A revolutionary new treatment alternative to corneal transplantation

A new approach in ophthalmology that offers a revolutionary alternative to corneal transplantation has just been developed by researchers and clinicians in North America, Europe, and Oceania.
30-Jun-2020 8:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Doing no harm reduces the risk of stroke

For patients with brain arteriovenous malformations, not having surgery or getting radiation therapy can result in an almost 70-per-cent lower risk of having a stroke or dying, reseachers find.
18-Jun-2020 10:25 AM EDT Add to Favorites

An artificial “tongue” of gold to taste maple syrup

A chemistry professor at Université de Montréal, in Canada, has developed a new test using gold nanoparticles to establish the flavour profile of maple syrup and help producers evaluate its quality.
4-May-2020 2:45 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Immunizing with plasma to combat COVID-19

Canada institutions are pooling their scientific expertise to develop an extraordinary immunization program using passive plasma to fight COVID-19.
9-Apr-2020 3:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

A faster test for COVID-19

Hoping to save front-line medical staff a lot of time, Canadian specialists in biomedical chemistry work on a new screening test for the virus.
19-Mar-2020 2:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Shedding light on hidden HIV

Initiating antiretroviral therapy at a very early stage makes HIV reservoirs shrink by 100 times, researchers in Canada, the U.S. and Thailand find.
3-Mar-2020 3:50 PM EST Add to Favorites

Anonymous no more: combining genetics with genealogy to identify the dead in unmarked graves

A method developed by a team of geneticists, archaeologists and demographers may make it possible to identify thousands of individuals whose remains lie in unmarked graves.
24-Feb-2020 8:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

Shaping the rings of molecules

Canadian chemists discover a natural process to control the shape of "macrocycles," molecules of large rings of atoms, for use in pharmaceuticals and electronics.
20-Feb-2020 1:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

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