Medicinal cannabis may reduce behavioral problems in kids with intellectual disabilities
Reading Time: 2 minutesCANNABIDIOL, a type of medicinal cannabis, may reduce severe behavioural problems in children and adolescents with an intellectual disability a new study has found. The pilot study, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, recorded a clinically significant change in participants’ irritability, aggression, self-injury, and yelling. The […]
SMART researchers find new way to make bacteria more sensitive to antibiotics
Reading Time: 2 minutesSINGAPORE: Researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART), MIT’s research enterprise in Singapore, have discovered a new way to reverse antibiotic resistance in some bacteria using hydrogen sulfide (H2S). Growing antimicrobial resistance is a major threat for the world with a projected 10 million deaths each year by 2050 if no action is […]
Just what the doctor ordered – Tech by two US Indian students detects Covid-19 in a jiffy
Reading Time: 3 minutesSOFTWARE developed by a University of Dayton Research Institute scientist to quickly diagnose COVID-19 has been exclusively licensed by Greenville, South Carolina, software development company Blue Eye Soft. The technology, which detected the presence of the COVID-19 disease on a dataset of chest X-rays in seconds with 98 percent accuracy, was adapted from existing medical diagnostic software […]
Biotech saves lives: The Philippines health ministry
Reading Time: 2 minutes“WITHOUT biotechnology, polio, measles, and other deadly diseases will be rampant. This reflects the importance of biotechnology in our daily lives and in the future to find solutions and alternatives to the current needs affecting the health of the (Philippine) population,” says Department of Health (DOH) Undersecretary Dr Enrique Domingo during the opening ceremonies of […]
Using fungi to search for medical drugs
Reading Time: 2 minutesAN ENORMOUS library of products derived from more than ten thousand fungi could help us find new drugs. Researchers from the group of Jeroen den Hertog at the Hubrecht Institute, in collaboration with researchers from the Westerdijk Institute and Utrecht University, have set up this library and screened it for biologically active compounds. They tested […]
Anti-arthritis med stops growth of TB bug
Reading Time: 2 minutesIMMUNOLOGIST Johan Van Weyenbergh (KU Leuven) and his Belgian-Brazilian colleagues have shown that a drug used to fight arthritis also stops the process that allows the tuberculosis bacillus to infect and hijack blood stem cells. Tuberculosis (TB) may affect any part of the body, but the spread [ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”2,3″ ihc_mb_template=”1″ ] of the disease […]
Breath-in medication for TB is viable
Reading Time: 2 minutesBY THAIGAR P. A RESEARCH group from the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, USM, in collaboration with the School of Pharmacy and Centenary Institute from The University of Sydney have developed needle-like antibiotic micro-crystals for tuberculosis (TB) treatment. This novel and cost-effective treatment is to be delivered into the lungs via inhalation. When tested on animals, […]
M’sian researcher Serena is darling of cancer research
Reading Time: 2 minutesA MALAYSIAN researcher attached to Cambridge’s Medical Genetics Department and Medical Research Council Cancer Unit was awarded the Dr Josef Steiner Cancer Research Prize 2019. Prof Dr Serena Nik-Zainal (pix), the daughter of late cardiologist Datuk Dr Nik Zainal Abidin Nik Abdul Rahman renowned for setting up the first cardiology surgical unit in the country […]
Commonly used antibiotics may lead to heart problems
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSCIENTISTS have shown for the first time a link between two types of heart problems and one of the most commonly prescribed classes of antibiotics. In a study published recently in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in partnership with the Provincial Health Services Authority’s […]
Researcher targets precision strike at cancer cells
Reading Time: 8 minutesAssociate Professor Dr Oon Chern Ein of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) has received many accolades for being a game changer in her scientific pursuit which is largely focused in discovering new potential targeted therapies to treat cancer. She shares her thoughts on her work and the need for communicating science to the public with SHAMIRA […]