Research finds key protein signal for concussions
A research headed by neuropsychologist Michael McCrea at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee has found that testing for elevated levels of three proteins in the blood may be used to find concussions. The research drew blood samples from 264 college athletes from various sports before and after they suffered concussions, and found elevated levels of three proteins in their blood after the injury.
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Japanese flu medicine helps against coronavirus, Chinese officials say
Chinese medical officials have stated that they treated 340 coronavirus patients with the Japanese flu medication called favipiravir, which helped in reducing the time the virus infects the body and also improved lung condition in patients. Patients treated in Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus, recovered from the illness in about 4 days as compared to 11 days for patients not treated with favipiravir.
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Revolutionary new peanut allergy treatment received FDA approval
The Federal Drug Administration has approved, for the first time, a treatment developed by biopharmaceutical company Aimmune Therapeutics from California, which has shown tremendous promise in alleviating peanut allergies in children and adolescents, with almost two-thirds of 372 children showing tolerance for the small amounts of peanut protein in two peanuts.
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Changing how a TB vaccine is injected boosts its effectiveness, researchers find
In a report published online on Nature, researchers reported that changing the method of delivery of the TB vaccine from a subcutaneous injection to a direct injection into the bloodstream boosted the effectiveness of the vaccine. The TB vaccine is called BCG and is currently the only widely used TB vaccine, being discovered almost a hundred years ago.
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Chinese scientist who performed gene-editing on babies jailed for 3 years
He Jiankui, the Chinese researcher who shocked the world by presenting an allegedly successful case of gene-editing babies using CRISPR at an international conference in 2018, has been charged with illegal medical practice and sentenced to 3 years in jail by Chinese courts, along with being fined around 430,000 USD.
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