Have you ever gotten a flu at the same time as your siblings and wondered why your sister’s fever went away days ago while your brother is still battling with it bedridden? COVID–19 is what really brought to attention the influence sex plays on one’s immune system when men started dying from the disease at […]
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In recent years, bird flu cases have been skyrocketing. This highly infectious and deadly strain of avian influenza has not only infected thousands of poultry birds across Europe, North America, Africa and Asia, but has spread to wild birds too. The flu has even spread to mammals such as sea lions, foxes, skunks and cats.
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The COVID pandemic touched almost every part of daily life. Cities became ghost towns. Schools and workplaces worldwide shut their doors. Millions of families now have an empty seat at their table. But while COVID took a sizable toll on society, it also served as a time of profound research and innovation. It enacted change
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With new COVID-19 cases continuing to occur, scientists are paying more attention to a variety of short and long-term health effects of the virus. As of now, there are around 30 mutations of the latest variant of COVID-19, and more research is needed to understand the effects of each form. Long COVID-19 has been a
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As the primary malaria vector of sub-Saharan Africa, the Anopheles gambiae mosquito is the deadliest animal in the world. In 2022, there were an estimated 249 million malaria cases worldwide. Global malaria cases have increased annually since 2015, with countries in Africa facing the majority of case increases. Recent progress has stalled, and many are
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Out of groceries, too tired to cook, or too cold to venture outside and grab dinner? Don’t worry, DoorDash has you covered. Or UberEats. Or GrubHub. The rise of delivery apps has fundamentally changed society’s relationship with food. Now, with some button presses, or even a verbal command to an Amazon Alexa, food can arrive
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Studies show that anywhere from 30% to 50% of the tumor mass in glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, is actually made of our own immune cells. Glioblastoma is an elusive and dangerous tumor type. Only a quarter of patients live longer than a year, and less than 10% survive longer than five years. It grows
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A hundred years ago, the idea of having standard operating procedures for transplanting someone’s blood, let alone someone else’s organs, seemed like something society would have achieved by the time there were flying cars. However, modern science and lab studies are moving fast and furiously, and one of the most surprising evidence of their progression
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“Hemorrhage is the number one potentially preventable death.” Curtis Conklin, Command Surgeon for the U.S. Armed Forces Command (FORSCOM), echoes in a statement to NU Sci what has already been emphasized for decades: the issue of blood supply, from the floors of hospitals to the fields of duty. Luckily, a recent advance in hematology called
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