The prognosis for a cancer patient who undergoes surgery is better if the surgeon removes all of the tumor, but it can be hard to tell where a tumor ends and healthy tissue begins. Now, scientists report in ACS Sensors that they have developed a fluorescent spray that specifically lights up cancerous tissue so it […]
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Verily teams up with Mayo Clinic to develop clinical support tool
Alphabet’s life science subsidiary Verily is teaming up with the Mayo Clinic on a new effort to develop a digital point-of-care clinical decision support tool. The partnership will start by zeroing in on cardiometabolic conditions, and is directed at contextualizing information and giving care guidelines to clinicians. In the partnership, the Mayo Clinic will be […]
Jazz Jennings Opens Up About 'Substantial' Weight Gain, Binge Eating Disorder in Powerful Post
Jazz Jennings is opening up about her struggle with binge eating disorder (BED). In an Instagram post shared Saturday, the 20-year-old I Am Jazz star got candid about her experience with BED, revealing the impact the condition has had on her. "As many of you have noticed, over the past few years, I have gained […]
Speeding up clinical trials by making drug production local
The Boston area has long been home to innovation that leads to impactful new drugs. But manufacturing those drugs for clinical trials often involves international partners and supply chains. The vulnerabilities of that system have become all too apparent during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now Snapdragon Chemistry, co-founded by MIT Professor and Associate Provost Tim Jamison, […]
Lonza to up Moderna Covid jab output with Dutch production line
Swiss firm Lonza said Wednesday it will open a new production line for the drug substance in Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine, making it possible to churn out hundreds of millions more jabs per year. The new line will be set up at Lonza’s site in Geleen, Netherlands, and is expected to begin production by the end […]
Australian woman wakes up with Irish accent after throat surgery
Fox News Flash top headlines for May 14 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Luck of the Aussie? An Australian woman has gone viral on TikTok after claiming that she woke up with an Irish accent following tonsil surgery. Angela Yen, 27, had a tonsillectomy on April 19 […]
Russia’s COVID-19 vaccination drive slowly picking up speed
Maria Piparinen and other elderly residents of Ikhala were relieved when they heard that doctors were finally bringing a few doses of the coronavirus vaccine to their remote, snowy village in the Russian region of Karelia, near the border with Finland. Otherwise, the 75-year-old said she would have had to hire a car to take […]
Do you really need IVF? A new online tool can help you weigh up your options
People who want a baby and struggle to conceive often resort to in vitro fertilization (IVF). While IVF has helped countless people have children, it’s expensive and comes with some risks. But research shows some people with so-called “unexplained infertility” have a 30-40% chance of conceiving without treatment if they just keep trying for a […]
Britain lines up 40 mln more vaccine doses from Valneva
The British government has exercised an option to buy 40 million more doses of a COVID-19 vaccine being developed by the French-Austrian group Valneva for delivery next year, the company said Monday. London announced in September it had agreed to buy as many as 190 million doses from Valneva in a deal worth up to […]
Mortality rate up for Koreans with rheumatoid arthritis
(HealthDay)—Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have increased mortality rates compared with the general population, according to a study published online Jan. 19 in the International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases. Yeon-Kyung Lee, from the Hanyang University Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Seoul, South Korea, and colleagues examined the causes and risk for death in 2,355 […]