AI predicts how patients with viral infections, including COVID-19, will fare

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine used an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to sift through terabytes of gene expression data—which genes are “on” or “off” during infection—to look for shared patterns in patients with past pandemic viral infections, including SARS, MERS and swine flu.

Researchers uncover new regulatory mechanism for skin hair regeneration capacity

Statistics from the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China show that the number of Chinese people with alopecia or hair loss has been rising sharply in recent years, and has exceeded 250 million. However, effective treatment for this disease is still lacking.

How does COVID-19 affect patients with cancer? Largest U.S. study shares first results

In the largest study of its kind to date, researchers analyzing national data from more than 63,000 patients with cancer and a positive COVID-19 diagnosis report an increased risk of death among those who were older, male, had a higher number of comorbidities, and had hematologic cancers and recent chemotherapy treatments.