Statistical approach to COVID-19 clinical trials aims to accelerate drug approval process
Credit: By doomu Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020 - In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute ...
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COVID-19 prevention trial opens for high-risk healthcare workers
The first gold standard Australian clinical trial to determine whether the drug hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19 is now open.Credit: The ...
First-in-class drug candidate developed through NFCR funding commences phase IIB clinical trials
Three decades of NFCR basic and translational research funding to primary investigator Dr. Yung-Chi Cheng advances new systems biology paradigm ...
USC’s Mark Humayun wins IEEE Medal for Innovations in Healthcare Technology
Credit: USC Roski Eye Institute Mark Humayun, MD, PhD, director of the USC Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Institute for ...
SMART researchers receive NMRC grant to develop rapid paper-based tests for COVID-19
Using engineered binder proteins to detect viral proteins or antibodies rather than RNA, the new tests may overcome current challenges ...
UCI and County of Orange partner on large-scale COVID-19 infection survey
Results will help determine true prevalence and inform lifting of local lockdownCredit: UCI Program in Public Health Irvine, Calif., May ...
Precision medicine guides choice of better drug therapy in severe heart disease
Dual antiplatelet therapy after percutaneous coronary intervention uses aspirin and one other drug, among several choices. But which drug is ...
Digital health in the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 13, 2020--Artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, and other key digital ...
Patients prefer their consent to share their data and to manage it digitally
Credit: Dovetail/WMG, University of Warwick A group of patients with diabetes were surveyed on their understanding of the consent process ...
FDA grants emergency approval to simpler ventilator design
UMass Amherst physicist, global team advance practical device for COVID-19Credit: MVM care AMHERST, Mass. - The U.S. Food and Drug ...
A new tool to predict delays in post-surgical radiotherapy for head and neck cancer
Medical University of South Carolina researchers have developed and validated prediction tools, known as nomograms, that could be used to ...
Health inequities magnified during COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 12, 2020--The impact of COVID-19 on underserved and vulnerable populations, ...
FDA approves ventilator designed by particle physics community
The Mechanical Ventilator Milano (MVM) is an open-source ventilator with off-the-shelf parts designed specifically for COVID-19 patientsCredit: Photo by Studio ...
Illuminating the impact of COVID-19 on hospitals and health systems
A comparative study of revenue and utilizationCredit: www.fairhealth.org NEW YORK, NY--May 12, 2020--In the third week of March 2020, as ...
Which operations can restart first? New guide could help hospitals decide
Data on a broad range of common operations shows which ones will draw most on scarce resourcesCredit: Joe Hallisy, University ...
New single-cell technologies help scientists understand COVID-19 disease progression
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awards $750,000 to researchers studying basic biology of SARS-CoV2Credit: Image by Mark Snyder Today, the Chan Zuckerberg ...
SMART researchers uncover new anti-phage defence mechanisms in bacteria
Groundbreaking discovery explains why some bacteria have been able to defend against phage therapy, and opens new ways for the ...
NUS researchers develop novel device to improve performance of underactive bladders
New device can be attached to the bladder to provide real-time volume detection and efficient voiding capabilitiesCredit: National University of ...
Sky-high surprise bills from air ambulance flights possible for many patients
Ground ambulance rides also put majority of patients with private insurance at risk for unexpected out-of-network bills, study findsCredit: University ...
SFU professor’s invention approved by FDA to help wean COVID-19 patients from ventilators
Credit: SFU Simon Fraser University professor Andy Hoffer hopes the SFU spinoff company he founded, Lungpacer Medical Inc., will help ...