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The epigenetic alterations of monocytes in severe COVID-19

Researchers performed DNA methylation analysis on monocytes in the peripheral blood samples obtained from severe COVID-19 patients.

28 Oct 2022

Rutgers physicians take newer approach in successfully treating a mysterious disease

The prognosis for the sick child, who hadn't responded to standard treatment, was dire. But a team of Rutgers physicians believed there might be hope despite the conventional wisdom against pursuing any further treatment.

27 Oct 2022

Researchers use CRISPR-edited T cells to treat seriously ill children with resistant leukaemia

Researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH) and UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (UCL GOS ICH) have used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to engineer donor T cells to try to treat seriously ill children with resistant leukaemia, who had otherwise exhausted all available therapies.

27 Oct 2022

Immune checkpoint therapy may be beneficial in certain cases of severe COVID-19

An article published in Science Advances suggests that a type of cancer treatment known as immune checkpoint blockade may be beneficial in certain cases of severe COVID-19.

27 Oct 2022

Study examines the severity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 subvariant

In a recent study that represents the largest to date to examine the severity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 subvariant (the strain making a re-emergence this fall), a team led by investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) determined that the BA.2 subvariant is less severe than the previous Delta variant and less severe to an even greater extent than the original Omicron variant.

27 Oct 2022

Is vaccine status associated with the severity of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized patients?

Researchers assessed the impact of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination on the occurrence and severity of symptoms in SARS-CoV-2 Omicron-infected hospitalized patients.

27 Oct 2022

Rare variants of type I IFN immunity genes could underlie life-threatening COVID-19

Researchers assessed whether loss-of-function variants of type I interferon immunity genes are associated with life-threatening COVID-19.

27 Oct 2022

What is the association between regular physical activity and vaccination against COVID-19 among healthcare workers?

Researchers assessed the association between daily physical activity and COVID-19 vaccination among HCWs.

27 Oct 2022

One Medicine: how human and veterinary medicine can benefit each other

News-Medical speaks to Professor Roberto La Ragione, Chair of Trustees at Humanimal Trust, about the concept of One Medicine and how human and veterinary medicine can collaborate, share knowledge, and initiate research for the benefit of both humans and animals.

26 Oct 2022

Study uses compartmental modeling to test the efficiency of sentinel surveillance for developing public COVID-19 mitigation policies

Researchers used a stochastic compartmental model of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) transmission to examine various sentinel surveillance indicators and determine the minimal sampling effort required for a reliable alert indicating a one-step increase in transmission rate.

26 Oct 2022

SARS-CoV-2 BQ.1 variant cases may increase in Europe

A recent epidemiological update by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control indicated that a new SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sublineage was likely to increase COVID-19 case numbers.

26 Oct 2022

COVID-19 and the gut

Researchers summarize current knowledge about underlying mechanisms and potential therapeutic approaches for the effects of COVID-19 on the gut.

26 Oct 2022

New type of antibiotic effectively kills hard-to-fight bacteria

Bacterial resistance to antibiotics is a growing threat to human health. In an article published in the scientific journal PNAS, Umeå researcher Fredrik Almqvist and his colleagues present a new type of antibiotic that effectively kills hard-to-fight bacteria.

25 Oct 2022

Near-infrared spectroscopy can provide a cost-effective way to noninvasively monitor intracranial pressure

An increase in intracranial pressure (ICP) is a dangerous condition that can be caused by brain bleeds, a brain tumor, cerebral edema, traumatic brain injury, and hydrocephalus.

24 Oct 2022

Regular statin use may reduce the risk of death and severity of COVID-19

Commonly used cholesterol-lowering statins may reduce the risk of death and severity of COVID-19 disease, suggests a study of more than 38,000 patients being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2022 annual meeting.

24 Oct 2022

Combining host gene expression profiling and metagenomic pathogen detection from plasma nucleic acid enables accurate sepsis diagnosis

Researchers developed integrated host-microbe plasma metagenomics to facilitate sepsis diagnosis.

24 Oct 2022

Study shows low risk of myocarditis/pericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination

Scientists determine the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis among young individuals who have received mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines.

19 Oct 2022

Exploring epigenetic modifications and the use of vitamin D therapy in COVID-19

Researchers examined the role of epigenetic modifications of the host cell gene expression in determining the pathophysiology of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and explored the use of vitamin D as a therapeutic agent against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).

19 Oct 2022

What is the risk of severe COVID-19 in infants younger than three months?

Researchers from Italy investigated the severity of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections in infants younger than three months and compared the reported coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) severity scores for the pediatric population.

19 Oct 2022

Differential effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants on children and adolescents

A recent Emerging Infectious Diseases journal study evaluated whether specific SARS-CoV-2 variants were linked with different clinical manifestations in children and adolescents.

19 Oct 2022

Intensive Care News and Research

The epigenetic alterations of monocytes in severe COVID-19

Rutgers physicians take newer approach in successfully treating a mysterious disease

Researchers use CRISPR-edited T cells to treat seriously ill children with resistant leukaemia

Immune checkpoint therapy may be beneficial in certain cases of severe COVID-19

Study examines the severity of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2 subvariant

Is vaccine status associated with the severity of Omicron SARS-CoV-2 infection in hospitalized patients?

Rare variants of type I IFN immunity genes could underlie life-threatening COVID-19

What is the association between regular physical activity and vaccination against COVID-19 among healthcare workers?

One Medicine: how human and veterinary medicine can benefit each other

Study uses compartmental modeling to test the efficiency of sentinel surveillance for developing public COVID-19 mitigation policies

SARS-CoV-2 BQ.1 variant cases may increase in Europe

COVID-19 and the gut

New type of antibiotic effectively kills hard-to-fight bacteria

Near-infrared spectroscopy can provide a cost-effective way to noninvasively monitor intracranial pressure

Regular statin use may reduce the risk of death and severity of COVID-19

Combining host gene expression profiling and metagenomic pathogen detection from plasma nucleic acid enables accurate sepsis diagnosis

Study shows low risk of myocarditis/pericarditis after mRNA COVID-19 vaccination

Exploring epigenetic modifications and the use of vitamin D therapy in COVID-19

What is the risk of severe COVID-19 in infants younger than three months?

Differential effects of SARS-CoV-2 variants on children and adolescents

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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