Better ways to manage virus explored by new trials
Two new research programmes aimed at reducing the effects and transmission of COVID-19 have been announced.
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Child cancer patients at no greater risk of severe COVID-19 infection
Results from a study of children with cancer who tested positive for COVID-19 has found they were not at an increased risk of getting a severe coronavirus infection.
New treatment could spare early-stage rectal cancer patients life-altering side effects
A new less invasive treatment is safer than standard major surgery for early-stage rectal cancer, giving patients a better quality of life with fewer life-altering side effects, a pilot study shows.
Using targeted microbubbles to administer toxic cancer drugs
University of Leeds research has shown how microbubbles carrying powerful cancer drugs can be guided to the site of a tumour using antibodies.
COVID-19 advice may have reduced heart attack risks
A new study suggests that COVID-19 guidance in Sweden may have reduced people’s risks of having a heart attack.
How a protein ‘hunkers down’ to conserve energy
A visualisation made from nearly 100,000 electron microscope images has revealed the ingenious way a protein involved in muscle activity shuts itself down to conserve energy.
Genetic study reveals pre-eclampsia risk factors
A large international study has revealed that the genetic risk of pre-eclampsia, a potentially dangerous condition in pregnancy, is related to blood pressure and body mass index (BMI).
Major differences in palliative care provision across the globe
A major review of palliative care services around the world has highlighted huge inconsistencies in provision, with patients in some countries receiving a fraction of the support provided elsewhere.
The protein helping to explain foot-and-mouth's infectiousness
Scientists have conducted a ‘molecular dissection’ of a part of the virus that causes foot-and-mouth disease, to try and understand why the pathogen is so infectious.
Care home workers turned to WhatsApp for help during COVID-19 outbreak
Analysis of social media messages between care home staff revealed growing concerns about lack of guidance as the pandemic swept the country.