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Next Two Weeks Will Show if We Have Global Pandemic Coronavirus
Posted in Medicine on 11th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
“The next two weeks are really critical to understand what’s been happening,” said Benjamin Cowling, head of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of Hong Kong. We will see if coronavirus has outbreaks in other countries.
500 People Will Get Ten Day Clinical Trial for Antiviral Drug Versus Coronavirus
Posted in Medicine on 8th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
Doctors in Washington State gave remdesivir (Gilead antiviral drug) to the first coronavirus patient in the United States last week after his condition worsened and pneumonia developed when he’d been in the hospital for a week. His symptoms improved the next day.
Dead bodies are revealing the secrets of how cancer kills
Posted in Medicine on 7th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
One in two people will develop cancer in their lifetime, according to figures from Cancer Research UK. And while research has advanced in leaps and bounds in terms of finding drugs and improving our understanding of the disease, doctors still don’t know the answer to one of the biggest questions: why do patients die?
Why are cancer rates increasing?
Posted in Medicine, Science on 6th Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
There are now more people than ever living to an age where they have a higher risk of developing cancer.
Simple, cheap nanoparticles activate immune system against cancer
Posted in Medicine on 1st Feb, 2020
by Alex Muller
The best way to fight off cancer might be to strengthen the body’s immune system and help it identify and kill tumors. This field of study is known as immunotherapy, and while it’s showing promise it can be quite expensive. Researchers have developed nanoparticles that should be cheaper to produce.