The ongoing fourth wave of the coronavirus has sharply increased the need for Covid-19 testing, prompting calls for the introduction of automation equipment. However, according to industry watchers, the lack of reagents for the automated installation will likely be a major stumbling block for automated testing. A health worker performs …
Read More »Todos Medical to Launch EUA Authorized SARS-CoV-2 cPass
Nature Medicine publication shows neutralizing antibodies are essential in preventing or reducing the severity of COVID-19 infection, including infection with emerging variants of COVID-19 such as the Delta variant, for vaccinated populations and not vaccinated Todos now validates cPass in its highly automated CLIA / CAP lab at Provista Diagnostics …
Read More »The Fiji Times »Scientists at UNF Medical Laboratory Shed Light on COVID-19 Discussions
Four medical laboratory scientists from Fiji National University (FNU), College of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (CMNHS) joined the âExplain the Scienceâ roundtables on COVID-19, intended to provide a platform for experts to speak out on facts related to COVID-19 disease, swab testing, vaccines, etc., so that the people of …
Read More »Fears that a new wave of COVID will overwhelm the Lebanese health system | Coronavirus pandemic News
Beirut, Lebanon – Doctors have warned that Lebanese hospitals will struggle to cope with a large influx of coronavirus patients amid an increase in the number of new cases caused by the highly contagious Delta variant. Lebanon recorded 577 new COVID-19 infections over a 24-hour period on Friday, according to …
Read More »Faculty of Medicine students and researchers receive Vanier and Banting scholarships
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Read More »More tests moved to state public health laboratory in Stillwater | Covid-19
Most of the testing done by the Oklahoma State Department of Health is now done in the new Stillwater Public Health Laboratory, PHL Scientific Director Dr Jared Taylor said Thursday during a briefing. Some tests, such as newborn screenings and microbiology tests, were contracted out or processed at other facilities …
Read More »Early Anticoagulant Therapy Reduces Mortality in Moderately Ill COVID-19 Patients
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Read More »Delta Variant looms for the unvaccinated
Even though the number of COVID-19 in Wisconsin reached pandemic lows in early summer, new cases are on the rise again, as outbreaks fueled by variants elsewhere offer a warning sign to near the half of state residents who are not vaccinated. the Delta variant is of particular concern. Also …
Read More »Four medical researchers named Dean’s Scholars | Source
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Read More »Impact Factor and Immediacy Index Rise for Clinical Chemistry from Journal of AACC, Reflecting Journal’s Groundbreaking COVID-19 Research
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(MENAFN – Mid-East.Info Du) bai, United Arab Emirates: With 150 million cases and more than 3.5 million deaths, the global effects of the COVID-19 virus have been devastating, especially for G20 countries where it has had such a huge impact on the global economy. According to Peter Hotez, director of …
Read More »Chinese media face backlash for backing Foreign Ministry’s call to seek Nobel for Wuhan lab
BEIJING: Chinese state media faced backlash for eagerly amplifying its Foreign Ministry’s call for a Nobel Prize for the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) then that it is under close scrutiny as the potential origin of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijiang said scientists working at …
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Read More »New class of drugs shows potential to treat cancer patients with defective BRCA genes
Scientists have identified a new class of targeted cancer drugs that offer the potential to treat patients whose tumors have defective copies of the BRCA cancer genes. The drugs, known as POLQ inhibitors, specifically kill cancer cells with mutations in BRCA genes while leaving healthy cells unharmed. Most importantly, they …
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A new study on how human cells activate the immune system in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection could open the door to even more effective and potent vaccines against the coronavirus and its rapidly emerging variants, maintaining the smoldering global pandemic. Researchers at Boston University’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) …
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Read More »OHSU researchers secure new funding to monitor COVID-19 mutations | Local News
PORTLAND, OR (KPTV) – OHSU researchers step up efforts to identify and monitor COVID-19 mutations, with $ 3 million in new funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Oregon Health Authority. With the funding, OHSU was able to purchase new equipment and expand its capacity, with the …
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Researchers remain perplexed as to what causes dementia and how to treat and reverse the cognitive decline seen in patients. In a one-of-a-kind study, researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) at Harvard Medical School found that cis P-tau, a toxic, …
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Read More »New Wyoming-WWAMI Medical Education Program Director Appointed at UW | New
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Read More »Report: Impaired lab doctor made 3,000 mistakes in 13 years | Local News
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – A former pathologist and pathology and laboratory director who was frequently drunk while on duty made errors in about 10% of the 34,000 cases he reviewed over 13 years, and the errors went unnoticed because this pathologist s he is basically being watched by looking for errors …
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Many salamanders can easily regenerate a lost limb, but adult mammals, including humans, cannot. Why this is the case is a scientific mystery that has fascinated observers of the natural world for thousands of years. Now, a team of scientists led by James Godwin, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory …
Read More »PHCC laboratories receive CAP accreditation
(MENAFN – The Peninsula) The Accreditation Committee of the College of American Pathologists (CAP) USA has granted accreditation to the 27 PHCC laboratories on the basis of recent comprehensive inspections carried out last April as part of the accreditation programs of the CAP. As the world’s largest organization of board-certified …
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A new finding in Ewing’s sarcoma, an aggressive and often fatal childhood cancer, has revealed the potential to prevent cancer cells from spreading beyond their primary tumor site. This breakthrough provides new insight into what triggers the process that allows cancer cells to survive while traveling through the body in …
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The sisters are part of a group of 11 promising academics from across the state being recognized for their academic achievement through the CEO’s Reconciliation Awards or Dame Roma Mitchell Scholarships. A native of Nuriootpa High School, Angie, a 2020 graduate, is studying Laboratory Medicine at the University of South …
Read More »New Drug Developed To Prevent Infection With Coronavirus And Associated Variants Has Been Effective In Mice | The Weather Channel – Articles de The Weather Channel
Representative image (IANS) US researchers have developed a new drug that could not only prevent SARS-CoV-2 and its variants, but also treat other respiratory coronaviruses in mice. A team led by the University of Pennsylvania developed the drug diABZI, which activated the body’s innate immune response and effectively prevented severe …
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At the end Reported on the fate of stem cell therapies For rare childhood diseases, we noted that a biotechnology company funded by the California Stem Cell Program to monitor treatment development had put the project on hold indefinitely. This is no longer the case. Orchard Therapeutics announced on Friday: …
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Ontario Medical Association panelists explain what to expect when coronavirus finally recedes With most residents of Ontario facing ‘pandemic fatigue’, the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) has offered several opinions and ideas on how people might cope with the changes in our lives when COVID-19 pandemic ends. For some, it could …
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According to a study by the International MetaSUB Consortium, a global microbe tracking effort led by Weill Cornell, approximately 12,000 bacteria and viruses collected from a sample of transit systems and hospitals around the world between 2015 and 2017 did not had never been identified. Medical researchers. For the study, …
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Like a good story, food has a beginning, a middle and an end. It starts with the appetite which prompts foraging for food, continues with the consumption of the food, and ends when satiety hits and the food intake is stopped. At Baylor College of Medicine, Dr Qi Wu, Dr …
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Read More »Large stroke linked to AstraZeneca COVID vaccine
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Read More »“ Smart Toilet ” scans stool for blood, consistency
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Read More »Basic GMP Training for the Quality Control Laboratory: Three-Day Online Course (August 11-13, 2021) – ResearchAndMarkets.com
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The Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine canceled permission for a private laboratory to test RT-PCR samples for COVID-19 after spotting discrepancies, including uploading negative results as positive for nearly of 4000 samples and downloading the results of samples received from Kolkata such as those from Kallakurichi. Public health …
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INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana University research into why cells and tissues fight for life even after a human dies will be funded by a $ 1.8 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation aimed at answering the âbig questionsâ of science. The effort will be led by Chandan Sen, director of …
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Read More »Upcoming Cleveland-area Red Cross blood drives
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Read More »Kenneth Swart, Ph.D., joins Inotiv as Vice President,
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Read More »AACC Releases Guidelines for Improving Care for Acute Kidney Injury Through Clinical Laboratory Tests
WASHINGTON, May 11, 2021 / PRNewswire / – Over the past decade, experts’ understanding of acute kidney injury (AKI) screening has evolved dramatically, but current medical practice has yet to catch up with the latest research in this area. The AACC has therefore released a new AKI guidance document that …
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ANN ARBOR – Each year, the United States celebrates Medical Laboratory Professionals Week during the last week of April to recognize the critical role laboratory workers play in keeping health care systems functioning. More than ever, lab technicians across the country – and the world – are working tirelessly to …
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