Biomedical Communications Articles

First, we go local, with two announcements from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). Then, an article about the micro level checks on which existing molecules can be repurposed to treat SARS-CoV-2. Lastly, a Science article reveals that excipients (drug...

This week we have another COVID-19-free edition, because I’m somewhat tired of the coronavirus merry-go-round of information. Also, at the time of writing this, it’s 34ºC outside, which I deem too hot to further exert my brain by trying to decide if the study that I...

Hey, Microsoft! Read my notes Software giant Microsoft announced the release of an Azure update that will enable users to extract insights from medical data. The Text Analytics for health is available now as a preview and uses Natural Language Processing (NPL) to find...

This week's highlights go to a relatively unknown face of COVID-19, the role of smell tests in case detection, plus new developments in the vaccines & treatments race. Enjoy the focused bits of knowledge! Another face of COVID-19: long haulers There’s a trend I’ve...

This week’s roundup features dexamethasone (again), IT collaboration, telemedicine issues, and vaccine manufacturing. Enjoy! What do toilet paper and dexamethasone have in common? In addition to their (mainly) white appearance, toilet paper and dexamethasone have the...

Hi there, Another week, another roundup of the new developments in drugs for COVID-19, the many things that happened on the 10th of June, and other things that caught my eye. Enjoy! REMDESIVIR AROUND THE WORLD Gilead’s remdesivir is being granted conditional...

Hi there! This week I have a roundup of the new(ish) things in COVIDland, including a flashback to the eighties and how collaboration can take a project to the next level. Enjoy 😊 PAC-MAN AGAINST COVID-19 Has the yellow video game character retuned from the eighties?...

Today, I’m coming back to the topic of science communication, because there was a documentary released on YouTube—and since then removed—that you may have heard of: Plandemic. No, I’m not going to give you a link, because links are the currency of the Internet and...