COVID-19 has disrupted the global order in ways few could have predicted. Since it first broke out in Wuhan, China in December, it has placed a third of the world’s population under lockdown and sent markets into free fall. This has created the unsettling feeling that human beings have lost all sense of control over their lives, subject to the […]
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As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic grips the US, a new free app is helping to track the onset and progression of symptoms of millions across the nation. The app will help identify those at risk sooner, and help slow the outbreak of the disease. Information about those who remain symptom-free will also support better understanding of COVID-19. The research is […]
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Scientists have had a breakthrough where they’re able to detect types of cancer through seeing how it effects the blood. It could help diagnosis of tumours and identify easier treatment. Experts are hoping it also leads the way to a potential cure for some kinds of cancer. Researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, along with Francis Crick […]
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One promising way to treat diabetes is with transplanted islet cells that produce insulin when blood sugar levels get too low. However, patients who receive such transplants must take drugs to prevent their immune systems from rejecting the transplanted cells, so the treatment is not often used. To help make this type of therapy more feasible, MIT researchers have now […]
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Johnson & Johnson vows to make 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccine by 2021 after landing $450 million US government contract – but the firm hasn’t even started testing it on people The Trump Administration signed a contract with Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical branch J&J will get $450 million from the government and, combined with its own funding, $1 billion […]
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Coronavirus is an infectious disease which has been confirmed in nearly 800,000 individuals across the world. Cases are continuing to rise in the UK, and the government has urged the public to stay at home, to avoid becoming infected, or spreading the virus further. The most common signs of a coronavirus infection include a high fever, or developing a new, […]
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Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that a commonly used drug made from secondary bile acids can affect the life cycle of Clostridioides difficile (C. diff) in vitro and reduce the inflammatory response to C. diff in mice. The findings aid understanding of how this drug may be used in future treatment of C. diff infections in humans. […]
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Michael Wells was looking for a chance to use his scientific training to help fight the coronavirus when—on the same day the pandemic forced his lab to temporarily close—he decided to create his own opportunity. “CALLING ALL SCIENTISTS,” he tweeted on March 18. “Help me in creating a national database of researchers willing and able to aid in local COVID-19 […]
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New findings from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center about how some cancer cells become “addicted” to glucose could open up fresh approaches to therapy strategies for cancers with high levels of an amino acid transporter called solute carrier family 7 member 11 (SLC7A11). This includes lung cancer and renal cell carcinoma, the most common type […]
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A City of Hope scientist is one step closer to discovering what weakens a pathogen that appears to cause babies to be born with abnormally small heads. Interestingly, it takes studying “mini brains” to understand why certain unborn babies infected with cytomegalovirus (CMV) enter the world with shrunken brains, said Yanhong Shi, Ph.D., senior author of the new study, director […]
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