Mindfully Curated
Researchers who identified the first patient mutations on the NFkB1-gene, cooperated with international clinicians to identify and characterize a plethora of unreported NFKB1 variants on patients with immune system related illnesses.
Lower immunity and recurring infections are common in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Researchers now show that the immune system of people with diabetes has lower levels of the antimicrobial peptide psoriasin, which compromises the urinary bladder’s cell …
The ideal crop plant is tasty and high-yielding while also being resistant to diseases and pests. But if the relevant genes are far apart on a chromosome, some of these positive traits can be lost during breeding. To ensure that positive traits can be …
Despite major COVID-19 disruptions, a survey study involving more than 8,300 students at 29 colleges and universities revealed that most maintained their trust in their institutions, at least in the early pandemic months. The researchers found steady t…
When it comes to showing affection towards people, many dogs are naturals. Now comes word that the remarkable ability to show attachment behavior toward human caregivers also exists in wolves.
Vampire bats infected with the rabies virus aren’t likely to act stereotypically ‘rabid,’ according to a new study — instead, infected male bats tended to withdraw socially, scaling back on the common habit of grooming each other before they died of t…
A medication for heart problems and high blood pressure may also be effective for treating alcohol use disorder, according to a new study. The study presents converging evidence from experiments in mice and rats, as well as a cohort study in humans, su…
New research finds that women who had COVID-19 during their pregnancies had placentas with an impaired immune response to new infection.
New research concerning ‘synanthropic’ flies — or the non-biting flies that live with us — argues that we need to pay far more attention to them as disease carriers. While epidemiologists have focused their attention on the biting flies that can spre…
New research shows the disruption of crop production after the Russian invasion of Ukraine is expected to increase carbon emissions and food prices across the globe, without easing food insecurity.
Aviation’s growing impact on the climate crisis requires radical solutions that may upend the industry, according to a new commentary article.
The catastrophic eruption of the Hunga Tonga — Hunga Ha’apai volcano in 2022 triggered a special atmospheric wave that has eluded detection for the past 85 years. Researchers relied on state-of-the-art observational data and computer simulations to di…
Pittsburgh’s steel industry may be largely in the past, but its legacy lives on in city soils. Geologists now show how historical coking and smelting dropped toxic metals in Pittsburgh’s soil, particularly in the eastern half of the city. With samples …