JOHN TIMMER – 3/8/2022, 5:44 PM Getty Images Infection by SARS-CoV-2 causes a dizzying array of symptoms beyond the respiratory distress that is its most notable feature. These range from intestinal distress to blood clots to the loss of smell, and symptoms vary wildly from person to person. Figuring out exactly what the virus does inside the...
by Prakash Nagarkatti, Mitzi Nagarkatti, The Conversation Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain As the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 took hold across the globe in late 2021, it became readily apparent that the pandemic had entered a new phase. Having experienced a previous COVID-19 infection or being vaccinated still left many people wondering how vulnerable they were...
by Max Planck Society DNA analytics in the lab. Credit: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology The genetic variants we are born with can increase or decrease our risk of falling seriously ill with COVID-19. The major genetic risk variant for severe COVID-19, one we inherited from Neandertals, is surprisingly common. This raises the question...
Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. A recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server described coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sequelae developed in non-hospitalized young adults more than six months after COVID-19 infection. Although extensive research has been conducted on the manifestation of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) symptoms in infected patients, data about the persistence...
by NYU Langone Health Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have discovered a mechanism that may explain why COVID-19 patients lose their sense of smell. Published online February 2 in the journal Cell, the new study found that infection with the pandemic virus, SARS-CoV-2, indirectly dials down the action of olfactory receptors (OR), proteins on the...
by The Scripps Research Institute Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team co-led by scientists at Scripps Research has found evidence that a compound contained in the medicinal and culinary herb rosemary could be a two-pronged weapon against the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The scientists, in experiments described in a paper published January 6, 2022...
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF LUNG CANCER IMAGE: ALESSIO CORTELLINI, MD, FROM THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. CREDIT: ALESSIO CORTELLINI, MD, FROM THE IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON, LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. TERAVOLT Study Identifies Seven Factors That Increase Mortality Risk for Patients with COVID-19 (Denver, Colo. 9 a.m. EST/February 1, 2022) –The risk of...
CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES ONCOLÓGICAS (CNIO) Inflammation is a defence mechanism of the body to fight pathogens. However, when it is widespread and excessive, it can aggravate the pathology and even cause death. One of the ways in which this excessive response occurs is called acytokine storm, an inflammatory process produced by these proteins, cytokines,...
24 JANUARY 2022 WHAT WAS CLAIMED Covid-19 vaccines could cause neurodegenerative diseases in young people. OUR VERDICT The MHRA has told Full Fact there is “no credible evidence” of an association between the Covid-19 vaccines and neurodegenerative diseases. An Instagram post shares the headline of an online article which claims: “COVID [sic] Shots Could Cause ‘Crippling’ Neurodegenerative Disease in...
by Tom Avril Credit: CC0 Public Domain In the first few weeks of the pandemic, when physicians were grappling with the unknown like everyone else, psychiatrist Angela Reiersen recalled that an old drug in her field, called fluvoxamine, affected the body in ways that went beyond improving mental health. In addition to easing symptoms of...
