Tag archive: medicina

Las diferencias en los receptores ACE2 podría explicar por qué unas personas pueden ser más susceptibles o incluso resistentes a la infección.

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When yellow fever swept through 19th-century New Orleans, immunity became so valuable, people were willing to go to extreme lengths for protection.

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Muchos fármacos se encuentran por casualidad, algo que en ciencia suele llamarse serendipia. Uno de los ejemplos más importantes, pero menos contados, es el del cisplatino: el medicamento que cambió el tratamiento de muchos tipos de cáncer.

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Touted as society’s way out of widespread lockdowns, scientists say the true potential of these rapidly developed tests is still unknown

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Clinicians trace a ferocious rampage through the body, from brain to toes

After the novel coronavirus made its way from China around the world, one country after another adopted harsh measures to stop SARS-CoV-2 from spreading and overwhelming hospitals. They have hit the pause button on their economies and their citizens’ lives, stopping sports events, religious services, and other social gatherings. School closures in 188 countries affect more than 1.5 billion students. Borders are closed and businesses shuttered. While some countries are still seeing daily case numbers increase, others—first in Asia but increasingly in Europe—have managed to bend the curve, slowing the transmission of COVID-19.

El plomo era muy popular la antigua roma, pero, ¿se usaba tanto como para provocar un envenenamiento masivo de la población?

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The world’s most contagious virus has killed thousands in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and 23 countries have suspended measles vaccination campaigns as they cope with SARS-CoV-2.

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Hay muchas cosas sobre las que los titulares parecen no ponerse de acuerdo. Algunas se deben a que es muy pronto para tener las cosas claras, otras a que no se están contando como se debe.

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