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Detailed Analysis of Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 Bodes Well for COVID-19 Vaccine

May 18, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — Scientists around the world are racing to develop a vaccine to protect against COVID-19 infection, and epidemiologists are trying to predict how the coronavirus pandemic will unfold...

Treatment With Interferon-α2b Speeds up Recovery of COVID-19 Patients in Exploratory Study

May 15, 2020
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Lausanne, Switzerland — Treatment with antivirals such as interferons may significantly improve virus clearance and reduce levels of inflammatory proteins in COVID-19 patients, according to a new study...

Twin Antibodies Show Neutralizing Activity Against SARS-CoV-2

May 14, 2020
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Washington, DC — Scientists have identified a pair of neutralizing antibodies – isolated from a patient who recovered from COVID-19 – that bind to the glycoprotein spike of the SARS-CoV-2...

Researchers Create Durable, Washable Textile Coating that can Repel Viruses

May 14, 2020
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Pittsburgh, PA — Masks, gowns, and other personal protective equipment (PPE) are essential for protecting healthcare workers. However, the textiles and materials used in such items can absorb and carry...

Study Confirms Cats can Become Infected with and may Transmit COVID-19 to Other Cats

May 14, 2020
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Madison, WI — In a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, scientists in the U.S. and Japan report that in the laboratory, cats can readily become infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus...

SARS-CoV-2: A New Song Recalls an Old Melody

May 14, 2020
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Melbourne, Australia — In an article published today in Cell Host and Microbe, Professor Subbarao stressed the importance of detecting a neutralising antibody response in recovered COVID-19 patients,...

Challenges of Developing a Safe and Effective COVID-19 Vaccine

May 14, 2020
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Houston, TX — The goal of a vaccine is to trigger a response that safely protects against an infection and/or the burden of disease. While this is true for all vaccines, the steps leading to a safe...

Infecting the Mind: Burnout in Health Care Workers During COVID-19

May 13, 2020
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College Station, TX — Doctors and nurses across the country are experiencing occupational burnout and fatigue from the increased stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. A team of researchers and medical...

A Scientifically Accurate Model of the Sars-CoV-2 Virus

May 13, 2020
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London, UK — The biomedical visualization studio Visual Science has created the most detailed and scientifically accurate 3D model of the full SARS-CoV-2 virus at atomic resolution. The model is based...

COVID-19 Disease Map: Researchers Coordinate International Effort

May 13, 2020
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Luxembourg — In the fight against the current pandemic, researchers of the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) at the University of Luxembourg are coordinating an international collaboration...

Evidence Suggests a Small but Important Number of People Will Develop Coronavirus-Related Psychosis

May 13, 2020
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Parkville, VIC, Australia — Researchers at Orygen and La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia have completed a rapid review of contemporary epidemic and pandemic research to assess the potential...

Tiny RNA That Should Attack Coronavirus Diminish With Age, Disease

May 13, 2020
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Augusta, GA — A group of tiny RNA that should attack the virus causing COVID-19 when it tries to infect the body are diminished with age and chronic health problems, a decrease that likely helps explain...

Researchers Join Forces to Find New Therapeutics to Combat the COVID-19 Pandemic

May 13, 2020
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Austin, TX — As the world prays for the quick discovery of a cure for COVID-19, an international team of computational scientists, medicinal chemists, biochemists, and virologists — led by Texas...

Coronavirus Infection in Children — It May Not Start With a Cough

May 13, 2020
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Lausanne, Switzerland — Children suffering from sickness and diarrhoea, coupled with a fever or history of exposure to coronavirus, should be suspected of being infected with COVID-19, recommends a...

Research Team Develops Vaccine Platform Applicable to Various Viruses

May 12, 2020
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Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea — MERS, which struck South Korea in a 2015 outbreak, was caused by a coronavirus–the same family of viruses that is responsible for COVID-19 (disease: COVID-19,...

COVID-19 and Role of Tissue Engineering

May 12, 2020
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New Rochelle, NY — Tissue engineering has a unique set of tools and technologies for developing preventive strategies, diagnostics, and treatments that can play an important role during the ongoing...

Paediatric Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) X-Ray, CT in Review of New Lung Disorders

May 12, 2020
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Leesburg, VA — Although the clinical symptoms of new paediatric lung disorders such as severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), swine-origin influenza A (H1N1), Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS),...

Repurposing Existing Drugs for COVID-19 offers More Rapid Alternative to Vaccine

May 11, 2020
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Cambridge, UK — Repurposing existing medicines focused on known drug targets is likely to offer a more rapid hope of tackling COVID-19 than developing and manufacturing a vaccine, argue an international...

Vitamin D Linked to Low Virus Death Rate, Study Finds

May 11, 2020
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Cambridge, UK — A new study has found an association between low average levels of vitamin D and high numbers of COVID-19 cases and mortality rates across 20 European countries. The research, led...

Study Finds Breathing and Talking Contribute to COVID-19 Spread

May 11, 2020
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McLean, VA — Current knowledge about the role of aerosols in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 warrants urgent attention. Current guidance and public health information has slowly shifted focus towards...

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