Life-Saving Lullabies warn against the dangers of COVID-19 to African women
...and now New York wants to hear them!Credit: University of Huddersfield RESEARCHERS at the University of Huddersfield are harnessing the ...
Tag: Infectious/Emerging Diseases
By the third day most with COVID-19 lose sense of smell
University of Cincinnati researcher says antiviral treatments may help most if patients identified earlyCredit: Colleen Kelley/UC Creative + Brand A ...
Which COVID-19 models should we use to make policy decisions?
A new process considers numerous models at once to reduce uncertainty and provide better tools for decision makersCredit: Shouli Li, ...
Immunity of recovered COVID-19 patients could cut risk of expanding economic activity
Credit: Christopher Moore, Georgia Tech While attention remains focused on the number of COVID-19 deaths and new cases, a separate ...
Coronavirus drugs: Where are we, and what’s next? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 7, 2020 -- Antiviral drugs could help us fight the new coronavirus, but ...
Newcastle experts join global study into COVID-19 loss of smell
Credit: Newcastle University, UK People who have recently experienced loss of smell are being urged to participate in a survey ...
Entos and Precision NanoSystems partner to enable GMP manufacturing of DNA COVID-19 vaccine
Entos Pharmaceuticals partners with Precision Nanosystems to enable highly scalable GMP manufacturing of Fusogenix DNA COVID-19 vaccine and other genetic ...
Canadian team first in world to treat COVID-19 with specialized dialysis
Extracorporeal treatment reprograms white blood cells to fight inflammationCredit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ONTARIO - As part of a ...
Possible vaccine for virus linked to type 1 diabetes
Credit: Stefan Zimmerman According to many observations, certain virus infections may play a part in the autoimmune attack that leads ...
Blood thinners may improve survival among hospitalized COVID-19 patients
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients with anticoagulants--blood thinners that slow down clotting--may improve their chances of ...
Keck Medicine of USC launches clinical trial to study anti-inflammatory drug as treatment for COVID-19
Samples from trial also will be used in a study to develop biomarkers to identify patients at risk for severe ...
New single-cell technologies help scientists understand COVID-19 disease progression
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awards $750,000 to researchers studying basic biology of SARS-CoV2Credit: Image by Mark Snyder Today, the Chan Zuckerberg ...
George Mason University Health College continues NSF funded study of coronaviruses
National Science Foundation grant enables Dr. Amira Roess to continue to investigate Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV2) and related coronavirusesCredit: ...
International group of physicists design FDA-approved, open-source ventilator
UH researcher joined effort to create a ventilator using off-the-shelf componentsCredit: Mechanical Ventilator MIlano As the spread of COVID-19 sparked ...
Bat ‘super immunity’ may explain how bats carry coronaviruses — USask study
Bat-virus adaptation may explain species spillover, researchers sayCredit: Dave Stobbe for the University of Saskatchewan. A University of Saskatchewan (USask) ...
Ultraviolet light exposes contagion spread from improper PPE use
Low-cost simulation technique can efficiently increase hospital workplace safety during COVID-19 pandemicCredit: Rami A. Ahmed, D.O. Despite the use of ...
Unraveling one of prion disease’s deadly secrets
UMass Amherst prion specialist and team discover unexpected mechanism in curingCredit: UMass Amherst/Serio lab AMHERST, Mass. - A molecular biologist ...
Grandfamilies: New study uncovers common themes and challenges in kinship care
George Mason University study provides framework to help social workers and other practitioners develop best practices for working with growing ...
Warren J. Leonard is awarded the 2020 Milstein Award for Interferon & Cytokine Research
In recognition of his ground breaking scientific contributions in both the basic biology of cytokine signaling & translational aspects, where ...
Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Mass General advancing novel gene-based COVID-19 vaccine, AAVCOVID
AAVCOVID technology is unique in the vaccine field in its ability to scale and adapt rapidlyCredit: Mass. Eye and Ear ...
