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Removing barriers to opioid use disorder treatment shows success during pandemic

Posted: 04 Jun 2022 05:29 AM PDT

Pandemic-era changes to prescribing guidelines for the lifesaving drug buprenorphine led to improved treatment outcomes for patients with opioid use disorder in Philadelphia, according to a recently published study.

Novel method for early disease detection using DNA droplets

Posted: 03 Jun 2022 12:33 PM PDT

Droplet systems such as DNA droplets, which are formed by liquid-liquid phase separation of macromolecules, play an essential role in cellular functions. Now, by combining the technologies of DNA droplets and DNA computing, computational DNA droplets have been developed, which can recognize specific patterns in tumor biomarker microRNA sequences.