LOS ANGELES (CNS) UCLA has received a $29 million gift to establish a center where scientists and physicians will work side by side to examine the role of genetics in disease, and develop therapies that improve patients lives, it was announced Thursday.
The gift creates the Dr. Allen and Charlotte Ginsburg Center for Precision Genomic Medicine. The new center will build on UCLA s efforts in precision health to leverage large data sets and innovative genomic technologies such as CRISPR engineering to improve diagnosis and treatment of a wide variety of genetic disorders including both rare diseases and more common illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, cancer and immune disorders, diseases of the eye and brain disorders such as autism, Parkinson s and Alzheimer s.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent reached 3,729,019 as of Saturday, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said, Trend reports citing Xinhua.
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Lung ultrasound can predict clinical progression of Covid-19 patients: Study
February 13, 2021
Kochi: A medic prepares the dose of COVID-19 vaccine before giving it to a beneficiary, at Ernakulam Government General Hospital in Kochi, Saturday, January 16 (File Photo) - PTI
Kochi: A medic prepares the dose of COVID-19 vaccine before giving it to a beneficiary, at Ernakulam Government General Hospital in Kochi, Saturday, January 16 (File Photo) - PTI×
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of São Paulo s Medical School states that lung ultrasounds can predict the clinical progression of severe Covid-19 patients.
The researchers of the study adopted an ultrasound examination protocol covering 12 lung regions in 180 Covid-19 patients undergoing treatment.