Archive: 21/05/2021

Neutrons show a connection between lithium concentration and depression

Depressive disturbances are among the most frequent illnesses worldwide. The causes are complex and to date only partially understood. The trace element lithium appears to play a role. Using neutrons, a Munich based research ...

May 21, 2021

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Six reasons potatoes are good for you

The humble potato has been given a bad rap. What was once a cheap staple of many countries' diets has instead been branded in recent years an "unhealthy" food best avoided.

May 21, 2021

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Nerve signaling alerts the host to bacterial infection within hours

An exciting new way has been found in which the body senses a bacterial infection within 4 hours and uses nerve pathways to trigger an immune response in distant organs. The speed by which an infection can be identified, ...

May 21, 2021

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What is 'black fungus' and why India?

Several thousand coronavirus patients in India have contracted a deadly and aggressive fungal infection, compounding the country's woes as it reels from the pandemic.

May 21, 2021

Norway to ease virus restrictions May 27

Norway said Friday it would ease some virus restrictions on May 27, making it easier to serve alcohol in bars and invite guests home as the pandemic seems to be under control.

May 21, 2021

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Vaccine firms pledge 3.5 bn COVID doses for poorer nations

Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson told a G20 health summit Friday they will supply around 3.5 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses at cost or discount to poorer nations this year and next.

May 21, 2021

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Thailand reports 1st cases of Indian coronavirus variant

Thailand on Friday said it has detected its first locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus variant discovered in India, as it announced the formal rollout of its national vaccination plan next month.

May 21, 2021

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Russians infected with crossover flu virus suggests possibility of another pandemic

Two virus researchers in China are recommending security measures after seven Russian farm workers became infected with a crossover flu virus last year. In their Perspectives piece published in the journal Science, Weifeng ...

May 21, 2021 report

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Nanotechnology could make a huge difference in treating a lung infection often associated with COVID-19 ventilation

Treatment for fungal lung infections could be more efficient when medication is inhaled using nanoparticle technology, according to research from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan).

May 21, 2021

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Scientists make 'long-range weather forecasts' of bowel cancer's drug resistance

Scientists can use genetic 'weather forecasting' to predict how long it will take for bowel cancer to evolve resistance to a drug before a patient has even started treatment, a new study has shown.

May 21, 2021

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