BAODING, China, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding, northern China, he prepared for a five-day quarantine at a local makeshift hospital in the under the country’s strict pandemic controls. Instead, China the next day abruptly relaxed the policy that made the world’s most populous country an outlier …
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(Refiles to fix ‘disrupting’ typographical error, paragraph 8) By Ella Cao and Ryan Woo BAODING, China, Dec 11 (Reuters) – When Li tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday in Baoding, northern China, he prepared for a five-day quarantine at a local makeshift hospital in the under the country’s strict pandemic controls. Instead, China the next …
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Researchers from the Alfred E. Mann Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California have developed a “heart attack on a chip,” a device that could one day serve as a test bed for developing new heart drugs and even personalized drugs. “Our device replicates some key features of a heart attack in …
The third day of the murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean in the shooting of Atatiana Jefferson began Wednesday morning with testimony from crime scene investigators and police and s’ ended with Jefferson’s sister, Ashley Carr, at the helm. The state closed its case Wednesday afternoon. The trial will resume on …
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A new lab test has been developed to measure levels of beta-amyloid oligomers in blood samples, which can be used to predict future diagnoses of Alzheimer’s disease. Overall, patients today are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is a disease that attacks the brain, leading to a decline in mental abilities that worsens over time. It …
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For years, scientists have tried, unsuccessfully, to make a single vaccine that would provide at least partial protection against all types of flu. A University of Pennsylvania scientist now thinks he’s cracked the case, using the same technology that was the basis of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines: messenger RNA. In November, Scott Hensley …
Scientists have developed the world’s first early detection test for pancreatic cancer, which uses worms to detect tumors. According to its creators, the test – rolled out this month in Japan – is 100% accurate at detecting cancer and can detect it in its early stages. Tokyo-based biotech company Hirotsu Bio Science hopes to bring …
VSancer is becoming less deadly in America. According to the recently released Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, overall cancer death rates have continued to decline by about 2% per year over the last several years for Americans of all ages, races, and genders. The decline in cancer death rates is …
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