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In mice, a vaccination strategy that uses an mRNA coronavirus vaccine injection followed by a nasal spray booster generates immune protection in the airways. A new coronavirus vaccine protects one part of the body, the nose, that is especially vulnerable. This is what scientists found after giving lab mice a booster of nasal spray. The … Read more

There are secrets to losing weight and then keeping it off, according to a study that used machine learning. People who keep going even when they have setbacks, look back on their lives before they lost weight, and keep their focus on their health. The findings were published on Feb. 9 in “Obesity: The Journal … Read more

Gene therapy has been used to target the mRNA (messenger RNA), a gene present in the mutated huntington gene (HTT). It has been discovered that a single administration of this therapy offers long-lasting medical benefits in Huntington’s disease. AAV, an adeno-associated virus gene therapy which contains a key artificial microRNA (pri-amiRNA) to target the mutated … Read more

The brain has a complex system that removes waste left after cell activity. However, scientists have had difficulty determining how the brain decides when to conduct this “trash pickup.” A group of scientists from Yale discovered a protein essential to this process, known as autophagy or ATG-9. It regulates the neural activity and signals its … Read more

According to research findings published in Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, socially isolated older persons have more chances of missing teeth or lose their teeth faster than those who are more social. Loneliness and social isolation in older individuals are serious health concerns worldwide, as they can result in heart disease, cognitive decline, mental health … Read more

Uterine cancer, the fourth most prevalent cancer in women and one that is on the rise in the United States, is caused by no one gene. That’s why Allison Hickman, a geneticist at Clemson University, focused her research on identifying networks of genes linked in uterine cancer that could be possible targets for more effective … Read more

The EXPLAIN study, Sheffield, Oxford, Cardiff, and Manchester teams is using hyperpolarized xenon MRI scans to check for probable damage of lungs in patients with Long COVID not requiring hospitalization but still having wheezing symptoms. Researchers have discovered anomalies in Long COVID patients’ lungs suffering from wheezing not detectable with regular diagnostics. The EXPLAIN study, … Read more