A new analysis of brain MRI scans of people with multiple sclerosis (MS) reveals that individual…
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A Monkey Implanted With Elon Musk’s Neuralink Now Plays Pong–Really Well–Using Just His Mind
Once again, Musk makes the impossible possible. It’s why we find him so fascinating. Read more…
New Decoy Protein Treatment Fools Coronavirus, Rendering It Impotent
Treatment reduces lung damage and results in mild symptoms in a preclinical study. A novel decoy…
AI in Drug Discovery Starts to Live Up to the Hype
Machine learning–based techniques are finding a place in early-stage target discovery and in drug development workflows.…
Harvard Scientists Excited by Results on New Cancer Vaccine
Personalized cancer vaccines may be just “a few years” away. Read more at Futurism…
Why COVID-19 survivors should only get one dose of mRNA vaccine
Data seems to be indicating that survivors of COVID-19 may not need two doses of mRNA…
Real-world evidence shows that the COVID-19 vaccines work
They’re just as effective as they were in clinical trials. Read more at The Verge…
More Evidence Links ‘Cat Scratch’ Bacteria and Schizophrenia
New research is the latest to find evidence of a link between mental illness and infections…
A Woman Got the First Dose of the Moderna Vaccine While Pregnant—and She Passed Her Protective Antibodies to Her Infant
Find out more about the first-known baby to be born with COVID antibodies after her mom…
Scientist behind coronavirus shot says next target is cancer
BERLIN (AP) — The scientist who won the race to deliver the first widely used coronavirus…
COVID-19 vaccines are probably less effective at preventing transmission than symptoms – here’s why
Injected vaccines tend to generate good immunity overall but less of a response in the nose…
Vaccines should end the pandemic, despite the variants, say experts
Can the current crop of vaccines get us to herd immunity even if variants become widespread?…
New Ebola outbreak likely sparked by a person infected 5 years ago
Genome analyses suggesting virus persistence raise worries about stigmatization of survivors. Read more at Science |…
Scientists Find a Natural Protein That Stops Allergies And Autoimmune Conditions
For the millions of us plagued by hypersensitive, overactive, or downright abusive immune systems, it can…
Pfizer vaccine may be effective against all coronavirus variants
Research suggests the jab generates an antibody response against the Brazil, UK and South Africa coronavirus…
The Covid-resistant patients exposing the virus’s weak spots
Some people are unusually resilient to the coronavirus, so scientists are now searching their genes and…
First HIV case was a WWI soldier who caught the virus hunting chimps
EXCLUSIVE: Professor Jacques Pepin at Université de Sherbrooke spoke to MailOnline about his new ‘cut soldier’ hypothesis…
Another New Covid-19 Variant Discovered In L.A. Might Be Vaccine Resistant, Researcher Says; Strain First Identified In Denmark
Two days after the Los Angeles Public Health Department announced that the much-talked-about UK variant of…
Canadian research identifies walking speed as predictor of dementia
The speed at which you walk, or the so-called gait speed, might be a predictor of…
Shock test in boy, 4, could rewrite coronavirus timeline
A university in Italy claims to have found evidence of the first case of coronavirus one…