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The potential of microparticles for active surveillance of infectious diseases

Emmanuel Kifaro from the SACIDS Foundation for One Health, and College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, details the potential application of microparticles for active surveillance of viral infections from non-invasive animal matrices.
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RNA molecule signature diagnosis could revolutionize personalized medicine

Professor Michael Levin from Imperial College London argues that in the DIAMONDS project, there has been a breakthrough response in personalized medicine via RNA molecular signature diagnosis.
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HIV therapeutic targets: Basic virology to the discovery of antiretroviral drugs

Do we need new antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV infection, and if so, what are the promising targets? Dr Eric O. Freed, Director of the HIV Dynamics and Replication Program at the National Cancer Institute in Frederick, Maryland, discusses these questions.
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Can we produce new medicines from microalgae?

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammation in the digestive tract. Currently no effective treatment exists, something that the researchers of the EU-funded Algae4IBD project want to change with the help of microalgae.
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Visualizing the anti-inflammatory cannabinoid Type-2 receptor

Medicinal chemists describe how small molecule probes allow for the detection of CB2R, and thereby enable the discovery of novel anti-inflammatory treatments.
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Allergic asthma and the legacy of structural racism on the African American urban communities

Allergic asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by bronchial hyperactivity, disproportionately affecting African Americans.
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Trans-sectorial approaches sustainable disease control across agribusiness districts

Professor Laura Grenville-Briggs shares her stance on working together to counter the threat of oomycete diseases, focussing on trans-sectoral approaches to support sustainable plant and fish production systems in Europe.
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Challenges bringing CB₂R medicine to bedside

Drug hunters explain how to overcome pitfalls on the way to CB2R medicine and therapeutics.
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Prebiotics from algae as a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease

The Algae4IBD project is studying the potential of probiotics and algae-derived prebiotics as a treatment for inflammatory bowel disease.

Wicked-Schisto: The wicked public health problem of Schistosomiasis and the interdisciplinary research helping to...

Poppy Lamberton, Professor of Global Health at the University of Glasgow, is leading an interdisciplinary team aiming to identify cost-effective, sustainable interventions for schistosomiasis, a devastating neglected tropical disease.

Whole-person integrative oncology – A path to improved outcomes and patient empowerment

Integrative oncology gives patients the tools to not only make the environment as inhospitable to cancer as possible – it also empowers patients to take some control back after receiving a cancer diagnosis.
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Enhancing community-based disease surveillance using Afyadata in Mozambique

SACIDS, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health in Mozambique is capitalizing on its AfyaData, a digital disease surveillance app, to enhance early detection, timely reporting and prompt feedback/response to health-related signals/events, including COVID-19 and other priority diseases in the country.

Remyelinating versus neuroprotective therapies for multiple sclerosis

Reducing clinical relapses and improving quality of life is at the heart of MS treatment; here Tara M. DeSilva explores the benefits of remyelinating versus neuroprotective therapies for tackling MS.
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Long Covid lessons: beyond winter and the COVID pandemic

Paying attention to Long Covid lessons is key: Long Covid has already provided lessons for other long-term conditions and planning for future pandemics far beyond COVID-19.
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Understanding Hydra Regeneration

Here, Charisios Tsiairis from Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research explores Hydra Regeneration and the genetic programs that make it possible.
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Killing cancer softly: The resolution of cancer lies in tumor cells

Dr Dipak Panigrahy, M.D., an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School looks at killing tumor cells to resolve the cancer epidemic.
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Alzheimer’s drug slows memory decline in phase 3 trial

Henry Scowcroft from Alzheimer’s Research UK, argues that an Alzheimer’s drug, lecanemab, can slow memory decline in a phase 3 trial.
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Managing chronic disease with individualized metabolomics & artificial intelligence

Christopher Gerner from the Joint Metabolome Facility at the University of Vienna, Austria, walks us through what we need to know about managing chronic disease by individualized metabolomics & artificial intelligence.
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Tuberculosis drug regimens and their efficacies

Andrew Nunn, Professor of Epidemiology in the Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit at UCL, analyses tuberculosis drug development.
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Is CB₂R a hidden treasure trove for treating inflammatory diseases?

Expert scientists working on endocannabinoid system (ECS) trials explain how CB₂R can be used to treat inflammatory diseases.

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