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NHRI finding could curb spread of prostate cancer
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National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) researchers have found that stimulating activity of a certain gene might suppress the ability of prostate cancer to spread to the bones, a finding they said could lead to new medicines.
Chuu Chih-pin (褚志斌), an associate researcher at the NHRI’s Institute of Cellular and System Medicine, said in a statement on Friday that the team’s research focused on the role of the ROR2 gene, which is involved in the chemical signaling that regulates cellular activity.
Prostate cancer is the second-most common cancer among men globally and the sixth-most common cancer in Taiwan, Chuu said.
Covid-19: Angola detects 64 cases of new variant
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00h41 Luanda - The Minister of Health, Silvia Lutucuta, announced Monday that Angola has 64 cases of the new variant.
Speaking at a press conference to update on the pandemic, the Cabinet minister said that most of the patients who tested positive had no record of having travelled or had contact with travellers.
According to the minister, the samples were collected from patients who went to sentinel hospitals, including the David Bernardino Paediatric Hospital.
Silvia Lutucuta also recalled that on 5 March the first tests carried out by the National Health Research Institute, in collaboration with the KRISP laboratory, were presented and 17 cases of the new variants were detected, of which seven were South African, five British, one Nigerian and three new variants in Tanzanian players, all diagnosed soon after landing at the 4 Febr
2021/02/21 17:51 A medical staff member prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tudor Ranch in Mecca, Calif. A medical staff member prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Tudor Ranch in Mecca, Calif. (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan aims to procure around 30 to 45 million COVID-19 vaccines for nationwide inoculation against the virus, according to the country’s coronavirus task force. Taiwan has obtained 19.81 million jabs from overseas sources, said Health Minister and Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) head Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) in a regular briefing on Sunday (Feb. 21). An additional 20 million homegrown vaccines and 5 million doses from Pfizer s German partner BioNTech are expected to bring the total number to no more than 45 million, he added.
NHRI in talks to make material for anti-obesity drugs
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The National Health Research Institutes (NHRI) are in talks with Taiwanese companies to produce a unique nanomaterial found to reduce the side effects of obesity treatment drugs, an NHRI researcher said yesterday.
Lo Leu-wei (羅履維), an Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine researcher, said that his team has developed a unique nanomaterial using mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs) to reduce the side effects of lipase inhibitor-based obesity treatment medications.
The NHRI is in talks with three Taiwanese firms to mass produce MSNs, he said.
A research team from the National Health Research Institutes’ Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, led by researcher Lo Leu-wei, right, present the findings of a study on the side effects of anti-obesity drugs at a news conference in Taipei yesterday.