Scientists delve into how repairing dysfunctional brain circuits in Parkinson’s can offer another path forward for new treatment strategies. Parkinson’s is a debilitating disease marked by loss of brain cells that produce…
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AI is revolutionizing manual cell counting
Cell counting is extremely important in research, medicine, and even environmental monitoring where scientists use it to track cell growth, a person’s health, or monitor plankton levels in oceans or bacteria in…
Lab-grown blood used in transfusions for the first time
Red blood cells grown in a laboratory have now been transfused into another person in a world first clinical trial. In a world first, red blood cells grown in a laboratory have…
Boosting immune memory for broader vaccines
Our bodies have adapted intricate mechanisms to defend against external pathogens. A complex network, the human immune system works to eliminate threats and keeps a record of every infection it has ever…
Copper nanoparticles an effective spermicide
Copper’s ability to hinder the motility of sperm makes it an ideal contraceptive, and researchers have now formulated it into a spermicide. With the advent of the birth control in the 1960s,…
Module labs are a polarizing plan for COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in Africa
Without independent vaccine manufacturing in Africa, the social and economic costs of the pandemic will only be prolonged. Safe and effective vaccines against COVID-19 were brought to the market in record time…
Vaccine misinformation moderately curbed by new Facebook policy
New study provides evidence that social media companies have the tools to reduce the impact of vaccine misinformation on their platforms. Social media platforms have a misinformation problem — this is nothing…
Monitoring intra-abdominal pressure with new radar system
A non-invasive means of monitoring intra-abdominal pressure using a wireless radar system could save lives in the ICU. The prognosis for critically ill patients, regardless of illness, can be drastically affected by…
Real progress made this year in the fight against malaria
Image credit: Shutterstock/mycteria 2021 has seen some incredible gains in malaria research, with two new vaccines on the horizon — one of which has already received WHO endorsement — and new developments…
New Pfizer and Merck antivirals look hopeful
Image credit: JC Gellidon Unsplash Two new oral medications designed to treat COVID-19 were recently announced by pharmaceutical companies Merck and Pfizer. The medications aim to prevent the worst of the disease,…