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Dogs could help predict valley fever spread in humans

University of California - Davis
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Dogs could help predict valley fever spread in humans. A new UC Davis study finds a strong correlation between occurrence of dog and human disease.

Journal: The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Research fine tunes tools used to search for genetic causes of asthma

University of Chicago
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study by researchers from the University of Chicago combines genetic data and improved computational tools to look more closely at GWAS results for both adult-onset and childhood-onset asthma. The research identified many genetic variants with a high likelihood of having a causal effect on both types of asthma, paving the way for further studies to target the genes connected to these variants as potential treatments.

Journal: Genome Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Institutes of Health

Certain nasal bacteria may boost the risk for COVID-19 infection, study finds

George Washington University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study from researchers at the George Washington University has found that certain bacteria living in the nose may influence how likely someone is to get a COVID-19 infection. Published in EBioMedicine, the research reveals that certain types of nasal bacteria can affect the levels of key proteins the virus needs to enter human cells, offering new insight into why some people are more vulnerable to COVID-19 than others.

Journal: EBioMedicine
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Scientists map unprecedented detail of connections and visual perception in the mouse brain

NIH/Office of the Director
Peer-Reviewed Publication

In a massive scientific effort funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), hundreds of researchers have helped to map the connections between hundreds of thousands of neurons in the mouse brain and then overlayed their firing patterns in response to visual stimuli. This breakthrough is a critical piece of foundational science to build toward understanding how our brains process visual information to reconstruct the images we see every day.

Journal: Nature
Funder: NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

A new smartphone-sized device can test for tuberculosis. Here’s why that matters for children

Tulane University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

This handheld device is the first that can detect tuberculosis in saliva, in addition to blood and sputum samples, an important breakthrough for testing children and HIV patients, who struggle to produce sputum. The device was found to deliver rapid, accurate results in under an hour, offering a cost-effective and accessible solution for diagnosing TB in resource-limited areas.

Journal: Science Translational Medicine
Funder: NIH/National Cancer Institute, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH/National Cancer Institute, U.S. Department of Defense, DZIF, NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke