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Researchers to apply smartphone apps to manage anxiety, depression in breast cancer patients

Home sensors to monitor cancer patients' pain. A smartphone app to manage breast cancer patients' anxiety and depression. And $12 million in new grant funding to pay for even more health care advances, earned from just a $2 million initial investment.

23 Apr 2021

Celastrol shows potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity

A new study published on the bioRxiv* preprint server focuses on the in-silico predictions to repurpose existing drug compounds, that may have the ability to reverse the SARS-CoV-2 gene expression induced in host cells.

23 Apr 2021

DeNovix Announces 21 CFR Compliance Ready Software for Spectrophotometer / Fluorometer Products

eNovix announces the launch of EasyApps® Secure - 21 CFR Part 11 compliance ready software for the multi-award winning DS-11 Series Spectrophotometer / Fluorometer.

22 Apr 2021

Bath scientists receive £1.3 million grant to develop a portable spice-detection device

University of Bath scientists have been awarded a research grant of £1.3 million to develop a portable device to detect the street drug ‘spice’ on the spot. They expect the new technology to be ready for use in clinical settings, prisons and across police services within three years.

22 Apr 2021

3D-printed anatomical finger model offers procedural guidance of trigger finger injections

Treatment of an injured or diseased joint may require precise insertion of a syringe needle -- musculoskeletal sonography can help guide clinicians as they drain fluid from arthritic knees or inject corticosteroids into trigger fingers.

22 Apr 2021

New AI predicts the location of “accessory pathways” in the heart

Kobe University Hospital's Dr. NISHIMORI Makoto and Project Assistant Professor KIUCHI Kunihiko et al. (of the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine) have developed an AI that uses multiple kinds of test data to predict the location of surplus pathways in the heart called 'accessory pathways', which cause the heart to beat irregularly.

21 Apr 2021

Advantech Connect Online Partner Conference to Promote Edge-to-Cloud Partnerships and AIoT Solutions for Smart City Services

Irvine, California, April 21, 2021 - Advantech (stock code: 2395), a leading provider of advanced IoT intelligence systems, is excited to launch its Advantech Connect Online Partner Conference, an online partner conference for global partners, focusing on the theme “Edge-to-Cloud Partnerships Enable Smart City Services with AIoT”.

From Advantech 21 Apr 2021

Next-generation devices to test for ‘lazy eye’ in children developed using computer gaming technology

Computer gaming technology is being used to develop and pilot two low cost, next-generation screening tools for 'lazy eye' in children.

20 Apr 2021

TBI patients face challenges in healthcare utilization, finds study

Patients who suffer from traumatic brain injuries (TBI) often need a great deal of healthcare services after the injury, but the extent of care utilization is unknown.

20 Apr 2021

Humoral immunity developed by DNA vaccine INO-4800 is effective against SARS-CoV-2 variants

A team of international scientists recently demonstrated that antibodies generated in response to the DNA vaccine INO-4800 can effectively neutralize some of the recently emerged variants of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), such as G614, 501Y.V1, and 501Y.V2.

20 Apr 2021

Researchers show how to evaluate waning efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines

Researchers in the United States have demonstrated how to estimate the potentially waning efficacy of vaccines designed to protect against infection with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

19 Apr 2021

Could a tuna-derived protein inhibit SARS-CoV-2?

A recent study in the journal Food Chemistry draws attention to the need for finding nutritional supplements with potential SARS-CoV-2 inhibition effects in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

19 Apr 2021

Researchers probe intriguing interaction between sugars and the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

A new study posted to the bioRxiv preprint server focuses on a novel formulation of magnetization or saturation transfer. This method is developed by amalgamating theoretical and computational approaches based on a Bayesian deconvolution algorithm, which helps obtain data more accurately and determine the ligand-protein interaction.

16 Apr 2021

Survival data for immunotherapies should be re-analyzed for potential misinterpretation, indicates study

Immune checkpoint inhibitors have transformed cancer care to the point where the popular Cox proportional-hazards model provides misleading estimates of the treatment effect, according to a new study published April 15 in JAMA Oncology.

16 Apr 2021

COVID-19 deadlier than cars for over 40s, study finds

The study, which appeared on the pre-print server medRxiv, presented mortality rates and case-fatality rates for COVID-19 compared with other historic leading causes of death in the United States.

15 Apr 2021

New approach to scale up genome editing in tiny worms

Understanding the effects of specific mutations in gene regulatory regions - the sections of DNA and RNA that turn genes on and off - is important to unraveling how the genome works, as well as normal development and disease.

13 Apr 2021

New algorithm can predict which genes cause cancer

A new algorithm can predict which genes cause cancer, even if their DNA sequence is not changed. A team of researchers in Berlin combined a wide variety of data, analyzed it with "Artificial Intelligence" and identified numerous cancer genes.

13 Apr 2021

New test offers a simpler way to quantify the reservoir of intact viruses in HIV patients

A new test that measures the quantity and quality of inactive HIV viruses in the genes of people living with HIV may eventually give researchers a better idea of what drugs work best at curing the disease.

12 Apr 2021

FDA approves marketing of first AI-based device to assist clinicians during colon cancer screening

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized marketing of the GI Genius, the first device that uses artificial intelligence (AI) based on machine learning to assist clinicians in detecting lesions (such as polyps or suspected tumors) in the colon in real time during a colonoscopy.

9 Apr 2021

New cell counting method offers a robust protocol for studying animal brains

Using a surprisingly simple technique, researchers in the University of Arizona Department of Neuroscience have succeeded in approximating how many brain cells make up the brains of several species of bees, ants and wasps.

9 Apr 2021

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Researchers to apply smartphone apps to manage anxiety, depression in breast cancer patients

Celastrol shows potential anti-SARS-CoV-2 activity

DeNovix Announces 21 CFR Compliance Ready Software for Spectrophotometer / Fluorometer Products

Bath scientists receive £1.3 million grant to develop a portable spice-detection device

3D-printed anatomical finger model offers procedural guidance of trigger finger injections

New AI predicts the location of “accessory pathways” in the heart

Advantech Connect Online Partner Conference to Promote Edge-to-Cloud Partnerships and AIoT Solutions for Smart City Services

Next-generation devices to test for ‘lazy eye’ in children developed using computer gaming technology

TBI patients face challenges in healthcare utilization, finds study

Humoral immunity developed by DNA vaccine INO-4800 is effective against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers show how to evaluate waning efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines

Could a tuna-derived protein inhibit SARS-CoV-2?

Researchers probe intriguing interaction between sugars and the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein

Survival data for immunotherapies should be re-analyzed for potential misinterpretation, indicates study

COVID-19 deadlier than cars for over 40s, study finds

New approach to scale up genome editing in tiny worms

New algorithm can predict which genes cause cancer

New test offers a simpler way to quantify the reservoir of intact viruses in HIV patients

FDA approves marketing of first AI-based device to assist clinicians during colon cancer screening

New cell counting method offers a robust protocol for studying animal brains

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