Immunology

July 23, 2021

Before COVID-19 100+ experts identified top threats & opportunities for global health

May 21, 2020

New US Pharmacopeia and MIT Center for Collective Intelligence report examines outlook for the future of medical breakthroughsCredit: U.S. Pharmacopeia...

Study indicates the need to revise the protocol for detecting Zika in placenta

May 20, 2020

Brazilian researchers show that the virus can infect different placental regions and that collection and storage methods should be taken...

COVID-19 Cytokine storm: Possible mechanism for the deadly respiratory syndrome

May 20, 2020

Credit: Toshio Hirano and Masaaki Murakami. Immunity. April 22, 2020 Research into how the SARS-CoV-2 virus induces death is suggesting...

Using machine learning to estimate COVID-19’s seasonal cycle

May 20, 2020

Berkeley Lab scientists aim to assess the role of climate variables in disease transmissionCredit: Center for Systems Science and Engineering...

Modeling COVID-19 data must be done with extreme care

At the beginning of a new wave of an epidemic, extreme care should be used when extrapolating data to determine...

COVID-19 prevention trial opens for high-risk healthcare workers

The first gold standard Australian clinical trial to determine whether the drug hydroxychloroquine can prevent COVID-19 is now open.Credit: The...

X-ray experiments zero in on COVID-19 antibodies

Scientists reveal potential coronavirus therapy using structural biology and the Advanced Light SourceCredit: NIAID As scientists across the globe race...

NEJM Group releases COVID-19 Rx for interactive learning

Credit: NEJM Group NEJM Group today released Covid-19 Rx: Treatment Simulations, a series of five Covid-19 interactive cases that range...

Pregnant and lactating women with COVID-19: Scant clinical research

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 18, 2020--Pregnant and breastfeeding women have been excluded from clinical...

Smoking increases SARS-CoV-2 receptors in the lung

Credit: CSHL New research from CSHL scientists suggests that cigarette smoke spurs the lungs to make more ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme...

Machine that oxygenates blood may help critically ill COVID-19 patients, according to WVU study

Credit: West Virginia University When COVID-19 patients are critically ill, the biggest threat to their lives is lung dysfunction. If...

Global study to test malaria drug to protect health workers from COVID-19

COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator to fund international trial of chloroquineCredit: Erin Jones/Barnes-Jewish Hospital With $9 million in philanthropic support, an international...

New study sheds light on IBD patients with COVID

Researchers report findings from international registryCredit: UNC School of Medicine In an upcoming study to be published in Gastroenterology, researchers...

NIH begins clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin to treat COVID-19