In Vitro vs In Vivo Preclinical Studies
Before a drug candidate can be tested in humans, its safety and efficacy must be explored in preclinical studies. These studies can either be ‘in vitro’, Latin for “within the glass” and referring to studies using cell cultures studied outside…
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WHO authorizes AstraZeneca’s COVID vaccine for emergency use
The World Health Organization has granted an emergency authorization to AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the U.N. agency’s partners to ship millions of doses to countries as part of a U.N.-backed program to tame the pandemic. In…
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Are you struggling to make time to be alone in lockdown? You could be feeling ‘alonely’
Whether you’re homeschooling, working from home in a house share or living in a small flat with your partner, you’ll know how it feels to crave alone time during lockdown. And now, researchers have coined a term for this feeling…
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Scientists study how a single gene alteration may have separated modern humans from extinct hominins
As a professor of pediatrics and cellular and molecular medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, Alysson R. Muotri, PhD, has long studied how the brain develops and what goes wrong in neurological disorders. For almost as…
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Ryan Reynolds Colouring Blake Lively’s Hair Has Us Believing In True Love, Again
Sure, Valentine’s Day isn’t a competition, but if it was Ryan Reynolds has won – easily. Taking to Instagram to share a display of affection that proved all too relatable, Blake Lively posted a video of her hubby administering an…
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UK to consider making excess vaccines available to other nations after its adults inoculated, official says
FILE PHOTO: British Vaccine Deployment Minister Nadhim Zahawi speaks at the House of Commons in London, Britain February 4, 2021. ?UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS/File PhotoLONDON (Reuters) – The UK will look at making excess doses of coronavirus vaccinations available…
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Cheap, potent pathway to pandemic therapeutics
By capitalizing on a convergence of chemical, biological and artificial intelligence advances, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists have developed an unusually fast and efficient method for discovering tiny antibody fragments with big potential for development into therapeutics against…
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MIT researchers use AI to find drugs that could be repurposed for COVID-19
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced this week that researchers had used machine learning to identify medications that may be repurposed to fight COVID-19. “Making new drugs takes forever,” Caroline Uhler, a computational biologist in MIT’s Department of Electrical…
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When You Do These Lunges Every Day, This Is What Happens
Now that many have ditched the gym in favor of working out at home, simpler workout routines are likely to make a comeback. And, contrary to popular belief, even the simplest of movements have been shown to build a stronger…
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Cocoa flavanols may boost memory in older people
A clinical trial has shown that in older people, a diet supplemented with cocoa flavanols– naturally occurring compounds found in cocoa beans—may improve performance on a specific memory task. The study is published on Monday 15 February in the journal…
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