Harper Seven has a very creative way to say goodnight to her parents. On her Instagram Stories on Monday, Victoria Beckham shared two handwritten notes her 9-year-old daughter had written to herself and husband David Beckham, captioning the posts, "Kisses from Harper." In one letter addressed to her "mummy," the young girl wrote, "I love […]
BiFC Limitations
Bimolecular fluorescence complementation (BiFC) assay is a nonintrusive fluorescence-based method used to exactly visualize the in vivo interaction of proteins with the help of fixed cells or live-cell imaging. This technique is also used to localize the subcellular interacting proteins without any additional external agents. Credit: Vshivkova/Shutterstock.com BiFC technique is popular because of its less […]
England to surge testing after detecting 11 S.African variant cases
Health officials said Monday they will increase testing in eight areas across England where nearly a dozen South African COVID-19 variant cases have been identified in the last week. The 11 cases, detected in genomic sequencing carried out on random samples of positive coronavirus results, cannot be traced back to international travel, prompting concerns of […]
As new COVID variants emerge, do you need to ‘double mask’?
Could wearing two masks be better than one? The emergence of new and more infectious COVID-19 variants has led health experts to consider “double masking” as a potential way to better protect yourself and those around you. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating whether donning a medical mask underneath a typical […]
Targocid
NOTICE: This Consumer Medicine Information (CMI) is intended for persons living in Australia. TARGOCID® teicoplanin Consumer Medicine Information What is in this leaflet This leaflet answers some common questions about Targocid. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor, or pharmacist. All medicines have […]
Analytical Chemistry Research
Analytical chemistry is an essential and fast-developing field of chemical research because it holds the key to the techniques and instruments used in the detection, isolation, characterization and purification of every chemical used in science. While almost every area of analytical chemistry is rapidly moving forward, a few choice developments are highlighted below. High-throughput ligand […]
Monoclonal Antibodies
Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) are produced from a single B cell clone and can bind to a single type of antigen binding site. MAbs are homogenous antibodies that cannot form lattices with monomeric proteins as they can bind to only a single epitope on the antigen. Developed in the 1970s, MAbs can be produced against any […]
Pandemic unemployment benefits helped keep millions of Americans from going hungry
Expanded unemployment benefits, passed by Congress last spring to ease the economic pain of the pandemic, appear to have held hunger at bay for millions of Americans, new research shows. Called “The CARES Act” when it was put into effect nearly a year ago, the law expanded who is eligible for unemployment benefits and how […]
Some older people living with cancer aim for remission but lack needed resources to help make treatment decisions, global survey reveals
MRNA VS. CONVENTIONAL VACCINES Meet our new Chief Patient Officer, Dr. Dara Richardson-Heron Working Together to Empower Women Pfizer Women’s Resource Group Universal vs. Single Payer Healthcare Every year, World Cancer Day, an initiative led by the Union for International Cancer Control, is about taking action. The theme, “I Am and I Will,” charges us […]
Nearly all telehealth appointments at clinics for lower-income Americans were audio-only
Telehealth use has surged during the pandemic at clinics that serve lower-income Americans, which allowed the clinics to maintain access to care at a time when many other health care organizations saw significant declines in utilization, according to a new RAND Corporation study. However, most of the telehealth appointments have been audio-only visits, which may […]