A step closer to eradicating malaria
New strategies significantly cut disease in challenging low-transmission settings
Credit: UTSW
DALLAS – April 29, 2020 – Strategies that treat households in the broad vicinity of a recent malaria case with...
LAMP Lights Up COVID-19 Testing
The COVID-19 tests in use today are laborious and complicated. They require a skilled professional to take samples, perform the reaction and analyze the results. Also, there is the need for dedicated machines, chemical...
Study explores the growth rate effect of gut bacteria on break down of dietary...
It is known that approximately 80% of human immune system functions in the gastrointestinal tract. Gut bacteria and their metabolites play a fundamental role in the interaction between gut and other organs.
Since the organic...
Epivax and Entos Pharmaceuticals to develop DNA-based vaccine for COVID-19
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Apr 28 2020
Entos Pharmaceuticals (Entos), a healthcare biotechnology company that develops next generation nucleic acid medicines using the Fusogenix drug delivery platform, today announced a collaboration with EpiVax, Inc. (EpiVax),...
Virologists show that sample pooling can massively increase coronavirus testing capacity
Credit: Rüdiger Koop, UKS
The new procedure will help to meet the high demand for testing in the mass coronavirus screening programmes needed in the early identification...
Ayurveda and yoga could provide an effective, affordable means for COVID-19 prevention
Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Apr 28 2020
Experts in Indian traditional medicine, including the chair of the Government of India's committee charged to lead that nation's efforts on the potential uses of traditional medicine relative...
Compact and Automated Cell Incubation
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Incubation as a standardized laboratory process
A laboratory’s fundamental procedure is the process of incubation, with the objective of getting bio-chemical reactions regulated.
In the cell-incubation process – temperature, the atmosphere...
Mobile telehealth system used in China to enable clinical communication during COVID-19
A mobile telehealth system (MTS) has been used in a hospital in China where COVID-19 patients were treated in isolation wards set off from other healthcare providers. This just-published paper provides a full description...
Blue biotechnology for cosmetics holds sustainable raw material promise – CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com
Writing in the book Refining Biomass Residues for Sustainable Energy and Bioproducts, a team of biotechnology experts from India’s Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering outlined the potential and future directions for blue biotechnology.
“Blue biotechnology...
New DNA test will improve tracking of Salmonella food-poisoning outbreaks
Apr 28 2020
Researchers report the development of a sensitive and specific assay to detect different serotypes of Salmonella, paving the way for rapid serotyping directly from specimens. This improvement upon current testing methods can...
