by University of Pittsburgh Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell (blue) heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (red), isolated from a patient sample. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID Most research on immunity to the SARS-CoV-2 virus and COVID-19 vaccine development has focused on antibody...
Written by Robby Berman on April 25, New research finds a link between COVID-19 severity and gum disease. Nes/Getty Images Researchers at McGill University find a strong link between periodontitis, a common form of gum disease, and severe COVID-19 outcomes. Periodontitis produces an inflammatory response that may spread through the body — scientists have previously linked the...
by Bill Hathaway, Yale University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A little more than a year ago, as the first reports rolled in about the outbreak of a novel new coronavirus in China, it quickly became clear that older individuals and males were most at risk of lethal outcomes. Yale immunobiologist Akiko Iwasaki knew immediately that studying...
