Using Epo against Covid-19
The doping agent erythropoietin could attenuate severe progression of COVID-19Credit: Pixabay/Arek Socha Erythropoietin (Epo) is actually a medication for anaemia. ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
Work begins on UK system for estimating COVID-19 cases from wastewater
Sewage surveillance could effectively become 'canary in the coal mine' for COVID-19 and other emerging infectious diseasesCredit: UKCEH Scientists will ...
Harmful microbes found on sewer pipe walls
Rutgers study could lead to better disinfection methods and understanding of coronavirus and other risksCredit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Can ...
Grassroots dog vaccinations can help stop rabies, but not alone
Rabies is preventable. Inequality has kept it a threat.Credit: © Ravi Ruparel. In the US, dying from rabies is virtually ...
Anaplasmosis bacterium tinkers with tick’s gene expression to spread to new hosts
Discovery points to new vaccine target for protection against tick-borne diseasesCredit: Erik Karits, Pixabay For the first time, scientists have ...
How the body fights off urinary tract infections
Credit: Gregor Weiss / ETH Zurich Anyone who has ever had cystitis knows that urinary tract infections of this kind ...
New Human Gene Therapy editorial: Concern following gene therapy adverse events
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 2, 2020--The Editor-in-Chief of Human Gene Therapy, the first journal ...
Newer variant of COVID-19-causing virus dominates global infections
Virus with D614G change in Spike out-competes original strain, but may not make patients sickerCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ...
How a mutation on the novel coronavirus has come to dominate the globe
A small variation has made the novel coronavirus fitter--but not more deadlyCredit: La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA--Flashback to ...
How that preprint about a ‘more contagious strain’ of coronavirus changed in peer review
Credit: Korber et al. / Cell On May 5, 2020, news broke about a reportedly more contagious variant of SARS-CoV-2--the ...
The COVID-19 Kidney / Transplant Listening & Resource Center
New call center to answer questions, educate, and support the dialysis and transplant community.Credit: Coral Von Zumwalt The Transplant Research ...
Individuals physically distanced before state mandates, slowing COVID-19 spread
Association between mobility patterns and COVID-19 transmission in US: a mathematical modeling studyCredit: Johns Hopkins University Residents in all 25 ...
New Yorkers grow more hesitant about a return to normalcy, poll shows
Employment and housing woes continueCredit: CUNY SPH New Yorkers continue to report much higher than normal rates of depression and ...
Study: 35% of excess deaths in pandemic’s early months tied to causes other than COVID-19
Credit: (Courtesy of JAMA) RICHMOND, Va. (July 1, 2020) -- Since COVID-19's spread to the United States earlier this year, ...
Clinical-grade wearables offer continuous monitoring for COVID-19
Sticker-like medical device streams symptom data to physiciansCredit: Northwestern University Stamp-sized device comprises a suite of clinical-grade sensors, including temperature ...
Federal grants support research to improve pandemic forecasting
Awards will advance UMass Amherst team's groundbreaking COVID-19 workCredit: UMass Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst biostatistician Nicholas Reich has been ...
Traffic data show drastic changes in Floridians’ behavior at onset of the pandemic
Study uses statewide traffic data from the Florida department of transportationCredit: Florida Atlantic University It's not just health, social and ...
R&D of mRNA vaccine production technology against COVID-19 and further new coronavirus
TMIMS and iCONM started joint researchCredit: 2020 Innovation Center of NanoMedicine June 4, 2020 - Kawasaki / Japan: The Innovation ...
Research shows telehealth is an important tool for rural hospitals in treating COVID-19
Expansion can help US hospitals prepare for possible second waveCredit: Florida Atlantic University Rural hospitals are more likely than urban ...
Task force formed to identify genetic clues to COVID-19 susceptibility
Universities and medical institutions in Japan established a task force to examine genes associated with COVID-19 immune response by collecting ...
