Immunology

July 23, 2021

Urine of COVID-19 patients could predict who will develop severe disease

Inflammatory markers were higher in people with high blood pressure and diabetesCredit: Dragana Komnenov Rockville, Md. (April 27, 2021)--Urine analysis...

Five new insights in the fight against COVID-19

Researchers announce new findings on treatments, health impacts and repercussions for science educationCredit: Harmon DJ, Attardi SM, Barremkala M, Bentley...

Study illuminates how COVID-19 worms its way into the brain

Research helps explain baffling neurological symptoms -- and why they're so unpredictableCredit: Ricardo Costa, LSUHS New research offers an up-close...

Researchers design sensor for fast, inexpensive on-site Ebola detection

Sensor technology requires no special storage; could also be useful for detecting COVID-19Credit: Marit Nilsen-Hamilton and Pranav Shotriya, Iowa State...

SARS-CoV-2 spike protein alone may cause lung damage

New mouse model makes it easier and safer to study COVID-19 lung injuryCredit: Pavel Solopov, Old Dominion University Using a...

Gene changes might explain long-haul COVID-19 symptoms

Airway cells exposed to SARS-CoV-2 spike protein exhibited persisting changes in gene expressionCredit: Julie A. Forrest Results from a new...

MIT PRESS publishes new book on contact-tracing apps and public health

April 26, 2021

Susan Landau's 'People Count'Credit: The MIT PRESS, 2021. How do you stop a pandemic before a vaccine arrives? Contact tracing...

New testing strategy can speed up COVID-19 test results for healthcare workers

April 26, 2021

In The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics investigators share a new methodology for testing pooled samples that maximizes the proportion of...

High dose of vitamin D fails to improve condition of moderate to severe COVID-19 patients

April 23, 2021

A clinical trial was conducted with 240 patients who were given 200,000 IU of vitamin D3 on admission to hospital....

COVID-19 vaccine development built on >$17 billion in NIH funding for vaccine technologies

Broad foundation of NIH-funded research for enabling technologies prior to pandemic provided a tool kit for rapid development of COVID...

Among COVID-19 survivors, an increased risk of death, serious illness

Major study details numerous long-term effects of COVID-19, pointing to massive health burdenCredit: Sara Moser As the COVID-19 pandemic has...

Study of ‘breakthrough’ cases suggests COVID testing may be here to stay

Credit: Matthew Septimus/The Rockefeller University In rare cases, people who have been fully vaccinated against COVID and are immune to...

Clinical trial of therapeutics for severely ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients begins

Patients with acute respiratory failure may now enroll in NIH-sponsored trialCredit: NIAID A new Phase 3 trial to test the...

Federal policy to reduce deaths from sepsis was mostly ineffective