Medicine New Strategy Blocks Chronic Lung Disease in Mice (Medicine) 23 Feb 2021 Research involving cytokines and how they’re packaged sheds light on inflammation in asthma, COPD, COVID-19 Inflammatory lung diseases such as asthma, COPD and, most recently, COVID-19, have proven difficult to…
Medicine Monoclonal Antibodies Against MERS Coronavirus Show Promise in Phase 1 NIH-sponsored Trial (Medicine) 23 Feb 2021 A randomized, placebo-controlled Phase 1 clinical trial of two monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) directed against the coronavirus that causes Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) found that they were well tolerated and…
PHYSICS Scientists Proposes a New Heavy Particle With Properties Similar to Those of the Higgs Boson (Physics) 23 Feb 2021 Unlike the Higgs boson, discovered at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider in 2012 after a 40-year quest, the new particle proposed by these researchers is so heavy that it could not…
Astronomy Supernova 1987A: Reclusive Neutron Star May Have Been Found in Famous Supernova (Astronomy) 23 Feb 2021 Astronomers now have evidence from two X-ray telescopes (Chandra and NuSTAR) for a key component of a famous supernova remnant.Supernova 1987A was discovered on Earth on February 24, 1987, making…
Biology UIC Researchers Invent New Gene-editing Tool (Biology) 23 Feb 2021 Specially engineered guide RNA molecules called “proGuides” may allow scientists to program sequential gene edits over time. Researchers from the University of Illinois Chicago have discovered a new gene-editing technique…
Physiology Fat Cells May Influence How The Body Reacts to Heart Failure (Physiology) 23 Feb 2021 Promising results in mice open door to new areas of research in treating patients with heart failure. University of Alberta researchers have found that limiting the amount of fat the…
Biology “Good Bacteria” in Breast Milk Changes Over Time (Biology) 23 Feb 202123 Feb 2021 Scientists discover complex and dynamic bacterial ecosystem in human breast milk using genomic technology pioneered for the International Space Station The cocktail of beneficial bacteria passed from mother to infant…
