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The mCARMEN platform is being used during the Omicron surge to help guide public health efforts in Massachusetts.

Researchers successfully engineer world's first 3D human spinal cord tissue transplant

A discovery that blocks the normal transition of semen from a thick gel to a liquid shows promise for development of a new form of non-hormonal, over-the-counter contraception.

Researchers at the University of Toronto’s Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy have uncovered mechanisms that help to explain how the breast cancer 1 susceptibility protein (BRCA1), best known for its role in suppression of breast cancer, helps to prevent developmental disorders and how alcohol exposure may increase the risk of these disorders.

The long-standing enigma of why so many patients suffering with high blood pressure (known as hypertension) also have diabetes (high blood sugar) has finally been cracked by an international team led by the universities of Bristol, UK, and Auckland, New Zealand.

Despite improved methods of treatment, an infection with the hepatitis C virus still leads to approximately 400,000 deaths worldwide each year. The development of a vaccine is urgently required, but has failed until now because of the genetic diversity and high mutation rate of the virus. A team led by scientists at the Cologne University Hospital and the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) investigated the immune response in more detail and was able to isolate broad spectrum antibodies from a group of patients who, as “elite neutralisers”, can attack extraordinarily many virus variants simultaneously. The scientists have now been able to detect the particular properties of these antibodies. The discovery could be an important step on the way to a vaccine.

A pill that releases RNA in the stomach could offer a new way to administer vaccines, or to deliver therapies for gastrointestinal disease.

Scientists have genetically engineered a new type of cell that could be a potential gamechanger in cancer therapeutics