First-Ever Flu Vaccine Derived From Tobacco Plants Just Smashed Clinical Trials
A new flu vaccine grown in plants has been put to the test in two large-scale clinical trials, a first for vaccine research.
People who eat chili pepper may live longer?
Individuals who consume chili pepper may live longer and may have a significantly reduced risk of dying from cardiovascular disease or cancer
Covid vaccine: First vaccine offers 90% protection
The first effective coronavirus vaccine can prevent more than 90% of people from getting Covid-19, a preliminary analysis shows.
Cleveland Clinic researchers identify melatonin as possible COVID-19 treatment
New findings published in PLOS Biology use "big data" approach
Radioactive elements may be crucial to the habitability of rocky planets
Earth-size planets can have varying amounts of radioactive elements, which generate internal heat that drives a planet's geological activity and magnetism
Rapid test can ID unknown causes of infections throughout the body
All-in-one 'metagenomic' test advances efforts to eliminate lengthy diagnosis
Fossil shark turns in to mystery pterosaur
Paleontologists have made a surprising discovery while searching through 100-year-old fossil collections from the UK―a new mystery species of pterosaur, unlike anything seen before.
Printable ink guides cell growth, offers nerve injury hope
Bioconductive ink uses body's own electricity to guide nerve cell growth
Babies buried under a mammoth-bone lid are the oldest known identical twins
Prehistoric grave contains the remains of a baby who died at birth and those of his twin, who survived for an additional six to seven weeks.
Tropical cyclones could last longer after landfall in a warming world
Tropical cyclones weaken after they reach land. But it emerges that for the North Atlantic basin, storms are weakening more slowly as regional sea surface temperatures increase.
Cloth face masks that can be disinfected by the sun
A special type of cotton face mask that kills up to 99.9999% of bacteria and viruses within 60 minutes of daylight exposure
Yale scientists identify protein that protects against Lyme
Protein helps protect hosts from infection with the tick-borne spirochete that causes Lyme Disease
How Some Skinks Lost Their Legs and Then Evolved New Ones
The lizards have complicated a rule of thumb that in evolution, once you lose a body part, you don’t regain it.
'Test All Patients With Cancer': 1 in 8 Have Inherited Mutations
About 1 in 8 patients with cancer have inherited genetic mutations that may have contributed to the development of their cancers, but nearly half of these mutations would have been missed using current clinical guidelines.
Leprosy, ancient scourge of humans, found to assail wild chimpanzees
Finding could indicate an unknown source of leprosy in the wild and reveal new clues about a still-mysterious disease
Canadian discovery: A potential game-changer to reverse alcohol intoxication
Developed at UHN, new simple method is proven to accelerate elimination of alcohol from the body
Inclusion of patient headshots in electronic health records decreases order errors
In a study of Brigham patients, rate of wrong patient order entry decreased by 35 percent
Diabetes drug can treat and reverse heart failure and reduce
Empagliflozin, a recently developed diabetes drug, can effectively treat and reverse heart failure
Worms reveal why melatonin promotes sleep
Research in C. elegans shows how melatonin activates the BK channel in the brain
COVID-19 survival among elderly patients could be improved by arthritis drug
A type of arthritis drug may reduce the risk of dying for elderly patients with COVID-19.
Why does COVID-19 seem to spare children?
Vanderbilt University Medical Center study offers an answer
'Breakthrough Finding' Reveals Why Certain COVID Patients Die
Why does one 40-year-old get really sick and another one not even need to be admitted?"
How a Queensland sea sponge is helping scientists unravel a 700-million-year-old mystery of evolution
Humans, mice, zebrafish ― and most likely the entire animal kingdom ― share enhancer regions with a sea sponge that comes from the Great Barrier Reef
Ancient bust of Greek god Hermes found during Athens sewage works
The Greek Culture Ministry said that the head is one of many that served as street markers in ancient Athens