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What is a Non-Replicating Vaccine?

31.01.2021 Health Problems

Non-replicating vaccines are based on recombinant viral vectors that are made replication non-competent, meaning that these vectors are sufficient to induce host immune responses but cannot replicate inside host cells. Image Credit: LookerStudio/Shutterstock.com In addition, RNA-based vaccines that involve mRNA sequences for coding pathogen-specific proteins (antigens) inside host cells can be generated using non-replicating mRNAs. What are non-replicating vaccines? In […]

Is Coffee Good for the Gut?

31.01.2021 Health Problems

According to the scientific literature, drinking coffee is beneficial for the gut health. It helps improve bowel movement by increasing the motility of smooth muscle in the gastrointestinal tract. Image Credit: ImYanis / Shutterstock How do gut microbiota affects normal physiological functions? There has been an ample of evidence claiming that drinking coffee can improve the gut microbiome and maintain […]

Metastatic Lung Cancer

31.01.2021 Health Problems

When cancer has started to spread from its original location, it is called metastatic cancer. Metastatic lung cancer denotes a lung cancer that has begun to spread. Metastasis is the process by which cancer cells detach themselves and travel through the body via the bloodstream or lymph system. Image Credit: Yok_onepiece/Shutterstock.com Types of metastatic lung cancer Metastasis does not usually […]

COVID-19 and Obesity

31.01.2021 Health Problems

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been associated with a number of comorbidities, including obesity. Obesity itself is liked to a number of problems that are independent comorbidities, including diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, fatty liver, and respiratory disease. Adipose tissue and T cells Obese individuals carry a large quantity of body fat, which consists of adipose tissue. Adipose […]

It’s Open Enrollment. Here’s What You Need to Know

21.01.2021 Health Problems

California’s annual health insurance enrollment season for individuals and families kicks off this week against a dramatic backdrop: the hotly contested presidential election; a pandemic raging out of control in much of the U.S.; and, on Nov. 10, a Supreme Court hearing of a case that could end the Affordable Care Act and strand millions without coverage. The massive unemployment […]

One Ambulance Ride Leads to Another When Packed Hospitals Cannot Handle Non-Covid Patients

21.01.2021 Health Problems

Keely Connolly thought she would be safe once the ambulance arrived at Hutchinson Regional Medical Center in Kansas. She was having difficulty breathing because she’d had to miss a kidney dialysis treatment a few days earlier for lack of child care. Her potassium was dangerously high, putting her at risk of a heart attack. But she trusted she would be […]

Tlando

10.12.2020 Health Problems

Lipocine Announces Tentative Approval of TLANDO SALT LAKE CITY, Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Lipocine Inc. (NASDAQ: LPCN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on metabolic and endocrine disorders, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) has granted tentative approval to TLANDO, its oral testosterone product for testosterone replacement therapy (“TRT”) in adult males indicated for conditions associated with a deficiency […]

Meghan Markle Said She Suffered a Miscarriage in July

25.11.2020 Health Problems

Meghan Markle is opening up about a recent miscarriage she suffered back in July. In a moving essay for the New York Times, the Duchess spoke about the moment she knew she had lost her pregnancy. "It was a July morning that began as ordinarily as any other day: Make breakfast. Feed the dogs. Take vitamins. Find that missing sock. […]

ibrexafungerp

13.11.2020 Health Problems

ibrexafungerp Scynexis Announces Submission of New Drug Application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for Oral Ibrexafungerp for the Treatment of Vaginal Yeast Infection JERSEY CITY, N.J., Oct. 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — SCYNEXIS, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCYX), a biotechnology company pioneering innovative medicines to overcome and prevent difficult-to-treat and drug-resistant infections, today announced the submission of a New Drug Application […]

Morris receives stem cell foundation investigator award

21.10.2020 Health Problems

Samantha A. Morris, PhD, an assistant professor of developmental biology and of genetics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has received the New York Stem Cell Foundation’s Robertson Stem Cell Investigator Award. She is one of three investigators receiving the award this year. It recognizes outstanding early-career scientists and provides each $1.5 million over five years to […]

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