Jamie Brown

TL;DR: The GenOMICC (Genetics Of Mortality In Critical Care) genome-wide association study in 2244 critically ill Covid-19 patients from 208 UK intensive care units is reported, finding evidence in support of a causal link from low expression of IFNAR2, and high expression of TYK2, to life-threatening disease.

TL;DR: Implicit learning was significantly associated with aspects of self-reported personality, including intuition, Openness to Experience, and impulsivity, and was independently related to two components of psychometric intelligence: verbal analogical reasoning and processing speed.

TL;DR: Those who use e-cigarettes are more likely to report continued abstinence than those who used a licensed NRT product bought over-the-counter or no aid to cessation, and this difference persists after adjusting for a range of smoker characteristics such as nicotine dependence.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared exposure to nicotine, tobacco-related carcinogens, and toxins among smokers of combustible cigarettes only, former smokers with long-term e-cigarette use only, ex-users of both combustible and nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) only, and longterm dual combustible cigarette-e-cigarette or combustible-NRT users (n = 36 to 37 per group; total n = 181).