Prognostic value of troponin I in COVID-19 patients
This article by Dr. Alaa A. Ghaleb and colleagues is published in The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal, 2021Credit: Dr. Alaa ...
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Ultra-low doses of inhaled nanobodies effective against COVID-19 in hamsters
Credit: Nambulli et al., Science Advances PITTSBURGH, May 26, 2021 - In a paper published today in Science Advances, researchers ...
A comprehensive profile of California’s ‘homegrown’ coronavirus
New analysis suggests the California variant is more transmissible than unmutated strains, but vaccines are effective against itCredit: Photo: Michael ...
Coronavirus testing made quick and easy
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Xavier Pita A new rapid coronavirus test developed by KAUST scientists can deliver highly accurate results ...
A COVID-fighter’s guide to T cells
New LJI review shows how T cells target more than 1,400 sites on SARS-CoV-2Credit: CDC LA JOLLA--In a new paper, ...
SARS-CoV-2: Estimating infectiousness
Science publishes new study on viral loadCredit: © Charité | Victor Corman What started as the preliminary analysis of routine ...
SARS-CoV-2 RNA discovery unlocks new potential treatments
Credit: Molecular Cell An international and multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, and ...
Antibodies that enhance SARS-CoV-2 infection — A possible factor for severe COVID-19
Osaka University researchers find that infection with SARS-CoV-2 produces not only neutralizing antibodies that prevent infection, but also antibodies that ...
Harnessing next generation sequencing to detect SARS-CoV-2
...and prepare for the next pandemicCredit: Peter Duchek Researchers at the Vienna BioCenter designed a testing protocol for SARS-CoV-2 that ...
Flu fighter: Nanoparticle-based vaccine effective in preclinical trials
The vaccine, made of disease-fighting proteins, could boost efficacy, accelerate production of seasonal flu vaccinesCredit: University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. ...
Virus infection cycle revealed in dynamic detail
Credit: Roger Castells-Graells A critical process in the infection cycle of viruses has been revealed for the first time in ...
Efforts to treat COVID-19 patients chronicled in UC Health medications data
UCI and UCSD researchers tracked drug usage rates throughout the pandemicCredit: Jonathan Watanabe / UCI Irvine, Calif. - A record ...
A novel defense mechanism for SARS-CoV-2 discovered
Credit: Taisho Yamada, et al. Nature Immunology. May 11, 2021 Scientists from Hokkaido University have discovered a novel defensive response ...
Immune genetics and previous common cold infections might help protect Japan from COVID-19
A highly immunogenic HLA-A*24:02-restricted T cell epitope is shared between COVID-19 and common cold coronavirusesCredit: Johannes M. Dijkstra Protective immune ...
A rapid antigen test for SARS-CoV-2 in saliva
Credit: Shinichi Fujisawa Scientists from Hokkaido University have shown that an antigen-based test for quantifying SARS-CoV-2 in saliva samples is ...
Modeling can predict mutation “hotspots” and antibody escapers in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Study identifies structural basis of spike protein mutations with stronger binding and antibody resistance, which may explain transmissibility of new ...
Adding antibodies to enhance photodynamic therapy for viral and bacterial disease
Advancing PDT as a rapid response to pandemicsCredit: Vladislav Yakovlev/Texas A&M University WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 -- The COVID-19 pandemic ...
COVID-19 testing method gives results within one second
Superfast, portable COVID-19 testing method detects the virus much faster than currently available methodsCredit: Minghan Xian, Hao Luo, Xinyi Xia, ...
New model for infectious disease could better predict future pandemics
Potential benefits to health across species, communities and environments are enormousCredit: James Hassell/Smithsonian In the midst of a devastating global ...
People who have had dengue are twice as likely to develop symptomatic COVID-19
This is the main finding of a study.The authors analyzed blood samples collected in a town in the Brazilian Amazon ...