The mRNA COVID-19 vaccine took only a year to develop – beating the previous fastest traditional vaccine development, held by the 1967 mumps vaccine, of four years. How does it differ from traditional vaccine technology?

A team of researchers investigated the relationship between in utero exposure to 17-OHPC and likelihood of cancer in offspring…

ALTHOUGH the overall risk is low, people who are pregnant or were recently pregnant are at an increased risk of severe illness from COVID-19…

Communication between the flexor hallucis longus (FHL) tendon sheath and the ankle joint is well-recognised and is reportedly present in around 17% of individuals.

The researchers discovered that although the virus enters, infects, and replicates in human kidney cells, this did not always lead to cell death…

Metabolites in the blood have been analysed, with their levels altered by coffee consumption, and an association with developing chronic kidney disease…

Chronic kidney disease-associated pruritus (CKD-aP) occurs in over two-thirds of patients undergoing haemodialysis. The aetiology of CKD-aP may be multifactorial, involving immune system and opioid dysregulation, peripheral neuropathy, and toxin deposition. CKD-aP can be extremely bothersome for some patients, affecting health-related quality of life and sleep, as well as increasing the likelihood of hospitalisation, infections, and death.

At the 7th Congress of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN), held virtually in June 2021, real-world data on the efficacy and safety of…