Cart is empty The use of cell therapy to treat COVID-19 patients can reduce the risk of death from the disease by 60%, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, in partnership with colleagues in Germany and the United States.
Thesis: A glow-in-the-dark test for disease diagnosis
TU/e researcher Eva van Aalen has developed a glow-in-the-dark test that can make disease diagnosis by general practitioners or in hospitals faster. This test could potentially also be used by patients at home, for example to monitor the concentration of certain drugs in the body. Van Aalen defended her Ph.D. thesis at the department of Biomedical Engineering on Friday, September 15.
Abortion bans fuel a rise in high-risk patients heading to Illinois hospitals
When she was around 22 weeks pregnant, the patient found out that the son she was carrying didn’t have kidneys and his lungs wouldn’t develop. If he survived the birth, he would struggle to breathe and die within hours.
UPND in Lusaka warns against detractors
By RUTH YAMBAYAMBA
LUSAKA Province youth chairperson Anderson Banda says he will not allow disgruntled individuals to stand against the United Party for National Development’s vision of taking development to all parts of the country.
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Using a CBD product? Be sure to tell your doctor
Cannabinoid products may interfere with some prescription medications, so people who use them should add these to the list of supplements they tell their doctors about.
Implantable device could enable injection-free control of diabetes
One promising approach to treating type 1 diabetes is implanting pancreatic islet cells that can produce insulin when needed, which can free patients from giving themselves frequent insulin injections. However, one major obstacle to this approach is that once the cells are implanted, they eventually run out of oxygen and stop producing insulin.
New study uncovers origin of ‘conscious awareness’
Living things act with purpose. But where does purpose come from? How do humans make sense of their relation to the world and realize their ability to effect change? These fundamental questions of “agency”—acting with purpose—have perplexed some of the greatest minds in history including Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Erwin Schrödinger and Niels Bohr.
Resistance to antibiotics in northern Nigeria: What bacteria are prevalent, and which drugs work against them
Antimicrobial resistance—the ability of microorganisms to resist drugs that have been developed to control them—is a severe problem in African countries. The continent has the highest global burden of antimicrobial-resistant infections, with 114.8 deaths per 100,000 people.
Racial trauma has profound mental health consequence—a Black clinical psychologist explains and offers 5 ways to heal
Since European expansion into the Americas, white people have demonized Black people and portrayed them as undesirable, violent and hypersexual. Originally, the intent of this demonization was to legitimize the conquest and sale of African people.
Increased risk of death from breast cancer in women if treatment interval guidelines are not followed: Study
The risk of death from breast cancer is 43% higher for women who had at least one treatment interval longer than the recommended treatment timeframes, according to new research.