Lunaphore, a Swiss life sciences company developing technology to enable spatial biology in every laboratory, today announced new research from collaborators at the University of Birmingham, who characterized the inflammatory response associated with a complication from maternal COVID-19 infection, using COMET™, Lunaphore’s all-in-one staining and imaging platform for high-throughput, hyperplex immunofluorescence. The results will be […]
The World Health Organization’s European region has recorded a slight drop in both COVID-19 cases and deaths last week after facing a string of weekly increases. The U.N. health agency also noted European Center for Disease Prevention and Control figures showing that as of Monday, all the 212 confirmed cases of the omicron variant identified […]
A new clinical trial being led by the University of Birmingham and funded by the British Heart Foundation could help improve the recovery of children who undergo life-saving heart surgery. The £570,000 study will compare two ways of protecting the heart when children require open heart surgery to repair congenital heart defects, to find which […]
The 100 year old anti-inflammatory gout drug that can stop heart attacks Have we been missing a trick with heart disease by concentrating too hard on the dangers of cholesterol? For years the thinking has been that ‘bad’ LDL cholesterol gets into the artery wall, where a clot can form, eventually blocking it, causing heart […]
A recent review published in the International Journal of Indoor Environment and Health presents the science behind the person-to-person transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) in an indoor environment. The review addresses key elements such as emissions from the respiratory tract, environmental transport and fate, and uptake by a susceptible person. The […]
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Dr. Rais Vohra is interim health officer in Fresno County, one of California’s persistent covid-19 hot spots, as well as an emergency medicine physician at Fresno’s Community Regional Medical Center. “At this point, if you’re still going into work every day, […]
Texas already had the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. — and they just got tougher. On Wednesday, a new law took effect that adds penalties of jail time and a fine of up to $10,000 for anyone who prescribes pills for medication abortions through telehealth or the mail. Texas bans all abortions after […]
When COVID-19 hit, many people were suddenly cut off from their social support systems, the people with whom we often share our emotional lives: They who listen to our grievances, share in our happiness, or just sit there, being bored with us. Is that a problem? How much do we depend on others to help […]
Duke Health researchers discuss the worldwide impact of the COVID-19 omicron variant so far and what it may bring to the U.S. Drs. David Montefiori and Cameron Wolfe also outline what people making holiday plans should consider as more is learned about the variant’s potential reach. https://youtube.com/watch?v=5Nbv7yDoBtY%3Fcolor%3Dwhite Source: Read Full Article
An experimental HIV vaccine based on mRNA—the same platform technology used in two highly effective COVID-19 vaccines—shows promise in mice and non-human primates, according to scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health. Their results, published in Nature Medicine, show that the novel vaccine was […]
