A titanium oxide nanowire-based air channel can trap and devastate microorganisms Kumar Jeetendra | August 9, 2020 Filter”paper” made out of nitric oxide nanowires is effective at trapping germs and ruining them with light. This discovery via an EPFL lab could be put to use in personal protective equipment, as well as in ventilation and air conditioning systems. Included in attempts to curtail the Covid-19 pandemic, newspaper masks are increasingly being made …
‘A Bend in Time’: Coronavirus pandemic through the eyes of kids Kumar Jeetendra | August 9, 2020 A new book gives readers a peek into the mind of kids on which they utilize the best global health catastrophe: the COVID-19 pandemic.Its debut is written by award-winning children’s author Bijal Vachharajani. Funny, thoughtful, wise and empathetic, it showcases the imagination and the thoughts of the current creation. Also, it conveys the diverse”viewpoints, questions, …
COVID-19: Scientists grow ease strategy to test mask adequacy against viral beads Kumar Jeetendra | August 9, 2020 Using widely available tools, scientists have developed a very simple process to visualise how effectively different types of masks prevent the spread of droplets which could contain novel coronavirus contaminants, an advance which could aid small scale mask producers to replicate designs, and assist community outreach organisations demonstrate proper mask fitting procedures. The technique, described …
Custom smartwatch tracks sedate levels inside the body continuously Kumar Jeetendra | August 8, 2020 Engineers in the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and their colleagues at Stanford School of Medicine have demonstrated that drug levels inside the body is able to be tracked in real time using a custom smartwatch which assesses the compounds found in sweat. This wearable technology can be incorporated into a more personalized approach to …
Researchers distinguish cell structure that may assume basic job in coronavirus replication Kumar Jeetendra | August 8, 2020 Scientists have identified a structure in host cells which the novel coronavirus likely uses to synthesise elements that will be assembled into completely infectious germs, an advance that might lead to the development of new medications against COVID-19. The analysis, published in the journal Science Advances, uncovers a coronavirus-specific structure in cells, which might work …
Relief Therapeutics sees 60-70% possibility of COVID-19 medication endorsement Kumar Jeetendra | August 8, 2020 Relief Therapeutics’ chairman said that he was optimistic that its RLF-100 (aviptadil) drug will acquire approval for treating COVID-19 patients in a matter of months. The Swiss group owns the rights to the drug in the United States and Europe. Its US spouse NeuroRx is conducting multicentre clinical trials in patients that are severely ill …
Jubilant Life Sciences presents 1,000 vials of Remdesivir to Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Kumar Jeetendra | August 8, 2020 Drug firm Jubilant Life Sciences on Saturday said it has introduced 1,000 vials of antiviral drug Remdesivir that it sells under the brand name’JUBI-R’ into Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The drug has been made accessible to over 1,000 hospitals supplying COVID-19 treatment in India throughout the organization’s distribution system, Jubilant Life Sciences said …
Researchers disentangle how safe immune system glitches in extreme COVID-19 cases Kumar Jeetendra | August 7, 2020 Unlike earlier studies, scientists have found that severe COVID-19 does not solely bring about a hyperactive immune system, but instead the body’s defense response is captured in a constant loop of activation and inhibition, an advance that may help develop superior therapeutics to combat the deadly illness. The researchers, such as those from the Center …
BD Extended HPV Testing Gets FDA Approval Kumar Jeetendra | August 7, 2020 BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), Franklin Lakes, NJ, received a premarket approval (PMA) supplement in the FDA for an Enlarged version of its BD Onclarity human papillomavirus (HPV) assay. The PMA supplement comprises the expansion for genotype reporting past HPV genotypes 16, 18, and 45 to comprise types 31, 51, 52, 33/58, 35/39/68, and 56/59/66, …
Biomedical scientists make counterfeit organelles to control biological function in cells Kumar Jeetendra | August 7, 2020 Biomedical engineers at Duke University have shown a way of controlling the phase separation of an emerging class of proteins to create artificial membrane-less organelles in human cells. The progress, similar to controlling how vinegar forms droplets within oil, creates chances for engineering artificial structures to modulate present cell functions or produce entirely new behaviours …
Covid-19 Antibody Rapid Serology Test by Americal Screening Kumar Jeetendra | August 6, 2020 American Idol, Shreveport, La, has included a covid-19 IgG/IgM rapid test to its inventory. The in vitro immunoassay, that has been allowed emergency use authorization (EUA) from the FDA, is created for the qualitative and direct discovery of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgM and anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG in human whole blood, serum, or plasma. The test is simple to …
New medication RLF-100 shows sensational outcomes for basic COVID-19 patients Kumar Jeetendra | August 6, 2020 Doctors in a hospital have used a brand new drug called RLF-100, also called aviptadil, which has resulted in rapid recovery from respiratory failure in critically ill COVID-19 patients. The drug has been approved by the FDA for emergency use at multiple clinical sites in patients that are too sick to input the FDA’s Stage …
