Canadian vaccination programs could switch to a 1-dose gender-neutral human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination approach and eliminate cervical cancer, suggests new modeling in Canadian Medical Association Journal. “Our results have important policy implications in Canada, and in other similar high-income countries evaluating whether to switch to 1-dose HPV vaccination,” writes Dr. Marc Brisson, a full professor at...
Category: <span>Drug</span>
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Influenza vaccine protects children from infection and hospitalization for the disease, Spanish study shows
An article published in Eurosurveillance has demonstrated that Spain’s influenza vaccination campaign for children aged 6–59 months during the 2023/24 season was effective in preventing acute respiratory infections (ARI) and hospitalization, as vaccination was recommended for this age group at the national level for the first time. In the context of Child Health Day 2024, this research emphasizes that...
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This season’s flu vaccine cuts risk of hospitalization by almost 35%, finds report
The Southern Hemisphere’s flu season is winding down, and new data shows this year’s flu shot was 34.5% effective in keeping folks there who got influenza from needing hospital care. Most (68.3%) of those sent to hospital had the A(H3N2) strain of flu, according to the report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
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Study demonstrates that mpox vaccine antibody responses wane within a year
Mpox Virus Particle Colorized transmission electron micrograph of an mpox virus particle (yellow and red) found within an infected VERO E6 cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID/CC0 Public Domain A study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center...
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Scientists enlist tiny biomagnets for faster drug discovery
by University of Toronto What started as a hallway conversation between colleagues is now an “engine for the discovery of new therapeutic targets in cells” thanks to Medicine by Design, says Shana Kelley, a University Professor in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto. Kelley’s lab was developing a portable, chip-like...
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MicroRNA may reduce stroke risk
The molecule microRNA-210 stabilizes deposits in the carotid artery and can prevent them from tearing. Thus, it may prevent dangerous blood clots from forming. This is what scientists headed by Prof. Lars Mägdefessel, Professor of Vascular Biology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and head of a junior scientist group in the German Centre...
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RUNX1 may play role in proliferative diabetic retinopathy
Noting that Proliferative Diabetic retinopathy (PDR) affects those with Type 1 and 2 diabetes is a common cause of blindness in the developed world, says researchers from Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston and colleagues examined the role of RUNX1 in PDR. Researchers identified RUNX1 as a gene that was upregulated in CD31+ vascular endothelial...
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Peptide reverses Cardiac fibrosis in a pre-clinical model of Congestive heart failure
Cardiac fibrosis: An abnormal thickening of the heart wall leading to congestive heart failure, was not only halted but also reversed by a Caveolin-1 surrogate peptide (CSD) in a preclinical model, say researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in an article published online by Laboratory investigation. CSD was able to decrease the...
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Medical Marijuana
Key facts: Medical Marijuana refers to the whole plant of marijuana used for medical purposes. Cannabinoids refer to substances in cannabis that act on cells in the body to cause some effect. The 2 major ingredients in cannabinoids are Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) & Cannabidiol (CBD). Pieces of evidence are there to prove that cannabis is helpful...
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Frog slime could help fight future flu outbreaks
Frog mucus might seem like a bizarre flu remedy a witch doctor would suggest, however in the future, more respected medical professionals could be prescribing it. Researchers at Emory University have found that certain peptides excreted by frogs can fight off human flu strains and they could be used in emergency situations of flu outbreaks...