The 53rd annual conference of the European Society of Human Genetics, due to be held in Berlin from 6 to 9 June, will now be wholly virtual. « We will be hosting more than 120 invited speakers, 172 abstracts in concurrent sessions and 2700 posters – all viewable from your living room, » says ESHG…
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People who relied on conservative media or social media in the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak were more likely to be misinformed about how to prevent the virus and believe conspiracy theories about it, a study of media use and public knowledge has found. Based on an Annenberg Science Knowledge survey fielded in early…
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373 Young Economists from 60 countries can look forward to two top-class events: the 7th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences in August 2021 and the Online Science Days 2020. Meeting on Economic Sciences postponed to August 2021 The invitations sent out today to the young economists apply to the 7th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences…
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When an actor is unable to perform in the theatre, an understudy–ideally one with some practice in the role–can take her place on stage. A study from Dr. Bernard Jasmin’s laboratory at the University of Ottawa and published today in Nature Communications shows that the same is true of proteins. Its results point the way…
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Edward W. Maibach, Director, Center for Climate Change Communication; Faculty, Communication, is set to receive $247,858 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to support the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health in sharpening its focus on health and climate equity. The Consortium was launched in 2016 by Mason and seven prominent medical societies. The…
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Suicide is now the second most common cause of death among American youth. Fatal suicides rose 30 percent between 2000 and 2016, and 2016 alone saw 1.3 million nonfatal suicide attempts. Now, a study led by Boston Children’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital demonstrates that a predictive computer model can identify patients at risk for…
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Using the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan, Marta Cerruti, an Associate Professor in McGill’s Department of Materials Engineering, and her team analyzed damaged heart valves from patients who had undergone transplants. Their findings, recently published in Acta Biomaterialia, show considerable differences in the mineral deposits found in aortic valves of men…
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Scientists in Texas and Pennsylvania have identified a protein sensor that restricts how much sugar and fat our cells convert into energy during periods of starvation. It is possible, the scientists say, that the sensor could be fine-tuned to prompt more sugar and fat conversion in people with metabolic conditions such as diabetes, obesity and…
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Several tests have been developed for detecting the genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but these generally only allow detection of the virus during acute infection. Antibody, or serological, tests are urgently needed to determine the real rate of infection, to understand individuals’ antibody responses to the virus, and to identify people…
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Responding to a looming global shortage of ventilators, a team from Oregon Health & Science University has come up a low-cost version that can be widely produced with 3D printing technology. Albert Chi, M.D., M.S.E., an OHSU trauma surgeon who previously pioneered 3D-printed prosthetics for children, is leading the effort. As COVID-19 spread inexorably across…
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