Senate Committee Advances Pandemic Preparedness Legislation
The Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 17-3 with relatively little fanfare Thursday to send pandemic preparedness legislation to the full Senate for a vote. “I don’t think any of us will ever forget we have lost over a million Americans from COVID,” Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the HELP Committee, […]
Monkeypox: Symptoms, Pictures, Treatment, Outbreak, Vaccine & Prevention
What is the history of monkeypox including the 2022 outbreak? Monkeypox has a relatively recent history. People first discovered it in monkeys in 1958, although a “vesicular disease in monkeys” was described in the 1860s. The disease, and eventually the causative virus, was named monkeypox because the lesions (pox) seen in monkeys developed like other […]
Monkeypox Symptoms, Pictures, Outbreak History, Treatment, Vaccine
What is the history of monkeypox including the 2022 outbreak? Monkeypox has a relatively recent history. People first discovered it in monkeys in 1958, although a “vesicular disease in monkeys” was described in the 1860s. The disease, and eventually the causative virus, was named monkeypox because the lesions (pox) seen in monkeys developed like other […]
New species of stegosaur is oldest discovered in Asia, and possibly the world: Bashanosaurus primitivus roamed Earth around 168 million years ago during the Middle Jurassic period
Relatively small, but fearsome-looking stegosaur measured about 2.8 metres (9 feet) from nose to tail — but scientists can’t tell whether the remains are those of an adult or juvenile. A new species of one of the most recognisable types of dinosaur is the oldest stegosaur ever found in Asia, and one of the earliest […]
Lucky genes can help protect people with obesity from some disease: Geneticists have revealed why some people with obesity remain relatively healthy, whilst others suffer from life-changing ailments such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
Geneticists have revealed why some people with obesity remain relatively healthy, whilst others suffer from life-changing ailments such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Anyone with a BMI over 30 is considered obese rather than just overweight and although people with obesity all have a few extra kilos in common, two people with the […]
Lymphoma cell metabolism may provide new cancer target
Aggressive and relatively common lymphomas called diffuse large B cell lymphomas (DLBCLs) have a critical metabolic vulnerability that can be exploited to trick these cancers into starving themselves, according to a study from researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell’s Ithaca campus. The researchers, whose study was published Dec. 13 in Blood Cancer Discovery, showed […]
Pinniped craniofacial musculature provides insight on its role in aquatic feeding
Pinnipeds — a group including seals, sea lions and walruses — are relatively recently derived marine mammals that evolved from terrestrial carnivorans and reentered the marine environment. Their recent adaptations to an amphibious lifestyle make their evolutionary anatomy of particular interest to Baylor University researcher Sarah Kienle, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology. “I’m fascinated by […]
A new way to solve the ‘hardest of the hard’ computer problems: Scientists develop the next generation of reservoir computing
A relatively new type of computing that mimics the way the human brain works was already transforming how scientists could tackle some of the most difficult information processing problems. Now, researchers have found a way to make what is called reservoir computing work between 33 and a million times faster, with significantly fewer computing resources […]
Monkeypox Treatment, Outbreak History, Symptoms, Vaccine & Pictures
What is the history of monkeypox? Monkeypox has a relatively recent history. People first discovered it in monkeys in 1958, although a “vesicular disease in monkeys” was described in the 1860s. The disease, and eventually the causative virus, was named monkeypox because the lesions (pox) seen in monkeys developed like other known pox-forming diseases (pustules […]