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Foundations of Science
Coronavirus and Immunity: Key Questions as Society Begins to Reopen
As states and countries slowly begin to ease social distancing restrictions for COVID-19, key questions remain unanswered around immunity to the novel coronavirus: If someone was infected with SARS-CoV-2 and recovered, how long do antibodies remain in their body, and are they protected against reinfection? And for people who’ve been exposed to the virus, but had no symptoms,…
Empowering People with ‘Super Genes’ to Help Unlock New Treatment Pathways
Living among us today are people who carry “super genes” with variants that make them resilient to certain diseases. Some successful medicines mimic these genes, such as a new bone-builder that is based on families with genetically strong bones. If scientists could find patients with genetic resilience, to say, advanced cancer or…
COVID-19 as a Catalyst for Modernizing Clinical Trials
New Hope for a Once Neglected Disease: Advances in Sickle Cell Treatments
When Kelly Knee was in graduate school in the early 2000s, she found it nearly impossible to secure grant funding for research on sickle cell disease, a rare blood disorder that historically has been a neglected area of medical research. But hearing stories from patients, who suffer…
New Pathways to Cachexia Treatment: Focusing on Patient Quality of Life
Patients living with certain underlying chronic illnesses, such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), congestive heart failure, and other diseases often experience a syndrome called cachexia, which can cause anorexia, unintentional weight loss, muscle wasting, loss of appetite, and/or fatigue.1, 2, 3 This wasting disorder can severely impact patients’ quality of life, and in some cases…
Breakthroughs that change patients’ lives
What Does Science Have to Say About Your Resolutions?
Science Fact or Science Fiction? Exercise Is Bad for Arthritis
When it comes to the link between exercise and arthritis, the evidence from a wide range of studies strongly suggests that exercise not only improves function among people with arthritis but also helps them control pain better.
Helium As Medical Mission Critical
Without helium — the second lightest element on Earth, used at Thanksgiving to lift skyscraper-size parade balloons — medical science might come to a standstill.