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Covid may cause brain damage – Study
We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Scientists have established that the disease affects the central nervous…
Lower dose of insulin-sensitizing drug benefits patients with Type 2 diabetes
An insulin-sensitizing drug can benefit patients with insulin resistance at lower doses than has typically been prescribed, according to a study co-authored by Paresh Dandona, MD, Ph.D., SUNY Distinguished Professor of Medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. The study, titled “Efficacy…
US lung cancer screening linked to earlier diagnosis and better survival
The introduction of lung cancer screening in the US in December 2013 is associated with more patients being diagnosed at an earlier stage and improved survival, finds a study published by The BMJ today. The findings show a 3.9% per year increase in early (stage I) detection of non-small cell…
Alpinia hainanensis has potential to help treat ulcerative colitis
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a nonspecific, chronic and recurrent inflammatory bowel disease. Alpinia plants (Zingiberaceae family) are the ideal materials for finding therapeutic agents against UC. Alpinia hainanensis is an important food spice and ethnic medicine in Southwest China. However, there have been few reports about chemical and anti-inflammatory investigations…
Here's why you have pins and needles when you wake up
There is nothing worse than being woken up in the middle of the night with a bad case of pins and needles – the tingling or numbing feeling people experience, often in their hands, arms, feet, and legs. The only way to shake them off is to move around, which…
Vitamin D deficiencies ‘are common throughout the year’ – Government recommendations
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Minimal system for SARS-CoV-2 based virus-like particle production to study viral assembly and entry
In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers proposed an optimal system to generate severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus-like particles (VLPs) for examining viral assembly and entry into target host cells. Study: Optimized production and fluorescent labelling of SARS-CoV-2 Virus-Like-Particles to study virus assembly…
COVID Vaccine Skin Reactions No Reason to Forgo Second Dose
BOSTON — Requests for a medical waiver to avoid a second COVID-19 vaccine dose or a booster after cutaneous reactions to the first dose are not justified on the basis of risk, according to an analysis of several large sets of data presented at the annual meeting of the American…
WHO Lays Out Plan to Emerge From Emergency Phase of Pandemic
(Reuters) – The World Health Organization on Wednesday released an updated plan for COVID-19, laying out key strategies that, if implemented in 2022, would allow the world to end the emergency phase of the pandemic. The plan includes three possible scenarios for how the virus might evolve in the coming…