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Trojan horse nanoparticle takes a drug-free approach to killing cancer
With cancer so often presenting as a cunning enemy, scientists are working hard to develop therapies…
Simple blood test predicts patients most likely to die from COVID-19
One of the big challenges healthcare workers are facing in this global pandemic is identifying those…
Two new medicines to treat advanced prostate cancer hailed as a ‘breakthrough’ – what it means
The drugs, olaparib and ipatasertib, could potentially become the first ever precision medicines for prostate cancer…
Interventions Meant To Slow The Spread Of Covid-19 Have All But Stopped The Spread Of Flu
Thanks to masks, social distancing and other measures adopted since March, far fewer people in the…
Coronavirus can spread on airline flights, two studies show
Coronavirus can spread on flights. Two new studies describe how it happened. Read more at CNN…
Russian coronavirus vaccine results have been published – here’s what they reveal
Another day, another politicised vaccine. Read more at The Conversation…
A Supercomputer Analyzed Covid-19 — and an Interesting New Theory Has Emerged
A closer look at the Bradykinin hypothesis Read more at Medium…
Neuralink demonstrates its next-generation brain-machine interface
During a press conference held online, Elon Musks Neuralink gave a progress update on its ambitious…
A prediction model of outcome of SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia based on laboratory findings
Prediction model was found highly accurate in distinguishing non-survivors from discharged patients. Seven features selected by…
Material found by scientists ‘could merge AI with human brain’
Technology could enable new health diagnostics and achieve Elon Musk’s goal of integrating with artificial intelligence…
Malaysia detects coronavirus strain that’s ten times more infectious
The mutation called D614G was found in at least three of the 45 cases in a…
There’s a 90% Chance of a Successful Coronavirus Vaccine: Experts
Welcome to the COVID-19 arms race. Read more at The National Interest…
AI Approach Identifies Potential New Drugs to Treat COVID-19
A machine-learning approach screened millions of commercially available small moleculesto identify hundreds of potential drug candidates…
Why You Can Smell a Fart Through a Mask
As that anti-masker having a tantrum in a Panera pointed out, you can smell a fart…
DeepMind’s AI automatically generates reinforcement learning algorithms
Researchers at DeepMind propose a new technique that automatically discovers a reinforcement learning algorithm from scratch.…
Oxford coronavirus vaccine triggers immune response
Trials involving 1,077 people showed injection led to them making antibodies and t-cells that can fight…
High-accuracy prostate cancer pathology using deep learning
Deep learning methods can be a powerful part of digital pathology workflows, provided well-annotated training datasets…
If the coronavirus is really airborne, we might be fighting it the wrong way
Airborne transmission would mean there are certain solutions we really need to focus on. Read more…
30-year-old dies after Texas ‘COVID party,’ thought coronavirus was a hoax
“He said to his nurse was, ‘I think I made a mistake.'” Read more at ABC7…