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n a small-scale study, researchers from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, US, have tested antibodies generated by 20 patients given the BNT162b2 (i.e., the Pfizer vaccine) against a laboratory-developed isogenic COVID-19 variant that contained mutations in the N501 and Y501 regions and which is similar to the South African variant.…
DetailsΠαρακολουθώντας την διεξαγωγή διαδικτυακού συνεδρίου που έλαβε χώρα στην Βοστώνη στο πλαίσιο του Cardiometabolic health congress με συντονιστή τον Καθηγητή της Ιατρικής Σχολής Βοστώνης κύριο Χρήστο Μαντζώρο ,φάνηκε ποσο σημαντικό ειναι η διερεύνηση της ηπατικής συμμετοχής σε άτομα που πάσχουν απο σακχαρώδη διαβήτη τύπου 2,πολυκυστικές ωοθήκες ,αντίσταση στην ινσουλίνη, παχυσαρκία σε σχέση με την ανάπτυξη…
Details6 Devastating Plagues Take a look back at six of the most infamous outbreaks of the disease once known as the “Great Mortality.”Evan Andrews 1. The Plague of Justinian Painting showing the plague in Constantinople. (Credit: Walters Art Museum) Justinian I is often credited as the most influential Byzantine emperor, but his reign also coincided…
DetailsΤο Θεραπευτήριο Χρονίων Παθήσεων Δυτ. Αθήνας είναι μια μονάδα φιλοξενίας 160 περίπου ατόμων το οποίο ανήκει στο Κέντρο Κοινωνικής Πρόνοιας Περιφέρειας Αττικής και εποπτεύεται από το Υπουργείο Εργασίας. Η ιστορία του ιδρύματος αρχίζει το 1900 με το όνομα Κάνθαρος,πρώην στρατόπεδο,και στην συνέχεια αντιλεπρικός σταθμός ,τμήμα του Νοσοκομείου Λοιμωδών.Εκείνη την εποχή,επι Ελ. Βενιζέλου, είχαν προταθεί και…
DetailsHospital Healthcare Europe 7 December, 2020 The lower incidence of severe COVID-19 in children has prompted much speculation. In reviewing various hypotheses, researchers believe that changes in endothelial cells and clotting functions is a likely reason for the disparity. A consistent finding of infection with COVID-19 is that the virus is less severe in children,…
DetailsThe highly anticipated vaccine (AZD1222) produced by a collaboration between Oxford University and AstraZeneca has become the first to have its interim study data published and appears to be as effective as reported in various media outlets. Findings A total of 23,848 patients were recruited across the 4 trials and 11,636 were included in the…
DetailsThe Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine recommends that pregnant and lactating women have access to COVID-19 vaccines in general and has advocated for the inclusion of women who are pregnant or lactating in vaccine trials. The society has suggested that health care professionals “counsel their patients that the theoretical risk of fetal harm from mRNA vaccines is…
DetailsBoth Moderna’s vaccine — developed in collaboration with the U.S. National Institutes of Health — and Pfizer’s exceeded expectations in clinical trials. The comparable results are likely because the pair of COVID-19 vaccines are “a lot more alike than they are different,” says Susanna Naggie, an infectious disease physician at Duke University. “I think that’s…
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