A safe and effective vaccine against COVID-19 is generally regarded as the only way out of the COVID-19 crisis, especially if a widely predicted second wave develops. In this episode, RSM President-Elect Roger Kirby is joined by Professor Robin Shattock, Head of Mucosal Infection and Immunity at Imperial College London and Dr Thomas Breuer, Chief […]
Innovative multiple-organ devices for brain diseases – researcher Carmen Giordano has received two further grants totaling €280,000 for her work on the microbiota-gut-brain axis. They are called DIANA and PEGASO, the mythological ‘children’ of MINERVA (ERC 2016), the two projects, funded respectively under the recent Proof-of-Concept call of the ERC (European Research Council) and the Italian call MIUR […]
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Antiepileptic drugs are associated with a higher risk of mortality in persons with Alzheimer’s disease. The use of antiepileptic drugs is associated with a higher risk of death among persons with Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from the University of Eastern Finland. The results were published in Neurology. The mortality risk increased considerably during […]
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Currently there are no proven treatments for coronavirus. However, there is a huge amount of research going into finding a treatment for this disease. For mild disease, the aim is to relieve symptoms whilst your body fights the illness. This includes staying at home. The reasons for this are twofold; firstly, to rest, rehydrate and […]
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APOSEC is a biologic wound-healing agent developed by thoracic surgeon Hendrik Jan Ankersmit from MedUni Vienna. Together with dermatological basic researcher Michael Mildner, also from MedUni Vienna, he has now also investigated the efficacy of the substance in the treatment of allergic skin lesions such as contact dermatitis, since the anti-inflammatory effects of APOSEC are […]
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We have now measured the concentration of aluminium in human brain tissue from over two hundred donors involving at least five different brain banks. This equates to several thousand individual brain tissue samples. We have information relating to sporadic and familial Alzheimer’s disease, multiple sclerosis, cancer, epilepsy and autism. If I am honest, I am […]
Stroke clot buster drugs could be harnessed to tackle COVID-19. A drug commonly used to treat patients suffering from strokes could be repurposed to treat patients with COVID-19, according to researchers at the University of Aberdeen. The paper by Dr Claire Whyte and Dr Nicola Mutch from the University’s Cardiovascular & Diabetes Centre and Honorary […]
Researchers from the Galien Institute at Paris-Saclay University/ CNRS have developed nanoparticles that are effective in the treatment of severe inflammatory processes which can be found in many pathologies, such as Covid-19 infections. The study was published in the journal Science Advances on Monday 27 April, 2020. Uncontrolled inflammatory processes are a major health concern […]
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New evidence published in the Cochrane Library today finds MMR, MMRV and MMR+V vaccines are effective and that they are not associated with increased risk of autism. Measles, mumps, rubella and varicella (also known as chickenpox) are infectious diseases caused by viruses. They are most common in children and young adults, and can lead to […]
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This is the account of a medic working in the ER of hospital in the United States. Below he gives his first hand observations and opinion on the clinical progression of the Covid 19 patients he has treated. I am an ER MD in New Orleans. Class of 98. Every one of my colleagues have […]