Month: June 2020
Chasing clues to COVID-19’s particular severity in men
June 25, 2020
COVID-19 appears to be hitting men harder than women, and four months into the pandemic, the reason is still a mystery. Scientists are looking at a range of potential factors, including immune response, a protein called ACE 2, hormones, smoking and the well-documented male reticence of going to the doctor.
Promising experimental liquid biopsy for prostate cancer finds urine preferable to blood
June 18, 2020
Scientists in Russia may have found a new, more effective and less invasive way to detect prostate cancer, the second-most common cancer in men with nearly 1.3 million new cases and more than 350,000 deaths in 2018.
Coronavirus crisis takes many forms
June 10, 2020
The focus of coronavirus research is far broader than general vaccines, treatments and tests. Researchers are looking into patient genetics, early-warning systems, and the special requirements of the elderly.
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