A nanoPCR technology was developed for the point-of-care (POC) diagnosis of coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). This new technology can diagnose the infection within ~20 minutes while retaining the accuracy of conventional ...
Dec 8, 2020
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Though Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a common and fatal neurodegenerative brain disorder, most AD treatments are not making much headway in adressing its cause. Many AD drugs have targeted the elimination of beta-amyloid (Aβ) ...
Nov 16, 2020
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Behavioural science should undergo rigorous testing and review before it informs public policy such as government responses to COVID-19, according to a paper in Nature Human Behaviour titled "Use caution when applying behavioural ...
Oct 12, 2020
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Breakthroughs in the field of health will be honoured Monday when the 2020 Nobel season kicks off with the medicine prize, as the world battles the worst pandemic in a century.
Oct 5, 2020
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Innova Therapeutics Inc., a biotechnology company dedicated to developing innovative cancer therapies for patients who have inadequate treatment options, recently announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ...
Oct 2, 2020
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Translational research aims to speed research breakthroughs into the clinic. And yet, training for basic scientists and clinicians too often remains siloed, leading to divergent cultures and a loss of opportunity for cross-disciplinary ...
Sep 25, 2020
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How you spend your money can signal aspects of your personality, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Analyses of over 2 million spending records ...
Jul 17, 2019
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New research published in the journal Nature for the first time reveals the atomic structure of a key molecular component of the nervous system.
Mar 7, 2018
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A story that's been making the rounds recently is the impending water shortage in Cape Town. Multiple years of droughts have resulted in lower and lower water levels in the reservoirs that supply the city with water, and ...
Feb 6, 2018
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New research from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) shows new promise in the fight against one of the most lethal forms of cancer. Studies in mice with a mutation present in 90 percent ...
May 22, 2017
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