Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases

Published studies provide evidence for predicting how severe a patient's illness will become and why patients develop life-threatening blood clotsCredit: ...

Racial segregation drives disparities in COVID-19 and HIV diagnoses

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 26, 2020--Across the U.S., COVID-19 and HIV diagnoses are lowest ...

Social distancing is instinctive but hard for humans and animals

Avoiding infectious disease is a protective instinct in humans and animals but the instinct to socialize often wins the dayCredit: ...

COVID-19 — Scenarios for the post-lockdown period in Italy

Infection has been reduced up to 70% as of May 1st. Thanks to developed model, scenarios can be drawn regarding ...

Novotech the Asia-Pacific CRO – ‘2020 Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific CRO Company of the year’

Novotech, the largest biotech specialist CRO in the Asia-Pacific region, was awarded the '2020 Frost & Sullivan Asia-Pacific CRO Company ...

SARS-CoV-2 RNA detected in untreated wastewater from Louisiana

Credit: Masaaki Kitajima/Biorender A group of scientists have detected genetic material from SARS-CoV-2 in untreated wastewater samples collected in April ...

Virtual imaging trials optimize CT, radiography for coronavirus disease (COVID-19)

Computational patient models and human phantom with coronavirus abnormalities via multidiagnostic confirmation of SARS-CoV-2 infection yield 'realistic' texture and shapeCredit: ...

Preclinical study of COVID-19 vaccine candidate shows potent T-cell responses

These potent CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell responses were stimulated in the lungs following a single intranasal administrationCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...

How effective does a COVID-19 vaccine need to be to stop the pandemic?

This question as well as coronavirus-related discrimination, population vulnerability, anxiety, and depression are explored in recent articles in the American ...

Effectiveness of cloth masks depends on type of covering

Credit: Padmanabha Prasanna Simha, Indian Space Research Organisation WASHINGTON, August 25, 2020 -- Months into the COVID-19 pandemic, wearing a ...

Polymers prevent potentially hazardous mist during dentist visit

During a pandemic, the problem of aerosolized saliva droplets at a dentist's office is acute. Thanks to polymer viscoelasticity, dentists ...

Universities join forces to develop materials for the fight against COVID-19

Credit: Virginia Tech Researchers around the world are racing to find treatments to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic that has caused ...

First review of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infection models

First review of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 infection models aims to fast track researchCredit: freestock-awl unsplash An international collaboration between leading ...

Metabolic syndrome linked to worse outcomes for COVID-19 patients

Patients hospitalized with COVID-19 were over three times more likely to die if they had metabolic syndromeCredit: Paula Burch-Celentano, Tulane ...

UVA-designed COVID-19 swab to support high-priority testing across Virginia

State to receive 60,000 swabs weeklyCredit: UVA Health The Commonwealth of Virginia will receive 60,000 nasopharyngeal swabs weekly to support ...

Flexible targets help immune system make finely-tuned antibodies

An in-depth Garvan study of how the immune system generates effective antibodies provides new insights for vaccine design.Credit: Dr Ofir ...

UH selected as clinical trial site to test Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine

Phase 2/3 clinical trial to test BNT162b2 investigational drugCredit: University Hospitals CLEVELAND - University Hospitals announced today plans to participate ...

Large molecules need more help to travel through a nuclear pore into the cell nucleus

Model systems based on virus capsids have shown how large biomolecules are able to penetrate a cell nucleus / The ...

New study: MassBiologics discovers antibodies that may protect against COVID-19

Credit: UMass Medical School A new study by researchers at MassBiologics of UMass Medical School published in Nature Communications suggests ...

Genomic analysis reveals many animal species may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection