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FDA approves first drug for patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome in nearly 14 years

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Nucala (mepolizumab) for adults and children aged 12 years and older with hypereosinophilic syndrome (HES) for six months or longer without another identifiable non-blood related cause of the disease.

25 Sep 2020

Women treated with fertility-sparing surgery for ovarian tumors could become pregnant

Women receiving fertility-sparing surgery for treatment of borderline ovarian tumors were able to have children, a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden published in Fertility & Sterility shows.

25 Sep 2020

People with one albinism gene mutation may be prone to pale-colored melanomas

People with pale-colored melanomas are more likely to have a gene mutation associated with albinism, University of Queensland research has found.

25 Sep 2020

Low levels of prenatal alcohol consumption can affect child's brain development

New research from the University of Sydney finds that even low levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy can have an impact on a child's brain development and is associated with greater psychological and behavioral problems in youth including anxiety, depression and poor attention.

25 Sep 2020

People with musculoskeletal pain report worsening symptoms during lockdown

People with bone, joint and muscle pain saw their symptoms worsen during lockdown - according to new research from the University of East Anglia.

25 Sep 2020

Alzheimer’s disease-associated protective genetic variant enhances key functions of immune cells

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland found that the PLCG2-P522R genetic variant, which protects against Alzheimer's disease, enhances several key functions of immune cells. The results obtained in the study highlight the importance of immune cells as a target of future development of new therapies for Alzheimer's disease.

25 Sep 2020

New diagnostic tool may allow on-the-spot detection of coronavirus infection

Scientists at the University of Warwick have demonstrated that a potential diagnostic tool for detecting Covid-19 using sugars will work with a virus rather than just its proteins, a significant step in making it a viable test in future.

25 Sep 2020

Novel technique helps detect heart damage in top-level competition dogs

Frequent high-intensity exercise entails cardiac remodelling both in humans and animals. In dogs, especially those used for top-level competition, it is of great interest to learn whether they develop the so-called athletic heart syndrome.

25 Sep 2020

Patients with severe COVID-19 have antibodies blocking body's important defense mechanisms

Persons with critical corona-disease may have antibodies blocking the body´s most important defence mechanisms.

25 Sep 2020

M-CUBE aims to take MRI technology to the next level

It is hard to see inside the human body, but because it is vital for diagnosing certain illnesses, several techniques have been developed and perfected over the last century.

25 Sep 2020

ZwickRoell Supports Testing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Primary Packaging for COVID-19 Vaccines

COVID-19 has a big impact on our daily lives and has changed the landscape of the medical and pharmaceutical industries.

25 Sep 2020

Melt Flow Testing Supports the Fight Against Covid-19

ZwickRoell is proud to support the production of PPE through easy-to-use and reliable testing instruments.

25 Sep 2020

Researchers advance novel compounds to help treat C. difficile infection

Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, is the leading cause of health care-associated infection in the U.S.

25 Sep 2020

Study sheds new light on the role of Y chromosome genes

New light is being shed on a little-known role of Y chromosome genes, specific to males, that could explain why men suffer differently than women from various diseases, including Covid-19.

25 Sep 2020

Brain imaging analyses can reveal wounds of childhood trauma

Being traumatized can cause what are known as dissociative symptoms--such as experiencing amnesia, an out-of-body experience, feeling emotionally numb--which may help people cope. Experiencing these symptoms intensely or for a long time, however, can negatively impact an individual's ability to function.

25 Sep 2020

Study examines the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on health care disparities

A new Viewpoint piece published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society examines the ways in which COVID-19 disproportionately impacts historically disadvantaged communities of color in the United States, and how baseline inequalities in our health system are amplified by the pandemic.

25 Sep 2020

Conflict, climate instability, and COVID-19 are affecting the health of women and children

Fragile gains made to advance women and children's health are threatened by conflict, the climate crisis and COVID-19, according to a new report from Every Woman Every Child.

25 Sep 2020

Emergency departments of hospitals generate significant amounts of harmful waste

Emergency departments of hospitals generate significant amounts of environmentally harmful waste which could be reduced through basic changes to disposal policies and practices, while producing lower operating costs, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found.

25 Sep 2020

Study compares homicide rates involving firearms among various age groups

In the United States, individual state laws barring 18- to 20-year-olds from buying or possessing a handgun make little difference in the rate of homicides involving a gun by people in that age group, a new University of Washington study has found.

25 Sep 2020

D614G mutation now the dominant variant in the global COVID-19 pandemic

Now, a new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in September 2020 shows that a significant variant characterized by the D614G mutation has higher infectivity, which may account for its rapid rise to the dominant position in all regions where it has emerged.

25 Sep 2020

Medical News

FDA approves first drug for patients with hypereosinophilic syndrome in nearly 14 years

Women treated with fertility-sparing surgery for ovarian tumors could become pregnant

People with one albinism gene mutation may be prone to pale-colored melanomas

Low levels of prenatal alcohol consumption can affect child's brain development

People with musculoskeletal pain report worsening symptoms during lockdown

Alzheimer’s disease-associated protective genetic variant enhances key functions of immune cells

New diagnostic tool may allow on-the-spot detection of coronavirus infection

Novel technique helps detect heart damage in top-level competition dogs

Patients with severe COVID-19 have antibodies blocking body's important defense mechanisms

M-CUBE aims to take MRI technology to the next level

ZwickRoell Supports Testing of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and Primary Packaging for COVID-19 Vaccines

Melt Flow Testing Supports the Fight Against Covid-19

Researchers advance novel compounds to help treat C. difficile infection

Study sheds new light on the role of Y chromosome genes

Brain imaging analyses can reveal wounds of childhood trauma

Study examines the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on health care disparities

Conflict, climate instability, and COVID-19 are affecting the health of women and children

Emergency departments of hospitals generate significant amounts of harmful waste

Study compares homicide rates involving firearms among various age groups

D614G mutation now the dominant variant in the global COVID-19 pandemic

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

Fourier 80: bringing benchtop NMR systems to the laboratory

How industrial hygiene flow calibration supports defensible exposure data

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