Identifying antibodies that work A new test manufactured by A*STAR's Diagnostics Development Hub in partnership with Duke-NUS Medical School could reveal if an individual is likely immune to COVID-19. Sep 9, 2020 0 0
More chemicals can be assessed for endocrine disrupting effects A European guidance document aimed at identifying endocrine disrupting pesticides can—with some modifications—be used to assess other chemicals' endocrine disrupting effects. This is the finding of a new study conducted ... Sep 9, 2020 0 0
How has COVID-19 affected the way we communicate? Effective communication has always been the key to all healthy relationships. During the mandatory quarantine, many individuals are working from home with little to no face-to-face interactions, except with their families. Sep 9, 2020 0 0
Rapamycin may suppress muscle aging and prevent sarcopenia With life expectancy increasing, age-related diseases are also on the rise, including sarcopenia, the loss of muscle mass due to aging. Researchers from the University of Basel's Biozentrum have demonstrated that a well-known ... Sep 9, 2020 1 779
India syringe maker boosts production to meet virus vaccine demand India's biggest syringe manufacturer is ramping up production to churn out a billion units, anticipating a surge in demand as the global race to find a coronavirus vaccine heats up. Sep 9, 2020 0 2
Varying degrees of success for coronavirus apps in Europe Designed to help fight the spread of the novel coronavirus by automatically tracing the contacts of infected people, Covid-19 tracking applications have encountered a series of challenges since their launch, from privacy ... Sep 9, 2020 0 5
EU reserves 200 million more coronavirus vaccines The European Commission announced Wednesday it has reached a deal with a sixth pharmaceutical firm, this time BioNTech-Pfizer, to reserve a further 200 million doses of a potential coronavirus vaccine. Sep 9, 2020 0 1
Study suggests unconscious learning underlies belief in God Individuals who can unconsciously predict complex patterns, an ability called implicit pattern learning, are likely to hold stronger beliefs that there is a god who creates patterns of events in the universe, according to ... Sep 9, 2020 2 415
More than one drink a day may raise high blood pressure risk in adults with type 2 diabetes Drinking eight or more alcoholic beverages a week may increase the risk of high blood pressure (also called hypertension) among adults with Type 2 diabetes, according to new research published today in the Journal of the ... Sep 9, 2020 0 8
Latin America and Caribbean surpass 300,000 COVID-19 deaths: AFP Latin American and the Caribbean on Tuesday surpassed 300,000 deaths from COVID-19, with hard-hit Peru alone adding more than 30,000 new virus deaths, according to an AFP count of official data. Sep 9, 2020 0 3
