Wellness

Evaluation of India’s ‘Mission Indradhanush’ finds improvements in vaccination outcomes

Washington, DC / New Delhi, India – Researchers at CDDEP recently published ‘Improving vaccination coverage and timeliness through periodic intensification of routine immunization: evidence from Mission Indradhanush’ where they evaluated the performance of India’s Mission Indradhanush (MI) child vaccination campaign — a periodic intensification of the routine immunization program. Each year, 1.2 million Indian children…

From genes to memes: Algorithm may help scientists demystify complex networks

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — From biochemical reactions that produce cancers, to the latest memes virally spreading across social media, simple actions can generate complex behaviors. For researchers trying to understand these emergent behaviors, however, the complexity can tax current computational methods. Now, a team of researchers has developed a new algorithm that can serve as…

Ludwig Cancer Research study reveals even transient chromosomal errors can initiate cancer

JULY 15, 2021, NEW YORK – A Ludwig Cancer Research study has found that inducing random chromosome instability (CIN) events in mice for as little as one week is enough to trigger harmful chromosomal patterns in cells that spur the formation of tumors. “We show that you don’t need chronic, lifelong chromosomal mistakes to produce…

New UK study reveals extent of brain complications in children hospitalized with COVID-19

Although the risk of a child being admitted to hospital due to COVID-19 is small, a new UK study has found that around 1 in 20 of children hospitalised with COVID-19 develop brain or nerve complications linked to the viral infection. The research, published in The Lancet Child and Adolescent Health and led by the…

No sign of COVID-19 vaccine in breast milk

Messenger RNA vaccines against COVID-19 were not detected in human milk, according to a small study by UC San Francisco, providing early evidence that the vaccine mRNA is not transferred to the infant. The study, which analyzed the breast milk of seven women after they received the mRNA vaccines and found no trace of the…

Add fatty acid to taste

A new method developed by Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and University of California, Riverside provides new insights into cancer biology by allowing researchers to show how fatty acids are absorbed by single cells. Fatty acids, along with glucose and amino acids, are a major energy source for cellular growth and proliferation, and abnormal fatty…