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Medical Xpress / Scientists overcome key barrier to self-amplifying vaccines
Scientists at Queen Mary University of London have found a way to overcome cells' natural defenses against self-amplifying mRNA vaccines, allowing the cells to produce significantly more of the target protein. The findings ...
Phys.org / New formulation helps RNA vaccines withstand high temperatures
RNA vaccines, which have proved effective against COVID-19, are now being developed for many other diseases, including cancer. One drawback is that they require ultracold storage, but MIT researchers have found a promising ...
Medical Xpress / Continuous glucose monitoring may lower mortality risk in diabetic patients on insulin
People with type 2 diabetes (T2D) who began using continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) while receiving basal insulin had a 44% lower risk of dying from any cause after one year than those who did not use CGM, according to ...
Medical Xpress / Routine newborn screening could catch cytomegalovirus infections before problems appear
A newborn can look perfectly healthy, pass a hearing test and still carry an infection that may affect hearing or development later in childhood. That is the challenge posed by congenital cytomegalovirus, or cCMV, one of ...
Medical Xpress / Database fills gap in long COVID surveillance
UTHealth Houston researchers found that long COVID diagnoses varied significantly across populations and variant periods over two years, revealing patterns that could help public health agencies and health systems target ...
Phys.org / Climate crisis is affecting children's nutrition
Wildfires, floods and other extreme weather events are no longer the only ways climate change affects children around the world. Increasingly, it also affects their diets. Droughts reduce agricultural production, floods cut ...
Phys.org / Freezing threatens mRNA delivery, but Tris buffer helps nanoparticles retain their potency
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have teamed up with pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly and Company to uncover how storage conditions affect mRNA lipid nanoparticles (LNPs), the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines ...
Medical Xpress / CDC vaccine policy recommendations grind to a halt under Health Secretary Kennedy
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new flu vaccine that tested well in older adults. But the federal agency responsible for telling doctors and the general public how to use it has made no recommendation ...
Phys.org / Gen Z communicates differently in the workplace, but older colleagues can still decode them
For all the talk about generational differences at work, some of the biggest differences show up in surprisingly ordinary moments.
Tech Xplore / Sunlight and indoor LEDs recharge washable filter that maintains performance for months
Scientists have developed an air purifier charged by sunlight and indoor LED lights, potentially offering an inexpensive, lower-maintenance alternative to standard filtration systems that protect users from pollutants and ...
Medical Xpress / Deaths linked to treatable emergency surgical conditions are rising in the US
Death rates associated with three common, treatable emergency general surgery conditions rose about 50% among U.S. adults ages 18 to 64 between 1999 and 2020—and rose nearly twice as fast in rural communities as in urban ...
Phys.org / Modification of magnetic nanoparticles improves RNA isolation
The COVID-19 pandemic clearly demonstrated the importance of rapid and reliable diagnostic methods for detecting and monitoring infectious diseases. Nucleic acids, including RNA, are key biomarkers used in the detection, ...
