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No lab required: New technology can diagnose infections in minutes

The idea of visiting the doctor’s office with symptoms of an illness and leaving with a scientifically confirmed diagnosis is much closer to reality because of new technology developed by researchers at McMaster University. Engineering, biochemistry and medical researchers from across campus have combined their skills to create a hand-held rapid test for bacterial infections… Read More »

Tim Allen Is Working on a Brand New Home Building Competition Show Called ‘Assembly Required’

Tim Allen and Richard Karn were best friends and co-stars on the hit 1990s show Home Improvement. The duo is set to team up for a brand new adventure: a series on the History channel. The new show—called Assembly Required—is set to air in 2021. Tim “The Tool Man” Taylor may have gone off the… Read More »

Drug-resistance or viral load testing required before switch to dolutegravir in Togo

Dolutegravir-based antiretroviral treatment (ART) in combination with an NRTI backbone will not be effective in Togo, due to high levels of resistance to the NRTI class of drugs, according to a study presented by Professor Mounerou Salou of the Laboratoire Biolim in Togo at the recent 20th International Conference on AIDS and STIs in Africa (ICASA)… Read More »