Individuals who are obese may be more susceptible to severe COVID-19 because of a poorer inflammatory immune response, say Cambridge scientists.
When people feel sleepy or alert, that sensation is controlled in part by the ebb and flow of a 24-hour rhythm of their body temperature. Bioengineers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a unique mattress and pillow system that uses heating and cooling to tell the body it is time to go to sleep.
Scientists at McMaster University who have developed an inhaled form of COVID vaccine have confirmed it can provide broad, long-lasting protection against the original strain of SARS-CoV-2 and variants of concern.
A new proposal developed by an interdisciplinary team of McMaster University researchers calls upon Canadian public health officials to make necessary changes to how novel antibiotics are approved, procured and accessed in Canada.
A successful diagnostic algorithm developed by McMaster University researchers that can both detect deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and reduce the need for ultrasound scans has been published in The BMJ.
People who experienced an immediate allergic reaction to their first COVID-19 vaccine are unlikely to experience a severe immediate allergic reaction to a second dose, says a study involving McMaster scientists.
Researchers have mapped the complete trajectory of placental development, helping shed new light on why pregnancy disorders happen.
Scientists in Cambridge and Berlin have used a form of gene therapy to increase levels of the so-called ‘cold shock protein’ in the brains of mice, protecting them against the potentially devastating impact of prion disease.
Increasing the proportion of non-alcoholic drinks on sale in online supermarkets could reduce the amount of alcohol people purchase, suggests a study published today led by researchers at the University of Cambridge.
More than one-quarter of infections in Canada fail to clear up when people are treated with standard antibiotics.
Lessons learned when Canadian health-care workers respond to natural disasters worldwide can be used at home, say researchers in McMaster University’s Department of Family Medicine.
If you have been stung by a jellyfish at the beach, you’ll know how painful and unpleasant it can be. But how best to treat jellyfish stings has been debated over the years.
Cambridge scientists have shown how the brain’s ability to clear out toxic proteins is impaired in Huntington’s disease and other forms of dementia – and how, in a study in mice, a repurposed HIV drug was able to restore this function, helping prevent this dangerous build-up and slowing progression of the disease.
Even mild concussion can cause long-lasting effects to the brain, according to researchers at the University of Cambridge. Using data from a Europe-wide study, the team has shown that for almost a half of all people who receive a knock to the head, there are changes in how regions of the brain communicate with each other, potentially causing long term symptoms such as fatigue and cognitive impairment.
Problems with the brain’s ability to ‘prune’ itself of unnecessary connections may underlie a wide range of mental health disorders that begin during adolescence, according to research published today.
Failure to implement active bystander training could thwart NHS attempts to tackle sexual harassment, say researchers at the University of Cambridge.
A study of the DNA of more than 55,000 people worldwide has shed light on how we maintain healthy blood sugar levels after we have eaten, with implications for our understanding of how the process goes wrong in type 2 diabetes.
The protection offered by COVID-19 vaccination declines more rapidly in people with severe obesity than in those with normal weight, scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Edinburgh have found. The study suggests that people with obesity are likely to need more frequent booster doses to maintain their immunity.
Researchers from the University of Zurich and ETH Zurich have achieved a major breakthrough in medical imaging technology by developing a method that allows for the visualization of metabolic processes in the body using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
A study conducted by researchers with the Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research (SIAF), an associate of the University of Zurich (UZH), found that a common ingredient in commercial dishwasher rinse agents can negatively impact the gastrointestinal tract.