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FridaySep 11, 2020 3:30 pm

Maxim Biomedical Plans to Market Millions of COVID-19 Tests This Year

Several biomedical industries are running to look for tests that will rapidly detect individuals infected with COVID-19. One of these biomedical companies is Maxim Biomedical. The company aims at producing millions of Maxim SARS-COV-2 Rapid Antigen Diagnostic Tests for COVID-19. The test is expected to be ready by the end of the year. How the test operates The test will use the Lateral Flow Assay (“LFA”) technology with a sleek workflow and a closed-tube format to avoid the need for a reader or an expensive tool to perform. Its patent, awaiting approval, contains the reagents, specimen swab, and test strip…

FridaySep 11, 2020 12:45 pm

Combining Silk with Synthetic Compounds: The Future of Biomedical Implants

Silk has an extensive history of being used in medical practices. For example, there exist vast records of doctors in the past using fibers that were spun by silkworms to stitch up patients nearly 200 years ago. Today, surgeons sometimes use silk sutures to finish certain operations, like eye surgeries. This is mainly because silk is not only safe for use in a human body but is also tolerated well by the human body. In some instances, the body degrades and absorbs it. This is not silk’s only application. Its potential is limitless as researchers explore the different ways in…

ThursdaySep 10, 2020 2:00 pm

Mental Health Challenges Essential Workers Are Facing During COVID-19

Since COVID-19 struck, several containment measures were put in place to help curb the virus. They include working from home, sanitizing, and putting on protective gear such as masks. However, some essential workers were co-opted to work with the government to help in flattening the curve. These workers include drivers, sanitation workers, and health support staff. With the challenges associated with work during the pandemic, the essential service providers have also been experiencing mental health challenges. Some have even undergone color-based violence, which has had negative impacts on their mental well-being. Therefore, it is necessary to discuss the stress and…

ThursdaySep 10, 2020 11:45 am

Tuberculosis, COVID-19 and HIV: The Three Pandemics Nearly Colliding

World Tuberculosis Day was on March 24 this year. However, given the situation with the coronavirus pandemic and the influx of cases that were being recorded across the globe, attention was shifted from this important day to shed light on the severity that was and still is, COVID-19. Nevertheless, this day which is about sharing research on tuberculosis ("TB") and celebrating the people who help treat and manage this disease was commemorated. A few clinical researchers also got together to discuss the effect that coronavirus would have on individuals who have TB. A review of this discussion is published in…

WednesdaySep 09, 2020 3:00 pm

Natural Contact Feeding During Immunization Can Relieve Pain for Infants

Research has shown that the alleviation of pain during an immunization procedure can improve the vaccine’s acceptance and also decrease the hesitancy of parents to vaccinate their children. Research on babies who are between 0 to 6 months shows that breastfeeding an infant during vaccine injections is an effective way of decreasing pain during routine immunizations. Below, we look into how breast feeding helps to calm infants during these procedures. The study discovered that children who were breastfed took a longer time to cry after the needle was introduced. It also ascertained that formula-fed and breast-fed infants recorded very short…

WednesdaySep 09, 2020 1:45 pm

African Green Monkey Helps Battle Against COVID-19

A global pandemic has been experienced at the beginning of the year in which millions have been infected, and thousands have lost their lives. Coronavirus, as it is commonly known by many, has been a thorn in the flesh for all the countries since it does not have a vaccine or a specific cure. However, virologists have been trying their very best to develop a remedy for the SARS-COV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19. Several animal models that may have the same symptoms of COVID-19 to those experienced in human beings have been used in several studies to carry out…

WednesdaySep 09, 2020 12:31 pm

180 Life Sciences Corp. is “One to Watch”

180 Life Sciences boasts a world-class team responsible for developing new classes of drugs targeting multiple disease states while creating significant shareholder value The company has a large and expanding patent portfolio The risks associated with the company’s drug development efforts are mitigated through the concurrent advancement of multiple programs in different stages of development 180 Life Sciences decreases costs and expedites time to market through the use of grant funding, cost-effective international trials and recruitment of hospital-based luminaries who attract teams of excellence KBL Merger Corp. (NASDAQ: KBLM) (KBL Merger Corp. Rights NASDAQ: KBLMR) (KBL Merger Corp. Warrant NASDAQ:…

TuesdaySep 08, 2020 2:15 pm

Light, Finsen and the Use of UV Light to Kill Harmful Bacteria

Many are counting on researchers and scientists to find treatments that could help manage coronavirus and eventually, a cure for the virus. However, not everyone is fully aware of the ups and downs of scientific discoveries that involve various clinical trials, testing on both animal and human subjects and the failures that come with these speculations. Take for instance, just over a century ago, Niels Ryberg Finsen began his experimentation with the use of UV light to treat ailments. As there were no subjects who would’ve offered to be his test subjects, Finsen used himself to test his findings. Finsen…

TuesdaySep 08, 2020 12:00 pm

3D Microscopy Reveals How Human Sperm Swim

For more than thirty decades, researchers have had the knowledge that sperms have been swimming by moving their tails side by side. It has been so because they have been using the 2D microscopes in making that observation. However, the real movement of the sperms has been discovered by the scientist using the 3D microscopy. How Human Sperms Move Sperms spin with a wobbly amorphic twist. It is the opposite of what had been known before about the movement of the sperms. Scientists used a very high-speed camera that can record more than 56,000 frames in a second to determine…

FridaySep 04, 2020 2:00 pm

Cyberattacks: How to Up Your Cybersecurity Game for Medical Devices

In the healthcare industry, cyberattacks have become very common. This is mainly due to the increase in the networked medical devices. This is prompting device manufacturers to constantly reduce threats that would affect the devices’ security. Many medical devices have embedded computer systems that are susceptible to security breaches which can affect how they operate. The rise in cyberattacks led to the FDA issuing a warning in March 2019, concerning 2 security flaws that affected implantable cardioverter defibrillators. To better understand the risks a compromise in device security may have on an individual, we first look at how the attacks…