Matthew Tan Chee HweeScience Covid Lab-Leak Theory Renews "Gain-of-Function" Research Debateverified_publisher The New York Times - Carl Zimmer and James GormanAt a Senate hearing on efforts to combat Covid-19 last month, Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky asked Dr. Anthony S. Fauci whether the National Institutes of Health had funded “gain-of-function” research coronaviruses...
Matthew Tan Chee HweeALS Association New Genetic Insights Into Cause of ALS | Health News | US News U.S. News & World Report - June 21, 2021 MONDAY, June 21, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they've identified a new gene associated with an increased risk of amyotrophic lateral …
Matthew Tan Chee HweeCoronavirus (COVID-19) SARS-CoV-2-mediated dysregulation of metabolism and autophagy uncovers host-targeting antivirals nature.com - Nils C. Gassen Viruses manipulate cellular metabolism and macromolecule recycling processes like autophagy. Dysregulated metabolism might lead to excessive …
Matthew Tan Chee HweeUK News Scientists make breakthrough in bid to work out why people die of 'broken heart'verified_publisher mirror.co.uk - Jane Kirby Scientists have made progress in piecing together why some people may die of a broken heart. Suffering longer-term stress and then experiencing a …
Matthew Tan Chee HweeAlgorithms ‘Nobody is catching it’: Algorithms widely used in hospitals are rife with bias statnews.com - Casey Ross The algorithms carry out an array of crucial tasks: helping emergency rooms nationwide triage patients, predicting who will develop diabetes, and …
Matthew Tan Chee HweeHealth Care Technology Microsoft has big plans for healthcare, and it's taking a different path to the rest of big tech | ZDNetverified_publisher ZDNet - Jo Best Common data models, a cloud just for this vertical and IoT for monitoring patients: Microsoft is taking on healthcare once again. Healthcare seems to …
Matthew Tan Chee HweeCoronavirus (COVID-19) What is the Delta variant and how is it altering the course of the pandemic?verified_publisher newatlas.com - By Rich Haridy UK health authorities are reporting 90 percent of new coronavirus infections are due to the Delta variant. In the US the Centers for Disease Control …
Matthew Tan Chee HweeCoronavirus (COVID-19) Don’t count on needing a COVID-19 booster shot, WHO scientist says pennlive.com - The Associated Press “We do not have the information that’s necessary to make the recommendation on whether or not a booster will be needed,” Soumya Swaminathan, the …
Matthew Tan Chee HweePfizer Not all experts are ready to vaccinate kids against COVID-19verified_publisher Salon - Arthur AllenThis article originally appeared on Kaiser Health News. Lucien Wiggins, 12, arrived at Tufts Children's Hospital by ambulance June 7 with chest pains, dizziness and high levels of a protein in his blood...
Matthew Tan Chee HweeMERS Swiss bats host 39 virus families, some could infect humans - study jpost.com - By AARON REICH The researchers found one bat colony with a nearly complete genome for the virus that causes MERS, an infectious disease that can be transmitted to …
Matthew Tan Chee HweeChinaI Visited a Chinese Lab at the Center of a Biosafety Scandal. What I Learned Helps Explain the Polarized Debate Over Covid-19’s...verified_publisher The Intercept - Mara Hvistendahl I was living in Shanghai when a new avian flu virus emerged there in 2013. The outbreak started in February, shortly after the Lunar New Year, when …
