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Researchers at the Lady Davis Institute (LDI) at the Jewish General Hospital have discovered that increased levels of the protein OAS1 are associated with reduced mortality and less severe disease requiring ventilation among patients with COVID-19. Using drugs that boost OAS1 levels could be explored to try to improve these outcomes.

Research suggests that vitamin B6 has the potential to lower the odds of patients becoming seriously ill with the coronavirus.

A new study has revealed that the reproduction of ground-nesting bees is significantly hindered by an insecticide used on squash and pumpkins.

An international team of scientists has shown that a retrovirus invading the koala germline explains the high frequency of koala cancer.

HDL cholesterol has been tagged as "good cholesterol" and associated with a decreased risk of cardiovascular disease. However, research shows that people with large HDL particles actually have an increased risk of myocardial infarction, while only small HDL particles are associated with decreased risk.

According to researchers, pooled COVID-19 testing could be achieved with minimal changes to the testing infrastructures already in place. This approach could provide a greater amount of testing with no increase in required resources.

Researchers have published a paper documenting the ability of an innovative AI system, dubbed Go-Explore, to outperform both human and state-of-the-art algorithmic rivals at an entire suite of classic Atari 2600 games now used as benchmarks for machine intelligence.

New research in mice published today in the journal Scientific Reports strengthens the growing scientific consensus regarding the role of the gut microbiome in neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer's disease.

In using data from human motion perception studies, researchers have trained an artificial neural network to estimate the speed and direction of image sequences. The study uses the system to describe how space and time information is combined in our brain to produce our perceptions, or misperceptions, of moving images.

Researchers have detailed the sequencing of 64 full human genomes. This will enable studies on genetic predispositions to human diseases as well as the discovery of more complex forms of genetic variation.