WHO team arrives in Wuhan to test sources of COVID-19 pandemic Kumar Jeetendra | January 14, 2021 A team of WHO experts arrived in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Thursday to investigate the origins of the deadly coronavirus pandemic. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian on Tuesday reported that the team will fly from Singapore to Wuhan, where the virus first emerged in December 2019. The World Health Organisation team’s …
Analysts recognize interface among ALS and collection of DNA-RNA hybrids in the genome Kumar Jeetendra | January 13, 2021 Researchers from the University of Seville and the University of Pavia have identified a connection between Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and the accumulation of DNA-RNA hybrids in the genome. The accumulation of these hybrids causes increased genomic damage and boosts genetic instability. This finding will make it possible to better understand the molecular basis of …
Study shows distancing and mandatory masks can forestall 87% of grounds COVID-19 diseases Kumar Jeetendra | January 13, 2021 The combined effectiveness of three COVID-prevention strategies on college campuses–mask-wearing, social distancing, and routine testing–are equally as effective in preventing coronavirus infections as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), according to a new study co-authored by a Case Western Reserve University researcher. The study, published in Annals …
Boosting a characteristic cell cycle could bring down ventilator-related lung damage Kumar Jeetendra | January 12, 2021 An unfortunate truth about the use of mechanical ventilation to save the lives of patients in respiratory distress is that the pressure used to inflate the lungs is very likely to cause further lung damage. In a new study, scientists identified a molecule that’s produced by immune cells during mechanical ventilation to try to decrease …
New fluorescence microscopy strategy produces nanoscale 3D pictures of living cells Kumar Jeetendra | January 12, 2021 A new fluorescence microscopy technique has produced the world’s first nanoscale 3D images of molecules in a whole, living cell, researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology reported. Ilaria Testa, an associate professor at KTH and researcher at the Science for Life Laboratory, says the technique is capable of generating images with precision that until …
Bharat Biotech dispatches first consignment of Covaxin; Kolkata gets the most noteworthy doses of Covishield Kumar Jeetendra | January 12, 2021 Bharat Biotech, which has received Emergency Use Authorisation approval from the Drug Controller General of India for its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, is set to dispatch it from the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on January 12, in the day, a senior official of the Airports cargo branch told news agency PTI. “Today we have received the …
Scientists gives better comprehension of how antibiotic resistance emerges Kumar Jeetendra | January 11, 2021 Researchers at the Quadram Institute on the Norwich Research Park have shown how the development of antibiotic resistance by bacteria may have’side-effects’ for them including affecting their ability to induce disease. Antibiotic resistance is still one of the best challenges to global health with very few new antibiotics and widespread immunity. It’s been estimated that …
Researchers arrive at significant achievement in leishmaniasis immunization advancement Kumar Jeetendra | January 11, 2021 Scientists have taken an important step forward in creating a controlled human infection model to test leishmaniasis vaccines. The University of York-led study identified and characterized a new strain of Leishmania parasite that will form the basis of a new controlled human infection model for the disease which is transmitted by the bite of sand …
BioNTech focuses on 2 billion COVID-19 immunization dosages in 2021 Kumar Jeetendra | January 11, 2021 German COVID-19 vaccine maker BioNTech, spouse of US pharmaceutical group Pfizer, said on Monday that it aims to produce two billion doses of its vaccine this year “We now believe we could potentially deliver approximately 2 billion doses in total by the end of 2021, which incorporates the updated 6-dose label,” BioNTech stated in a …
Biomarkers can foresee how hereditarily identical cells act distinctively under pressure Kumar Jeetendra | January 10, 2021 A set of biomarkers not traditionally associated with cell fate can accurately forecast how genetically identical cells behave differently under pressure, according to a UT Southwestern study. The findings, published by Cell Reports as a Dec. 1 cover story, could eventually result in more predictable responses to pharmaceutical remedies. Groups of the same types of …
FDA cautions medical services suppliers and clinical lab staff about SARS-CoV-2 viral transformation Kumar Jeetendra | January 10, 2021 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting clinical laboratory staff and health care providers that the FDA is monitoring the potential effect of viral mutations, including an emerging version from the United Kingdom known as the B.1.1.7 variant, on approved SARS-CoV-2 molecular tests, which false negative results can occur with almost any molecular test …
Gene therapy can viably treat mice with tuberous sclerosis complex, shows study Kumar Jeetendra | January 9, 2021 Patients with tuberous sclerosis complex, a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of noncancerous tumors in several organs of the body, have limited treatment choices. A team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has shown that gene therapy can effectively treat mice that express one of the mutated genes that cause the disease. …
