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SARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@COVID19_disease🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a new enamel-repairing gel that starts restoring teeth in just 2 WEEKS. This could replace fillings and change dental treatm...
SummaryScientists at the University of Nottingham have developed a protein-based gel that repairs tooth enamel by mimicking natural tooth-building proteins, filling cavities and cracks in just 2 weeks without fluoride. The breakthrough could eliminate the need for traditional fillings and become available by late 2026-2027.Sep 26, 20267 tweets♥ 12.2KSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@COVID19_disease🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Canadian scientists just engineered "tumor-eating" bacteria that devour cancer from the inside. We’re talking about a living treatment that colonizes tumors and eats them for lunch....
SummaryCanadian scientists at the University of Waterloo engineered bacteria (Clostridium sporogenes) that can colonize and consume tumors from the inside by exploiting the oxygen-free environment at tumor centers. They used synthetic biology to add oxygen-tolerance genes controlled by a biological switch that only activates when bacteria reach sufficient population density within tumors, creating a programmable living cancer treatment.Sep 23, 20267 tweets♥ 5.2KSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@COVID19_disease🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: University of Florida scientists have developed an mRNA cancer vaccine that can reprogram the immune system inside the body to recognize and attack cancer cells without needing to gen...
SummaryUniversity of Florida scientists developed an mRNA cancer vaccine that reprograms the immune system to attack cancer cells by increasing PD-L1 expression on tumors, making them visible to immune cells without requiring genetic engineering of immune cells in a lab. The approach shows promise across multiple cancer types and could offer a non-invasive alternative to traditional cancer treatments.Sep 15, 20267 tweets♥ 3.2KSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@COVID19_diseaseA med student asked me today: "If colds are caused by viruses, why do people seem to catch them right after getting caught in the rain?" It happens so often it feels impossible to be a coincidence....
Sep 11, 20267 tweets♥ 2KSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@COVID19_disease🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists at MIT have discovered something that sounds like sci-fi. They found that temporarily "turning off" a lazy eye for just 2 DAYS could reboot the brain's connection to it re...
Sep 9, 20269 tweets♥ 2.4KSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@COVID19_disease🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists from McMaster University have developed AeroVax a breathable vaccine mist that delivers immunity directly to the lungs in just 2 minutes.🧵
SummaryScientists at McMaster University developed AeroVax, an inhaled vaccine mist that delivers immunity directly to the lungs in 2 minutes using viral vectors. A Phase 1 trial showed the chimpanzee adenovirus (ChAd) formulation safely triggered robust T cell, innate immune, and antibody responses in the lungs, potentially offering a needle-free alternative that stops respiratory viruses at infection sites.Sep 6, 20268 tweets♥ 2.1KSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@COVID19_disease🚨 BREAKTHROUGH: Scientists have created a sugar-coated nanoparticle that blocks COVID-19 from infecting cells with 99% effectiveness in lab tests. This isn't a vaccine. It's a decoy. And it could...
SummaryScientists developed sugar-coated nanoparticles that block COVID-19 infection with 99% effectiveness in lab tests by acting as decoys that mimic cell surface sugars, trapping the virus before it can infect real cells. Unlike vaccines, this approach could work as a preventive treatment or early intervention tool and potentially against multiple virus variants since it targets a fundamental viral entry mechanism.Aug 31, 20269 tweets♥ 2.5KSARS‑CoV‑2 (COVID-19)@COVID19_disease