Regeneron, American pharmaceutical firm, made the announcement that they are ready to enter the last stage of investigating whether their drug is useful for treating and preventing COVID-19. The last stage will be dealing with the human trials.
REGN-COV2 drug combines two antibodies, which helps in blocking the coronavirus spike protein that invades the cells of the human beings. The drug has moved to the final stage, i.e., Phase 3 trial were it will be determined whether the drug is capable
Rheumatic conditions in many of the cases develop slowly and the initial symptom is inflammatory arthritis, which is something amiss. Owing to the close similarities at the initial stage of various conditions, the clinicians find trouble in identifying the right disease.
Dr. Rachel Knevel and the colleagues at Brigham and Womens Hospital in Boston and Leiden University in the Netherlands developed the algorithm G-PROB (genetic probability tool), is a gene-based algorithm, which allows discri
Evidence of a new strain of swine flu, which may lead to another pandemic hit, has been found by group of researchers associated with a host of institutions in China and one in the U.S. The paper is published in the National Academy of Sciences where the researchers have described about their testing on the pigs and the people around them in China.
Worldwide, the news about a new strain of swine being found by the researchers has been spread via media. There are chances of a new influenza pa
University of Marylands researchers have introduced new tools that have improved the analysis of fMRI data. Tlay Adali and Qunfang Long headed a pioneering work that identifies the key patterns in the brain imaging particularly in case of mental illnesses. This research study is available in NeuroImage Volume 216. With the help of this research the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from mental illnesses can be identified easily. This will assist the medical practitioners to determi
Millions of people are stuck at their houses owing to the outbreak of COVID-19, thus many of them have reported about over-indulging on sugary treats leading to side-effects such as increase in body weight.
Researchers at the Massey University claim that they have started studying about a plant compound, which may minimize the sugar cravings. Harley Pasternak, co-founder of the company Sweet Kick, approached the Ajmol Ali, associate professor from the School of Sport, Exercise and Nutrition,
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research have presented a five year, $1.5 million grant to the University of Torontos multidisciplinary team along with the Faculty of Dentistry experts and the Waakebiness-Bryce Institute for Indigenous Health at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health in order to research about the impact of using cannabis on indigenous populations oral health.
Over the period of the research, the participants will be keenly observed for any kind of changes in their oral mi
According to a new study, indoor residual spray produced by combining water and a type of volcanic glass has effectively helped in controlling the malaria mosquitoes. The outcomes from the study will help in declining the number of disease-carrying mosquitoes especially malaria in Africa.
In Africa, around 400,000 people are annually killed owing to malaria. Indoor residual sprays and bed nets that are insecticide treated are the common and the helpful methods used by the people of Africa to
Based on the new analysis made by the Framingham Heart Study, it has been found that cases of intracerebral hemorrhages have increased in the age group 75 and older, which was earlier quite stable among all the age groups in the last 30 years. The findings have been published in the journal JAMA Neurology.
It was observed that senior adults were increasingly using anticoagulants over the period of time and the researchers have warned against its increasing use. Dr. Seshadri, senior investiga
Outbreak of the pandemic COVID-19 has created several issues and requirements; one of them being sharing of the patients information who are suffering from the disease. This sharing of the data will help the researchers to better understand the virus and find ways to stop its spread. But the problem that arises with this is how much of the data can the healthcare providers share with the researchers without causing concerns about violation of patients privacy.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, worlds best infectious disease expert, has made the statement that the US government has decided to fund and perform primary studies on the three investigational coronavirus vaccines.
In the Phase 3 trials there is an involvement of thousands of people in order to check whether the vaccine is safe and effective to use further. In the month of July, the testing of the vaccine by Moderna will start, then in the month of August Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine, and then later in th
