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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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#WhyIScience Q&A: A process development lead returns to her research roots

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I told him I was struggling with my classes and that I didn’t think I'd make it to medical school. During my junior year of undergrad, I found a lab at my school that studied neuronal development in annelids, which are saltwater worms. I fell in love with the research and forgot all about medical school.

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American Society of Anesthesiologists, Oct. 2-5

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By using PCR testing, the researchers identified that 102 of the 146 patients who verbally screened positive for COVID-19 were negative for the virus on PCR testing. “By testing all children for the virus prior to undergoing anesthesia, asymptomatic carriers of COVID-19 were detected before exposing staff,” Babus said.

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Research Roundup: New Abnormal Tau Protein IDed in Alzheimer’s Disease and More

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The changes help the virus to multiply and eventually destroy the cells. Researchers with North Carolina State University found that certain chemical compounds found in foods or beverages like green tea, muscadine grapes and dark chocolate can bind to and block a particular enzyme in the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes COVID-19.

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Bringing Needed Structure to COVID-19 Drug Development

NIH Director's Blog: Drug Development

ACE2 is the receptor that the virus uses to gain entry. Solomon of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, found that current evidence in humans is insufficient to support or refute claims that ACE inhibitors or ARBs may be helpful or harmful to individuals with COVID-19. The team, led by Scott D.

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Advances in the Battle Against Autoimmune Disease

The Pharma Data

In late 2020, the effort received $200,000 in seed funding from the Baker Department of Cardiometabolic Health at the University of Melbourne’s medical school. Scientists will be testing a drug class targeting the C-reactive protein (CRP) marker of acute inflammation in the body. Patient Recruitment.

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A new viral surveillance system in West Africa is showing the world how to prevent the next pandemic

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Ozonoff is also an associate professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a scientist at Boston Children’s Hospital. It can take only 36 hours for a virus that is emerging in a very remote place to find itself in New York or Paris — they are just a few flights away,” Happi said.

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