One of the physiopathological characteristics of COVID-19 that has most baffled the scientific and medical community is what is known as “silent hypoxemia” or “happy…
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Using 14 points in the lungs, researchers looked for abnormalities and assigned each spot a score out of 3 based on its severity. Adding up…
COVID-19 and pneumolysis simulating extreme high-altitude exposure with altered oxygen transport physiology. Credit: Dr. Gustavo R. Zubieta-Calleja and colleagues, Bentham Science Publishers The article by…
Under the microscope. Credit: Daniel Hanoch In what has the potential to significantly change how Corona patients are being treated and the severity of the…
People with severe COVID-19 who had secondary bloodstream infections were sicker, had longer hospital stays and worse health outcomes, Rutgers study finds. People with severe…
Corrie Detweiler in the lab at CU Boulder. Credit: CU Boulder Study identifies novel compound in fight against antibiotic resistance. As scientists around the globe…
In the fight against COVID-19, scientists at Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley are developing an N95 quality-assessment test; a rechargeable, reusable, anti-COVID N95 mask; and…
18 host proteins play an important role during SARS-CoV-2 infection — two of them are particularly interesting. They could open up new ways to treat…
A mathematical model that can help project the contagiousness and spread of infectious diseases like the seasonal flu may not be the best way to…
COVID-19 antibodies preferentially target a different part of the virus in mild cases of COVID-19 than they do in severe cases, and wane significantly within…
Associate Professor Menno van Zelm in his laboratory at Monash University. Credit: Monash University Australian researchers have revealed — for the first time — that…
A self-administered ‘scratch-and-sniff’ test for COVID-19 may be around the corner, according to researchers at Penn State, the University of Florida, and Arizona State University.…
Kids were able to correctly identify emotions on faces displaying (from left) sadness, anger and fear even when they were covered by a surgical mask.…
The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 docks with its spike protein onto the receptor-ACE2 found on the surface of lung cells. The levels of co-expressed genes with the…
Even though common mask materials block most of the droplets that spread the virus, that may not be enough at close distances. Simply wearing a…
Mini Antibodies Produced by a Llama and Isolated by Neuroscientists Could Prevent COVID-19 Infection
NIH scientists showed that nanobodies isolated from a llama may prevent COVID-19 infections. Infections happen when SARS-CoV-2 virus spike proteins (yellow) latch onto ACE2 receptors…
Important new findings from UM School of Medicine could help guide healthcare clinicians with managing hospitalized patients in the weeks ahead. Hospitalized COVID-19 patients have…
This rotating image shows the detailed structure of a “spike” from a coronavirus that causes cold symptoms – a milder relative of the virus that…
The identification of people wearing masks has often presented a unique challenge during the pandemic. A new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the…
Study of individual SARS-CoV-2-like particle degradation suggests a potential surge of COVID-19 infections in the winter. Winter is coming in the northern hemisphere on Monday,…