More than 70 million people worldwide suffer from glaucoma. Treatment options have traditionally included eye drops to reduce the fluid…
Taste bud cells might not be a target of SARS-CoV-2
An intriguing early symptom among some COVID-19 patients is the loss of the sense of smell and/or taste, which has…
How tumor cells evade the immune defense
Scientists are increasingly trying to use the body’s own immune system to fight cancer. A new study now shows the…
COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in mouse studies
A new study has found that the investigational vaccine known as mRNA-1273 protected mice from infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus…
New strategy against osteoporosis
An international research team has found a new approach that may be able to reduce bone loss in osteoporosis and…
Scientists discover the switch that makes human brown fat burn energy
The receptor responsible for activating the energy-burning property of brown fat in humans has been identified. The next step is…
Molecular forces: The surprising stretching behavior of DNA
Experiments with DNA molecules show that their mechanical properties are completely different from what those of macroscopic objects – and…
‘Godspell’ in 2020: Masks, Partitions and a Contactless Crucifixion
The first professional musical staged in the United States since theater shut down is also a de facto public health…
How thoughts could one day control electronic prostheses, wirelessly
The current generation of neural implants record enormous amounts of neural activity, then transmit these brain signals through wires to…
Epidemic model shows how COVID-19 could spread through firefighting camps
To support fire agencies as they continue their mission-critical work, a team has developed an epidemiological modeling exercise for the…