The end of hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19
(University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine) A year ago, infectious disease doctor Christine Johnston was leading a study on the use of hydroxychloroquine for the treatment of people with COVID-19. A year later, her team published results that showed the drug -- once a political football -- had no effect. Johnston talks about lessons learned under the world spotlight. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - March 9, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Proof-of-concept system turns smart speakers into contactless heart rhythm monitors
Smart speakers such as the Amazon Echo or the Google Nest can be used to monitor heart rhythms without physical contact as effectively as an electrocardiogram, according to research from the University of Washington published in Communications Biology. (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - March 9, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Digital Health, Emerging Technologies, Technology Source Type: news
Inaugural AFAR-Sagol Network GerOmic Awards announced
(American Federation for Aging Research) The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR) is pleased to announce the recipients of the inaugural Sagol Network GerOmic Award for Junior Faculty: Simone Sidoli, PhD, Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Oscar Vivas, PhD, Research Assistant Professor, University of Washington. Established in 2020, the Sagol Network GerOmic Award for Junior Faculty provides up to $100,000 for a one- to two-year award to junior faculty (MDs and PhDs) to conduct aging-related -Omics research. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 8, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Can't solve a riddle? The answer might lie in knowing what doesn't work
(University of Washington) With the help of about 200 human puzzle-takers, a computer model and functional MRI images, University of Washington researchers have learned more about the processes of reasoning and decision making, pinpointing the brain pathway that springs into action when problem-solving goes south. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 4, 2021 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
University of Washington Scientists Create ‘Smellicopter’ Drone That Uses a Live Moth Antenna to Hunt Down Odors
The palm-sized device could one day be engineered to track down explosives and gas leaks or could even be used by medical laboratories to detect disease Here’s a technology breakthrough with many implications for diagnostics and clinical laboratory testing. Researchers at the at the University of Washington (UW) are pushing the envelope on what can […]
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Can vaccinated people still spread the coronavirus?
Deborah Fuller is a microbiologist at the University of Washington working on coronavirus vaccines. She explains what the science shows about transmission post-vaccination - and whether new variants could change this equation. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - February 26, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Leading the Way in COVID-19 Vaccination
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Source: Johns Hopkins University and Health Systems Archive - February 25, 2021 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
Big biotech, UCs launch $53M effort targeting Alzheimer's, other brain diseases
UCSF and UC Berkeley will receive $53 million over 10 years as part of a collaboration with biotech giant Genentech Inc. and its Swiss parent Roche to research potential new treatments for Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's diseases, ALS, autism and other central nervous system conditions.
The partnership builds on a University of California-University of Washington effort started in 2019 and backed by the foundation of former Citibank CEO Sandy Weill and his wife, Joan, and it will initially… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 25, 2021 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Big biotech, UCs launch $53M effort targeting Alzheimer's, other brain diseases
UCSF and UC Berkeley will receive $53 million over 10 years as part of a collaboration with biotech giant Genentech Inc. and its Swiss parent Roche to research potential new treatments for Alzheimer's, Huntington's and Parkinson's diseases, ALS, autism and other central nervous system conditions.
The partnership builds on a University of California-University of Washington effort started in 2019 and backed by the foundation of former Citibank CEO Sandy Weill and his wife, Joan, and it will initially… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Biotechnology headlines - February 25, 2021 Category: Biotechnology Authors: Ron Leuty Source Type: news
Record-high Arctic freshwater will flow to Labrador Sea, affecting local and global oceans
(University of Washington) The Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Sea has increased its freshwater content by 40% over the past two decades. When conditions change this freshwater will travel to the Labrador Sea off Canada, rather than through the wider marine passageways that connect to seas in Northern Europe. This has implications for local marine environments and global ocean circulation. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 24, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Scientists describe earliest primate fossils
(University of Washington) A new study published Feb. 24, 2021 in the journal Royal Society Open Science documents the earliest-known fossil evidence of primates. These creatures lived less than 150,000 years after the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction event that killed off non-avian dinosaurs and saw the rise of mammals. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 24, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Over 10% COVID-19 survivors 'can't taste or smell six MONTHS later'
A new study from the University of Washington found that at least 30% of patients reported at least one persistent symptom, including 32.7% of outpatients and 31.3% of hospitalized patients. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Race, income, education affect access to 3D mammography
(University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine) Women of minority races and ethnicities and with less education and income have had relatively lower access to 3D mammography, a technology that can improve breast cancer detection and decrease false alarms, according to new research. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - February 19, 2021 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
COVID-19 infection rates high in pregnant women
(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) The study also showed that the number of COVID-19 infections in pregnant patients from nearly all communities of color in Washington was high. There was a twofold to fourfold higher prevalence of pregnant patients with COVID-19 infections from communities of color than expected based on the race-ethnicity distribution of pregnant women in Washington in 2018. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 16, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Limiting warming to 2 C requires emissions reductions 80% above Paris Agreement targets
(University of Washington) Even if all countries meet their Paris Agreement goals for reducing emissions, Earth has only a 5% chance of staying below 2 C warming this century, a 2017 study showed. But reductions about 80% more ambitious, or an average of 1.8% drop in emissions per year rather than 1% per year, would be enough to meet the agreement's stated goal, analysis shows. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - February 9, 2021 Category: Biology Source Type: news
