Questions complicate efforts to contain new virus from China Reports one day suggest the respiratory outbreak in China might be slowing, the next brings word of thousands more cases. Even the experts have whiplash in trying to determine if the epidemic is getting worse, or if a backlog of the sick is finally getting counted. […]
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Eight of 9 UK coronavirus sufferers leave hospital Eight of the nine people diagnosed with the new coronavirus in Britain have left hospital having now tested negatively twice for the virus, NHS England said on Saturday. Go to Source
First coronavirus death outside Asia as China toll leaps past 1,500 France reported the first fatality from the new coronavirus outside Asia on Saturday fuelling global concerns about the epidemic, as the death toll from the outbreak jumped past 1,500 in China. Go to Source
New virus cases fall; WHO says China bought the world time China reported 143 virus deaths and a dip in new cases Saturday while the head of the World Health Organization praised the country’s efforts to contain the new disease, saying they have “bought the world time” and that other nations must make the most […]
Advancing an oral drug for pulmonary arterial hypertension In pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), high blood pressure in the lungs’ arteries causes the heart to work extra hard to pump blood to the lungs and around the rest of the body. The condition is rare but deadly, and current treatments are expensive and have side effects […]
New technology may significantly reduce diagnostic time of coronavirus Diagnosing coronavirus takes approximately one hour using current methods. A new technology, based on a combination of optics and magnetic particles, can rapidly test 100 samples of patients potentially infected with the virus and reduce the diagnostic time to approximately 15 minutes. Go to Source
Team explores pathway to open up blood cancer treatments Reversing runaway inflammation in the bone marrow could lead to major breakthroughs in treatments for some blood cancers, according to a new publication by scientists at Hackensack Meridian Health’s Center for Discovery and Innovation. Go to Source
Vitamin E effective, safe for fatty liver in HIV patients A type of fatty liver disease that commonly affects patients with HIV can be safely treated with vitamin E, a McGill-led study has found. Go to Source
Molecular switch mechanism explains how mutations shorten biological clocks A new study of molecular interactions central to the functioning of biological clocks explains how certain mutations can shorten clock timing, making some people extreme “morning larks” because their internal clocks operate on a 20-hour cycle instead of being synchronized with the 24-hour cycle of day […]
Scientists stop breast cancer cells from spreading Biologists have discovered a way to stop cells from one of the most aggressive types of breast cancer spreading in the lab. Go to Source