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Digital Science and Zhipu.AI collaborate to conduct data challenges, build COVID-19 information portal

Digital Science, a leading technology company serving emergent needs across the research sector, is pleased to announce a partnership with Beijing-based technology company Zhipu.AI to conduct data challenges and collaborate in building a COVID-19 information portal.

9 Apr 2020

Chinese newborns experienced mild form of COVID-19

A new paper published by Dr. Zhi-Jiang Zhang and colleagues from Wuhan University in the European Respiratory Journal in April 2020 reports that COVID-19 apparently left little impact on newborns born to infected mothers at the height of the epidemic.

9 Apr 2020

Boehringer Ingelheim steps up to fight COVID-19 with Global Support Program

Boehringer Ingelheim has significantly stepped up its support to the fight against Covid-19. A Global Support Program has been set up to bring more financial relief, protective materials and medicine donations to healthcare institutions and communities in need around the world.

From Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH 9 Apr 2020

GlobalData: Australia’s commitment to support clinical trial ecosystem will benefit medical device sector

Australia is dedicating more government funding towards the establishment of a vibrant clinical trial ecosystem in order to accelerate the design, development, verification and product launch processes of medical devices, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.

9 Apr 2020

University Hospital Trust in Paris installs 60 Stratasys 3D printers to support frontline staff battling COVID-19

Ensuring its frontline medical staff are equipped with the appropriate equipment during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the University Hospital Trust in Paris, France, has invested in a fleet of 60 industrial-grade Stratasys FDM 3D Printers. All of them arrived on Tuesday, 31 March, within 24 hours of ordering.

From Stratasys 9 Apr 2020

New method for digital tissue diagnostics can streamline diagnosis and improve accuracy

The Swedish MedTech company Lumito is at its final stages of developing a new and unique method for digital tissue diagnostics that streamlines diagnosis and improves accuracy.

9 Apr 2020

Georgetown University Venture Lab startups launch The COVID-19 Testing Locator

The Social App and Basil Labs—two startups in the Georgetown University Venture Lab, which is funded by the Lenosis family, have launched The COVID-19 Testing Locator to provide a free utility for anyone in the United States to locate nearby testing locations.

9 Apr 2020

Smokers have more ACE2 receptors making it easier for SARS-CoV-2 to infect

A new study published in the European Respiratory Journal in April 2020 reveals that people with smoking-damaged lungs and those with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are likely to have a higher level of the angiotensin-converting enzyme II (ACE2).

9 Apr 2020

Structural protein may be new target for diagnosis, treatment of depression

Scientists have zeroed in on a structural protein as a new target for the diagnosis and treatment of depression, according to research recently published in JNeurosci.

9 Apr 2020

Ai used to detect COVID-19 pneumonia

Coronaviruses have 'spilled over' to human populations throughout history, causing respiratory illnesses, often associated with pneumonia. The severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which emerged in 2002 in China, and the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), which was first seen in Saudi Arabia in 2012, are similar to the current global pandemic spreading worldwide, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

9 Apr 2020

UC Davis researchers develop new web application to track COVID-19 cases

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have developed a new web application that allows users to track COVID-19 cases and testing across the globe. The app offers a simple, intuitive way for users to track COVID-19 data at the country, state and county level.

8 Apr 2020

PIV5-based MERS vaccine shows promise for COVID-19

The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has spread to 184 countries and territories. Currently, there is no vaccine available for COVID-19 disease, or SARS-CoV-2 infection. However, scientists around the world are racing to find ways to block the virus.

8 Apr 2020

'Off-the-shelf' artificial cardiac patch improves heart attack recovery in rat and pig models

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an "off-the-shelf" artificial cardiac patch that can deliver cardiac cell-derived healing factors directly to the site of heart attack injury. In a rat model of heart attack, the freezable, cell-free patch improved recovery.

8 Apr 2020

Top NAU microbiologist joins Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union

The Translational Genomics Research Institute, an affiliate of City of Hope, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute at Northern Arizona University and the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department at the University of Arizona have formed a union dedicated to tracking the COVID-19 coronavirus, it was announced today.

8 Apr 2020

More than half of COVID-19 patients in Brazil came from Italy

Italy has grappled with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with more than 139,000 people infected and more than 17,000 people dead. In the first week of March, the number of cases in Italy skyrocketed before the lockdown was set in place. Prior to the country shutting down its border, many people had already left, flocking to other countries in an attempt to escape the virus.

8 Apr 2020

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Digital Science and Zhipu.AI collaborate to conduct data challenges, build COVID-19 information portal

Chinese newborns experienced mild form of COVID-19

Boehringer Ingelheim steps up to fight COVID-19 with Global Support Program

GlobalData: Australia’s commitment to support clinical trial ecosystem will benefit medical device sector

University Hospital Trust in Paris installs 60 Stratasys 3D printers to support frontline staff battling COVID-19

New method for digital tissue diagnostics can streamline diagnosis and improve accuracy

Georgetown University Venture Lab startups launch The COVID-19 Testing Locator

Smokers have more ACE2 receptors making it easier for SARS-CoV-2 to infect

Structural protein may be new target for diagnosis, treatment of depression

Ai used to detect COVID-19 pneumonia

UC Davis researchers develop new web application to track COVID-19 cases

PIV5-based MERS vaccine shows promise for COVID-19

'Off-the-shelf' artificial cardiac patch improves heart attack recovery in rat and pig models

Top NAU microbiologist joins Arizona COVID-19 Genomics Union

More than half of COVID-19 patients in Brazil came from Italy

Benefits of marijuana for pain relief are not clear-cut, study suggests

Philadelphia Eagles owner contributes $1 million to Penn Medicine to fight COVID-19 pandemic

MBI may give important clues about early stages of dementia

Modifiable risk factors could play important role in Alzheimer's disease, study finds

Researchers highlight when antireflux surgery is needed to treat GERD after endoscopy

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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