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The medical school trying to become anti-racist

The Pharma Data

Eva Larkai, a fourth-year medical student, led the student group demanding change. A major British medical school is leading the drive to eliminate what it calls “inherent racism” in the way doctors are trained in the UK. And he says the problem is one that all UK medical schools and the wider NHS share.

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A-levels U-turn: Medical schools call for places cap to be lifted

The Pharma Data

The number of students studying to be doctors is regulated because of the cost and for NHS workforce planning. Ministers are coming under pressure to lift the limit on the number of places to study medicine in England, after changes to how A-levels are awarded.

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Zebrafish for Disease Modeling and Drug Screening in Pediatric Cancers

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Leonard Zon’s research group, an expert in Zebrafish research at Harvard Medical School, and a doctor at Boston’s Children’s Hospital found that prostaglandins upregulate blood stem cells, boosting their engraftment after transplantation. This treatment was developed by performing a chemical screening on zebrafish.

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Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance

Broad Institute

Appearing today in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics , the results could help improve outbreak response and clinical care by bringing tests that are accurate, low-cost, and fast to doctors’ offices and labs across the US and in other countries.

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Advancements in upstream CLD for enhanced biotherapeutics production

Drug Discovery World

He has a post-doctorate in virology, viral pathogenesis, viral vector development, and vaccines evaluation from Harvard Medical School and a PhD in Virology/Molecular Biology. The post Advancements in upstream CLD for enhanced biotherapeutics production appeared first on Drug Discovery World (DDW).

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Vision Problems? Here’s a Guide to Which Specialist Is Right for You

The Pharma Data

Ophthalmologists are physicians who have completed four years of medical school and four years of residency training. They aren’t doctors, according to the American Association of Certified Orthoptists. Opticians, who also are not doctors, don’t treat or diagnose eye conditions. © 2021 HealthDay.

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With retinal images and genetic data, researchers predict cardiovascular, metabolic, and other disease risks

Broad Institute

“We’ve come to realize recently that there is a lot more information that we can get from our retina images than we thought was possible,” says senior author Nazlee Zebardast, director of glaucoma imaging at Mass Eye and Ear and an assistant professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School.

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