Why House Fly Barf Is an Overlooked Potential Vector of Disease

Why House Fly Barf Is an Overlooked Potential Vector of Disease

The next time a fly lands on your food, you might want to consider throwing that bite away. A new review suggests the muck that flies regurgitate could very well be infected with a pathogen. When you think of a disease-carrying insect, chances are you imagine a blood-sucking mosquito or tick. But recent findings suggest … Read more

A Potential Basis for a Cure for Coronavirus Found – Neuroscience News

A Potential Basis for a Cure for Coronavirus Found – Neuroscience News

Summary: The compound Salen effectively binds to a number of SARS_CoV_2, the virus that causes COVID-19, proteins. The findings pave the way for developing new therapeutics to fight coronavirus. Source: URAL Federal University Researchers found out that salen is able effectively bind a number of proteins of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. Scientists used the method of … Read more

Study finds potential link between daily multivitamin, improved cognition in older adults

Study finds potential link between daily multivitamin, improved cognition in older adults

Researchers from the Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston analyzed cognitive function in older adults who took either a cocoa extract supplement, a multivitamin or a placebo every day for three years. (GetFocusStudio, Shutterstock) Estimated read time: 5-6 minutes WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Taking a daily multivitamin might be … Read more

Study finds potential link between daily multivitamin and improved cognition in older adults | CNN

Study finds potential link between daily multivitamin and improved cognition in older adults | CNN

CNN  —  Taking a daily multivitamin might be associated with improved brain function in older adults, a new study says, and the benefit appears to be greater for those with a history of cardiovascular disease. The findings did not surprise the researchers – rather, they were shocked, said Laura Baker, an author of the study … Read more

Exclusive: Medical journals broaden inquiry into potential heart research misconduct

Exclusive: Medical journals broaden inquiry into potential heart research misconduct

WASHINGTON, Sept 13 (Reuters) – Three medical journals recently launched independent investigations of possible data manipulation in heart studies led by Temple University researchers, Reuters has learned, adding new scrutiny to a misconduct inquiry by the university and the U.S. government. The Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology and the Journal of Biological Chemistry are … Read more

Monkeypox outbreak could have been avoided had virus been a ‘potential problem for decades’, expert says

Monkeypox outbreak could have been avoided had virus been a ‘potential problem for decades’, expert says

Experts say that the outbreak of monkeypox could have been avoided. PEOPLE.com Skip to content top navigation close this dialog window Explore PEOPLE.com close this dialog window share and more close this dialog window view image Monkeypox outbreak could have been avoided had virus been a ‘potential problem for decades’, expert says This link is … Read more