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They might look like cells and act like cells. But a new potential COVID-19 treatment is actually a cleverly disguised trickster, which attracts viruses and binds them, rendering them inactive. As the ever-evolving SARS-CoV-2 virus begins to evade once promising treatments, such as monoclonal antibody therapies, researchers have become more interested in these "decoy" nanoparticles.

Monash University researchers have harnessed a new drug delivery technology to allow the oral administration of buprenorphine (BUP), a drug used for severe pain management and opioid replacement therapy. At present BUP cannot be administered in a formulation such as a capsule that is swallowed. The team of researchers, led by Director of the Monash

BOSTON – Although skin biopsy remains the gold standard for diagnosing early-stage melanoma, advances in genetic expression profiling are helping dermatologists provide a nuanced approach to managing suspicious lesions. One such test, the Pigmented Lesional Assay (PLA) uses adhesive patches applied to lesions of concern at the bedside to extract RNA from the stratum corneum

Brazilian man shoves a 2kg DUMBBELL in his rectum… only for the 20cm-long weight to get STUCK – leaving doctors no choice but to pull it out with their hands The man had got the 20cm metal dumbbell stuck two days before seeking help Medics tried to use tools to extract the object but found

Coronavirus has made the health of an English scholar considerably worse, completely turning her life on its head. Emily Balfour, 24, who is ‘one trip-up from being internally decapitated’, says catching Covid has exacerbated the agony caused by her ultra-rare conditions. If she can’t get life-saving stem cell treatment ‘imminently’ she may die – or

Is my twice-yearly chest pain a worry? DR MARTIN SCURR answers your health questions For the past 15 years I have had two or three episodes of chest pain a year, each lasting around 20 minutes. The pain doesn’t happen on exertion but radiates to my back. I’m on simvastatin and aspirin but otherwise am

Why nearly 40pc of cancers are only diagnosed when patients turn up at A&E: It’s a shameful statistic – especially when many of them had repeatedly sought help from doctors but their condition was missed Today, Caron Nolan is undergoing major surgery for advanced bladder cancer. The mother of two from Bexley, Kent, is having

Academic researchers are calling for new healthcare guidelines for treating obesity, hypertension and diabetes in women. Currently, there are no sex-specific guidelines for treating or preventing these health conditions, potentially limiting the medical care available to women. Today, in a new paper published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, University of Colorado

A world-leading epidemiological simulation model to help improve future border quarantine practices for Australia and overseas has been developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and collaborating institutions. The team of researchers—who advised the Federal Government on its National Plan to Transition Australia’s National COVID Response

We’re all familiar with the classic “look” of a movie bad guy: peering through narrowing eyes with a sinister sneer (like countless James Bond villains, including Christopher Walken’s memorable Max Zorin in A View to a Kill) or pumped up to cartoon-like dimensions (like the Soviet boxer Drago who growls “I must break you” to

The rare blood clot side-effect associated with some COVID-19 vaccines could be the result of genetics, new research has found, paving the way for a potential genetic screening test. Vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), a rare disorder causing thrombosis (blood clotting) and thrombocytopenia (low blood platelet counts), was early in 2021 linked to the AstraZeneca COVID-19

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers reported coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) prognosis worsened by the presence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in pregnant and postpartum women. The maternal mortality rate has multiple social and economic implications as the most sensitive healthcare marker. It is 59.1 per 100,000 live births in Brazil,

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This Morning: Dr Philippa discusses her bowel cancer diagnosis We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Bowel Cancer UK notes that over

Lego unveil kit that shows kids what it’s like to have an MRI – so the real thing won’t be as frightening… just one clever method hospitals are using to take the anxiety out of treatment for young patients About 150,000 children in the UK need to have an MRI scan every year. The machine

This Morning: Mariah Carey asks Alison if she is 'mocking' her We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Ms Carey, from Long

Dr Zoe says walking can reduce risk of dementia We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A recent survey, conducted by the

Patients with advanced melanoma whose cancer does not respond to treatment with widely used immunotherapy drugs known as PD-1 inhibitors are often switched to treatment with a second type of immunotherapy drug—a CTLA-4 inhibitor such as the drug ipilimumab. New results from a clinical trial by the SWOG Cancer Research Network show that these patients

New findings from the ongoing Drug Repurposing for Effective Alzheimer's Medicines (DREAM) study suggest that certain rheumatoid arthritis drugs may lower incidence of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in people with cardiovascular disease. While the findings do not support broad use of these drugs for treating Alzheimer's and related dementias, the results may point to

More than a third of cancers in the UK are discovered after patients are rushed to hospital, one of the highest rates in comparable high-income countries, finds a new study led by UCL researchers. The study also found that countries with higher incidences of these emergency presentations had poorer survival rates for patients. Published in