Michael Seo

"The agreement grants 35 manufacturers across 12 countries the ability to produce the raw components of nirmatrelvir or the finished version packaged with the anti-retroviral medication ritonavir."https://lnkd.in/eG_HfU_z 

"Tafenoquine, made by GlaxoSmithKline, can cure a type of malaria caused by Plasmodium vivax, which is most common in South and Southeast Asia, South America and the Horn of Africa. The drug will be submitted for approval in nine c…https://lnkd.in/dBVZvaC4 https://lnkd.in/dAVpUTQq 

"Scientists have been trying to produce pigs whose organs would not be rejected by the human body, a research effort that has picked up steam over the past decade because of new gene editing and cloning technologies."https://lnkd.in/ddZJ7gWx 

"Dr. Farmer gained public renown thanks largely to “Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World,” a 2003 book by Tracy Kidder. It told Dr. Farmer’s life story and celebrated his devotion…https://lnkd.in/d8MKKtmv https://lnkd.in/dPCr3Phr 

"The Gotland project is part of a wave of similar efforts worldwide to separate urine from the rest of sewage and to recycle it into products such as fertilizer. That practice, known as urine diversion, is being studied by groups i…https://lnkd.in/eEUUwJwd https://lnkd.in/euHeuGAw 

The sex and racial background of the new case mark a significant step forward in developing a cure for H.I.V., the researchers said. “The fact that she’s mixed race, and that she’s a woman, that is really important scientifically a…https://lnkd.in/eKyPZdZx https://lnkd.in/eTwcgtnF 

"The researchers found the survival advantage first seen in 2003 was still apparent 20 years later. Children who had slept under bed nets more than half the time in the original study had a 40% survival advantage over children who…https://lnkd.in/dJ8aTsZp https://lnkd.in/dBWSgiVT 

"While some countries are sincere about bilateral agreements, that isn’t the only level at which recruitment happens. “What we hear time and time again is that recruitment agencies pitch up in-country and talk directly to the nurse…https://lnkd.in/dXhfMDAP https://lnkd.in/dUVkdJiF 

"Skeptics have seized on the rapid development of the vaccines — among the most impressive feats of medical science in the modern era — to undermine the public’s trust in them. But the breakthroughs behind the vaccines unfolded ove…https://lnkd.in/d37Eqm5v https://lnkd.in/dtBM-fhK 

"The groundbreaking procedure raises hopes that animal organs might one day be routinely used for human transplants, which would shorten waiting lists — where thousands of seriously ill people languish and die every year. But it’s…https://lnkd.in/da55CmaH https://lnkd.in/dta_GMfz 

"Some reasons for hesitancy are shared globally, but there are also local differences. A major concern is safety, especially because the vaccines were developed and delivered rapidly and the recommendations for their use have often…https://lnkd.in/gyRS94Qy https://lnkd.in/gA957Abh 

"Second, the push to vaccinate against Covid is drawing resources from health systems that can hardly spare them, which could lead to disastrous consequences for the fight against other devastating health problems."https://lnkd.in/e3jf3MKE 

"The immediate issue is no longer supply, but logistics. Roughly 1.2 billion vaccine doses had now been released for Covax, O’Brien said, but not all countries were ready for them."https://lnkd.in/dTnkqkUJ 

"Plant-based vegan and vegetarian alternatives in food and materials markets have become increasingly popular globally, as consumers choose them for environmental or religious reasons, but Brian Ward, medical officer at Medicago, t…https://lnkd.in/d9Ti5uvi https://lnkd.in/d-Y8G3uV 

"The great fear is a variant with “immune escape”: the ability to elude Covid vaccines or the immune response elicited by previous infection. As more and more people in South Africa get vaccinated against Covid, there is the potential for a variant to be…https://lnkd.in/dMevRMaN 

"But that would solve only part of the problem, in part because charging times are still lengthy. The real sweeping change in the next decade may address that: roadways that electrically power cars as they travel, using a technolog…https://lnkd.in/d2CJAZdp https://lnkd.in/dYbjzA4K 

"Diabetes experts were astonished but urged caution. The study is continuing and will take five years, involving 17 people with severe cases of Type 1 diabetes. It is not intended as a treatment for the more common Type 2 diabetes."https://lnkd.in/dT5y66pZ 

"Only two times in history have doctors effectively cured HIV — in 2009 with the Berlin Patient and in 2019 with the London Patient — both times by putting the virus into sustained remission with a bone marrow transplant from a don…https://lnkd.in/dUgYja95 https://lnkd.in/dMSd6k6U 

"It was a major victory for the “right to repair” movement, which has demanded that tech manufacturers provide the necessary components and manuals for customers to fix their own smartphones, tablets and computers."https://lnkd.in/dqYVF82w