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Study finds playing with pre-school friends lowers risk of acquiring mental health issues

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CAMBRIDGE: New research shows that children who learn to play well with others at a young age have better mental health as adults. The findings of the research were published in the journal 'Child Psychiatry and Human Development'. Researchers at the University of Cambridge analysed data from almost 1,700 children, collected when they were aged three and seven. Those with better peer play ability at age three consistently showed fewer signs of poor mental health four years later. They tended to have lower hyperactivity, parents and teachers reported fewer emotional problems, and they were less likely to get into fights or disagreements with other children. Importantly, this connection generally held true even when the researchers focused on subgroups of children who were particularly at risk of mental health problems. It also applied when they considered other risk factors for mental health - such as poverty levels, or cases in which the mother had experienced serious psych...

Deadpool 3 Reportedly Finds Its Director

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Of all the new properties coming to Marvel Studios after Disney’s merger with Fox, almost none is building more anxiety than Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool 3 . The Merc With a Mouth is set to complete his solo trilogy within the MCU after two wildly-successful R-Rated romps with Fox in 2016 and 2018. While the threequel builds its behind-the-scenes team, its director’s seat remains wide open. Although fans are hoping to see Wade Wilson join the MCU before his third solo movie, Deadpool 3 is slowly working its way toward the start of production. Reynolds and Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige have spoken often about how important Deadpool will be in the MCU's future, and Reynolds even shared his thoughts recently about who should direct his next outing. ADVERTISEMENT Reynolds' Free Guy  saw him team up with director Shawn Levy, who have teamed up together on multiple occasions to great success over the past few years. Now, it appears that this partner...

covid 19: Study finds cancer treatment might inhibit immune therapy to Covid-19 vaccination

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FLORIDA: A new study has found patients with cancer who receive chemotherapy -- and some targeted therapies may mount an inadequate immune response to Covid-19 vaccination. The research has been published in the 'Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovation, Quality & Outcomes Journal'. "It is important for patients with cancer who are receiving chemotherapy to receive a Covid-19 vaccine," said Saranya Chumsri, M.D., a Mayo Clinic hematologist and oncologist, and author of the paper. Dr Chumsri said this advice also applied to patients with cancer who are taking a CDK 4/6 inhibitors. These inhibitors are a newer class of medicines used to treat hormone-receptor-positive and HER2-negative breast cancers. Dr Chumsri said that while CDK 4/6 inhibitors are not conventionally considered to be as immunosuppressive as chemotherapy, her research on patients with breast cancer who take these drugs found that they exhibited less optimal neutralizing antibody activity. Dr Chumsri...

Research finds rodents could be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-like coronaviruses

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NEW JERSEY: According to a new research, ancestral rodents possibly have been infected with SARS-like coronaviruses repeatedly, which has made them form a resistance towards the pathogens. This means that they are likely to be asymptomatic carriers of SARS-like coronaviruses. Conducted by Sean King and Mona Singh of Princeton University, this research was published in 'PLoS Computational Biology Journal'. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 infection, is of zoonotic origin--it jumped from a non-human animal to humans. Previous research has shown that Chinese Horseshoe bats are a host of numerous SARS-like viruses and tolerate these viruses without extreme symptoms. Identifying other animals that have adapted tolerance mechanisms to coronaviruses is important for awareness of potential viral reservoirs that can spread new pathogens to humans. In the new research, King and Singh performed an evolutionary analysis, across mammalian species, of the ACE2 receptors, used b...

covid: Study finds a longer lasting Covid vaccine

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CALIFORNIA: Researchers have found rare naturally occurring T cells that are capable of targeting a protein found in SARS-CoV-2 and a range of other coronaviruses. The study has been published in the 'Cell Reports Journal'. The findings suggested that a component of this protein, called viral polymerase, could potentially be added to Covid-19 vaccines to create a longer-lasting immune response and increase protection against new variants of the virus. Most Covid-19 vaccines use a part of the spike protein found on the surface of the virus to prompt the immune system to produce antibodies. However, newer variants -- such as delta and omicron -- carry mutations to the spike protein, which can make them less recognizable to the immune cells and antibodies stimulated by vaccination. Researchers said that a new generation of vaccines will likely be needed to create a more robust and wide-ranging immune response capable of beating back current variants and those that may arise in...