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China reports 107 new coronavirus cases for Aug 6 vs 124 day before

FILE PHOTO: Employees line up for nucleic acid testing at a stadium of TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT), following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei province, China August 5, 2021. China Daily via REUTERS BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Saturday reported 107 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the mainland for […]

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Tackling Isolation When You Can’t Go Outside

The world is fighting the deadly Coronavirus pandemic. Therefore the news and social media are focused on COVID-19, its effects, and preventive measures. We’ve heard new terms like quarantine, isolation, social distancing, etc., frequently. It can get a little overwhelming, especially since we can’t meet anyone outside of the home to discuss how we’re feeling. […]

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The Role of Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

insights from industryMark BumillerTechnology Manager Entegris In this interview, Mark Bumiller, Technology Manager at Entegris talks to News Medical Life Sciences about the role nanoparticles can play in drug delivery. Could you give our readers some background on Entegris? With over 50 years of experience, Entegris is a global leader in Advanced Materials Science and […]

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Intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows sterilizing immunity in preclinical tests

University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers report additional preclinical evidence of the potency of a single-dose, intranasal COVID-19 vaccine candidate—AdCOVID—that was created by Altimmune Inc., a Maryland-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The UAB researchers, led by Fran Lund, Ph.D., in collaboration with Altimmune, have found that a single intranasal dose provided sterilizing immunity in the lungs […]

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Conservative management up for low-risk prostate CA in veterans

(HealthDay)—Among U.S. veterans with low-risk prostate cancer, use of conservative management increased from 2005 to 2015, according to a research letter published online June 5 in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Stacy Loeb, M.D., from Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center in New York City, and colleagues examined treatment patterns for veterans diagnosed with […]