Day April 8, 2021

IMAGE: Rita Rastogi Kalyani, M.D., M.H.S. view more  Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine New medicines for people who have diabetes seem to pop up all the time. Drugs that help the body break down carbohydrates, drugs that increase excretion of glucose in…

IMAGE: A Chamí Antpitta, which was recently split as a distinct species from the Rufous Antpitta. view more  Credit: Ça?an ?ekercio?lu How many species of birds are there in the world? It depends on whose count you go by. The number…

A new analysis of lung epithelial cells from COVID-19 patients reveals how the protective complement branch of the immune system, which usually plays roles in both innate and adaptive immunity, can convert to a harmful system during COVID-19. Blocking excessive…

HERSHEY, Pa.– Social distancing and lockdowns may have reduced the spread of COVID-19, but researchers from Penn State College of Medicine also report those actions may have affected clinical researchers’ ability to finish trials. Study completion rates dropped worldwide between…

WYOMISSING, Pa. — Teaching people to become entrepreneurs requires more than just passing on entrepreneurial skills, according to a team of Penn State Berks-led researchers. Would-be entrepreneurs also need to understand — and negotiate — the barriers that they might…

IMAGE: Anshumali Shrivastava is an assistant professor of computer science at Rice University. view more  Credit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON — (April 7, 2021) — Rice University computer scientists have demonstrated artificial intelligence (AI) software that runs on commodity…

In an article published in the April 8 issue of Nature, the National Institutes of Health’s Somatic Cell Gene Editing Consortium provided a detailed update on the progress of their nationwide effort to develop safer and more effective methods to…

Cancer doctors may soon have a new tool for treating melanoma and other types of cancer, thanks to work being done by researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center. In a paper published in the journal PNAS last month,…

ZANZIBAR CITY (April 7, 2021) – A new study revealed that a drastic reduction of deaths of one of Africa’s rarest primates, the Zanzibar red colobus (Piliocolobus kirkii), followed the installation of four speedbumps along a stretch of road where…

IMAGE: Researchers Charlotte Thålin and Sebastian Havervall at Danderyd Hospital and Karolinska Institutet. view more  Credit: Ludvig Kostyal Eight months after mild COVID-19, one in ten people still has at least one moderate to severe symptom that is perceived as having…