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University of Calgary researchers have shown probiotic supplements can help form a healthy microbiome in the gut of the tiniest infants who are born without a fully formed gut microbiome. The study found that a specific mix (five species) of…

How does the immune system remember and recognize viral invaders it has encountered in the past? A trio of newly published studies of people infected with SARS-CoV-2, vaccinated against the virus or both, are providing tantalizing new clues about the…

In a recent study published in the journal BMJ Global Health, researchers explored whether scent dogs can be trained to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)-infected individuals. Studies have reported that dogs have very sensitive olfactory systems with…

In a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) journal, researchers showed the significance of T cell-based immunity against the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants exhibiting evasion to antibody-centric immunity.  Study: Vaccine-induced systemic…

Repurposed drugs may have a speedier path to clinical use because they have already been shown to be safe in people. A study publishing May 19 in the open access journal PLOS Pathogens by Sandrine Belouzard and Jean Dubuisson at…

A lot of things are different when you become a mom. Taking a shower with no interruptions, peacefully sleeping in on the weekend without being woken up and strolling through the grocery store without a little one begging for every…

Consuming blueberries can lower the risk of cardiovascular disease in postmenopausal women with high blood pressure, according to new research by Colorado State University faculty member Sarah Ardanuy Johnson. Consumption of 22 grams of freeze dried highbush blueberry powder (equivalent…

In what may be the first US monkeypox case of the year, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health on Wednesday said a case of the rare skin disease had been detected in a man. He is being treated at Massachusetts…

As documented in a new research paper published in Oncotarget, researchers from Louisiana State University have developed CancerOmicsNet—a graph neural network model to predict the growth rate of a cancer cell line after drug treatment. “CancerOmicsNet is more advanced than…

A study conducted in the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, revealed that menopausal transition increases women's body fat, especially in the waist area. Therefore, to alleviate the health risks related to fat accumulation,…