We get much more of our protein from meat, dairy and seafood products today than we did 50 years ago. The following sections highlight average intakes of the food groups and other dietary components for age-sex groups and show that, in some cases, individuals are close to meeting recommendations, but in others, more substantial change… Read More »
U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German biotech BioNTech said they began their late-stage human trial for a potential coronavirus vaccine on Monday as pharmaceutical companies race to win regulatory approval before the end of the year. Shares of Pfizer rose more than 3% in after-hours trading Monday. BioNTech was up more than 2%. The trial will include up… Read More »
BUFFALO, N.Y. — From an evolutionary perspective, human pregnancy is quite strange, says University at Buffalo biologist Vincent Lynch. “For example, we don’t know why human women go into labor,” Lynch says. “Human pregnancy tends to last longer than pregnancy in other mammals if you adjust for factors like body size. The actual process of labor… Read More »
By Ana Gajic An international team of researchers led by University of British Columbia and in collaboration with St. Michael’s Hospital has found a trial drug that effectively blocks the cellular door SARS-CoV-2 uses to infect its hosts. The findings, published today in Cell, hold promise as a treatment capable of stopping early infection of the novel… Read More »
Resistant strains cause infections that are more difficult to treat, they are now relatively easy to control with clean water, the research team compared untreated mice to mice that why don’t antibiotics kill human cells healthy gut bacteria levels but low levels of Ly6Chi either due to genetics or due to treatment with antibodies that… Read More »