March 2023

COVID-19 immune response over time

Immunity from COVID-19 appears to gather strength with more time between vaccination and infection, a new laboratory study from researchers at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) suggests. The findings carry implications for vaccine recommendations as the pandemic transitions to an endemic state.

Accurately predicting delirium in intensive care

More than one-third of all people admitted to hospital, and as many as 80% of all patients in an intensive care unit (ICU), develop delirium, it is reported.

Test for Alzheimer’s 3.5 years before diagnosis

New research has established a blood-based test that could be used to predict the risk of Alzheimer’s disease up to 3.5 years before clinical diagnosis.

The big question: How worried should we still be about COVID-19?

This month we ask: “How worried should we still be about COVID-19?”

I didn't see the sky

A Ukrainian biomedical scientist talks about her experiences working in a war zone and moving to the UK.

Tech news: March 2023

This month's top tech news stories

“Cardiovascular deaths increased with COVID-19”

More people in the US died from cardiovascular-related causes in 2020, the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, than in any year since 2003, according to the American Heart Association’s 2023 update.

Rapid, sensitive point-of-care-testing

Functionalised nanoparticles could soon revolutionise point-of-care diagnostics, it is claimed.

Blood sugar monitoring devices

A US study examining the use by older adults of continuous glucose monitors and other wearable devices found issues with wearability and use.

DNA biosensor for low-cost diagnostics

A new biosensor chip that boasts an accurate and inexpensive design may increase accessibility to high-quality diagnostics, it is claimed. 

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