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Exercise Hormone may Modulate Genes Associated with Replication of Novel Coronavirus

September 24, 2020
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São Paulo, Brazil — A study conducted by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) suggests that irisin, a hormone secreted from muscles in response to exercise, could have a therapeutic effect...

Study Shows First Proof that Safer UV Light Effectively Kills Virus Causing COVID-19

September 21, 2020
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Hiroshima, Japan — A study conducted by Hiroshima University researchers found that using Ultraviolet C light with a wavelength of 222 nanometers which is safer to use around humans effectively kills...

Biomarker Predicts Who will have Severe COVID-19

September 21, 2020
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Daejeon, South Korea — Airway cell analyses showing an activated immune axis could pinpoint the COVID-19 patients who will most benefit from targeted therapies. – KAIST researchers have identified...

Scientists Uncover the Structural Mechanism of Coronavirus Receptor Binding

September 21, 2020
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London, UK — The spike protein on the surface of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus can adopt at least ten distinct structural states, when in contact with the human virus receptor ACE2, according to research...

Rapid Test for Covid-19 Shows Improved Sensitivity

September 21, 2020
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Cambridge, MA — Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers at MIT and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, along with their collaborators at the University of Washington, Fred Hutchinson...

Scientists Develop Method to Safely Study COVID-19, Other Contagious Diseases

September 21, 2020
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Washington, DC — Scientists and researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), submitted their findings to ACS Nano, a monthly peer-reviewed...

COVID-19 Virus Uses Heparan Sulphate to Get Inside Cells

September 17, 2020
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La Jolla, CA — A molecule known as ACE2 sits like a doorknob on the outer surfaces of the cells that line the lungs. Since January 2020, researchers have known that SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus...

Substance Use Disorders Linked to COVID-19 Susceptibility

September 15, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that people with substance use disorders (SUDs) are more susceptible to COVID-19 and its complications. The research, published today...

Researchers Publish Striking Images of SARS-CoV-2 Infected Cells

September 14, 2020
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Chapel Hill, NC — The UNC School of Medicine laboratory of Dr. Camille Ehre, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, produced striking images in respiratory tract cultures of the infectious form of the...

Antibody Test Developed for COVID-19 that is Sensitive, Specific and Scalable

September 14, 2020
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Austin, TX — An antibody test for the virus that causes COVID-19, developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with Houston Methodist and other institutions, is more...

Small Proteins Against SARS-CoV-2 Neutralize Infection in Cell Culture

September 10, 2020
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Washington, DC — Using innovative computer-based approaches, researchers have developed protein inhibitors that block the interaction between the SARS-CoV-2 virus and human cell receptor ACE2. In cell...

Rare Hyperinflammatory Syndrome in Children with COVID-19 Described

September 8, 2020
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Solna, Sweden — Researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Science for Life Laboratory in Sweden and Tor Vergata University of Rome in Italy have mapped the immune response in children affected by a...

Genetic Study of Proteins is a Breakthrough in Drug Development for Complex Diseases

September 8, 2020
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Bristol, UK — An innovative genetic study of blood protein levels, led by researchers in the MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit (MRC-IEU) at the University of Bristol, has demonstrated how genetic data...

Researchers Identify Nanobody that may Prevent COVID-19 Infection

September 7, 2020
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Solna, Sweden — Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have identified a small neutralizing antibody, a so-called nanobody, that has the capacity to block SARS-CoV-2 from entering human cells....

Cellular Roadmaps Predict Body’s Coronavirus Vulnerability

September 7, 2020
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Ithaca, NY — New research from Cornell University developed potential roadmaps for how the coronavirus infects organs and identifies what molecular factors could help facilitate or restrict infection. “The...

Unconventional T Cells in Severe COVID-19 Patients Could Predict Disease Outcome

September 6, 2020
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New York, NY — Researchers in France have discovered that patients suffering from severe COVID-19 show changes in a class of immune cells known as unconventional T cells. The study, published Sept....

New Method of Detecting Illnesses Including Coronavirus and Cystic Fibrosis

September 3, 2020
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Leeds, UK — A new and quicker method of diagnosing diseases in patients has been created by researchers at the University of Leeds. The team has developed a system of examining individual molecules...

Research Team Engineers New Treatment for Drug-Resistant Bacterial Infections

September 3, 2020
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Hanover, NH — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has prioritized finding effective treatment of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), one of the most common bacterial...

New Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) Mapped Out

September 2, 2020
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Daejeon, South Korea — Jean and Peter Medawar wrote in 1977 that a virus is “simply a piece of bad news wrapped up in proteins.” The “bad news” in the SARS-CoV-2 case is the...

Preventing Infection, Facilitating Healing: New Biomaterials from Spider Silk

September 1, 2020
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Bayreuth, Germany — New biomaterials developed at the University of Bayreuth eliminate risk of infection and facilitate healing processes. A research team led by Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel has succeeded...

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