Archive: 27/01/2020

China's coronavirus: rising death toll, growing alarm

A new coronavirus that China announced in late December has killed more than 80 people and infected at least 2,700, with a dozen other countries confirming cases and stepping up protection measures.

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Does China's response to coronavirus outbreak reflect lessons learned from SARS?

Fear of a global pandemic is one of the factors driving China's surprising decision to shut down airports in the hope of containing a dangerous virus.

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Unrecognized genetic variation in research mouse models can affect immune cells

Congenic mouse strains—used for decades in immunology research and assumed to be genetically identical outside of a marker locus—have been found to contain previously unrecognized genetic variation, University of Alabama ...

Jan 27, 2020

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Developing sensors for tumors and dengue fever

Researchers from the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) have developed a tumor biosensing chip that can help determine the optimum dosage of chemotherapy required for a cancer patient.

Jan 27, 2020

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Single parents more likely to allow cigarette smoking in the home than two-parent families

Are you a single parent? Do you allow smoking inside your home?

Jan 27, 2020

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As we age, women are frailer but more resilient than men

Women tend to have poorer health status and are more frail, but are more resilient and have longer life expectancy than men, according to the authors of a narrative review on frailty, published online today by the Medical ...

Jan 27, 2020

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'Dabbing' teens more likely to keep using cannabis and increase its use

Of all the ways adolescents experiment with cannabis, "dabbing" cannabis concentrate is the method most likely to lead to ongoing and increasingly frequent use, new USC research shows.

Jan 27, 2020

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Study challenges assumptions about social interaction difficulties in autism

Autism is characterized in part by an individual's challenges communicating and interacting socially with others. These difficulties have typically been studied in isolation by focusing on cognitive and behavioral differences ...

Jan 27, 2020

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China races against the clock to build virus hospitals

Hundreds of workers are toiling around the clock at the site of a field hospital that China is racing to build within days to treat a rapidly growing number of patients stricken by a deadly virus.

Jan 27, 2020

Canada confirms first virus case

Canadian health authorities on Monday confirmed the country's first case of a deadly coronavirus that originated in China and said the patient's wife had also tested positive.

Jan 27, 2020

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