Recent research published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found that COVID-19 is stable for several hours to even days in aerosols and on surfaces; it was found detectable in aerosols for up to 3 hours, up to 4 hours on copper, up to 24 hours on cardboard, and up to 2-3 days on both plastic and stainless steel surfaces.
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According to recent research published in Scientific Reports from the University of Southern Denmark the cannabis compound cannabidiol may act as a helper to boost the effectiveness of antibiotics against drug resistant Gram positive bacteria: combining CBD with bacitracin was found to have a more powerful effect against bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus than the antibiotic alone.
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Recent research from Albany Medical College has discovered a specific type of immune cell that accumulates in older brains, and according to the report published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine activating these cells helps to improve the memory of aged mice; findings suggests that targeting these cell might reduce age related cognitive decline and combat aging associated neurodegenerative diseases in humans.
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A team from Stanford University School of Medicine have been able to return old human cells to more youthful and vigorous states after being induced to briefly express a panel of proteins involved in embryonic development; elderly mice were also found to regain youthful strength after their existing muscle stem cells were subjected to the protein treatment and transplanted back into their bodies.
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