COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows promise

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University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine scientists have announced a potential vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing the COVID-19 pandemic. When tested in mice, the vaccine, delivered through a fingertip-sized patch, produces antibodies specific to SARS-CoV-2 at quantities thought to be sufficient for neutralizing the virus.

Is being a night owl bad for your health?

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Night owls may have a higher risk of suffering from heart disease and type 2 diabetes than early risers.

In the first ever international review of studies analyzing whether being an early riser or a night owl can influence your health, researchers have uncovered a growing body of evidence indicating an increased risk of ill health in people with an evening preference as they have more erratic eating patterns and consume more unhealthy foods.

Color-Changing Sensor Detects Signs of Eye Damage in Tears

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A new point-of-care rapid-sensing device can detect a key marker of eye injury in minutes – a time frame crucial to treating eye trauma.

Researchers develop sugar-powered sensor to detect and prevent disease

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Researchers at Washington State University have developed an implantable, biofuel-powered sensor that runs on sugar and can monitor a body’s biological signals to detect, prevent and diagnose diseases.

FDA approves HumanOptics AG's CustomFlex Artificial iris

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first stand-alone prosthetic iris in the United States, a surgically implanted device to treat adults and children whose iris (the colored part of the eye around the pupil) is completely missing or damaged due to a congenital condition called aniridia or other damage to the eye.

FDA grants authorization to 23andMe for direct-to-consumer genetic test for cancer risk

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23andMe, Inc. has received the first-ever FDA authorization for a direct-to-consumer genetic test for cancer risk. The authorization allows the company to provide customers, without a prescription, information on three genetic variants found on the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes known to be associated with higher risk for breast, ovarian and prostate cancer.

Diabetes may be a group of five different diseases

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A new analysis published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology indicates researchers were able to distinguish 5 new subgroups of patients with adult-onset diabetes, representing a first step toward precision medicine for the roughly 415 million patients with the chronic condition.