Cancer cells cause inflammation to protect themselves from viruses

Researchers have uncovered how cancer cells protect themselves from viruses that are harmful to tumors but not to healthy cells. These findings could lead to improved viral treatments for the disease.

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MISTR and SISTR Help Deliver HIV Prevention PrEP to Texans’ Doorsteps

Scripts and testing don’t require visits to the doc thanks to this partnership between Texas Health Action and the telemedicine portals.


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Monitoring environmental exposures in dogs could be early warning system for human health

Man's best friend may also be man's best bet for figuring out how environmental chemicals could impact our health.

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Squid studies suggest new route to therapy for ALS, targeting synaptic dysfunction

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most devastating adult-onset neurodegenerative diseases. Patients, including the late actor/playwright Sam Shepard, become progressively weaker and eventually paralyzed as their motor neurons degenerate and die.

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Universal virus detection platform to expedite viral diagnosis

The prompt, precise, and massive detection of a virus is the key to combat infectious diseases such as Covid-19. A new viral diagnostic strategy using reactive polymer-grafted, double-stranded RNAs will serve as a pre-screening tester for a wide range of viruses with enhanced sensitivity.

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Underlying illness risk factors for severe COVID-19 or death

Age, male sex, obesity, and underlying illness have emerged as risk factors for severe COVID-19 or death in the UK, according to the largest cohort study to date.

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Scientists develop method to help epidemiologists map spread of COVID-19

Scientists have developed a method they believe will help epidemiologists more efficiently predict the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their new study outlines a solution to the SIR epidemic model, which is commonly used to predict how many people are susceptible to, infected by, and recovered from viral epidemics.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200529190734.htm