a study led by Google Research. Designed ...
Medical Xpress / Long-term study reveals extreme heart health risks in steroid users
Hospital-based researchers from Denmark have reported a substantial increase in cardiovascular disease risk among male users of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS). Long-term health outcomes for AAS users show extreme increases ...
