This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s of medicine, biomedical research, medical education and policy related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the disease COVID-19.Blood type is not associated with a severe worsening of symptoms in people who have tested positive for COVID-19, report Harvard Medical School researchers based at Massachusetts General Hospital.Their findings, published in the , dispel previous reports that suggested a correlation between certain blood types and COVID-19.The study did find, however, that symptomatic individuals with blood types B and AB who were Rh...…This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s of medicine, biomedical research, medical education and policy related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the disease COVID-19.Blood type is not associated with a severe worsening of symptoms in people who have tested positive for COVID-19, report Harvard Medical School researchers based at Massachusetts General Hospital.Their findings, published in the , dispel previous reports that suggested a correlation between certain blood types and COVID-19.The study did find, however, that symptomatic individuals with blood types B and AB who were Rh...WW…

This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s  of medicine, biomedical research, medical education and policy related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the disease COVID-19.Temporary loss of smell, or anosmia, is the main neurological symptom and one of the earliest and most commonly reported indicators of COVID-19. Studies suggest it the disease than other well-known symptoms such as fever and cough, but the underlying mechanisms for loss of smell in patients with COVID-19 have been unclear.Now, an international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School...…This article is part of Harvard Medical School’s  of medicine, biomedical research, medical education and policy related to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic and the disease COVID-19.Temporary loss of smell, or anosmia, is the main neurological symptom and one of the earliest and most commonly reported indicators of COVID-19. Studies suggest it the disease than other well-known symptoms such as fever and cough, but the underlying mechanisms for loss of smell in patients with COVID-19 have been unclear.Now, an international team of researchers led by neuroscientists at Harvard Medical School...WW…

 The premiere of the movie Scent of Mystery in 1960 marked a singular event in the annals of cinema: the first, and last, motion picture debut “in glorious Smell-O-Vision.”Hoping to wow moviegoers with a dynamic olfactory experience alongside the familiar spectacles of sight and sound, select theaters were outfitted with a Rube Goldberg-esque device that piped different scents directly to seats.Audiences and critics quickly concluded that the experience stunk. Fraught with technical issues, Smell-O-Vision was panned and became a running gag that holds a unique place in entertainment...… The premiere of the movie Scent of Mystery in 1960 marked a singular event in the annals of cinema: the first, and last, motion picture debut “in glorious Smell-O-Vision.”Hoping to wow moviegoers with a dynamic olfactory experience alongside the familiar spectacles of sight and sound, select theaters were outfitted with a Rube Goldberg-esque device that piped different scents directly to seats.Audiences and critics quickly concluded that the experience stunk. Fraught with technical issues, Smell-O-Vision was panned and became a running gag that holds a unique place in entertainment...WW…

Video: Rick Groleau Researchers uncover factors that regulate neuron development in fruit fly visual systemInternational team creates first complete fruit fly cell atlasStudy links internal brain timers with motivation and behavior in fruit fliesResearchers capture live footage of a virus infecting a cellResearch in mice reveals molecular mechanisms that underlie spatial mapping in the brainNew antibody neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 variants in lab testsStay Up to Date© 2022 by The President and Fellows of Harvard College…Video: Rick Groleau Researchers uncover factors that regulate neuron development in fruit fly visual systemInternational team creates first complete fruit fly cell atlasStudy links internal brain timers with motivation and behavior in fruit fliesResearchers capture live footage of a virus infecting a cellResearch in mice reveals molecular mechanisms that underlie spatial mapping in the brainNew antibody neutralizes all known SARS-CoV-2 variants in lab testsStay Up to Date© 2022 by The President and Fellows of Harvard CollegeWW…

Every year, an estimated 48 million Americans from foodborne illnesses, resulting in some 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This public health problem is compounded by billions in economic damage from product recalls, highlighting the need to rapidly and accurately determine the sources of foodborne illnesses.With the increasing complexity of global supply chains for the myriad foods available to consumers, however, the task of tracing the exact origin of contaminated items can be difficult.In a novel solution that...…Every year, an estimated 48 million Americans from foodborne illnesses, resulting in some 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This public health problem is compounded by billions in economic damage from product recalls, highlighting the need to rapidly and accurately determine the sources of foodborne illnesses.With the increasing complexity of global supply chains for the myriad foods available to consumers, however, the task of tracing the exact origin of contaminated items can be difficult.In a novel solution that...WW…