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Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance

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Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance By Allessandra DiCorato June 18, 2024 Breadcrumb Home Simple test for flu could improve diagnosis and surveillance A low-cost CRISPR-based paper strip test distinguishes between influenza types and can be reprogrammed to recognize different viruses including the H5N1 bird flu virus.

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COVID-19 patients are experiencing long-term effects from the virus

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Almost a third of doctors have treated patients for long-term symptoms caused by coronavirus, according to a new study. A further 21% of 1,030 doctors who had since recovered from the virus reported chronic fatigue, while 11% said they had no concentration difficulties. Photo by Mohsen Atayi. Conor Kavanagh. Source link.

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Women in STEM with Delphine Guyon-Gellin

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Moreover, all the advances made in better understanding the underlying immune response serve other indications in immuno-oncology and auto-immune diseases where better treatments are still needed. She holds a Doctorate from the Ecole Vétérinaire de Maisons-Alfort and a Master’s degree in Marketing from the HEC Paris.

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Coronavirus: 'Long Covid' patients need treatment programme, doctors say

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.” File on 4 asked all 212 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and health boards across the UK whether they had set up post-Covid clinics for patients who were not admitted hospital with the virus – but did not necessarily receive a positive test result. A further 16 said they were planning or redesigning services.

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Can a heartburn drug help doctors treat COVID-19?

The Pharma Data

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, doctors in Wuhan noticed something surprising. Many of the elderly patients who survived the virus were poor: not exactly the demographic you would expect to fare well in a health crisis. But in more severe illnesses, cytokine production can spiral out of control, becoming dysregulated.

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Battling antibiotic resistance in the lab and the clinic

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In others, an infection can cause the immune system to spin out of control, leading to sepsis — organ dysfunction that lacks effective treatments and is often fatal. I’d seen more than my share of doctors by the time I graduated high school, but it gave me a lot of respect for them,” he said. “I

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Researchers uncover genetic factors for severe Lassa fever

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By Allessandra DiCorato February 8, 2024 Credit: NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland Scanning electron image of the Lassa virus budding off a cell. Other scientists had discovered that this gene was critical for the Lassa virus to enter cells. Finding participants for the study would be challenging too.