Media AdvisoryMonday, July 13, 2020 NIH scientists showed how ancient retroviral genes, or “junk DNA”, may play a role in helping stem cells decide to become neurons. Nath lab, NIH/NINDS. What For every cell in the body there comes a time when it must decide what it wants to do for the rest of its…
By Nancy LapidNEW YORK (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.Immune system's T cells play a role in attacking the coronavirusWhile the immune system's B cells make antibodies…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The following is a brief roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause of…
Hope for a baldness CURE as study shows a solution made of stem cells from fat tissues can trigger hair regrowthResearchers discovered fat cells have growth hormones that can work on hairVolunteers rubbed the new solution into their scalp twice per day for 16 weeksStudy authors say they noticed a 'significant' increase in hair count…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…