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Dr. Ye’s team uses the CO2 infrared laser system to generate graphene. Experiment results show that the graphene they produced exhibit a much better anti-bacterial…
An artists’ conception of how small synthetic proteins, built from scratch from computer designs, can have an antiviral effect by binding with Spike proteins on…
Prone positioning saves lives, but nerve pressure injuries impair arms and legs. Severely ill COVID-19 patients on ventilators are placed in a prone (face down)…
Early interventions were effective at stamping out coronavirus infections, but subsequent, poorly monitored travel allowed the virus to ignite major outbreaks in Europe and North…
Researchers suggest ways to address challenges associated with measuring direct and indirect deaths attributable to COVID-19 pandemic. Estimating deaths from COVID-19 based on death certificate…
Houston Methodist became the first academic medical center in the nation to infuse critically ill COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma donated from recovered patients, which…
(Click image for full view.) Although face shields block the initial forward motion of the jet, the expelled droplets move around the visor with relative…
The use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as ibuprofen and diclofenac, is not associated with any adverse effects in people who have tested positive…
Free, circulating vitamin D levels in the blood may be a better predictor of future health risks in aging men, according to a study being…
New study finds customers buying home testing kits for COVID were often misled by third-party websites. Home-testing kits sold online in the UK and US…
Illinois researchers developed a microfluidic cartridge for a 30-minute COVID-19 test. The cartridges are 3D-printed and could be manufactured quickly. Credit: Photo courtesy of Bill…
Over the past few months, a number of drugs have been under investigation to treat COVID-19 without well-established safety or data to support these claims.…
Vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin. In a retrospective study of patients tested for COVID-19, researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine found…
The stylized yeast cells depicted in several leaves and flower petals are an artist’s interpretation of how scientists, using the tools of synthetic biology, genetically…
As the flu season approaches, a strained public health system may have a surprising ally — the common cold virus. Rhinovirus, the most frequent cause…
Study to test Eli Lilly and Company’s LY-CoV555, a human monoclonal antibody against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, will examine its ability to combat the virus…
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…
New research covering 11 years of data presented at this year’s European and International Congress on Obesity (ECOICO 2020) show that, in obese men suffering…
“Hotspots” of Coronavirus Infections in Human Bodies An infection with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can affect multiple organs. With this in mind, researchers of the German…