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US launches study of allergic reactions to COVID-19 vaccines
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 8 (ANI): The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced Wednesday that it has kicked off a study to determine the risk of allergic reactions to the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines.
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Progesterone imbalance causes preterm birth, prolonged labour
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 12 (ANI): A recent study conducted by the National Institutes of Health discovered that some pregnant women experience preterm labour or prolonged labour due to unbalanced progesterone signals.
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Kamala Harris gets second COVID-19 vaccine dose, urges everyone to do like
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington DC [US], January 27 (ANI/Sputnik) US Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday took her second dose of the coronavirus vaccine in a televised setting at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and urged Americans to get vaccinated.
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Scientists highlight potency of mini antibodies against COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 9 (ANI): The study led by researchers from National Institutes of Health have highlighted the effectiveness of 'nanobodies' produced by a llama named Cormac in preventing infections and detecting virus particles by grabbing hold of SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins.
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Neuroscientists isolate mini antibodies against COVID-19 from a llama
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 4 (ANI): National Institutes of Health researchers have isolated a set of promising, tiny antibodies, or "nanobodies" against SARS-CoV-2 virus that were produced by a llama named Cormac.
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Blood vessel damage, inflammation in COVID-19 patients' brains: Study
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], January 3 (ANI): A team of researchers from National Institutes of Health, in an in-depth study of how COVID-19 affects a patient's brain, have consistently spotted hallmarks of damage caused by thinning and leaky brain blood vessels in tissue samples. These damage hallmarks
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Study uncovers blood vessel damage, inflammation in COVID-19 patients' bra
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 31 (ANI): In an in-depth study of how COVID-19 affects a patient's brain, National Institutes of Health researchers consistently spotted hallmarks of damage caused by thinning and leaky brain blood vessels in tissue samples from patients who died shortly after contr
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Study suggests higher red cell transfusion threshold offers no advantage f
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 31 (ANI): Very low birth weight infants often need blood transfusions to survive. A National Institutes of Health-funded study suggests that providing a higher threshold of red cells within accepted limits offers no advantage in survival or reduction in neurological
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AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep, mental healt
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 25 (ANI): In an article in Cell, National Institutes of Health-funded researchers described how they used advanced genetic engineering techniques to transform a bacterial protein into a new research tool that may help monitor serotonin transmission with greater fide
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Researchers reveal how human brains know when something's different
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 14 (ANI): In a study involving epilepsy patients, National Institutes of Health has discovered how a set of high-frequency brain waves may help us spot these kinds of differences between the past and the present.
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Researchers reveal how our brains know when something is different
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 14 (ANI): In a study involving epilepsy patients, National Institutes of Health scientists discovered how a set of high-frequency brain waves may help us spot small differences in things and objects between the past and the present.
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Study finds postpartum depression may persist three years after giving bir
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 27 (ANI): A National Institutes of Health study of 5,000 women has found that approximately 1 in 4 experienced high levels of depressive symptoms at some point in the three years after giving birth. The rest of the women experienced low levels of depression throughou
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