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Researchers at Yale have found that injury to endothelial cells may be a key driver of COVID-19 severity and death. The discovery suggests that doctors could both test patients for endothelial cell injury, known as endotheliopathy, and mitigate it with drugs to improve patient outcomes.

A new study shows that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, can infect heart cells in a lab dish, indicating it may be possible for heart cells in COVID-19 patients to be directly infected by the virus.

A multidisciplinary team from two Johns Hopkins University institutions has found that organoids (tiny tissue cultures made from human cells that simulate whole organs) known as "mini-brains" can be infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19.

A study published June 29 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has drawn attention to a new strain of the H1N1 virus, known as G4 EA H1N1, with report describing the strain as having "pandemic potential".

New research has exposed silenced sites within “jumping genes” that could one day drive the development of environmentally resistant crops.

Researchers have presented a new analysis of the patterns generated by phylogenetic trees, suggesting that they reflect previously hypothesized connections between evolution and ecology.

Scientists have tracked the eye movements of children to show how they make the link – spontaneously and without instructions – between vocal emotion followed by a natural or virtual face.

For the first time, researchers have been able to track each atom in the NMDA receptor, an important brain protein, as it transmits or inhibits neural signals.

In a new study, researchers from Osaka University developed a novel vaccine that removes aged immune cells and then demonstrated an improvement of diabetes-associated metabolic derangements by vaccinating obese mice.

Light to moderate drinking may preserve brain function in older age, according to a new study.