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WHO, COVAX partners work with South African consortium to build COVID-19 vaccine technology transfer hub

The World Health Organization and its COVAX partners are working with a South African consortium comprising Biovac, Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, a network of universities and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish its first COVID mRNA vaccine technology transfer hub.

24 Jun 2021

Could polio vaccines induce cross-reactive antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2?

A new preprint released on the medRxiv* server explores a link between immunity to SARS-CoV-2, the earlier SARS-CoV, and childhood poliovirus vaccination. Almost 90% of the world’s people have received this vaccine, but antibodies elicited by it reduce over time and are almost absent at the end of adolescence.

24 Jun 2021

FDA issues draft guidance encouraging rational expanded patient eligibility for oncology clinical trials

Today, the FDA issued a draft guidance encouraging industry to include patients with incurable cancers (when there is no potential for cure or for prolonged/near normal survival) in cancer clinical trials, regardless of whether they have received existing alternative treatment options.

24 Jun 2021

SARS-CoV-2 causes ER-stress-activated unfolded protein response leading to cell death

A new study describes the varying ways in which the virus co-opts the machinery of the host cell following infection to evade or modulate the host immune response, alter the pattern of translation of viral proteins, and the release of new viral particles.

24 Jun 2021

New tablet-sized device can profile multiple COVID-19 antibodies and biomarkers simultaneously

Biomedical engineers at Duke University in the USA have developed a device that detects coronavirus disease (COVID-19) antibodies as well as biomarkers that distinguish between antibodies produced in response to SARS-CoV-2 and four other coronaviruses with complete accuracy.

24 Jun 2021

Nanotechnology and artificial intelligence may be valuable components in securing global food production

An international team of researchers led by scientists at the University of Birmingham, UK, developed a series of steps to follow that could harness AI and integrate the power of nanomaterials safely, sustainably and responsibly, into agricultural practices..

24 Jun 2021

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WHO, COVAX partners work with South African consortium to build COVID-19 vaccine technology transfer hub

Could polio vaccines induce cross-reactive antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2?

FDA issues draft guidance encouraging rational expanded patient eligibility for oncology clinical trials

SARS-CoV-2 causes ER-stress-activated unfolded protein response leading to cell death

New tablet-sized device can profile multiple COVID-19 antibodies and biomarkers simultaneously

Nanotechnology and artificial intelligence may be valuable components in securing global food production

Machine learning tools can help identify tooth loss

Study offers a very hopeful message for individuals struggling with migraines

Calming computer jitters: Help for seniors who aren’t tech-savvy

Black and Hispanic Americans suffer most in biggest US decline in life expectancy since WWII

Biden quietly transforms Medicaid safety net

Long COVID has low prevalence in school-age children, UK study suggests

Survey of health professionals seeks to understand the experience of telehealth services during COVID-19

Doctors’ early retirement has tripled over the past 13 years

Study finds larger decline in life expectancy during 2020 in the US than peer countries

Healthcare Automation and Digitalization Congress focuses on accessible and affordable healthcare

Researchers identify the best masks for blocking respiratory droplets

COVID-19 prevalence in the U.S. has far exceeded the known number of cases

More older adults may have undiagnosed dementia than previously estimated

CD39+ monocyte count higher in pregnant than non-pregnant COVID-19 patients

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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