Archive: 23/11/2021

EU eyes update to COVID certificate as infections surge

The EU is looking to update its COVID certificate that has made travel easier within the bloc, as its acceptance is threatened by restrictions in some member states hit by surging infections.

Nov 23, 2021

How the pandemic helped spread fentanyl across the US and drive opioid overdose deaths to a grim new high

For the past 20 years, I have been engaged in efforts to end the opioid epidemic, as a public health official, researcher and clinician. And for every one of those years I have looked on as the number of deaths from drug ...

Nov 23, 2021

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Mutant mice breakthrough finds probable cause of Alzheimer's disease

A team of WA researchers may have discovered a cheap, revolutionary treatment for Alzheimer's disease—and the key is a body part you may not expect.

Nov 23, 2021

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Boosting memory performance by finding amplitude of brain waves and speeding oscillations

The brain is made of millions of cells called neurons, that send electrical messages to talk to each other in patterns of vertical electric activity called oscillations. By inducing them first, then finding the amplitude ...

Nov 23, 2021

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Alcohol dependence: Psilocybin reduces relapses

Current research results uncover the unknown potential of psilocybin to restore molecular circuits in the brain and thus contribute to a reduction of relapses in alcohol dependence. This could lead to new therapeutic approaches.

Nov 23, 2021

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Immunosuppressants linked to severe reactions in people with common genetic profile

A Stanford Medicine-led research team has identified a common genetic profile that predicts severe, potentially fatal reactions to four powerful immune-suppressing drugs. The genetic profile is found in about 20% of the general ...

Nov 23, 2021

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Will Australia follow Europe into a fourth COVID wave?

Europe is facing a fourth wave of COVID. As we watch on, it is reasonable to ask whether Australia will be confronted with the same fate.

Nov 23, 2021

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AI used to accelerate COVID antiviral discovery

Using the Groq platform at the ALCF AI Testbed, researchers were able to speed the process of searching through a vast number of small molecules to find promising drug candidates.

Nov 23, 2021

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Key mediator of neuronal disruption in neurological disease identified

Wright State University researchers have identified a molecule that disrupts a highly specialized structure in neurons from the brain, a finding that could broaden the understanding of neurological complications in diseases.

Nov 23, 2021

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Activation of a key protein that allows glioblastoma cells to complete apoptosis

Apoptosis is the mechanism by which defective cells promote their own death to protect the body. It is a complex process, with many stages, in which the different parts of the cell gradually degrade. In glioblastoma cells, ...

Nov 23, 2021

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