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Blood cancer patients with COVID-19 fare better with convalescent plasma
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- 21/6/17 22:37
A new study finds that convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients can dramatically improve likelihood of survival among blood cancer patients hospitalized with the virus. The therapy involves transfusing plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 into patients who have leukemia, lymphoma or other blood cancers and are hospitalized with the viral infection.
Comprehensive RNA-Atlas
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- 21/6/17 22:37
By cleverly combining complementary sequencing techniques, researchers have deepened our understanding of the function of known RNA molecules and discovered thousands of new RNAs. A better understanding of our transcriptome is essential to better understand disease processes and uncover novel genes that may serve as therapeutic targets or biomarkers.
A new rapid assessment to promote climate-informed conservation and nature-based solutions
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- 21/6/17 22:37
A new article introduces a rapid assessment framework that can be used as a guide to make conservation and nature-based solutions more robust to future climate.
Sulfur enhances carbon storage in the Black Sea
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- 21/6/17 22:36
The depths of the Black Sea store comparatively large amounts of organic carbon. A research team has now presented a new hypothesis as to why organic compounds accumulate in this semi-enclosed sea and other oxygen-depleted waters. Reactions with hydrogen sulfide play an important role in stabilizing carbon compounds, the researchers posit. This negative feedback in the climate system could...
Beneficial bacteria can be restored to C-section babies at birth
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- 21/6/17 22:36
Babies born by Cesarean section don't have the same healthy bacteria as those born vaginally, but a new study finds that these natural bacteria can be restored.
Thin, stretchable biosensors could make surgery safer
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- 21/6/17 22:36
A research team has developed bio-inks for biosensors that could help localize critical regions in tissues and organs during surgical operations.
If you ride an e-scooter, take safety precautions
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- 21/6/17 22:35
New research shows that nearly 28% of all electric scooters reported injuries were head and neck injuries.
'Nanodecoy' therapy binds and neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 virus
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- 21/6/17 22:35
Nanodecoys made from human lung spheroid cells (LSCs) can bind to and neutralize SARS-CoV-2, promoting viral clearance and reducing lung injury in a macaque model of COVID-19. By mimicking the receptor that the virus binds to rather than targeting the virus itself, nanodecoy therapy could remain effective against emerging variants of the virus.
Sorghum, a close relative of corn, tested for disease resistance on Pennsylvania farms
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- 21/6/17 22:34
With sorghum poised to become an important crop grown by Pennsylvania farmers, researchers tested more than 150 germplasm lines of the plant for resistance to a fungus likely to hamper its production.
Probing the dynamics of photoemission
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- 21/6/17 20:58
Physicists have used ultrashort laser pulses to probe the dynamics of photoelectron emission in tungsten crystals.
Passive rewilding can rapidly expand UK woodland at no cost
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- 21/6/17 20:58
A long-term passive rewilding study has shown that natural woodland regeneration could make a significant contribution to meeting the UK's ambitious tree planting targets - potentially at no cost and within relatively short timescales. The research found natural growth due to seed dispersal by birds, mammals and wind can produce biodiverse and resilient woodland.
Unraveling the origin of Alzheimer's disease
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- 21/6/17 20:36
Researchers studying prions -- misfolded proteins that cause lethal incurable diseases -- have identified the surface features of human prions responsible for their replication in the brain.
Yellow fever mosquitoes evolve different strategies to resist pesticides
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- 21/6/17 20:36
The yellow fever mosquito spreads multiple untreatable viruses in humans and is primarily controlled using a pesticide called permethrin. However, many mosquitoes are evolving resistance to the pesticide. A new study identifies mutations linked to different permethrin resistance strategies, which threaten our ability to control disease outbreaks.
Heat spells doom for Aussie marsupials
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- 21/6/17 20:36
When animals are hot, they eat less. This potentially fatal phenomenon has been largely overlooked in wild animals, explain researchers.
Swim first, hunt later: Young Weddell seals need to practice navigating before hunting
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- 21/6/17 20:36
Weddell seals, the southernmost born mammal, are known as champion divers. But they don't begin life that way. Researchers examined the development of diving behavior in Weddell seal pups and found that they time their dives with their mother but likely do not learn to forage at that time. Instead, they focus their early efforts on learning to swim and navigate under the sea ice.
Coelacanths may live nearly a century, five times longer than researchers expected
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- 21/6/17 20:36
Once thought to be extinct, lobe-finned coelacanths are enormous fish that live deep in the ocean. Now, researchers have evidence that, in addition to their impressive size, coelacanths also can live for an impressively long time -- perhaps nearly a century.
First months decisive for immune system development
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- 21/6/17 20:36
Many diseases caused by a dysregulated immune system, such as allergies, asthma and autoimmunity, can be traced back to events in the first few months after birth. To date, the mechanisms behind the development of the immune system have not been fully understood. Now, researchers show a connection between breast milk, beneficial gut bacteria and the development of the immune system.
Physicists bring human-scale object to near standstill, reaching a quantum state
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- 21/6/17 20:36
To the human eye, most stationary objects appear to be just that -- still, and completely at rest. Yet if we were handed a quantum lens, allowing us to see objects at the scale of individual atoms, what was an apple sitting idly on our desk would appear as a teeming collection of vibrating particles, very much in motion.
Targeting cellular response to SARS-CoV-2 holds promise as new way to fight infection
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- 21/6/17 20:36
A new treatment approach focused on fixing cell damage, rather than fighting the virus directly, is effective against SARS-CoV-2 in lab models. If found safe for human use, this anti-viral treatment would make COVID-19 symptoms milder and speed up recovery times.
Long-term Himalayan glacier study
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- 21/6/17 19:38
The glaciers of Nanga Parbat - one of the highest mountains in the world - have been shrinking slightly but continually since the 1930s. This loss in surface area is evidenced by a long-term study. The geographers combined historical photographs, surveys, and topographical maps with current data, which allowed them to show glacial changes for this massif in the north-western Himalaya as far back...
First evidence that medieval plague victims were buried individually with 'considerable care'
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- 21/6/17 19:38
DNA analysis has revealed the presence of 'Yersinia Pestis' - the pathogen that causes plague - in skeletal remains from individual burials in medieval Cambridgeshire, confirming for the first time that not all plague victims were buried in mass graves. Compassion and care were shown to victims even during traumatic times during past pandemics.
Researchers discover the physics of foams
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- 21/6/17 19:38
Chemical engineers have answered longstanding questions about the underlying processes that determine the life cycle of liquid foams. The breakthrough could help improve the commercial production and application of foams in a broad range of industries.
'Mosquito smoothie' innovation boosts future malaria vaccine potential
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- 21/6/17 19:38
A faster method for collecting pure malaria parasites from infected mosquitos could accelerate the development of new, more potent malaria vaccines.
Excess nitrogen puts butterflies at risk
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- 21/6/17 19:38
Nitrogen from agriculture, vehicle emissions and industry is endangering butterflies in Switzerland. The element is deposited in the soil via the air and has an impact on vegetation -- to the detriment of the butterflies, as researchers have discovered.
Novel chirped pulses defy 'conventional wisdom'
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- 21/6/17 19:38
Researchers demonstrate highly chirped pulses created by a using a spectral filter in a Kerr resonator, enabling them to widen a laser pulse wavefront by separating the beam's colors. The chirped pulses remain stable even with more than 90% energy loss.