by Spectrum | May 8, 2020 | Health and Medicine
An electronic biosensor has been developed that can be implanted in diabetes patients to continuously monitor their glucose levels. This method may replace finger-pricks that diabetics often undergo to keep a tab on their fluctuating blood sugar levels can be a thing...
by Spectrum | May 8, 2020 | Health and Medicine
There was a nearly year-long measles outbreak in New York, USA, beginning in October 2018, though it was not reported much. In October 2019, the US declared the end of the outbreak and just about managed to retain its measles elimination status declared nearly 20...
by Spectrum | May 8, 2020 | Health and Medicine
A new drug, created to treat just one patient, has resulted in a controversy in the arena of personalised medicine by raising regulatory and ethical questions, according to a report in October 2019. The drug, which has been described in The New England Journal of...
by Spectrum | May 4, 2020 | Health and Medicine
A team of scientists has identified a new subtype of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) called HIV-1 Group M, subtype L, according to a report in November 2019. Identifying new sub-types may help researchers stay one step ahead of mutating viruses and avoid new...
by Spectrum | May 4, 2020 | Health and Medicine
A newly approved three-drug treatment for tuberculosis, BPaL, is to be made available in 150 countries with high TB rates including India and South Africa. However, it may be priced at $1,040 for a complete regimen, more than twice the cost proposed in the past by...
by Spectrum | May 4, 2020 | Health and Medicine
A study has found that curcumin in nanoparticle form has the potential to enhance the efficacy of the BCG vaccine so that it confers protection against adult pulmonary tuberculosis (TB). The researchers working on mice models found that injecting curcumin...
