Combining data on antibody prevalence, PCR test results, genomic surveillance and population mobility from smartphones has allowed infectious disease modelers to explain the evolution of the first three COVID-19 waves that have affected Kenya since the start of the pandemic….
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Weak brain waves may warn of age-related neurodegenerative disease
Weakened electrical signals in the brain may be an early warning sign of age-related neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, suggests a study published today in eLife. The findings hint at new ways to identify early on patients who may…
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Pandemic likely to go in waves, researchers say
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and the University of Basel in Switzerland have produced a mathematical model that shows that the spread of the new coronavirus can decline in the summer and then return in the autumn and winter….
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Zapping the penis with sound waves could tackle erectile dysfunction
Zapping the penis with sound waves could tackle erectile dysfunction ‘by stimulating the growth of nerve fibres and blood vessels’ Scientists tested low-intensity extracorporeal shockwave therapy It delivers up to 2,400 pulses of sound to the shaft of the penis…
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