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Covid-19: All you need to know about the
Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine
Britain’s regulators today approved the
Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, offering
renewed hope the end of the pandemic...
Deaths in England and Wales were 7%
higher than usual during week ending
Dec 18
Deaths in England and Wales were 7% higher than
usual during week ending December 18, analysis
reveals England and Wales...
Coronavirus UK: Britain will need
lockdowns until summer 2021 even with
vaccines, scientists warn
England will be stuck in its relentless cycle of
coronavirus lockdowns until at least the end of
spring even if the vaccine...
Is the great vaccine drive by Easter
doomed already? Volunteers army has
NOT been recruited
Retired doctors desperate to roll their sleeves up
and help Britain administer 2million Covid vaccines
each week to end the...
Blood vessel cells implicated in chronic
inflammation of obesity
“The inflammation of fat cells in obese individuals is
linked to many of the comorbidities we associate
with being...
Social media safety messages: Pictures
should match the words
After looking at social media posts, parents of young
children were better able to recall safety messages
such as how to...
Bionic idea boosts lithium-ion extraction
IMAGE: Metal ion sieving using a bioinspired
nanochannel membrane view more Credit: XIN
Weiwen Lithium is...
Scientists find the error source of a sea-
ice model varies with the season
IMAGE: Schematic diagram of the sea-ice
simulation error sources of a regional configuration
of MITgcm. view...
Combined approach could boost breast
cancer immunotherapy, study suggests
IMAGE: A diagram showing the various strategies
that could enhance the activity of CAR T cells
against breast cancer. ...
Study points the way to boost
immunotherapy against breast cancer,
other solid tumors
IMAGE: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer
Center’s Jonathan S. Serody, MD, and colleagues
report that adding...
Transfusions with higher red blood cell
levels do not improve preterm baby
outcomes
IMAGE: This large, multi-center randomized clinical
trial was conducted by Dr. Haresh Kirpalani of the
University of...
Study: in social media safety messages,
the pictures should match the words
IMAGE: Researchers found that parents understood
safety messaging better when the picture showed
the desired behavior,...
St Petersburg University scientists
discover an ancient island arc in the
Kyrgyz Tien Shan
IMAGE: (a) Tectonic units of the Tien Shan in
Kyrgyzstan; (b) schematic geological map of the
Songkultau area ...
Allergists offer reassurance regarding
potential allergic reactions to COVID-19
vaccines
BOSTON – Reports of possible allergic reactions to
the COVID-19 vaccines produced by Pfizer-
BioNTech and Moderna, both...
Coronavirus: Spain to keep register of
those who refuse Covid vaccine
It is currently rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
which was approved for EU member states last
week.
Coronavirus doctor’s diary: ‘Close to
death from Covid, I asked them to save
my baby’
Trump’s call for $2,000 cheques blocked in Senate
Mitch McConnell says raising aid cheques from
$600 would be “another...
Covid: New Year’s Eve warning as
millions are told to stay at home
Covid-19: Twenty million in England added to
toughest tier of restrictions
Covid rule-breakers ‘have blood on their
hands’
Trump’s call for $2,000 cheques blocked in Senate
Mitch McConnell says raising aid cheques from
$600 would be “another...
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Putty-like composites of gallium metal with potential for real-
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Nanoparticle drug-delivery system developed to treat brain
disorders

2. Model used to evaluate lockdowns was
flawed
In a recent study, researchers from Imperial College
London developed a model to assess the effect of
different measures...
Discovery boosts theory that life on Earth
arose from RNA-DNA mix
LA JOLLA, CA–Chemists at Scripps Research have
made a discovery that supports a surprising new
view of how life originated...
Do toddlers learning to spoon-feed seek
different information from caregivers’
hands & faces?
IMAGE: A. A toddler moving their spoon towards the
food in a dish that the caregiver is holding. B. The
caregiver moving...
NTU Singapore study suggests link
between word choices and extraverts
A study by a team of Nanyang Technological
University, Singapore (NTU Singapore)
psychologists has found a link between extraverts...
Big bumblebees learn locations of best
flowers
IMAGE: A bumblebee on a flower. view more
Credit: Natalie Hempel de Ibarra Big bumblebees
take time to learn...
The brain network driving changes in
consciousness
The loss and return of consciousness is linked to the
same network of brain regions for both sleep and
anesthesia, according...
Despite recommendations, patients with
treatment-resistant hypertension rarely
tested for primary al
Below please find summaries of new articles that will
be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal
Medicine. The...
Carotid physiology, neck restraints in law
enforcement
What The Viewpoint Says: This Viewpoint reviews
the potential neurologic consequences of any
restriction of blood flow or...
US won’t approve AstraZeneca shot until
APRIL, Operation Warp Speed chief says
The US has only administered about 10 percent –
less than 2.6million – of the 20 million doses of
coronavirus...
UC researcher urges caution using
remdesivir to treat COVID-19
IMAGE: Bingfang Yan is a professor at the
University of Cincinnati’s James L. Winkle College of
Pharmacy. Yan’s...
Dating apps don’t destroy love
Mobile apps have revolutionised the way people
meet in Switzerland and elsewhere in recent years.
Unlike traditional dating...
Higher red cell transfusion threshold
offers no advantage for treating preterm
infants
Very low birthweight infants often need blood
transfusions to survive. A National Institutes of
Health-funded study suggests...
Frailty is a factor in higher mortality for
women awaiting liver transplants
Women awaiting liver transplants in the United
States are known to be about one-third more likely
than men to become too...
NIH study uncovers blood vessel damage
& inflammation in COVID-19 patients’
brains but no infection
IMAGE: In an in-depth study, NIH researchers
consistently found blood vessel damage in the
brains of COVID-19 patients...
Published data from Moderna COVID-19
vaccine trial show 94.1 percent efficacy
BOSTON — A peer-reviewed paper published in
The New England Journal of Medicine provides data
from the much-anticipated...
Moving due to unaffordable housing may
jeopardize healthcare
LOS ANGELES (Dec. 30, 2020) — People who
move due to unaffordable housing are at increased
risk of failing to receive...
How did trauma centers respond to
COVID-19? New processes provide care
to trauma patients while keeping
providers safe
December 30, 2020 – As the COVID-19 pandemic
emerged, trauma centers faced unprecedented
obstacles to providing care...
Covid: Essex declares major incident
over virus cases
Primary schools in the districts of Brentwood,
Epping Forest, Castle Point, Basildon, Rochford,
Harlow, Chelmsford, Braintree,...
Covid-19: Twenty million in England
added to toughest tier of restrictions
And secondary schools across most of England are
to remain closed for an extra two weeks for most
pupils.
Losing a daughter to cancer during the
Covid-19 pandemic
In the last year of her life, Anna’s determination
shone through, as she continued on with her
studies, with her college...
Covid-19: Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
approved for use in UK
Second ‘super-COVID’ case suspected in
Colorado

3. It comes as millions more in England are placed in
tier four restrictions.
A second case of ‘super-COVID’ variant of
coronavirus is now suspected in Colorado, officials
said Wednesday. Elbert...
Covid vaccine: Oxford AstraZeneca
professors stand to make MILLIONS
Britain today approved the Oxford/AstraZeneca
Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for millions to
receive the jab within weeks...
Britain’s deadliest day since April: Health
chiefs record 981 Covid victims
Leicester City Leicestershire (Oadby and Wigston,
Harborough, Hinckley and Bosworth, Blaby,
Charnwood, North West Leicestershire,...
Questions over Britain’s decision to drop
two-dose vaccine regimen
Pfizer warned today there is ‘no data’ to show a
single dose of its coronavirus vaccine provides long-
term protection,...
Matt Hancock reveals Britain will only
have 530,000 doses of Oxford’s Covid jab
next week
Britain will only have 530,000 doses of the
Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine at its disposal from
Monday, the Health Secretary...
Weekly Covid deaths rose again in last
full week of data and rose by 44% in the
South East
Weekly Covid-19 deaths rose again in England and
Wales and surged by 44 per cent in the South East
during the last full week...
Potential new RX strategy for stroke
Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor, Professor
of Neurology and Director of the Neuroscience
Center of Excellence at LSU...
Novel public-private partnership
facilitates development of fusion energy
IMAGE: PPPL physicist Gerrit Kramer with
conceptual image of SPARC fusion reactor. view
more Credit: Collage...
Anti-transpirant products unnecessary in
cycad propagation
IMAGE: Benjamin Deloso holds a Zamia stem
cutting that has successfully produced a healthy root
system. In his recently...
Largest study of Asia’s rivers unearths
800 years of paleoclimate patterns
IMAGE: Map of the Asian Monsoon region; river
basins involved in this study are highlighted by
subregion, rivers belonging...
A pursuit of better testing to sort out the
complexities of ADHD
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The introduction of computer
simulation to the identification of symptoms in
children with attention...
The map of nuclear deformation takes the
form of a mountain landscape
IMAGE: Deformation landscape of the nickel-64
nucleus. Prolate, oblate local minima and main
spherical minimum are...
LSU Health New Orleans discovers
potential new RX strategy for stroke
New Orleans, LA – Research conducted at LSU
Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of
Excellence reports that a combination...
New research may explain severe virus
attacks on the lungs
IMAGE: The development of human macrophages.
view more Credit: The research team. In some
cases, immune...
Scientists explore deficits in processing
speed in individuals with spinal cord
injury
IMAGE: Dr. Wylie is director of the Rocco Ortenzio
Neuroimaging Center at Kessler Foundation. view
more Credit:...
Only 28 Covid patients are currently
being treated in No10’s £220million
Nightingale hospitals
Only 28 Covid-19 patients are currently being
treated in Nightingale hospitals across England,
official data shows amid...
How a QUARTER of hospitals are
operating at Covid ‘danger zone’
A quarter of England’s hospitals were treating a
‘dangerous’ number of Covid patients in the run up
to...
Patients from London could be taken to
YORKSHIRE for treatment
Medics in Covid hotspots are just days away from
having to make ‘horrendous choices’ over who they
can treat...
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Johnson reveals TODAY where tougher
restrictions are needed
Millions more are set to face the country’s toughest
Tier 4 coronavirus restrictions this week, with Boris
Johnson...
Essex declares ‘major incident’ over
surging Covid cases
Essex declares ‘major incident’ over surging Covid
cases Councils and health chiefs warn of
‘significant...
Covid vaccine from Oxford University and
Astrazeneca is APPROVED
Matt Hancock hailed approval for the critical Oxford
University and AstraZeneca vaccine today saying it
means the UK will...

4. Obesity, eating disorder disparities
among sexual, gender minority children
What The Study Did: The likelihood of having
obesity or eating disorders was compared between
sexual and gender minority...
Gut cells sound the alarm when parasites
invade
To effectively combat an infection, the body first has
to sense it’s been invaded, then the affected tissue
must send...
Patient characteristics associated with
telemedicine access during COVID-19
pandemic
What The Study Did: This study identified racial/
ethnic, sex, age, language, and socioeconomic
differences in accessing...
Assessment of neutrophil extracellular
traps in coronary thrombus of case series
of patients with COVID-19
What The Study Did: Severe COVID-19 is
characterized by the intense formation of neutrophil
extracellular traps (NETs),...
Imaging the twilight zone
IMAGE: Differences in brain activity between
connected and disconnected states of
consciousness studied with positron...
Order and disorder in crystalline ice
explained
A fascinating substance with unique properties, ice
has intrigued humans since time immemorial. Unlike
most other materials,...
Detective work in theoretical physics
IMAGE: Time axis showing the number of
publications relating to dynamical density functional
theory. view more Credit:...
An explanation for the lack of blood
oxygenation detected in many COVID-19
patients
One of the physiopathological characteristics of
COVID-19 that has most baffled the scientific and
medical community is what...
Covid-19: First vaccine patient has her
second jab
The grandmother, who is originally from Enniskillen,
Co Fermanagh, received a first injection on 8
December, a week before...
Covid: Military back-up for pupil testing
as heads urge delay to start of term
“Instead, it appears that there will be 1,500
personnel available for more than 3,400 secondary
schools in England,...
Covid in Scotland: ‘Stay at home’
Hogmanay plea as cases hit record high
The whole Scottish mainland is in the highest level
of restrictions in a bid to contain a new strain of the
virus.
Covid: Millions more braced for tougher
rules in England
There may also be further curbs for areas already in
the highest tier amid concerns tier four rules are not
enough to stop...
Super gonorrhea could be fueled by
antibiotic use amid the pandemic
Grasping at straws for COVID-19 treatments may be
inadvertently fueling a the rise of another hard to
treat disease: super...
General anesthesia and normal sleep
affect brain in an amazingly similar way
as consciousness fades
Explaining the biological basis of human
consciousness is one of the greatest challenges of
science. While the loss and return...
College football players: Underestimating
risk of injury and concussion
Christine Baugh, PhD, MPH, assistant professor of
medicine at the University of Colorado School of
Medicine and member of...
Scientists develop high-throughput
mitochondria transfer device
A study, published today in the journal Cell Reports,
describes how the new UCLA-developed device,
called MitoPunch, transfers...
In plants, channels set the rhythm
Although plants are anchored to the ground, they
spend most of their lifetime swinging in the wind.
Like animals, plants...
Sugars influence cell-to-surface adhesion
IMAGE: Flagella-mediated adhesion and gliding by
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (green alga) on a solid
surface (top). Using...
Electrons hop to it on twisted molecular
wires
IMAGE: Concept and chemical structure of
periodically twisted molecular wires. view more
Credit: Osaka University Osaka,...
Significant disparities in telemedicine
use, especially among older and POC
patients
After “COVID-19,” the term that most people will
remember best from 2020 is likely to be “social
distancing.”...
Scientists turned toxic pesticide into
treatment against antibiotic-resistant
bacteria
N-Aryl-C-nitroazoles are an important class of
heterocyclic compounds. They are used as
pesticides and fungicides. However,...
Study examines the most effective
COVID-19 control policies
IMAGE: Anita M. McGahan is a University Professor
and the George E. Connell Chair in Organizations
Society at the...

5. Polysaccharides from red algae affect
mice immune systems, say FEFU
scientists
Carrageenans, biologically active polysaccharides
isolated from red algae and widely used in the food
industry as stabilizers,...
Imaging of ballistic wounds, bullet
composition and implications for MRI
safety
IMAGE: Scout (A), T1-weighted spin-echo (SE) (B),
T2-weighted SE (C), T2-weighted gradient-recalled
echo (GRE) (TR/TE,...
More than a million Americans flew on
Sunday despite COVID-19
U.S. air travel hit a pandemic-high on Sunday
following Christmas, with at least 1.28 million
Americans flying, according...
Covid England: How the new mutated
strain has spread in a fortnight
By David Churchill What has happened to the
coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of
Covid has developed which...
Covid UK:New cases DOUBLE in a week
with 36,804 more infections
By David Churchill What has happened to the
coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of
Covid has developed which...
New coronavirus variant has triggered
‘explosive’ outbreaks in London schools
By David Churchill What has happened to the
coronavirus to trigger such concern? A new strain of
Covid has developed which...
Moonshot scientists DEFEND rapid
lateral flow coronavirus tests
The scientists behind the Government’s Moonshot
testing plans have leapt to the defence of lateral flow
coronavirus...
Coronavirus UK: R rate is UP again to a
possible 1.3, SAGE warns
The coronavirus R rate in Britain has risen to
between 1.1 and 1.3 and it is at least one or higher
in every region of England...
HUGH FEARNLEY-WHITTINGSTALL: Eat
your way to weight loss
Want to eat better forever? I’m in no doubt that the
best and simplest way to do that is to eat
wholefoods — foods...
Covid UK: 41,385 daily cases and 357
deaths as second wave grows
Britain could be put into ‘Tier 5’ restrictions, it has
been claimed, with England’s hospitals are now...
Long-lasting COVID immunity gives real
hope for the long-term protection of
vaccines
The research is the strongest evidence for the
likelihood that vaccines against the virus, SARS-
CoV-2, will work for long...
A single gene ‘invented’ haemoglobin
several times
Having red blood is not peculiar to humans or
mammals. This colour comes from haemoglobin, a
complex protein specialized...
Stopping RAS inhibitors tied to worse
outcomes in patients with chronic kidney
disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) affects approximately
ten percent of the global population. Hypertension is
the most common...
Flag leaves could help top off
photosynthetic performance in rice
The flag leaf is the last to emerge, indicating the
transition from crop growth to grain production.
Photosynthesis in this...
Story tip from Johns Hopkins expert on
Covid-19
In a study that looked at suicide deaths during
2020’s first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in
Maryland, Johns Hopkins...
UCLA scientists develop high-throughput
mitochondria transfer device
LOS ANGELES — Scientists from the UCLA
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have
developed a simple, high-throughput...
College football players underestimate
risk of injury and concussion
AURORA, Colo. (Dec. 29, 2020) – College football
players may underestimate their risk of injury and
concussion, according...
The puzzle of nonhost resistance: why do
pathogens harm some plants but not
others?
IMAGE: Ralph Panstruga Matthew Moscou view
more Credit: Ralph Panstruga Matthew Moscou
People have puzzled...
Army research leads to more effective
training model for robots
IMAGE: New Army research reduces the
unpredictability of current training reinforcement
learning policies so that they...
2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans recommend grains at all life
stages
IMAGE: 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans recommend maintaining existing serving
size for whole and enriched...
Sustained cellular immune dysregulation
in individuals recovering from COVID-19
IMAGE: Nathaniel Erdmann view more Credit: UAB
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – COVID-19, which has killed
Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of
those who refuse Covid vaccine
It is currently rolling out the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine
which was approved for EU member states last

6. 1.7 million... week.
Parents warned of ‘sharp rise’ in eating
disorders
What is an eating disorder?
Covid-19: Military to support mass testing
of students in England
New coronavirus variant: What do we know?
Covid-19: Health workers ‘back in eye of
storm’, says NHS chief
With coronavirus infections at what public health
officials called an “unprecedented level” and a new
variant...
Mother reveals two-year-old daughter’s
flu-like symptoms were deadly meningitis
A mother has revealed how her two-year-old
daughter had to have both legs amputated after
contracting meningitis. Restaurant...
Frontline medic choir in Queen’s
Christmas message tell of sacrifice
Gareth Malone. Justin Bieber. The Lewisham and
Greenwich NHS choir could easily have been
forgiven for thinking they had...
Why tidying your kitchen will help you
polish off the pounds!
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extra pounds? Feeling sluggish and unfit? Fear not,
help is just around...
‘My feet burn with pain if I go walking’:
DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health
questions
I’m an avid walker aged 74, but now find after a few
miles I get a tingling feeling in my little toe which
spreads to the...
Silicone ‘ping pong ball’ implanted in the
stomach could help relieve persistent
heartburn
Silicone ‘ping pong ball’ implanted in the stomach
could help relieve persistent heartburn By Pat
Hagan for the Daily...
Will 2021 finally be the year we finally get
the male pill?
A male counterpart to the contraceptive pill for
women, which first appeared in Britain 60 years ago,
is seen as the Holy...
High-tech new toothbrushes designed to
make you smile
Looking to add ‘better-looking teeth’ to your New
Year resolutions? The latest electric toothbrushes
claim to be capable...
Why common antibiotics may trigger
mental breakdowns
Earlier this year it was reported that Alana Cutland,
a 19-year-old Cambridge University
student,pictured, jumped...
$3.9M project on self-deleting genes
takes aim at mosquito-borne diseases
To control mosquito populations and prevent them
from transmitting diseases such as malaria, many
researchers are pursuing...
One year later, how does COVID-19 affect
children?
What The Patient Page Says: We have all lived with
COVID-19 for about a year now. Overall, we have
learned that children...
Comparing health outcomes of privileged
Americans with residents of other
developed countries
What The Study Did: Researchers looked at
whether health outcomes of white citizens living in
the richest U.S. counties were...
Beverage prices, volume sold after
sweetened beverage tax repeal in
Chicago’s county
What The Study Did: This observational study
examined whether lasting change in sweetened
beverage prices or the volume sold...
High-speed atomic force microscopy
takes on intrinsically disordered proteins
IMAGE: Structural and dynamic features of three
IDPs (NTAIL, PNT and Sic1) revealed by HS-AFM
imaging. The top and...
Protein twist and squeeze confers cancer
drug resistance
In 1986, cellular biochemist Kazumitsu Ueda,
currently at Kyoto University’s Institute for Integrated
Cell-Material...
Large transporter protein linked to
schizophrenia
IMAGE: Abnormalities in the cholesterol transport
protein ABCA13 have been shown to lead to
schizophrenia in a mouse...
Brain imaging predicts PTSD after brain
injury
Philadelphia, December 29, 2020 – Posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD) is a complex psychiatric
disorder brought on...
Oxford coronavirus vaccine to be
approved ‘shortly after Christmas’
Coronavirus vaccinations have started in care
homes in the UK, Matt Hancock confirmed today.
Care home residents are top...
Tony Blair calls for the UK to use up ALL
coronavirus vaccine supplies on one
dose strategy
Tony Blair has called for Britain to scrap its current
coronavirus vaccination strategy and give ‘as many
people as...
Covid England: Earlier spring lockdown
could have saved 20k lives
Starting spring lockdown just a WEEK earlier could
have saved 20,000 lives from Covid-19 crisis, claims
Imperial College...

7. Coronavirus can affect the brain because
its ‘spike’ protein is capable of crossing
blood barrier
Covid-19 may be able to infect the brain because it
carries a protein capable of getting through the
barrier at the top of...
Covid cases in England spike back up to
pre-lockdown levels with 646,000 people
infected last week
One in every 85 people in England is now infected
with coronavirus, half of them have caught the new
super-infectious strain...
Why you should open your windows
while eating Christmas dinner
Open your windows while eating Christmas dinner:
Simulation reveals how fresh air whisks away
coronavirus particles in a...
Quack cure or Covid hope? Six science-
backed foods that fight Covid
A vaccine is being rolled out and potential
treatments are being trialled to see if they can cure
Covid, but for the foreseeable...
Coronavirus vaccine: How the Oxford
dosing mix-up REALLY happened
Oxford accidentally under-dosed participants in its
coronavirus vaccine trial because of a measurement
blunder by the university’s...
HKU chemists develop a new drug
discovery strategy for "undruggable"
drug targets
IMAGE: Graphic illustration of the work: DNA-
programmed affinity labelling (DPAL) enables the
direct screening of DNA-encoded...
New research makes strong case for
restoring Hong Kong’s lost oyster reefs
IMAGE: Oyster reefs in Hong Kong view more
Credit: ©Kyle Obermann/Courtesy TNC New
research produced jointly...
Study identifies distinct sub-types of
aggressive tumours to allow for targeted
treatment
Angiosarcomas are clinically aggressive tumours
that are more prevalent in Asian populations Study
led by Singapore clinician-scientists...
Faster, greener way of producing carbon
spheres
IMAGE: Carbon spheres – microscope images A
fast, green and one-step method for producing
porous carbon spheres,...
Heart transplantations: prospects of
success increase with larger case
volumes
In a series of commissions awarded by the Federal
Joint Committee (G-BA) to the Institute for Quality
and Efficiency in Health...
Industry collaboration leads to important
milestone in the creation of a quantum
computer
IMAGE: (a) Scanning electron image of one of the
Foundry-fabricated quantum dot devices. Four
quantum dots can be formed...
Surveys identify relationship between
waves, coastal cliff erosion
IMAGE: Scripps Oceanography geomorphologist
Adam Young buries wave energy-measuring
sensors. view more Credit:...
Common brain malformation traced to its
genetic roots
IMAGE: The lowest part of a child’s brain is visible
below the bottom of the skull in this MRI scan and
shows...
Covid-19: Five ways to stay positive
through the winter
“You can think of it as a kind of brain fertiliser – it
helps parts of your brain regenerate,” says Dr...
Covid-19: Concern at ‘unprecedented’
infection level in England
On Monday, a further 41,385 Covid cases and 357
deaths were reported in the UK.
Chemotherapy ‘is made a THIRD more
effective’ with magnetic nanoparticles
Chemotherapy technique that uses magnetic
nanoparticles to heat cancerous cells to more than
104°F while delivering drugs...
Only 388 people aged under 60 with no
underlying health conditions have died of
Covid in the UK
388 people aged under 60 with ‘NO underlying
health conditions’ have died of Covid in England’s
hospitals Covid-19...
Millions more Britons face being plunged
into Tier 4 lockdown this week
Doctors fear the NHS could be overwhelmed within
days as hospital admissions surge due to the highly
infectious Covid strain...
Hospitals in England ‘on track’ to have
more than 20,000 Covid patients on New
Year’s Eve
Hospitals in England are hurtling towards having
20,000 coronavirus patients who need NHS
treatment on New Year’s Eve,...
Children who identify as gay or
transgender are 64% MORE likely to be
obese
Children who identify as gay, bisexual or
transgender are 64% MORE likely to be obese,
study finds US-based researchers...
Is Cumbria on the brink of Tier Four? SAGE expert warns hitting one million
vaccines a week won’t be enough to curb

8. More than 90 per cent of councils in England saw
their coronavirus outbreaks grow before Christmas,
according to official...
Covid crisis in months
Teachers and key workers will be added to the
vaccine priority list when the Oxford
University/AstraZeneca jab is finally...
Britain records 41,385 Covid cases and
357 more deaths as second wave
continues to grow
Britain today recorded 41,385 cases of Covid and
357 more deaths as the second wave of the disease
continues to grow with...
Do toddlers learning to spoon-feed seek
different information from caregivers’
hands and faces?
An international research collaboration led by Kobe
University’s Professor NONAKA Tetsushi (Graduate
School of Human...
Switching DNA functions on and off by
means of light
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is the basis of life on
earth. The function of DNA is to store all the genetic
information, which...
Chemists develop a new drug discovery
strategy for ‘undruggable’ drug targets
Membrane proteins play important roles in biology,
and many of them are high-value targets that are
being intensively pursued...
Study suggests link between word
choices and extraverts
The finding highlights the need for stronger linguistic
indicators to be developed for use in online
personality prediction...
Music-induced emotions can be predicted
from brain scans
The researchers used a machine learning algorithm
to map which brain regions are activated when the
different music-induced...
Quick look under the skin
How big is the liver? Does it change if medication is
taken? Is the kidney inflamed? Is there a tumor in
the brain and did...
Vaping could cloud your thoughts, new
studies suggest
While other studies have found an association
between vaping and mental impairment in animals,
the URMC team is the first...
The evolving role of platelet-rich plasma
(PRP) in plastic surgery
December 28, 2020 – Platelet-rich plasma (PRP)
treatment, which involves injecting a small amount
of a patient’s...
The liverwort oil body is formed by
redirection of the secretory pathway
Cells, the basic unit of life, are surrounded by a
limiting membrane called the plasma membrane.
Inside cells, there are...
New studies suggest vaping could cloud
your thoughts
Two new studies from the University of Rochester
Medical Center (URMC) have uncovered an
association between vaping and mental...
Extremely energy efficient
microprocessor developed using
superconductors
IMAGE: AQFP MANA microprocessor die photo.
MANA is the world’s first adiabatic superconductor
microprocessor. ...
One psychedelic experience may lessen
trauma of racial injustice
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A single positive experience on
a psychedelic drug may help reduce stress,
depression and anxiety...
Discovery about how cancer cells evade
immune defenses inspires new treatment
approach
Cancer cells are known for spreading genetic chaos.
As cancer cells divide, DNA segments and even
whole chromosomes can be...
Neurologists say there is no medical
justification for police use of neck
restraints
BOSTON – Some police departments in the United
States continue to teach officers that neck restraints
are a safe method...
Groups of bacteria can work together to
better protect crops and improve their
growth
IMAGE: Scientist Susanna Harris in the lab. view
more Credit: Noam Eckshtain-Levi, Susanna Leigh
Harris, Reizo...
Covid-19: UK records 30,000 new cases
and 316 deaths
It comes as doctors in Scotland warned that the
health system was “severely stretched” and a Welsh
hospital made...
Covid-19: London Ambulance Service
receives as many 999 calls as first wave
The UK reported another 30,501 positive tests on
Sunday, and 316 deaths of people who had tested
positive within the past...
Covid: Cardiff health board plea for
critical care help
It said it needed help from people with experience in
“proning” patients.
Scar-free operation could banish acid
reflux for good
A revolutionary scalpel-free procedure that
strengthens weak muscles in the oesophagus could
spare millions from chronic...

9. HEALTH QUIZ: How much of 2020 do YOU
remember?
If there was ever a year to pay attention to health
news, it was 2020. From the first celebrities to
receive a Covid jab,...
Now here’s the good news
It has been a year like no other. Families have been
torn apart and long-term plans destroyed, with few
able to consider...
Thousands of children are stuck in care
home hell
Like any 11-year-old, Josh Jones loves Christmas.
Above all because it’s normally one of the few
occasions he gets...
Hope after a grim week
Last week I wrote about receiving my first dose of
the Covid-19 vaccine – as a healthcare worker, I am
one of the first...
The intriguing reason you feel ill after a
single glass
I’ll admit it: I have a drinking problem. But mainly
only with white wine, not red. And always with
bubbles. No, it’s...
COVID-19 isolation hurting women more
than men
A study by University of Calgary researchers with
the Hotchkiss Brain Institute examining sex and
gender differences on sleep,...
Mayo Clinic Model of Care and Research
leads to favorable outcomes for patients
with COVID-19
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients with COVID-19
who received care at Mayo Clinic, whether in the
hospital or at home, had...
E-cigarettes, as consumer products, do
not help people quit smoking, study finds
E-cigarette use has risen steeply and mostly without
regulation over the past decade. The devices have
diversified into a...
Record-setting thermoelectric figure of
merit achieved for metal oxides
IMAGE: The barium-cobalt oxide film (top right,
approximately 1 cm2) being exposed to an open
flame to generate voltage....
Researcher uses machine learning to
demonstrate that DNA impacts cancer
risk
Lifestyle, or put another way ‘bad habits’, is one of
the textbook explanations for why some people are
at higher...
Covid-19: Tougher Covid rules begin for
millions in UK
It comes after official UK coronavirus deaths passed
70,000 on Christmas Day.
Maternal Immune Activation Induces
Sustained Changes in Fetal Microglia
Motility
IMAGE: Illustration of microglial process motility
changes in fetuses affected by maternal immune
activation. ...
Cancer’s intelligence
Dr. J. James Frost and The International Journal of
Unconventional Computing will soon be publishing
“Cancer’s...
Evidence for a massive paleo-tsunami at
ancient Tel Dor, Israel
IMAGE: Geoprobe drilling rig extraction of a
sediment core with evidence of a tsunami from
South Bay, Tel Dor, Israel ...
Children’s emotion inferences from
masked faces during the COVID-19
pandemic
IMAGE: Girl wearing a mask at school view more
Credit: Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash,
https://unsplash.com/photos/r2hTBxEkgWQ
Children...
VR simulations shed potential light on
goalkeepers’ ability to stop free kicks
IMAGE: The study’s VR technology being used for
training purposes view more Credit: INCISIV
Virtual...
Capturing 40 years of climate change for
an endangered Montana prairie
IMAGE: The intermountain bunchgrass prairie at the
National Bison Range, Montana, USA at one of the
study areas. ...
Remarkable new species of snake found
hidden in a biodiversity collection
IMAGE: Jeff Weinell, a KU graduate research
assistant at the Biodiversity Institute, is lead author
of a paper describing...
Neurology patients faced with rising out-
of-pocket costs for tests, office visits
MINNEAPOLIS – Just like with drug costs, the
amount of money people pay out-of-pocket for
diagnostic tests and office...
People in rural areas less likely to receive
specialty care for neurologic conditions
MINNEAPOLIS – A new study has found that while
the prevalence of neurologic conditions like
dementia, stroke, Parkinson’s...
Experiment takes ‘snapshots’ of light,
stops light, uses light to change
properties of matter
New research highlights the importance
of the thymus in successful pregnancies
IMAGE: Magdalena Paolino, assistant professor and
team leader at the Department of Medicine Solna,

10. PITTSBURGH–Light travels at a speed of about
300,000,000 meters per second as light particles,
photons, or equivalently...
Karolinska Institutet. ...
Weedy Seadragon genomics reveal highly
distinct populations
Charismatic, iconic and Instagram-friendly, the
weedy seadragon is a favourite with divers and
snorkellers. The first genomic...
New research highlights the importance
of a forgotten organ in ensuring healthy
pregnancies
An international research team led by the University
of British Columbia (UBC) has uncovered for the first
time the importance...
The thymus as key to healthy
pregnancies
IMAGE: The thymus as key to healthy pregnancies.
view more Credit: @IMBA/Kulcsar Female sex
hormones instruct...
Caspian crisis: Sinking sea levels
threaten biodiversity, economy and
regional stability
IMAGE: Infographic showing the effects of water
level change in the Caspian Sea area. view more
Credit: Naturalis The...
Scientists discover how our brains track
where we and others go
IMAGE: Scientists used a special backpack to study
for the first time how a person’s brain navigates
space and...
Covid: Post-exposure antibody protection
trialled
Covid antibodies ‘last at least six months’
Covid-19: UK coronavirus deaths pass
70,000
More than 70,000 people in the UK have now died
within 28 days of a positive Covid-19 test, official
figures show.
DR MICHAEL MOSLEY: Overdone it this
year? Help’s just around the corner
How was Christmas for you? With 2020 having been
such a difficult year, it would be completely
understandable if you’ve...
Global trial reveals life saving drug for
acute myeloid leukemia
A landmark paper published today in the New
England Journal of Medicine describes the results
from a global trial across...
Assessment of air contamination by
SARS-CoV-2 in hospital settings
What The Study Did: In this systematic review of
current evidence on air contamination with SARS-
CoV-2 in hospital settings,...
Chest pain risk assessment may reduce
treatment disparities
The use of a standardized tool for assessing the risk
of serious outcomes in patients with chest pain was
associated with...
FDA Oncology Center of Excellence
during COVID-19
What The Viewpoint Says: This Viewpoint discusses
initiatives of the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration’s Oncology Center...
Wistar reports new class of antibiotics
active against a wide range of bacteria
IMAGE: Bacteria image view more Credit: The
Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA — (Dec. 23, 2020)
—...
Climate crisis is causing lakes to shrink
While global sea levels are rising due to the climate
crisis and threatening near-coastal infrastructures,
higher temperatures...
Triple chemotherapy combination
improves metastatic colorectal cancer
outcomes
IMAGE: Scott Kopetz, MD, of SWOG Cancer
Research Network view more Credit: SWOG
Cancer Research Network Researchers...
Perfect transmission through barrier
using sound
The perfect transmission of sound through a barrier
is difficult to achieve, if not impossible based on our
existing knowledge....
Bedford woman ‘lost hands and feet’ as
Covid led to sepsis
A woman who had her hands and feet amputated
after coronavirus led to pneumonia, which then
caused sepsis, says she is looking...
Rob Burrow: Rugby League legend’s year
living with MND
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Coronavirus: Fresh air ‘forgotten weapon’
in fight
EU diplomats get Brexit trade deal briefing MPs are
waiting to see the full text of the agreement ahead of
a vote in Parliament...
Covid: Rapid tests ‘useful public health
tool’
It’s a more difficult question once you are using them
to clear people to do something – for example visit
a...
Theory describes quantum phenomenon
in nanomaterials
Researchers develop new way to break
reciprocity law

11. IMAGE: A quantum dot (the yellow part) is
connected to two lead electrodes (the blue parts).
Electrons tunneling into...
IMAGE: One-way light transmission. view more
Credit: Xuchen Wang / Aalto University An
international research...
Estonian-led international network
publishes first study of growing influence
of social media
The key conclusion of the study was not a surprise
to the scientists involved: the importance of social
media as a primary...
The ABCs of species evolution
IMAGE: The ABCA1 protein flips the cholesterol
from the inner to the outer layer of the cell
membrane. This strengthens...
Christmas trees can be green because of
a photosynthetic short-cut
How can conifers that are used for example as
Christmas trees keep their green needles over the
boreal winter when most trees...
Plastic is blowing in the wind
As the plastic in our oceans breaks up into smaller
and smaller bits without breaking down chemically,
the resulting microplastics...
Study suggests great earthquakes as
cause of Arctic warming
IMAGE: Aleutian Islands are an archipelago
comprising dozens of islands with 40 active and 17
dormant volcanoes ...
TPU chemists convert plastic bottle
waste into insecticide sorbent
Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University proposed
a method to create a sorbent for imidacloprid
insecticide removal from...
Teen figure skater suffers rare genetic
disorder her to have transplant at just 14
A teen figure skater needed a heart transplant after
it was discovered she had a genetic condition that
was turning her heart...
Mathematical modeling can help balance
economy, health during pandemic
As a result, many areas, including the St. Louis
region, saw increases in cases in July. Using
mathematical modeling, new...
Cooperation with R&D organizations is
significantly distinctive for advanced
innovators
The innovation performance of firms depends on
their ability to innovate in cooperation with external
partners. In a study,...
Trophoblast motility in a gelatin hydrogel
IMAGE: Journal brings together scientific and
medical experts in the fields of biomedical
engineering, material science,...
Astrocytes eat connections to maintain
plasticity in adult brains
IMAGE: A 3-D animated image showing our
synapse phagocytosis reporter in mouse
hippocampus. Presynapses in green, astrocytes...
COVID-19 severity affected by proportion
of antibodies targeting crucial viral
protein
COVID-19 antibodies preferentially target a different
part of the virus in mild cases of COVID-19 than
they do in severe...
Eavesdropping on the pH levels inside
the brain
IMAGE: The multiplexed pH probe with a light-
addressable potentiometric sensor and a schematic
diagram of the multimodal...
Multi-population risk scores could
improve risk prediction for inflammatory
bowel diseases, study finds
Using genetic data from nearly 30,000 people,
Mount Sinai researchers have built risk scores from
a combination of datasets...
Early mammal with remarkably precise
bite
IMAGE: The investigated dentition of P. fruitaensis.
The upper molars (M2, M3) are offset from the lower
ones (m2,...
Novel method reveals small microplastics
throughout Japan’s subtropical ocean
IMAGE: Six areas around Okinawa were visited to
collect samples for analyzing the marine
microplastics – two...
‘Horrendous’ ambulance delays at West
Midlands hospitals
Delays in hospitals taking over care of patients is
considered “risky”, NHS England said, because it
not only...
Covid-19: UK bans travel from South
Africa over variant
Covid: Sharp rises in infection levels in England,
says ONS
Schools ‘may need to close to control
new variant’
The work, which is still preliminary, calculates the
variant is spreading 56% faster than other forms of
the virus.
Covid: Sharp rises in infection levels in
England, says ONS
According to the ONS figures, there are sharp rises
in levels of positive tests in the capital, the east of
England, and...
Breaking bad: How shattered
chromosomes make cancer cells drug-
International research team calls for
‘glocal’ approach to help mitigate

12. resistant
In a paper published in the December 23, 2020
online issue of Nature, researchers at University of
California San Diego School...
flooding damage
IMAGE: By coupling a large-scale hydrological
model with a local-scale, high-resolution hydraulic
model and urban flood...
Human-made landscape promotes
coexistence of two normally separated
Andean warblers
IMAGE: The two species and their habitats at the
study site in Ecuador (Photos by J. Nowakowski).
The higher elevation...
Shapeshifting crystals-varying stability in
different forms of gallium selenide
monolayers
IMAGE: The P and AP phases of a GaSe monolayer
view more Credit: Hirokazu Nitta from Japan
Advanced Institute...
Discovery of aging mechanism for
hematopoietic stem cells
IMAGE: No caption view more Credit: ©Atsushi
IWAMA, The Institute of Medical Science, The
University of Tokyo By...
Protein tells developing cells to stick
together
IMAGE: Compartments in adult tissues. Fluorescent
protein expression shows posterior compartments in
the wing and the...
A new TanSat XCO2 global product for
climate studies
Since CO2 has been recognized as the most
important anthropogenic greenhouse gas owing to
its significant impact on global...
Modeling can help balance economy,
health during pandemic
IMAGE: Arye Nehorai, the Eugene Martha Lohman
Professor of Electrical Engineering in the Preston M.
Green Department...
RUDN University scientist showed global
warming effect on greenhouse gas
emissions in paddy soils
IMAGE: A soil scientist from RUDN University
studied the decomposition of organic matter in rice
paddies–the...
Even after long-term exposure, bionic
touch does not remap the brain
A new study by neuroscientists at the University of
Chicago and Chalmers University of Technology,
published on December...
The brain’s protein factories at work
Proteostasis refers to maintaining a delicate balance
of protein levels in the cell, which is of particularly
crucial importance...
Metabolic syndrome ‘interacts’ with
COVID-19
Announcing a new publication for BIO Integration
journal. In this review article the authors Zeling Guo,
Shanping Jiang,...
Understanding nanoparticle entry
mechanism into tumors
Announcing a new publication for BIO Integration
journal. In this commentary the authors Phei Er Saw
and Sangyong Jon from...
Quantum wave in helium dimer filmed for
the first time
Anyone entering the world of quantum physics must
prepare themself for quite a few things unknown in
the everyday world:...
Physician-led Spanish-speaking
volunteers address health care inequities
during a crisis
BOSTON — In a perspective published in the
Journal of Hospital Medicine, experts from the
Massachusetts General Hospital...
New mammal reference genome helps ID
genetic variants for human health
The rhesus macaque is the most widely studied
nonhuman primate in biomedical research. A
genome sequencing project for this...
Scientists at Tel Aviv University develop
new gene therapy for deafness
IMAGE: Professor Karen Avraham and Shahar
Taiber of Tel Aviv University. view more Credit: Tel
Aviv University A...
With COVID exacerbating superbug
threat, researchers ID new weapon
IMAGE: Corrie Detweiler in the lab at CU Boulder.
view more Credit: CU Boulder As scientists around
the...
Atomic-scale nanowires can now be
produced at scale
IMAGE: (a) Illustration of a TMC nanowire (b)
Chemical vapor deposition. The ingredients are
vaporized in a hydrogen/nitrogen...
Coronavirus variants and mutations: the
science explained
UK has two cases of variant linked to South Africa
NHS: Intensive care choir attempts
Christmas number one
They face stiff competition from Justin Bieber’s
collaboration with the Lewisham and Greenwich
NHS choir.
Coronavirus: Vaccinate more people with
one dose, urges Tony Blair
In the Independent, he argued the roll-out must be
“radically accelerated”.

13. UK has two cases of variant linked to
South Africa
Covid: New variant found ‘due to hard work of UK
scientists’
COVID-19: First 10 days after hospital
discharge are most dangerous
COVID patients are 40% more likely to die within 10
days of leaving the hospital than those with
pneumonia or heart failure,...
Moderna says it expects its coronavirus
vaccine to protect against the new U.K.
strain
Moderna Inc says it expects its COVID-19 vaccine
to protect people against the new mutant British
variant of the coronavirus. The...
Similar factors cause health disparities in
cancer, COVID-19
The same factors are also causing worse outcomes
from COVID-19 in this population. “The similarities
between COVID-19...
Scientists develop new gene therapy for
deafness
The scientists were able to prevent the gradual
deterioration of hearing in mice that had a genetic
mutation for deafness....
Disposable surgical masks best for being
heard clearly when speaking, study finds
Corey, an electrical and computer engineering
postdoctoral researcher under professor Andrew
Singer at the University of...
Ancient DNA retells story of Caribbean’s
first people, with a few plot twists
An international team led by Harvard Medical
School’s David Reich analyzed the genomes of 263
individuals in the largest...
How our brains track where we and
others go
Published Dec. 23 in Nature, the findings suggest
that our brains generate a common code to mark
where other people are in...
New class of antibiotics active against a
wide range of bacteria
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared
AMR as one of the top 10 global public health
threats against humanity....
New drug inhibits the growth of cancer
cells
Mitochondria provide our cells with energy and
cellular building blocks necessary for normal tissue
and organ function. For...
Covering faces around kids won’t mask
emotions
It’s easiest to understand the emotions of the people
around you by taking in all the hints they’re
dropping,...
What does ‘do not resuscitate’ mean?
Varying interpretations may affect patient
care, reports American Journal of
Nursing
December 23, 2020 – When patients have a do-not-
resuscitate (DNR) order, it means they have chosen
not to receive cardiopulmonary...
Sex Differences in Death After Stroke
IMAGE: Journal dedicated to the diseases and
conditions that hold greater risk for or are more
prevalent among women,...
Discovery of chemical clue may lead to
solving cacao’s black pod rot mystery
IMAGE: The researchers have created a
streamlined sample-collection protocol that only
requires a single leaf disc....
Scientists identify new gene involved in
autism spectrum disorder
IMAGE: Bruce Beutler, M.D. view more Credit:
Photo taken by Brian Coats for UT Southwestern
Medical Center DALLAS...
Turning the heat down: Catalyzing
ammonia formation at lower temperatures
with ruthenium
IMAGE: The metal ruthenium, supported with
lanthanide oxyhydrides, can efficiently catalyze the
synthesis of ammonia...
Breaking bad: how shattered
chromosomes make cancer cells drug-
resistant
IMAGE: In this scanning electron micrograph of
inside the nucleus of a cancer cell, chromosomes
are indicated by blue...
No. 1 news release on EurekAlert!’s 2020
Trending List smashes previous all-time
record for visits
IMAGE: The sixth most popular release in 2020 is
also the first from China and described a newly
unearthed prehistoric...
Ludwig Cancer Research study reveals
how ecDNA forms and drives cancer drug
resistance
IMAGE: Ludwig San Diego Members Don Cleveland
and Ofer Shoshani view more Credit: Ludwig
Cancer Research DECEMBER...
HALF of air samples taken from hallways
and a fifth from bathrooms have high
levels of coronavirus
HALF of air samples taken from hospital hallways
and a fifth from bathrooms have high levels of
coronavirus, study finds Researchers...
Blood alcohol levels much lower than the
legal limit impair hand-eye coordination,
study finds
Cellular exclusion of mitochondria
protects cells from damage

14. New research published in The Journal of
Physiology however found for the first time that
hand-eye coordination is dramatically...
Most cells in the body require mitochondria to
function and survive. Various disease processes and
toxic agents can harm...
Scientists discover mutations associated
with early onset dementia
Adult onset Leukoencephalopathy with axonal
Spheroids and Pigmented glia (ALSP) is an ultra-
rare condition characterised...
Cannabis use blunts stress reactivity in
female rats
In contrast, male rats that were provided access to
the same potency of cannabis over the same 30-day
window did not experience...
Controlling cardiac waves with light to
better understand abnormally rapid heart
rhythms
In Chaos, by AIP Publishing, researchers use mice
to study tachycardias and find there are intrinsic
mechanisms that exist...
Increased meat consumption associated
with symptoms of childhood asthma
Asthma prevalence among children in the United
States has risen over the last few decades.
Researchers found that dietary...
Liquid bandage detects tissue
oxygenation without the drawbacks of
wired oximeters
“Our trial showed that the transparent liquid
bandage detected tissue oxygenation as well as the
gold standard of an...
New mammogram measures of breast
cancer risk could revolutionize screening
Published in the International Journal of Cancer, the
University of Melbourne-led study found two new
mammogram-based measures...
New mechanisms to control dental
procedure spray emissions
Alexandria, Va., USA — Since the onset of COVID-
19 the potential risk of dental procedure spray
emissions for SARS-CoV-2...
Light smokers may not escape nicotine
addiction, study reveals
HERSHEY, Pa. — Even people who consider
themselves to be casual cigarette smokers may be
addicted, according to current...
Tracing the many paths of vision
IMAGE: The catalog allowed studying individual cell
types in the retina and linking them to a specific
structure, function...
Changing the perspective on the
‘Cinderella of the cytoskeleton’
SETD2 is a protein well known as a chromatin
remodeler, one that helps turn genes on or off by
modifying histone proteins...
AI-designed serotonin sensor may help
scientists study sleep and mental health
Serotonin is a neurochemical that plays a critical
role in the way the brain controls our thoughts and
feelings. For example,...
Immersive virtual reality boosts the
effectiveness of spinal cord stimulation
for chronic pain
December 23, 2020 – For patients receiving spinal
cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic pain, integration
with an immersive...
Research reveals compromised transfer
of SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies
through placenta
BOSTON – Recent analyses indicate that pregnant
women and newborns may face elevated risks of
developing more severe...
Cost-effective hood reduces aerosol
exposures to patients, otolaryngologists
(Boston)–The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to
cause dramatic shifts in the practice of
otolaryngology. Even with...
Covid-19: Can face masks make
communal singing safe enough?
playCan face masks help people sing together
again? Video, 00:02:21Can face masks help people
sing together again?
Covid-19: The Philippines and its
lockdown baby boom
The crush can be felt everywhere from the city’s
traffic jams to the jails, where people sleep like
sardines in cells...
Cygnet Woodside in special measures
over ‘patient safety risks’
Follow BBC Yorkshire on Facebook, Twitter and
Instagram. Send your story ideas to
yorkslincs.news@bbc.co.uk.
‘I was desperate for a cancer manual –
but there isn’t one’
One of them is Steve Bland, who runs the award-
winning and ground breaking You, Me and the Big C
podcast which was co-created...
Evolution of a killer: How African
Salmonella made the leap from gut to
bloodstream
Bloodstream infections caused by a drug-resistant
type of Salmonella Typhimurium called ST313 are a
major public health concern...
New method for imaging exhaled breath
could provide insights into COVID-19
transmission
“Scientists believe the SARS-CoV-2 virus is primarily
spread through respiratory droplets that can be
carried in the...

15. Modeling study suggests mitigation
efforts can prevent most college campus
COVID-19 cases
Investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital,
Massachusetts General Hospital and Case Western
Reserve University...
What if clean air benefits during COVID-
19 shutdown continued post-pandemic?
The researchers leveraged the unintended “natural
experiment” of cleaner air in New York City during
the COVID-19...
New drug combination could improve
glucose and weight control in diabetes
The results pave the way for clinical studies of the
new drug combination as a more effective long-term
treatment for millions...
Bio-inspired endoscope provides 3D
visible and near-infrared images
simultaneously
Endoscopes with 3D imaging capability can help
surgeons precisely locate diseased tissue. Adding
fluorescence imaging can...
Pandemic and forthcoming stimulus
funds could bring climate targets in sight
— or not
The worldwide recession caused by the coronavirus
has had a profound impact on greenhouse gas
emissions that is likely to...
Scientists suggested a method to
improve performance of methanol fuel
cells
IMAGE: Metallic glass, microscopic image view
more Credit: FEFU press office Fuel cells based on
methanol...
What pandemic messaging around
changing holiday rituals gets wrong
In the midst of the raging coronavirus pandemic,
we’re faced with agonizing decisions about whether
to forgo treasured...
Diversity, severity of autism symptoms
linked to mutation locations
NEW YORK, NY (Dec. 22, 2020)–One of the most
recognizable characteristics of autism is an amazing
diversity of associated...
Survival of the thickest: Big brains make
mammal populations less dense
IMAGE: A Barbary macaque (Macaca sylvanus) in
Gibraltar view more Credit: Manuela Gonzalez-
Suarez/University...
Highest levels of microplastics found in
molluscs, new study says
Mussels, oysters and scallops have the highest
levels of microplastic contamination among seafood,
a new study reveals. The...
Molecular reporters expose the allies of
the brain tumor
IMAGE: Previously only suspected, now made it
visible thanks to the molecular reporter: where
human tumor cells and...
Are two phases of quarantine better than
one?
New research into this question shows that the
second wave of an epidemic is very different if a
population has a homogenous...
Genetic engineering without unwanted
side effects helps fight parasites
Around a third of the world’s population carries
Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that puts people with
a weakened immune...
NIH launches study on allergic reactions
caused by Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine
The U.S. National Institues of Health (NIH) is
planning to examine why a few people have suffered
allergic reactions to Pfizer‘s...
Covid US: Number of people keen to take
vaccine DOUBLES to 46%
The number of Americans who say they are willing
to get a coronavirus vaccine as soon as possible is
growing, a new poll...
Cloth masks are NOT enough to stop the
spread of COVID-19 without social
distancing
Wearing a cloth mask is not enough to prevent the
spread of the coronavirus without practicing social
distancing, a new study...
Masks not enough to stop COVID-19’s
spread without distancing, study finds
In Physics of Fluids, by AIP Publishing, researchers
tested how five different types of mask materials
impacted the spread...
Community spread of COVID-19 tied to
patient survival rates at area hospitals
“We have known that individual risk factors like age
and gender, comorbidities such as obesity, and
whether someone...
Hand-held device measures aerosols for
coronavirus risk assessment
That is, until now. Researchers from the Cardiology
Centers of the Netherlands and the University of
Amsterdam demonstrate...
Pregnant women in third trimester
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Vivek Murthy says most Americans won’t
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High rates of COVID-19 in a community
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Covid deaths fell 3% in England and
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Cambridge University experts behind a string of dire
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Antibiotics for C-sections effective after
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Difference in blood pressure between
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Reston ebolavirus spreads efficiently in
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ACP, Annals of Internal Medicine host
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for EU states
More than 311,000 lives have been lost to the
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individual cells In a study published in Nature
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important complementary...
Prostate cancer regulator plays role in
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treatment lead
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coronavirus gain entry and replicate within cells.
TMPRSS2 is well-known to Arul...
Traditional model for disease spread may
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the model predicts the average number of
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Learning from three centuries of
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Community-based COVID-19 testing: The
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collection site for SARS-CoV-2 virus between March
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New 3D maps reveal inner workings of
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The far-reaching effects of mutagens on
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Breathing rate predicts therapeutic
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Researchers explore why some MS
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researchers new insight into whale stress
IMAGE: Oregon State University researchers are
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Images and data collected...
Light signal emitted during
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People without college degrees
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coronavirus pandemic were higher among the
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California lockdown suppressed excess
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months of the pandemic than would have been
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Paul Cziko looks over the underwater camera during
a dive at the...
Gene pathway linked to schizophrenia
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The government’s advisers on new infections have
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transmit...
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nearly double the number recorded last Sunday,
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pandemic
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pandemic-era. ...
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important data on the safety of head and neck
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experts from around the UK explain the desperate
need for long-term and ambitious...
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and lead may disrupt a woman’s hormones during
pregnancy, according...
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reaches...
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In the midst of a global pandemic with COVID-19,
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effect
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parks during early months of the COVID-19
pandemic had rarely — or...
Long non-coding RNA may play a key
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atherosclerotic mice, a research team from Brigham
and Women’s...

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targeted exercise beforehand to...
Socioeconomic background linked to
survival after having a cardiac arrest in
hospital
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subject to the tightest set of restrictions from 00:01
GMT Wednesday. Health...
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place this year across the UK to allow people to
celebrate Christmas. The...
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deafness
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variety of bacterial infections, including infections in
newborns and in...
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Potentially damaging surface ozone
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Less traffic on the roads during the first lockdown led
to a reduction in air pollution but may have caused
potentially damaging...
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combating COVID-19 and have now been published
in Advanced Nano-Biomed...
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intracellular actin cytoskeleton...
Inverted fluorescence
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wavelengths. Scientists have...
Study sets baseline for sleep patterns in
healthy adult dogs
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University could serve as a baseline for research on
chronic pain and...
Research brief: Researchers discover
new way to deliver DNA-based therapies
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receiving enough blood...
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of separate...
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outside of tier four...
Covid vaccine: How will the UK jab
millions of people?
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jabs – developed by Moderna and Oxford-
AstraZeneca – are...
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“Covid-19 has presented many people with the
unique opportunity to exercise more, because,
practically, people have...
Could coronavirus trigger a sudden
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the environment, shed...
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are so many of us still catching it?
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identify patients who may be vulnerable at the
onset,”...
COVID-19 pandemic had big impact on
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according to the survey...
Researchers use artificial intelligence to
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numbers of cases and people...
The mask matters: How masks affect
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across the...
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country in Europe to estimate...
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World’s first transmission of 1 Petabit/s
using a single-core multimode optical
fiber
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multi-mode fibers view more Credit: National
Institute of...
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more willing to comply with COVID restrictions if
they believe, according to...
Key building block for organic molecules
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the globe are calling for European governments to
work together in managing...
Concern about loved ones might motivate
people to mask up and get vaccine
ANN ARBOR, Michigan — While many people have
listened to messaging about wearing a mask and
following social distancing...
Discovery finds a cellular building block
acts as a gel, not liquid as previously
believed
University of Alberta researchers have found an
answer to a fundamental question in genomic
biology that has eluded scientists...
What’s the ‘true’ rate of dislocation after
total hip replacement?
December 18, 2020 – The cumulative incidence of
hip dislocation following total hip replacement is
about 50 percent...
AI-supported test predicts eye disease
three years before symptoms
Researchers hope their test could be used to
identify the disease early enough so that treatment
can effectively prevent...
New way to deliver DNA-based therapies
for diseases
The research is published in the Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Gene
therapy involves altering the...
CAPTUREing Whole-Body 3D movements
Animal behavior is important to a broad range of
disciplines, from neuroscience and psychology to
ecology and pharmacology....
Nanotechnology: Nanoparticles as
weapons against cancer
Both calcium phosphate and citrate are involved in
the regulation of many cellular signaling pathways.
Hence, the levels...
How does the brain manage its learning?
H.M. helped scientists understand the role of the
hippocampus in learning, but a mystery remains
around how signals from...
NASA finds what a glacier’s slope reveals
about Greenland Ice Sheet thinning
IMAGE: GIF showing the potential distances over
which thinning can spread into Greenland’s interior.
Glaciers...
Breast cancer study uncovers how
macrophages may contribute to a
therapeutic weak spot
Breast cancer, the second most common cancer in
the United States, can result from a number of
cellular misregulations, such...
Prenatal testing has halved the number of
babies born with Down syndrome in
Europe
BOSTON — The growth of prenatal screening in
Europe has reduced the number of babies being
born per year with Down...
APS plays foundational role in
development of COVID-19 vaccines
IMAGE: Data taken at the APS shows the
neutralizing antibody D25 binding to the F protein of
the Respiratory Syncytial...
Land ecosystems are becoming less
efficient at absorbing CO2
Land ecosystems currently play a key role in
mitigating climate change. The more carbon dioxide
(CO2) plants and trees absorb...

24. Humpback whale songs provide insight
to population changes
IMAGE: Humpback whale off Maui. view more
Credit: HIHWNMS/NMFS ESA Permit #782-1719
Approximately 8,000-12,000...
Shifting gears toward chemical machines
IMAGE: Animation from simulation demonstrating
spatio-temporal control of rotors via a cascade
reaction. GOx-coated...
Scientists get the most realistic view yet
of a coronavirus spike’s protein structure
IMAGE: This rotating image shows the detailed
structure of a “spike ” from a coronavirus that
causes cold...
Covid-19: Germany introduces new
restrictions amid rise in cases
Coronavirus: Germany to go into lockdown over
Christmas
Covid Christmas risk ‘hard to control’
US approves Moderna as second Covid-19 vaccine
The Food and Drug Administration gives the green
light for releasing millions...
Covid rules still to be relaxed over
Christmas in UK
Only two households are advised to mix in Wales,
under new stricter advice.
Covid: US approves Moderna as second
vaccine
It has recorded more than 313,500 deaths and
about 17.5 million infections, according to Johns
Hopkins University.
Media Alert: The CRISPR Journal
publishes special issue on expanding the
CRISPR toolbox
IMAGE: outstanding research and commentary on
all aspects of CRISPR and gene editing, including
CRISPR biology, technology,...
Study shows incorporating telemedicine
helps surgical practices
IMAGE: Aurora D. Pryor, MD view more Credit:
Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY,
December 18, 2020 –...
New study identifies greatest risk factors
of mortality from COVID-19
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients have a greater risk
of dying if they are men or if they are obese or have
complications from...
Researchers propose process to detect
and contain emerging diseases
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A University of Arkansas
biologist is part of a global team of researchers
developing a strategy...
Study finds growing numbers of critically
endangered sawfish in Miami waters
IMAGE: Figure 3 from the paper: (A) Photograph
taken by W. A. Fishbaugh in the 1920s, recorded as
taken in Miami (courtesy...
Ultra-fast gas flows through tiniest holes
in 2D membranes
IMAGE: Researchers identify ultra-fast gas flows
through atomic-scale apertures in 2D membrane
and validate a century-old...
New topological properties found in "old"
material of Cobalt disulfide
IMAGE: Experimental verification of Weyl nodes in
Cobalt disulfide, in comparison to the theoretical
prediction. ...
Low-income preschoolers exposed to
nurturing care have with higher IQ scores
later on
IMAGE: This model illustrates the proposed
association between early cumulative adversities in
childhood and benefits...
How a very ‘sociable’ protein can hold
clues about Alzheimer’s origin
The origin of the most prevalent form of Alzheimer’s
disease, which accounts for 95% of cases, is still not
clear despite...
New material system to convert and
generate terahertz waves developed
Some time ago, a team of experts working on the
HZDR accelerator ELBE were able to show that
graphene can act as a frequency...
Monkeys, like humans, persist at tasks
they’ve already invested in
But why would we engage in such potentially self-
defeating behavior? Georgia State researchers think
two factors may play...
Zika virus affects eye development before
but not after birth
The Zika virus is primarily transmitted by the bite of
an infected mosquito from the Aedes genus.
However, it can also be...
More than half of Hudson River tidal
marshes were created accidentally by
humans
IMAGE: The arrival of the railroad and associated
structures in 1850 along the banks of New York’s
Hudson River...
New class of cobalt-free cathodes could
enhance energy density of next-gen
lithium-ion batteries
IMAGE: Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers
have developed a new class of cobalt-free cathodes
called NFA that...
Gene biomarkers indicate liver toxicity
quickly and accurately
IMAGE: From left: University of Illinois researchers
Zeynep Madak-Erdogan, associate professor of
nutrition; Rohit...