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The University of California San Diego has joined a Phase II clinical trial to evaluate various additional COVID-19 booster shots. The trial seeks to understand if different vaccine regimens can broaden immune responses in adults who already have received a primary vaccination series and a first…
University Research | Confronting COVID-19 | University of California San Diego | Emory University | University of RochesterAn Emory University study shows that males gain a slight advantage in mental-rotation performance during the first years of formal schooling, and this advantage slowly grows with age, tripling in size by the end of adolescence.
University Research | Emory UniversityA nationwide consortium of researchers has identified the first genetic defect linked to biliary atresia, a mysterious liver disease that is the leading cause for liver transplantation in children.
University Research | Emory UniversityA new screening method using sensor particles and a urine test could catch organ transplant rejection much earlier, more comprehensively, and without a biopsy needle.
University Research | Georgia Institute of Technology | Emory UniversityEmory interventional radiologist David Prologo has developed a procedure that freezes a specific spot on the vagus nerve as a weight loss solution.
University Research | Emory UniversityExercise remains the most common practice among nationally tracked persons who are able to maintain weight loss over time.
University Research | Emory UniversityA randomized clinical study of adolescent boys with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) found that a diet low in free sugars (those sugars added to foods and beverages and occurring naturally in fruit juices) resulted in significant improvement in NAFLD compared to a usual diet.
University Research | Emory University | University of California San DiegoOnly about 16 percent of U.S. adolescents have been fully vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) by the time they turn 13, despite national recommendations that call for vaccination at 11 to 12 years of age.
University Research | Emory UniversityEthnobotanist Cassandra Quave leads students in a search for secrets of ancient remedies that may benefit modern medicine.
University Research | Emory UniversityA national opioid epidemic is driving people from pills to heroin, filling emergency rooms with overdose cases, and killing tens of thousands of Americans every year. What are we doing about it?
University Research | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | The Crisis | Emory University