A Recent Study Shows Difficulties in Deciphering the Findings of Neuropsychological Tests
Sneller and colleagues compared 189 patients who had recovered from Covid-19, many of whom reported symptoms of Long Covid, to a control group of 120…
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The Protocol for Pig-to-Human Organ Transplantation is Set by Successful Heart Xenotransplant Experiments
Two genetically modified pig hearts were successfully transplanted into recently deceased humans in June and July by a team at NYU Langone Health, marking the…
How Coronaviruses Take Advantage of the Host’s Antiviral Defenses for Effective Replication
Researchers at the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The University of Hong Kong (HKUMed), Department of Microbiology, School of Clinical Medicine, have shed…
A New Portable Test Simultaneously Detects SARS-CoV-2 RNA and Antibodies
Our inquiries have changed as the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, from “How do I know if I’m infected?” to “How strong is my immunity?” to…
Rapid COVID-19 Testing Made Possible by Nanoparticles Could Be More Durable and Sensitive
One can easily and quickly find out if they have COVID-19 with rapid antigen tests. However, due to their low sensitivity, antibody-based diagnostics may miss…
Red Blood Cell Released Particles Function as Powerful Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy Transporters
The creation of effective medications is only half the battle in the fight against cancer; it’s also critical to consider how medications can be administered…
A New Delivery Method Enables a Wider Range of Peptide Drugs to Be Slowly Released in the Body
One of the first completely new drug delivery microencapsulation methods to be described in decades is described in a recent paper from the University of…
Researchers Show Drug Effectiveness and Uncover Key to Hepatitis A Virus Replication
A virus must go through the viral replication cycle in order to propagate throughout the body and cause illness. The UNC School of Medicine researchers…
Study Finds that Saliva, Semen, and Other Clinical Samples from Infected Patients Frequently Detect Monkeypox Virus
According to a recent study conducted by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a facility financed by the “la Caixa” Foundation, and the Hospital…
Researchers Find a Novel Method to Combat Malaria that is Drug-Resistant
As the effectiveness of conventional antimalarial medications wane, a novel strategy to tackle malaria that causes the illness to turn against itself may provide a…
PCR is Carried Out by the New COVID-19 Rapid-Test Technology More Quickly than by Competing Tests
The polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which can identify genetic material such as that from a virus or human DNA, has been the industry standard for…
Researchers Create a Strategy to Avoid Lethal Hospital Infections without Antibiotics
You might not think a hospital or medical facility is the best place to catch a bad illness. Yet, every year, about 1.7 million Americans…
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