Psychologists in Austria develop and examine a measure instrument of personality based on quantitative text analysis. They use linguistic markers that have been shown to be related to the Big-Five personality traits and define a linguistic model of personality based on these findings.

Patients with nasopharyngeal cancer are often treated with drugs that activate their immune system against the tumor. Until now, it was feared that vaccination against Covid-19 could reduce the success of cancer treatment or cause severe side effects. A recent study by the Universities of Bonn and Shanxi in the People's Republic of China now gives the all-clear in this regard. According to the study, the cancer drugs actually worked better after vaccination with the Chinese vaccine SinoVac than in unvaccinated patients. The results are published as a "Letter to the editor" in the journal Annals of Oncology, but are already available online.

Traces of ancient viruses are littered throughout the human genome, embedded within the DNA's structure. Scientists already knew that some of these viral artifacts can "activate" in cancer cells and potentially contribute to the disease's progression — but now, a new study reveals that the viruses are active in dozens of healthy tissues, too.

RALEIGH, N.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Surgeons at Duke University Hospital performed the world’s first combination heart transplant and thymus tissue implantation and now, a year later, their 18-month-old patient is a growing, thriving medical miracle.