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Mar 1, 2020

DNA discovery can lead to new types of cancer drugs

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Cells can both survive and multiply under more stress than previously thought, shows research from the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.

This was found by inhibiting the essential gene DNA polymerase alpha, or POLA1, which initiates DNA replication during .

The discovery gives researchers new insights into DNA replication and may potentially be used for a new type of cancer treatment. Research Leader and Associate Professor Luis Toledo of the Center for Chromosome Stability at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine states as follows:

Mar 1, 2020

Can Destroying Senescent Cells Treat Age-Related Disease?

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I think so.


A handful of clinical trials are underway to find out whether drugs that target senescent cells can slow the ravages of old age.

Mar 1, 2020

Journal Club February – Gamma Stimulation Ameliorates Alzheimer’s-Associated Pathology

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The February edition of Journal Club, hosted by Dr. Oliver Medvedik, took a look at a recent paper that explored using gamma stimulation, accomplished through visual and auditory stimuli, to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

Mar 1, 2020

Is a home coronavirus test on its way?

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Hod Hasharon-based BATM Advanced Communications Limited announced that they have developed a new diagnostic kit to detect the novel coronavirus.

As the CEO of the company Dr. Zvi Marom explained to The Jerusalem Post, compared to the kit that is currently used by hospitals all over the world, the product conceived by BATM has the advantage of being faster and more accurate and, within a few weeks, the company aims to set the cost at approximately NIS 1 per test. The kit is expected to be CE approved next week.

Mar 1, 2020

How Fast Does It Take Lung Cancer to Start, Grow, and Metastasize?

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How long does it take lung cancer to develop, grow, and spread? Learn about the growth rate, doubling time, and how it can affect treatment.

Mar 1, 2020

Iran Vice President Is One of 7 Officials to Contract Coronavirus

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Masoumeh Ebtekar, President Hassan Rouhani’s deputy for women’s affairs and the highest-ranking woman in the government, was at least the seventh Iranian official to test positive.

Mar 1, 2020

Scientists have successfully cured diabetes in mice for the first time

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Scientists at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis revealed on February 24 that they had successfully converted human stem cells into insulin-producing cells and demonstrated in mice infused with the converted cells that they can act as a rapid cure to diabetes.

The research transformed other types of cells into beta pancreatic cells which produce the insulin hormone needed by the body to break up blood sugar.

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Mar 1, 2020

Space images show drastic drop in China pollution as coronavirus shuts factories

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‘This is the first time I have seen such a dramatic drop-off over such a wide area for a specific event,’ says NASA scientist.

Mar 1, 2020

Health officials: Dozens at Kirkland nursing facility reporting symptoms that might suggest coronavirus

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Wuhan coronavirus pandemic — kirkland, washington.

Cluster of 50 people sick at a single retirement home where 2 have been confirmed to have Wuhan Coronavirus.

KIRKLAND, Wash. — Dozens of residents and staff at Life Care Center of Kirkland, a nursing and rehab facility, are reporting symptoms that might suggest coronavirus, according to a statement from King County Public Health.

Mar 1, 2020

This years-old vaccine may protect against COVID-19

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As doctors around the world continue to mobilize against the coronavirus COVID-19 and try to develop a vaccine, one doctor thinks he may have an ace in the hole.

Years ago, Peter Hotez, a vaccine and infectious disease specialist at Baylor College of Medicine, worked on a vaccine that protected lab mice from SARS, according to the Houston Chronicle.

The project was abandoned and the vaccine never tested on humans because it took until 2016 — 16 years after the SARS outbreak ended — to manufacture it. But now, Hotez suspects that minor adjustments could turn it into a viable defense against COVID-19.