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Coronavirus deranges the immune system in complex and deadly ways

There's a reason soldiers go through basic training before heading into combat: Without careful instruction, green recruits armed with powerful weapons could be as dangerous to one another as to the enemy.

4 Mar 2021

How Ecodyst’s Modern Rotovap Revolutionizes Rotovap Technology

In this interview, NewsMed talks to George Adjabeng about the revolutionary new rotovap, Ecodyst Hydrogen, and how it supersedes traditional rotovap models,

From Ecodyst 4 Mar 2021

Off-Axis Parabolic Mirrors Assist Accurate 3D Flight Tracking

Optical Surfaces Ltd has been selected by the Optical Engineering Group at the University of Warwick (UK) School of Engineering to supply key focusing optics to enable accurate 3D tracking and analysis of mosquito flight behaviour.

3 Mar 2021

Study reveals the effect of pollution on male fertility levels of all species

New research has found that shrimp-like creatures on the South Coast of England have 70 per cent less sperm than less polluted locations elsewhere in the world.

3 Mar 2021

Evonik partners with BioNTech to manufacture lipids for COVID-19 vaccine

Caused by SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic continues to spread across the globe.

From Evonik 2 Mar 2021

Study on artificial microswimmers could improve the efficacy of targeted cancer therapy

A Mason Engineering researcher has discovered that artificial microswimmers accumulate where their speed is minimized, an idea that could have implications for improving the efficacy of targeted cancer therapy.

27 Feb 2021

New 'E-Morph' test method replaces animal experiments to detect hormone-like effects

Endocrine disruptors (EDs) are hormone-like substances that can have undesirable effects on health. For example, chemicals can increase the risk of breast cancer if they act in a manner similar to the female sex hormone estrogen.

26 Feb 2021

Special issue provides valuable summarization of risk assessment approaches for PFAS

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of man-made chemical compounds and a current, emerging concern to environmental health.

26 Feb 2021

Researchers identify cells responsible for maintenance and regeneration of liver

While the amazing regenerative power of the liver has been known since ancient times, the cells responsible for maintaining and replenishing the liver have remained a mystery.

26 Feb 2021

KAUST researchers develop a safe, fast and cheap testing method to detect viruses

A safe, fast and cheap testing method that uses magnetic nanoparticles to detect viruses in both clinical and wastewater samples has been developed by KAUST researchers.

25 Feb 2021

Researchers discover new functions of the ENDOU enzyme

Researchers at Freiburg University discover new functions of the widely disseminated, yet little understood ENDOU enzyme.

24 Feb 2021

In Vivo Probes for Detecting Inflammation Markers in Humans and Animals

News-Medical talks to Parry Hashemi about research on in vivo probes for detecting inflammation markers in humans and animals she will present at Pittcon.

From Pittcon 24 Feb 2021

Study reveals new routes to potential treatments for chronic inflammatory conditions

Inflammatory lung diseases such as asthma, COPD and, most recently, COVID-19, have proven difficult to treat.

23 Feb 2021

After billions of dollars and dozens of wartime declarations, why are vaccines still in short supply?

The U.S. government has invested billions of dollars in manufacturing, used a wartime act dozens of times to boost supplies and yet there's still not enough covid vaccine on the way to meet demand — or even the government's own goals for national immunization.

23 Feb 2021

Maturation of 'mini brain' organoids matches human brain development

A new study from UCLA and Stanford University researchers finds that three-dimensional human stem cell-derived 'mini brain' organoids can mature in a manner that is strikingly similar to human brain development.

23 Feb 2021

Current monoclonal antibodies less potent against SARS-CoV-2 variants

Researchers at the New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Biohaven Pharmaceuticals found that the REGN10933 and REGN10987 combination was 9.1-fold less potent on the B.1.351 variant, which emerged in South Africa, and 16.2-fold less potent on mink cluster 5.

22 Feb 2021