Brussels (ots/PRNewswire) - - New data presented at the 15th European Epilepsy Congress highlight lengthy delays in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) diagnosis in Europe and significant disease burden from both seizure and non-seizure impairments[1] - LGS is a severe childhood-onset developmental and epileptic ...
Tel Aviv, Israel (ots/PRNewswire) - Briya, a leading medical data retrieval network, proudly announces the appointment of Prof. Siegal Sadetzki as Chief Epidemiology Officer. With over three decades of experience in public health and epidemiology, Prof. Sadetzki brings a wealth of expertise to Briya's mission of making medical data accessible for research at scale and assisting hospitals in optimizing their data ...
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Bern (ots) - People affected by multiple sclerosis need to undergo regular MRI brain scans. The images are now being used to visualise the effects of a coronavirus infection. Brain fog, memory problems, loss of the sense of smell - Covid-19 affects the brain in a number of ways, yet the mechanisms behind this remain largely unknown. This is because disease-related changes in our brains are almost impossible to detect if ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - - More than 90% of 2,524 participants invited to join a fully virtual COVID-19 study, run by Cambridge researchers, downloaded and registered on the study app1 - Around 75% of participants completed digital biomarker assessments such as resting heart rate, temperature and oxygen saturation at least once per week1 - Participants were aged 45 - ...
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Bern (ots) - New findings from NRP 72, financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation, are helping to curb antibiotic resistance. In the field of new antibiotics, however, structures needed for translating results into practice are lacking. Worldwide, more and more pathogens are becoming resistant to today's antibiotics. As antibiotics lose their efficacy, infections that were once easy to treat can give rise to fatal ...
Montreal (ots/PRNewswire) - Landmark donation from alumnus Dr. Victor Phillip Dahdaleh will accelerate advances in global health using genomic medicine to inform patient diagnosis and care A landmark donation to support McGill University's renowned genomics research and education programs from UK-based alumnus and ...
Leiden, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Application is based on randomized, controlled and long-term extension data for leniolisib as a treatment for APDS, a rare primary immunodeficiency This submission follows the grant of accelerated assessment allowing an expedited review for leniolisib from a standard 210 days ...
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Bern (ots) - During the coronavirus pandemic, the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) supported a total of 114 Covid-19 research projects, for which it used funding of over CHF 45 million. In the National Research Programme "Covid-19" (NRP 78), around 200 researchers are working in 28 projects with a total budget of CHF 20 million. Another research programme on Covid-19 is about to start. It was the first time the ...
Bengaluru, India (ots/PRNewswire) - - FY 23 Revenue guidance increased to 14%-16%. - Margin guidance retained at 21%-23% Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY), a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, delivered a robust performance in Q1 with year-on-year growth at 21.4% and sequential growth at 5.5% in constant currency. Year on year ...
Liverpool England and Philadelphia USA (ots) - --News Direct-- SAFETY INITIATIVE AND COMPLIANCE WILL SAVE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY $1 BILLION British smart MedTech company NeedleSmart, which is pioneering disruptive technologies in the global healthcare sector, is expanding into the US healthcare market to ...
Nes Ziona, Israel and Shanghai, China (ots/PRNewswire) - Intradermal COVID vaccination studies are emerging in a global effort to multiply available doses by harnessing skin immunity to reduce dosage required for effective vaccination. In a hallmark study published recently by IMB scientists[1], subjects were ...
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Bern (ots) - Some research relies almost entirely on animal models. An example is the SNSF-funded project on virus surveillance in the mouse brain. "The immune system has a place where it is born, a place where it is educated and a place where it goes to work." Natalia Pikor, research group leader at St. Gallen cantonal hospital, is studying one of the most complicated systems in the bodies of vertebrate animals and ...
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Bern (ots) - An interdisciplinary team funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation shows that the R number of coronavirus can be estimated quickly and cost-effectively from wastewater. Since the start of the coronavirus (Sars-Cov-2) pandemic, many public health measures have been decided based on its dynamic of spread, more precisely, on the reproductive number of the virus, known as the R number. This value indicates ...
Bagsværd, Denmark (ots/PRNewswire) - - The STEP 5 trial demonstrated an average weight loss of 15.2% with Wegovy(TM) at 104-weeks when used with a reduced calorie meal plan and increased physical activity vs. 2.6% with placebo - The trial also showed that 77.1% of study participants who received Wegovy(TM) lost at ...
Rijswijk, Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - Addition due to incomplete information in the press release as sent on 4 June 2021 Analyses carried out by TNO in a BSL-3 laboratory cabinet showed that the corona gun had achieved a 94.9% reduction in the Covid -19 virus after 15 minutes. In the laboratory set-up, the (live) virus was located on stainless steel plates at 85 cm from the device. Earlier, the Dutch scientific ...
ST. GALLEN, Switzerland (ots) - ForaCare Suisse AG announced the release of its antigen test, FORA COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test, that provides fast, accurate and easy-to-interpret test results. The test can be administered by trained professionals and doesn’t rely on laboratory-processing. Approved by Swissmedic, ...
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Bern (ots) - Many scientists are currently undertaking work on the Sars-CoV-2 virus. But hundreds of projects supported by the SNSF are already contributing to finding answers to the current health crisis. In Switzerland and around the world, the novel coronavirus has become a priority for scientific research. Projects supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) are no exception. A special call and a ...
Rapperswil, Switzerland and Tel Aviv, Israel (ots/PRNewswire) - The epitope-based vaccine will target the most vulnerable part of the viral spike protein Ramot , Tel Aviv University's technology transfer company, and Neovii , a Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company and a member of Israel-based Neopharm Group, announced today that they have signed a research and license ...
Rapperswil, Switzerland (ots/PRNewswire) - Neovii, the Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company and a member of Israeli-based Neopharm Group, has signed a research and license agreement with Tel Aviv University's (TAU) RAMOT, its technology transfer company, to work in collaboration with a team led by Professor ...