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Street theater helps educate Malawians about African sleeping sickness

"Parasite Street Science" is a recent public engagement project by Dr Nicola Veitch and a team of scientists of the University of Glasgow that uses exciting street theatre performances to educate and entertain audiences in the UK and Malawi on the subject of African Sleeping Sickness.

6 Jul 2023

OCT imaging method can improve diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

A study conducted by researchers from the Department of Neurology at MedUni Vienna and University Hospital Vienna has demonstrated for the first time that diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) can be significantly improved by additionally measuring the thickness of retinal layers in the eye.

6 Jul 2023

Wastewater monitoring can be an effective tool for global disease surveillance

Wastewater monitoring could act as an early warning system to help countries better prepare for future pandemics, according to a new study.

6 Jul 2023

Dietary restraint can reduce effects of obesity risk genes, study finds

Obesity risk genes make people feel hungrier and lose control over their eating, but practicing dietary restraint could counteract this.

6 Jul 2023

Better pandemic preparedness linked to lower COVID-19 mortality rates, study shows

The vast majority of countries that entered the COVID-19 pandemic with strong capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to disease threats achieved lower pandemic mortality rates than less prepared nations, according to a major new study published today in BMJ Global Health.

6 Jul 2023

Does the Mediterranean diet lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes among non-Mediterranean populations?

Researchers investigated the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes.

6 Jul 2023

How does physical activity impact fertility?

Researchers reviewed existing literature to understand the effect of exercise on fertility.

6 Jul 2023

Sphere Fluidics expands Cyto-Mine capabilities to meet cGMP requirements for drug manufacture workflows

Sphere Fluidics, a company developing single cell analysis systems underpinned by its patented picodroplet technology, today announced updates to its flagship platform, Cyto-Mine®, enabling it to be compliant with current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulations enforced by the US FDA.

From Fluidic Sciences and Sphere Bio 6 Jul 2023

Living digital camera: scientists capture light patterns in DNA for image storage

Researchers described a technique of capturing two-dimensional (2D) light patterns into DNA.

6 Jul 2023

Does a healthy diet protect against dementia and slow the pace of biological aging?

Study tested whether healthy diets slowed biological aging and, thus, dementia.

6 Jul 2023

Study offers new insights into why some CAR T-cells persist in children with leukemia

New insights explaining why some children have a longer remission than others after having cutting-edge CAR T-cell therapy for leukemia have been revealed by researchers at UCL, Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the Wellcome Sanger Institute.

6 Jul 2023

Unlocking the immune puzzle: study evaluates the immune impact of second booster COVID-19 vaccine

Researchers assessed acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Delta variant of concern (VOC).

6 Jul 2023

Why the next big hope for Alzheimer’s might not help most Black patients

This week the FDA is expected to approve what many scientists and doctors believe is the first drug to show promise of slowing the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

6 Jul 2023

Montana adds protections for kids in private residential treatment programs

As a teenager attending Chrysalis Therapeutic Boarding School for Girls, a private, alternative therapeutic program in Eureka, Montana, from 2001 to 2004, Meg Applegate was subjected to emotional abuse and not given medical care for injuries from physical labor such as baling hay, chopping wood, and moving rocks, she said.

6 Jul 2023

How health care may be affected by the high court’s affirmative action ruling

Doctors are concerned that a Supreme Court ruling issued June 29 will have far-reaching effects not only on the diversity of doctors and other care providers in training but ultimately also on patient care.

6 Jul 2023

Novel workflow reveals untapped diversity in fatty acid isomers across all life forms

Researchers introduced a comprehensive workflow to discover unsaturated fatty acids (FA).

6 Jul 2023

Metrion Biosciences expands senior leadership team with appointments of Dr Robert Kirby as COO and Dr Edward Stevens as CSO

Metrion Biosciences Limited (“Metrion”), is a specialist ion channel contract research and drug discovery company.

From Metrion Biosciences Limited 6 Jul 2023

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Street theater helps educate Malawians about African sleeping sickness

OCT imaging method can improve diagnosis of multiple sclerosis

Wastewater monitoring can be an effective tool for global disease surveillance

Dietary restraint can reduce effects of obesity risk genes, study finds

Better pandemic preparedness linked to lower COVID-19 mortality rates, study shows

Does the Mediterranean diet lower the incidence of type 2 diabetes among non-Mediterranean populations?

How does physical activity impact fertility?

Sphere Fluidics expands Cyto-Mine capabilities to meet cGMP requirements for drug manufacture workflows

Living digital camera: scientists capture light patterns in DNA for image storage

Does a healthy diet protect against dementia and slow the pace of biological aging?

Study offers new insights into why some CAR T-cells persist in children with leukemia

Unlocking the immune puzzle: study evaluates the immune impact of second booster COVID-19 vaccine

Why the next big hope for Alzheimer’s might not help most Black patients

Montana adds protections for kids in private residential treatment programs

How health care may be affected by the high court’s affirmative action ruling

Novel workflow reveals untapped diversity in fatty acid isomers across all life forms

Metrion Biosciences expands senior leadership team with appointments of Dr Robert Kirby as COO and Dr Edward Stevens as CSO

Is there an association between diabetes and breast cancer risk?

The role of pulmonary dysfunction and COVID-19 severity in the development of Long COVID

Rising incidence of kiwifruit allergy in children: study highlights severe allergic reactions

Building quality into drug development for safer, faster medicines

How Pulp Fixin Is Turning Paper into High-Performance Sustainable Labware

A new method to measure intracellular water in biological systems

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