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Script Connect: A New Web-App Bringing Scientists Together

August 13, 2022 2:39 am

What is the place of tech in increasing public engagement in science? How can researchers work with software engineers and developers to give science discoveries a wider reach? Researchers in East Africa seemed to have figured this out with their new web-app, Script Connect, which was developed and funded by Robert Busch Foundation in conjunction with SciDev.net, a UK science publication.

For years, conversations around bridging the gap between ‘the gown and the town’ have been on. These conversations resulted in novel research reporting techniques that are better suited for the digital age. In spite of the progress made, …

US Cancels Visas Of 1,000 Chinese Nationals Over Security Risks

September 10, 2020 1:49 pm

The United States of America has revoked visas for more than 1,000 Chinese nationals under a presidential measure, denying entry to students and researchers due to security risks, the State Department said on Wednesday.

The acting head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Chad Wolf, said earlier that Washington revoked visas ‘for certain Chinese graduate students and researchers with ties to China’s military fusion strategy to prevent them from stealing and otherwise appropriating sensitive research.’

Wolf reiterated U.S. charges of unjust business practices by China, including attempts to steal COVID-19 research, and accused it of abusing student visas to …

Hope as Chinese researchers identify deafness-casing gene

July 16, 2019 9:18 am

Chinese researchers have recently made a breakthrough in discovering a gene responsible for deafness, providing a target for treating hearing impairment.

The study published online earlier this month in the international journal Genetics in Medicine described the gene as ABCC1, which has variants associated with hearing loss and plays a key role in maintaining cochlea function.

The cochlea is a spiral tube shaped like a snail shell. It is the auditory area of the inner ear and enables effective hearing.

Using gene screening, sequencing and other genetic analysis method, researchers from Xiangya Hospital affiliated with the Central South University in …

How researchers totally removed HIV from mice, by Study

July 10, 2019 12:03 am

Could a cure for Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV) be in sight? New research has revealed how a sequence of two treatments could completely remove the virus in mice.Scientists have edited mice’s genomes and removed HIV completely. The first treatment is a long-acting slow-effective release (LASER) form of antiretroviral therapy.

The second treatment involves the removal of viral Deoxy ribonucleic Acid (DNA)/genetic material using a gene-editing tool called CRISPR-Cas9.

In a recent Nature Communications paper, the researchers describe how they tested the two-step approach in a mouse model of human HIV. Of the mice that received LASER antiretroviral therapy followed by

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