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Study predicts good passive immunotherapy donors to combat COVID-19

A US-based research team determine good candidates for convalescent plasma donations in promoting passive immunity among severely-ill COVID-19 patients.

19 Jan 2021

Researchers receive $460,000 NIH grant for brain imaging study

Michael Alosco, PhD, associate professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine, and Gil Rabinovici, MD, professor of neurology and radiology at the University of California San Francisco have been awarded a two-year, $460,000 grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, which is part of the National Institutes of Health.

19 Jan 2021

A common genetic variant identified as risk factor for stroke

A team of Geisinger researchers has identified a common genetic variant as a risk factor for stroke, especially in patients older than 65.

19 Jan 2021

RECoVERY: New open-source software developed for analyzing SARS-CoV-2 genomes

Researchers report an open-source platform-independent tool for building SARS-CoV-2 genomes from raw sequencing reads. The tool can be used without any extra hardware or software and be run using any browser from a desktop or mobile.

19 Jan 2021

Kruppel-like factor 2 may be a major determinant of acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19 patients

A study conducted at the University of Chicago, USA, has recently revealed that downregulation of an endothelial transcription factor, Kruppel-like factor 2, by SARS-CoV-2 is responsible for ARDS frequently observed in critically ill COVID-19 patients.

19 Jan 2021

Lower CD4 T cell reactivity to seasonal coronaviruses found in healthcare workers with COVID-19

A new study by US-based researchers describes the results of a study on the immune response among healthcare workers, in particular, their T cell responses predating the pandemic.

19 Jan 2021

Large study finds SARS-CoV-2 viral load is lowest in children

A new study by researchers in the Netherlands confirms the hypothesis that for SARS-CoV-2 infection, higher age is associated with increased viral loads.

19 Jan 2021

Are antibiotic regimens for critical COVID-19 patients with bacterial superinfection unnecessarily high?

A new study by researchers at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA, shows that antibiotic regimens for critically ill COVID-19 patients with bacterial superinfections may be promoting an unnecessarily high.

19 Jan 2021

European researchers build Virtual Physiological Human to improve cardiovascular care

European researchers have been building the Virtual Physiological Human (VPH), a full computer model of the body. Through this process, an EU-funded project focused on improving cardiovascular care, and several key results are now being implemented by industry.

19 Jan 2021

$Researchers develop new method to regenerate bone and heal severe fractures$

Researchers develop new method to regenerate bone and heal severe fractures

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden, in collaboration with colleagues in Dresden, Germany, have developed a way of combining a bone substitute and drugs to regenerate bone and heal severe fractures in the thigh or shin bone.

19 Jan 2021

Early life experiences can shape brain development in subsequent generations

Early life experiences can have an outsized effect on brain development and neurobiological health. New research is showing that those effects can be passed down to subsequent generations, reporting that the infant children of mothers who had experienced childhood emotional neglect displayed altered brain circuitry involved in fear responses and anxiety.

19 Jan 2021

E-cigarettes stress and inflame the lungs, impair key regulatory proteins

E-cigarettes stress and inflame the lungs of rats, compromising important regulatory proteins through exposure, according to research recently published in the journal Redox Biology.

18 Jan 2021

Study finds new evidence about the positive role of androgens in breast cancer treatment

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have found new evidence about the positive role of androgens in breast cancer treatment with immediate implications for women with estrogen receptor-driven metastatic disease.

18 Jan 2021

SARS-CoV-2 RNA in blood serum could predict COVID-19 mortality

Researchers find that the presence of SARS-CoV-2's genetic material in the serum of positive patients could be a sturdy biomarker for predicting COVID-19-related mortality.

18 Jan 2021

Modified natural killer cells show neutralizing and multivalent potential against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro

A new study suggests that modified natural killer cells, which express a chimeric antigen receptor using S309 antibody, can bind to and inactivate SARS-CoV-2 spike protein in vitro.

18 Jan 2021

Research pinpoints brain region responsible for self-bias in working memory

A brain region involved in processing information about ourselves biases our ability to remember, according to new research published in JNeurosci.

18 Jan 2021

Angiopoietin-2 is a crucial determinant of COVID-19 prognosis, study finds

A team of scientists from the United States and Sweden has recently demonstrated that increased levels of a proinflammatory cytokine, angiopoietin-2, is responsible for hypercoagulation observed in severe COVID-19 patients.

18 Jan 2021

Could procalcitonin indicate bacterial co-infections in COVID-19 patients?

A recent study conducted by Austin Health, Australia, has revealed that the serum level of procalcitonin can be a strong indicator of bacterial co-infection with COVID-19.

18 Jan 2021

Can transgenic mice studies illuminate neurological complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 in humans?

The potentially deadly COVID-19 has not affected animals with corresponding severity. To understand the mechanism of severe disease, animal models have been used. This includes a mouse model that expresses human angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (hACE2) under the cytokeratin 18 promoter (K18-hACE2). A new study indicates that this may not be a faithful model of human lethal infection with SARS-CoV-2.

18 Jan 2021

NK and T cell subsets show distinctive lung-homing receptor profiles in COVID-19 patients

A new study reveals in detail the changes that occur in peripheral blood natural killer (NK) and T cells in COVID-19.

18 Jan 2021

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Study predicts good passive immunotherapy donors to combat COVID-19

Researchers receive $460,000 NIH grant for brain imaging study

A common genetic variant identified as risk factor for stroke

RECoVERY: New open-source software developed for analyzing SARS-CoV-2 genomes

Kruppel-like factor 2 may be a major determinant of acute respiratory distress syndrome in COVID-19 patients

Lower CD4 T cell reactivity to seasonal coronaviruses found in healthcare workers with COVID-19

Large study finds SARS-CoV-2 viral load is lowest in children

Are antibiotic regimens for critical COVID-19 patients with bacterial superinfection unnecessarily high?

European researchers build Virtual Physiological Human to improve cardiovascular care

Researchers develop new method to regenerate bone and heal severe fractures

Early life experiences can shape brain development in subsequent generations

E-cigarettes stress and inflame the lungs, impair key regulatory proteins

Study finds new evidence about the positive role of androgens in breast cancer treatment

SARS-CoV-2 RNA in blood serum could predict COVID-19 mortality

Modified natural killer cells show neutralizing and multivalent potential against SARS-CoV-2 in vitro

Research pinpoints brain region responsible for self-bias in working memory

Angiopoietin-2 is a crucial determinant of COVID-19 prognosis, study finds

Could procalcitonin indicate bacterial co-infections in COVID-19 patients?

Can transgenic mice studies illuminate neurological complications associated with SARS-CoV-2 in humans?

NK and T cell subsets show distinctive lung-homing receptor profiles in COVID-19 patients

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