Low glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression led to excessive inflammation and lung damage by neutrophils through enhancing the expression of CXCL8 and other cytokines. Credit: Professor…
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Doctoral student Lisa Boinon prepares buffers while Dr. Rajesh Khanna looks on. Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences, Kris Hanning Research shows SARS-CoV-2 promotes pain…
A study investigating SARS-CoV-2 infections across 16 mink farms in the Netherlands, presented at the ESCMID Conference on Coronavirus Disease (ECCVID, held online from September…
Well-intentioned “citizen scientists” developing homemade COVID-19 vaccines may believe they’re inoculating themselves against the ongoing pandemic, but the practice of self-experimentation with do-it-yourself medical innovations…
But many experts surveyed also believe vaccine development will take place at an accelerated rate. Experts working in the field of vaccine development tend to…
Researchers engineer RNA-targeting compounds that disable the pandemic coronavirus’ replication engine. Scripps Research chemist Matthew Disney, PhD, and colleagues have created drug-like compounds that, in…
As the antimalarial drugs hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine have drawn attention as potential therapies for COVID-19 and are being widely used off-label, it’s now more important…
Simple diagram showing catalase kick starting reaction that converts hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen. Credit: Yunfeng Lu research group/UCLA Researchers from UCLA and China…
Pejman Rohani sought to determine if and how countries could achieve herd immunity without overburdening the health care system, and to define the control efforts…
The app Genopo makes genomics more accessible to remote or under-resourced regions. Credit: Dr. Ira Deveson A new mobile app has made it possible to…
Just a third of parents believe that having their child get the flu vaccine is more important this year than previous years. Credit: C.S. Mott…
Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who were vitamin D sufficient, with a blood level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D of at least 30 ng/mL (a measure of vitamin D…
San Francisco Skyline Reductions in humanmade noise resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown led birds in parts of California to adapt their songs to be…
A cocktail of powerful antibodies identified in recovered patients locks the coronavirus infection machinery, inhibits SARS-CoV-2 attachment to host cells, and protects animals challenged with…
A blood test on hospital admission showing the presence or absence of SARS-CoV-2 can identify patients at a high risk of severe COVID-19. Admitted patients…
Short-term hydroxychloroquine treatment is not associated with lethal heart rhythms in patients with COVID-19 who are risk assessed prior to receiving the drug. That’s the…
Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have identified highly effective antibodies against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and are…
Is the world prepared a wave of neurological consequences that may be on its way as a result of COVID-19? This question is at the…
In this illustration, glycans (dark blue) coat the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein (light blue), which is anchored in the viral envelope (colorful bilayer on bottom). Credit:…