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pH comes from the term “power of Hydrogen”, or the hydrogen ion concentration present in a given solution. It helps to measure the acidity or alkalinity of a substance.

Early exposure to vaccine-derived antigens can have dramatic effect on antibody diversity

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have added fresh evidence that early exposure to vaccine-, bacterial- or microbiota-derived antigens has a dramatic effect on the diversity of antibodies an adult mammal will have to fight future infections by pathogens.

14 Jul 2020

UTEP receives $1.3 million to shed light on how neural circuits impact specific behaviors in humans

The University of Texas at El Paso was awarded $1.3 million from the National Institutes of Health to shed light on how the combined function of neural circuits impacts specific behaviors in humans.

14 Jul 2020

Scientists to develop virtual reality simulator to improve training on hiatal hernia surgery

Baylor Scott & White Research Institute has received funding for a study from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering, one of the 27 institutes and centers of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation's premier medical research agency.

14 Jul 2020

Beta blockers can increase risk of heart failure in women more than men

Women taking beta blockers for hypertension with no prior history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) have a nearly 5% higher risk for heart failure than men when they present to hospital with acute coronary syndrome, according to new research published today in Hypertension, an American Heart Association journal.

14 Jul 2020

Single dose of tocilizumab improves survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients

Critically ill COVID-19 patients who received a single dose of a drug that calms an overreacting immune system were 45% less likely to die overall, and more likely to be out of the hospital or off a ventilator one month after treatment, compared with those who didn't receive the drug, according to a new study by a team from the University of Michigan.

14 Jul 2020

New technology generates immune response by delivering antigens to APCs in the spleen

Red blood cells do more than shuttle oxygen from our lungs to our organs: they also help the body fight off infections by capturing pathogens on their surfaces, neutralizing them, and presenting them to immune cells in the spleen and liver.

14 Jul 2020

Altimmune reports positive results on intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate

Altimmune, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, has announced positive results from the preclinical studies conducted in mice at the University of Alabama at Birmingham of its intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AdCOVID.

14 Jul 2020

USC scientists may have found a path to extend human life

Scientists at USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences may have found the beginnings of a path toward increasing human lifespan.

13 Jul 2020

Single-nucleus RNA sequencing helps compare transcriptional responses to acute cocaine

The lab of Jeremy Day, Ph.D., at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has used single-nucleus RNA sequencing approaches to compare transcriptional responses to acute cocaine in 16 unique cell populations from a portion of the brain called the nucleus accumbens, or NAc.

From University of Alabama 10 Jul 2020

TMEM106B gene reveals the causes of neurodegenerative diseases

Across the globe, approximately 50 million people are living with dementia. The two most common forms are Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD), which develop when neurons in specific parts of the brain stop functioning - triggering memory loss and other behavioral or personality changes.

10 Jul 2020

Expansion stress promotes immunosuppression and enhances growth of breast cancer cells

Expansion stress can have an alarming impact on breast cancer cells by creating conditions that could lead to dangerous acceleration of the disease, an interdisciplinary team of University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers has found.

10 Jul 2020

Preventing immune cell reprogramming could be a new way to stop breast cancer metastasis

Natural killer cells, a type of immune cell, are known to limit metastasis by inducing the death of cancer cells. But metastases still form in patients, so there must be ways for cancer cells to escape.

10 Jul 2020

ASC-enriched fat grafts for breast augmentation could produce superior results

Results of a clinical trial released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine indicates that breast augmentation in patients treated with fat grafts enriched with autologous adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) had significantly superior results compared to those treated with non-enriched grafts.

9 Jul 2020

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Early exposure to vaccine-derived antigens can have dramatic effect on antibody diversity

UTEP receives $1.3 million to shed light on how neural circuits impact specific behaviors in humans

Scientists to develop virtual reality simulator to improve training on hiatal hernia surgery

Beta blockers can increase risk of heart failure in women more than men

Single dose of tocilizumab improves survival in critically ill COVID-19 patients

New technology generates immune response by delivering antigens to APCs in the spleen

Altimmune reports positive results on intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate

USC scientists may have found a path to extend human life

Single-nucleus RNA sequencing helps compare transcriptional responses to acute cocaine

TMEM106B gene reveals the causes of neurodegenerative diseases

Expansion stress promotes immunosuppression and enhances growth of breast cancer cells

Preventing immune cell reprogramming could be a new way to stop breast cancer metastasis

ASC-enriched fat grafts for breast augmentation could produce superior results

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