Catalent, the leading global provider of advanced delivery technologies, development, and manufacturing solutions for drugs, biologics, cell and gene therapies, and consumer health products, and Delphi Genetics, a plasmid DNA (pDNA) cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) based in Gosselies, Belgium, today announced that they have […]
Researchers in the UK have shown that the increased transmissibility of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) lineage B.1.1.7 that emerged in the UK during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic does not appear to be the result of increased viral replication or immune escape. Instead, the study […]
FILE PHOTO: A COVID-19 patient lies in the Sao Jose Hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Lisbon, Portugal, February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro NunesLISBON (Reuters) – Portugal on Thursday extended until at least mid-March a nationwide lockdown to fight the spread of the coronavirus but its president told the government to […]
A study carried out by the J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics at NUI Galway has examined how the different gratifications sought from mobile gambling explain problematic versus non-problematic patterns in highly involved gamblers. For a subgroup of vulnerable individuals, gambling involvement can be pathological and reflects a personality […]
The list of diseases and conditions complicated by obesity is a long one; it includes heart disease, cancer, diabetes and impaired wound healing, as well as skin infections. It is not always clear, however, in what way this complication is caused. New research from the School of Pharmaceutical Science at […]
Choosing a baby name is super fun part of welcoming a new little one into the world, but it can also feel like a lot of pressure to find just the right moniker to represent a human being throughout their entire life. For new mom Mandy Moore and husband Taylor […]
Nearly half of people who experienced possible cancer symptoms in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic did not contact their GP, the initial findings of a UK-wide survey have suggested. The research was carried out by Cardiff University and Cancer Research UK, with preliminary findings focusing on the experiences […]
(Reuters Health) – Adults receiving mechanical ventilation who meet the criteria for unhealthy alcohol use have fewer agitation-related events when they’re given high-dose baclofen, a new randomized trial finds. Researchers randomized patients with heavy alcohol use receiving mechanical ventilation to get either 50 mg to 150 mg of baclofen daily […]
During the pandemic, Canadians have been asked to stay home to stay safe, yet thousands of youth are facing homelessness. Each year in Ontario, 800-1,000 youth age out of the child welfare system. For most of these young people, turning 18 coincides with an abrupt withdrawal of their social supports […]
Victoria Bowen’s self esteem reached an all time low when she reached her heaviest weight of 19 stone. At a size 24, the mum-of-two says she ate a family-size chocolate block every day and would often opt for high-calorie takeaways over home cooked meals. But after realising how difficult it […]