In today’s DG Alert, we cover late initiation of remdesivir antiviral therapy in the successful treatment of a patient with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS‐CoV‐2), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) as an independent risk factor for mortality in hospitalised patients with coronavirus…
NEW YORK — April 17, 2020 — Researchers have identified factors that lead to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) IgM false-positives. The findings are published in Journal of Clinical Microbiology. Qiang Wang, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong, Sichuan,…
The National Institutes of Health and the Foundation for the NIH (FNIH) are bringing together more than a dozen leading biopharmaceutical companies, the Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, the Centers for Disease Control and…
Written by Yvette Mattley, Ph.D. Noninvasive Measurement Techniques for Health Monitoring From health issues associated with aging populations to the emergence of more virulent diseases, the demand for easily deployable diagnostic tools is great. Spectroscopy is a non-invasive measurement technique well suited…
High blood pressure leading to a diagnosis of hypertension will occur only when readings stay above normal all of the time. Having high blood pressure for a short amount of time is normal. Blood pressure has a natural variation – it lowers…
b– Lactam is a group of antibiotic that includes penicillins ( such as ampicillin and amoxicillin) and cephalosporins such as cephalexin, cefuroxime, cefotaxime, and ceftriaxone). These antibiotics composed from semi-complex chemical structure contains an essential four member ring which is called b-…
BE is a chronic lung disease characterized by irreversible dilation of one or more bronchi. It is associated by a chronic cough, sputum production, chronic airway inflammation, and airway obstruction (Boyton, 2008, Baydarian and Walter, 2008, Chalmers and Hill, 2013). Although the…
Medicinal chemistry (also known as pharmaceutical chemistry) is the discipline of science at which the chemistry overlaps with pharmacology and other related specialties. This intersection enables the medicinal chemistry to design, synthesis, and development of pharmacologically active agent (drug). Figure 1 reveals…
Eggplant, aubergine or brinjal, is a fruit endowed with many health benefits. It is used in relieving constipation, improving cardiovascular health, promoting digestive health, and preventing cancer. It helps prevent neural tube defects and improve overall brain function. Also, it is a…
Although the use of bioactive natural products as herbal drug preparations dates back hundreds, even thousands, of years ago, their application as isolated and characterized compounds to modern drug discovery and development started only in the 19th century. It has been well…
