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G protein-coupled receptors help humans taste, smell, and regulate mood and immunity

Dr. Guangyu Wu is dissecting the molecular homing that enables a nascent protein to ultimately find its way to the surface of a cell as a mature receptor type that helps us taste, smell and even regulate our mood and immunity.

14 Oct 2020

Study provides new insight into unknown effects of factors that regulate blood vessel formation

A new study by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland provides novel insight into the previously unknown effects of factors regulating blood vessel formation.

14 Oct 2020

Blood profile could help identify COVID-19 patients at greatest risk of deterioration

Southampton researchers have identified a blood profile that could help identify COVID-19 patients at greatest risk of deterioration and direct them towards trials of specific treatments that could modify their immune systems' responses.

14 Oct 2020

New blood test can accurately predict severe form of Infection in Covid-19 Patients

Scientists have developed, for the first time, a score that can accurately predict which patients will develop a severe form of Covid-19.

14 Oct 2020

Brain abnormality in OCD patients may help predict treatment response to cognitive behavioral therapy

UCLA scientists and colleagues studying the effects of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) discovered an abnormality in the brains of people with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) that may also help to predict who is most likely to respond to CBT.

14 Oct 2020

Study offers new insight on molecular mechanisms that allow malaria parasites to spread disease

New insight on the molecular mechanisms that allow malaria parasites to move and spread disease within their hosts has been published today in the open-access eLife journal.

14 Oct 2020

Study shows SARS-CoV-2 antibodies offer lasting immunity

One of the most significant questions about the novel coronavirus is whether people who are infected are immune from reinfection and, if so, for how long.

14 Oct 2020

New approach uses noise to characterize and cross-calibrate spectroscopy instruments

Optical spectrometers are instruments with a wide variety of uses. By measuring the intensity of light across different wavelengths, they can be used to image tissues or measure the chemical composition of everything from a distant galaxy to a leaf.

14 Oct 2020

Understanding COVID-19 immunity is crucial for developing vaccination strategies

People who have recovered from COVID-19, and their close contacts, could hold the key to understanding how immunity to the disease develops, how long it lasts and what happens when immunity is lost.

14 Oct 2020

SARS-CoV-2 infection of carotid arteries may explain vascular involvement in COVID-19

A new study published on the preprint server bioRxiv in October 2020 shows that the virus causing COVID-19, namely, SARS-CoV-2, produces replicative infection in the carotid arteries and affects the vascular responses. This could have a profound bearing on the understanding of the disease and its clinical treatment.

14 Oct 2020

Study finds sex differences among young individuals who suffer a heart attack

Women aged 50 or younger who suffer a heart attack are more likely than men to die over the following 11 years, according to a new study published today (Wednesday) in the European Heart Journal.

13 Oct 2020

Pre-existing immunity to other coronaviruses may be poor

Brenda M. Westerhuis et al., in a recent medRxiv* preprint paper, investigate the antibody cross-reactivity - to explain the severe disease. COVID-19 is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).

13 Oct 2020

Cancer-killing T cells release chemicals to direct swarms towards tumors

When immune system T cells find and recognise a target, they release chemicals to attract more T cells which then swarm to help subdue the threat, shows a new study published today in eLife.

13 Oct 2020

Mothers transmit passive protection against SARS-CoV-2 to their newborns

A recent study published on the preprint server medRxiv in October 2020 shows that newborns may be protected from acquiring severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection by antibodies in the mother’s blood that travels through the placenta.

13 Oct 2020

Are antibiotics being over prescribed in COVID-19?

A new study published on the preprint server medRxiv in October 2020 shows that the baseline levels of inflammatory markers and C-reactive protein (CRP) in relation to antibiotic administration can rule out bacterial co-infections and help reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics.

13 Oct 2020

Blood News and Research

G protein-coupled receptors help humans taste, smell, and regulate mood and immunity

Study provides new insight into unknown effects of factors that regulate blood vessel formation

Blood profile could help identify COVID-19 patients at greatest risk of deterioration

New blood test can accurately predict severe form of Infection in Covid-19 Patients

Brain abnormality in OCD patients may help predict treatment response to cognitive behavioral therapy

Study offers new insight on molecular mechanisms that allow malaria parasites to spread disease

Study shows SARS-CoV-2 antibodies offer lasting immunity

New approach uses noise to characterize and cross-calibrate spectroscopy instruments

Understanding COVID-19 immunity is crucial for developing vaccination strategies

SARS-CoV-2 infection of carotid arteries may explain vascular involvement in COVID-19

Study finds sex differences among young individuals who suffer a heart attack

Pre-existing immunity to other coronaviruses may be poor

Cancer-killing T cells release chemicals to direct swarms towards tumors

Mothers transmit passive protection against SARS-CoV-2 to their newborns

Are antibiotics being over prescribed in COVID-19?

NYU scientists develop a method using holographic imaging to detect viruses, antibodies

PPE may account for low SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in healthcare workers

New computational approach improves characterization of cellular diversity

CAR NKT cells offer a promising approach to combat hard-to-treat solid tumors

COVID-19 causes potentially damaging neurological injuries, study shows

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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