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| Nanotherapy offers new hope for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes Posted: 17 Jan 2022 08:51 AM PST Individuals living with Type 1 diabetes must carefully follow prescribed insulin regimens every day, receiving injections of the hormone via syringe, insulin pump or some other device. And without viable long-term treatments, this course of treatment is a lifelong sentence. Now a team of researchers has discovered a better way. |
| Inciting instead of coercing, 'nudges' prove their effectiveness Posted: 17 Jan 2022 06:30 AM PST To get through challenges such as the pandemic or the climate change, citizens must change their habits and behaviors. But how can this be achieved without resorting to coercive measures? The answer to this question may be the 'nudges' that have been gaining popularity over the last decade. By making small changes in our environment, these interventions aim to encourage changes in our behavior, while preserving our freedom of choice. From adding informative labels to reorganizing the food offer in a cafeteria, the overall effectiveness of these interventions has now been demonstrated. |
| Posted: 14 Jan 2022 07:30 AM PST A mathematical model revealed that the optimal time to initiate immune-modulating therapy in COVID-19 differed according to patients' medical history and risk factors. Different patients also required different types of immunomodulation for optimal therapy. |
| Maternal COVID-19 infection increases risks of preterm birth, low birth weight and stillbirth Posted: 14 Jan 2022 04:45 AM PST A new study shows that unvaccinated pregnant people with COVID-19 are more likely to have poor birth outcomes even if they did not experience severe respiratory problems during infection. |
| One in ten people may still be infectious for COVID after ten days, new research indicates Posted: 14 Jan 2022 04:45 AM PST One in 10 people may have clinically relevant levels of potentially infectious SARS-CoV-2 past the 10 day quarantine period, according to new research. |
| Origin of rare disease FOP rooted in muscle regeneration dysfunction Posted: 14 Jan 2022 04:45 AM PST A mutation in the gene that causes fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) doesn't just cause extra bone growth but is tied to a problem in generating new muscle tissue after injury, according to new research. |
| COVID variant siblings show different levels of virulence Posted: 13 Jan 2022 12:14 PM PST New research outlines key information about omicron's older variant sibling, alpha, which emerged late in 2020. It turns out that the mutation that birthed alpha in the first place is very similar to the one that created omicron, but with very different results for the severity of each one. |
| The secret to DNA packing to one-millionth its size Posted: 13 Jan 2022 12:14 PM PST A research team succeeds at observing high-resolution 3D structure of human chromosomes using the radiation accelerator. |
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