Summer is one of the most anticipated seasons of the year. With kids out of school, many families use this time to go on vacation to enjoy the sunshine and warm weather. However, people aren’t […]
What Can the Body’s Response to COVID-19 Infection Teach Us About the Immune System?
What insights can be gleaned from individual immune responses in these first few days following infection that tell us about their immune protection against infection up to a year after being diagnosed with COVID? To learn more, the Drexel News Blog checked in with Elias El Haddad, PhD, a professor in Drexel University’s College of Medicine.
Q+A:How a New Model Effectively Predicts New Product Sales Prior to Launch
Oliver Schaer, PhD, an assistant professor in Drexel’s LeBow College of Business, discusses his recent research that introduces a new, data-driven model for pre-launch predictions of a product’s sales.
What’s in Your Bag? For a Sideline Doctor, It’s More Than You Think
In a recent article in Current Sports Medicine, lead author Moira Davenport, MD, a clinical professor of emergency medicine at Drexel University’s Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh) campus, and colleagues, detailed the many considerations needed for sideline medical bag preparation.
Q+A: Where Do Thoughts That Seem to Appear Out of Nowhere Actually Come From?
During the course of a day, our attention can easily wander from time to time. Our brain can go from focusing on something around us to involuntary, random thoughts for no apparent reason. This “mind-wandering” describes a common phenomenon in which a wide range of self-generated thoughts emerge spontaneously. Neuroscientists have been studying the brain for years as they try to understand where these spontaneous thoughts come from.
Q&A: Could a Lyme Vaccine Protect During Warm Tick Seasons?
For Lyme Disease Awareness Month, the Drexel News Blog checked in with Garth D. Ehrlich, PhD, a professor of microbiology and immunology, and otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at Drexel University’s College of Medicine about his experience researching Lyme disease and his thoughts on the prospects of a new Lyme vaccine.
Q+A: Why Are Peptides Becoming More Popular and Are They Safe?
The Drexel News Blog checked in with Paul W. Brandt-Rauf, ScD, MD, DrPH, a distinguished university professor and dean of the School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, who has studied peptide therapies for treatment and prevention of cancer, to ask him about the potential for peptides and possible safety risks.
Q+A: Understanding the Unsung Technology Helping to Absorb Data Centers’ Power Shocks
To ease impending demand spikes from the proliferation of data centers, energy utilities are turning to supercapacitors. Drexel Professor Yury Gogotsi, PhD, explains why the technology could play a key role in the future of our energy grid.
Q+A: A New COVID Variant is Spreading Across the United States. Should We Be Concerned?
A new COVID “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization known as BA.3.2 is circulating across the United States. Here to sort out the latest on the new variant, including whether we should be concerned about its ability to evade immunity from previous vaccination and/or previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, is Sonia Navas-Martin, PhD, a professor of microbiology and immunology in Drexel’s College of Medicine.
Q+A: Do Nicotine Pouches Really Help Smokers Quit?
Indeed, many brands have touted pouches as a way for smokers to quit over the past few years, but recently published data in the journal Tobacco Control from researchers at the Dornsife School of Public Health and the National Institutes of Health suggest it’s not a particularly effective way of doing so.