Epigenetic determination of tissue of origin of genetically classified subsets of plasma DNA molecules enhances transplantation monitoring and cancer testing.
The regulation of sympathetic innervation density by beige adipocytes in subcutaneous fat is important during a critical developmental window, but dispensable during adulthood.
In the context of susceptibility to severe COVID-19, the observations of a study provide the basis for a personalized interferon-based therapy in patients with rare TLR7 variants.
Peter Ashcroft, Sonja Lehtinen ... Sebastian Bonhoeffer
Test-and-release quarantine strategies for traced contacts of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 cases and returning travellers can reduce average quarantine durations while remaining as effective as 10 days of quarantine without testing.
The concept of compound fracture risk is redefined to combine the risk that an individual will sustain a fracture and the risk of mortality once the fracture has occurred.
A citizen science approach to research has shown that the improvements in mood and cognition associated with psychedelic microdosing are likely due to a placebo effect.
More informed discussions between physicians and older adults about the consequences of an initial osteoporotic fracture could encourage more patients to consider treatments that protect against future fracture.
