COVID-19 vaccine tech could be used to fight other diseases
Success of Pfizer’s and Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccines is ‘proof of concept’ the breakthrough technology could be programmed to fight
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Experimental mRNA vaccines come to fore as pandemic rages
The “messenger RNA” technology used by the Pfizer and Moderna Covid-19 jabs works by hacking into the machinery of human
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Study identifies patients with lung cancer most likely to respond to immunotherapy
Scientists are beginning to unravel one of the biggest challenges with immunotherapy: why some people with cancer respond to the
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Return to school sees improvement in children’s mental health
Participating parents and carers reported that their children displayed increasing behavior difficulties from March to June 2020, including temper tantrums,
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Researchers help world to breathe free amid COVID-19 resurgence
Simple, low-cost technology developed by University of Canterbury (UC) engineers could save thousands of lives by doubling the capacity of
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Asymptomatic Brain Bleeds in Newborns Not Tied to Long-Term Harm
FRIDAY, Nov. 13, 2020 — Neurodevelopmental scores and gray matter volumes at age 2 years do not differ between asymptomatic
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Using machine learning to track the pandemic’s impact on mental health
Dealing with a global pandemic has taken a toll on the mental health of millions of people. A team of
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Hydroxychloroquine not linked to longer heart rhythm intervals in RA or lupus patients
New research presented at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology’s annual meeting, discovers that use of hydroxychloroquine, a generic
Read moreSwipe right to help tackle brain disease
An app to help scientists sort through thousands of images of brain scans to use in large-scale studies of brain
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Another Tragedy Tied to Opioids: Eye Disease
THURSDAY, Nov. 5, 2020 — America’s ongoing opioid epidemic is costing increasing numbers of addicts their eyesight, a new study
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