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People were plunged into the issue of COVID-19

For some patients, immunotherapy furthers tumor progression instead of halting it. What distinguishes those who benefit from those who don’t?

Study reveals the microbiome’s role in regulating body temperature

Stress can interact with genetic vulnerability to depression, and with added or lacking support from friends and family, to affect depressive symptoms.

Vision impairment disproportionately impacts older adults

Alyssa Dreffs, originally a patient, is now a researcher with personal motivation behind her work.

Patients seen at transplant centers had almost 80% higher odds to receive “bridge-to-transplant” designation

And the development of a new slow-release drug seeks to target them

Radiation, used to treat half of all cancer patients, can be measured during treatment for the first time with precise 3D imaging developed at the University of Michigan.

More than half of adults surveyed reported that the use of cannabis led them to decrease their pain medications.

Researchers identify new ways to characterize states of consciousness

A review of maternal deaths suggests most individuals had documented behavioral health conditions but only one-third received appropriate pharmacologic treatment before death

These services, researchers found, were largely inaccessible to people who use sign language, discriminating against already ‘severely marginalized’ population in the United States.

The year provided one fascinating research story after another.

Scientists link dozens of new genome sites to coronary artery disease risk and pioneer a powerful method for illuminating the biological roots of common disease.