A collaborative group of researchers has identified substantial microbial changes in the intestines of at-risk infants before disease onset in a new, long-term, prospective approach to the development of celiac disease. Using advanced genomic sequencing techniques, MassGeneral Hospital for Children (MGHfC) researchers, along with colleagues from institutions in Italy and the University of Maryland, College… Read More »
The Food and Drug Administration, under heavy criticism over its decision last month to approve Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm, has revised the medicine’s prescribing information in an effort to focus treatment on the type of patients included in clinical testing. The FDA’s June 7 approval of Aduhelm was made more controversial by the agency’s decision… Read More »
IRELAND is on track to finally ease the lockdown by May 4, Tanaiste Leo Varadkar has said — as the Russians vow to gift us their Sputnik vaccine. Last night Taoiseach Micheal Martin and Tanaiste Leo Varadkar also moved to offer reassurance to the public after a number of setbacks with the AstraZeneca and Johnson… Read More »
The drug maker Pfizer announced on Monday that an early analysis of its coronavirus vaccine trial suggested the vaccine was robustly effective in preventing Covid-19, a promising development as the world has waited anxiously for any positive news about a pandemic that has killed more than 1.2 million people. Pfizer, which developed the vaccine with… Read More »
Berlin, November 2: German vaccine maker CureVac on Monday said that interim results from early trials showed that its investigational Covid-19 vaccine candidate, CvnCoV, appeared safe and triggered immune response among volunteers. The vaccine candidate was generally well tolerated across all tested doses and induced strong binding and neutralising antibody responses in addition to first… Read More »
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has notified public health officials in all 50 states and five large cities to prepare to distribute a coronavirus vaccine to health care workers and other high-risk groups as soon as late October or early November. The new C.D.C. guidance is the latest sign of an accelerating race… Read More »
Infertility affects one in seven men of reproductive age worldwide. One idea for treating male sterility is spermatogonial stem cell (SSC) therapy. In this approach, sperm stem cells in the testis are transferred to a test tube, cultured and nudged into becoming fully fledged sperm. However, a key bottleneck has been identifying just the right… Read More »