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Remdesivir likely to be highly effective antiviral against SARS-CoV-2 for some patients

Dec 15, 2020

The response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been hampered by the lack of effective antiviral drugs against SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes the disease. The patient’s illness began with fever,...

Researchers identify the origin of a deadly brain cancer

Dec 14, 2020

Finding could lead to potential therapiesResearchers at McGill University are hopeful that the identification of the origin and a specific gene needed for tumour growth could lead to new therapeutics...

New Covid strain ripping through the South is forcing millions into Tier 3 lockdowns

Dec 14, 2020

A NEW strain of coronavirus which may spread even quicker has been identified in large parts of England, Matt Hancock revealed today - as he plunged millions more Brits into...

SMART researchers use lysins to selectively target bacteria

Dec 14, 2020

Researchers from the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Interdisciplinary Research Group (IRG) at Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, have developed a method to produce customizable...

Dec 14, 2020

CHICAGO — When Kim Miller sat down in her Illinois house to compose her husband’s obituary, she could not hold back. “This disease is real, it is serious and it...

As U.S. Deaths Approach 300,000, Obituaries Force Reckoning with Covid

Dec 14, 2020

CHICAGO — When Kim Miller sat down in her Illinois house to compose her husband’s obituary, she could not hold back. “This disease is real, it is serious and it...

Novel genomic tools increase the accuracy of breast cancer risk assessment

Dec 14, 2020

In women, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. The study focused on specific mutations in the PALB2 and CHEK2 genes, the...

Singing to preterm infants during kangaroo care reduces maternal anxiety and supports the mother–infant relationship

Dec 14, 2020

Researchers from the University of Helsinki contributed to a study investigating the effects of singing during kangaroo care on maternal wellbeing and the mother–infant relationship after preterm birth. In kangaroo...

One-day US deaths top 3,000, more than D-Day or 9/11

Dec 13, 2020

As officials met to discuss approval of a COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, Dec. 10, the number of coronavirus deaths has grown bleaker than ever. As officials met to discuss approval...

COVID's deadliest day: 3,309 people die from coronavirus on day FDA finally approves Pfizer vaccine

Dec 12, 2020

The FDA chief also defended the fastest-ever vaccine process, saying the agency did not sacrifice safety in return for speed. ‘I think that’s an extra precaution.’A British man receives the...