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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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

Finding Cortisone Alternatives With Fewer Side Effects

September 2, 2020
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München, Germany — The work group around Henriette Uhlenhaut, Professor for Metabolic Programming at TUM School of Life Sciences in Freising-Weihenstephan and researcher in the field of Molecular Endocrinology...

Scientists Establish First Lethal Mouse Model for COVID-19

August 28, 2020
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Frederick, MD — Army scientists have developed the first lethal mouse model of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, using mice that were genetically engineered to express the human ACE2 gene–a...

Researchers Unravel Two Mysteries of COVID-19

August 27, 2020
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London, ON — A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University has made significant steps forward in understanding COVID-19 through two back-to-back studies published this week in Critical...

Too Many COVID-19 Patients Get Unneeded ‘Just in Case’ Antibiotics

August 26, 2020
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Ann Arbor, MI — More than half of patients hospitalized with suspected COVID-19 in Michigan during the state’s peak months received antibiotics soon after they arrive, just in case they had a...

New Insights into Lung Tissue in COVID-19 Disease

August 24, 2020
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Göttingen, Germany — Physicists at the University of Göttingen, together with pathologists and lung specialists at the Medical University of Hannover, have developed a three-dimensional imaging technique...

Study Adds to Evidence That Cells in the Nose are Key Entry Point for SARS CoV-2

August 24, 2020
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Bethesda, MD — Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine, experimenting with a small number of human cell samples, report that the “hook” of cells used by SARS-CoV-2 to latch onto and infect...

Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 Spreads More Indoors at Low Humidity

August 24, 2020
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Leipzig, Germany — Leipzig/New Delhi. The airborne transmission of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 via aerosol particles in indoor environment seems to be strongly influenced by relative humidity. This...

Scientist Develops Low-Cost, Accurate COVID-19 Antibody Detection Platform

August 20, 2020
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Irvine, CA — A robust, low-cost imaging platform utilizing lab-on-a-chip technology created by University of California, Irvine scientists may be available for rapid coronavirus diagnostic and antibody...

Hydroxychloroquine Ineffective as a Preventive Antiviral Against COVID-19. Says Study

August 19, 2020
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Cleveland, OH — Researchers at Case Western Reserve University have added to the growing body of understanding about how hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is not a possible defence against COVID-19. Specifically,...

3D Printing Steps Up to Frontlines in Battle Against Covid-19

August 18, 2020
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Singapore — The prevalence of the highly infectious coronavirus disease, COVID-19, has caused massive health and socio-economic upheavals worldwide. Major slumps in industrial production due to stringent...

Preliminary Study of 300+ COVID-19 Patients Suggests Convalescent Plasma Therapy Effective

August 14, 2020
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Houston, TX — A preliminary analysis of an ongoing study of more than 300 COVID-19 patients treated with convalescent plasma therapy at Houston Methodist suggests the treatment is safe and effective....

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