Tag: integrated science
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Too Hot to Handle: Can Heat Change How Your Medication Works?
“Take once daily” assumes a lot in just three words. Prescription labels tell us when to take a medication, whether to take it with food, and what substances to avoid, but rarely anything about the temperature outside. That omission looked less trivial during British Columbia’s 2021 heat dome, when hundreds of people died from heat-related…
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Techniques of 3D bioprinting for organ production
The applications of three-dimensional printing are endless. From prototyping to specialized manufacturing, 3D printing allows users to develop unique creations for specific purposes, without requiring skills in the manufacturing process (Shimizu et al., 2000). Its use is widespread through the manufacturing and technology industries, and shows great promise in other fields as well, including healthcare. One of the…
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The Root of Antibiotic Resistance
Antibiotic resistance is becoming a more and more prevalent issue in healthcare, where relatively simple infections can no longer be treated and may end in death. Major healthcare facilities such as hospitals will become central locations of transmission and infection, instead of a place to heal. Based on a report by the CDC Antibiotic Resistance…