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‘Mini lungs’ research leads to multiple COVID-19 discoveries
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‘Mini lungs’ research leads to multiple COVID-19 discoveries

JULY 23, 2024 by Sanford-Burnham Prebys hiPSC-derived LOs are susceptible to infection with multiple strains of SARS-CoV-2, validated in primary human lung epithelia. Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2408109121Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys, University of California San Diego and their international collaborators have reported that more types of lung cells...

Long-term immune changes persist in unvaccinated COVID-19 patients
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Long-term immune changes persist in unvaccinated COVID-19 patients

By Dr. Chinta SidharthanReviewed by Susha Cheriyedath, M.Sc. In a recent study published in the journal Allergy, a team of researchers in Austria conducted a longitudinal analysis among individuals who had not been vaccinated against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to understand the changes in humoral and cellular immunity over ten months after the first severe...

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Scientists unravel life-saving effect of dexamethasone in COVID-19

NEWS RELEASE 3-JUL-2024 Study in “Cell” Peer-Reviewed PublicationDZNE – GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES Dexamethasone is one of the most important drugs in the treatment of severe COVID-19, but patients respond very differently to the therapy. Researchers at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin have now discovered how the...

Long COVID ‘indistinguishable’ from other post-viral syndromes a year after infection, researchers find
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Long COVID ‘indistinguishable’ from other post-viral syndromes a year after infection, researchers find

by European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Credit: AbstractLong COVID appears to manifest as a post-viral syndrome indistinguishable from seasonal influenza and other respiratory illnesses, with no evidence of increased moderate-to-severe functional limitations a year after infection, according to new research being presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious...

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Discovered the epigenetic scars that the COVID-19 disease causes in the lung

Peer-Reviewed Publication JOSEP CARRERAS LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE MANEL ESTELLER, VERONICA DAVALOS, ALEIX NOGUERA-CASTELLS AND EVA MUSULEN, JOSEP CARRERAS LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE. AUTHORS OF THE STUDY ABOUT THE EFFECT OF LETHAL COVID-19 IN THE EPIGENETICS OF THE LUNG TISSUES CREDIT: JOSEP CARRERAS LEUKAEMIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE. The COVID-19 disease, due to infection with the SARS-CoV2 virus, became...

Scientists Sound the Alarm: COVID-19 Virus Is Rapidly Evolving in White-Tailed Deer
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Scientists Sound the Alarm: COVID-19 Virus Is Rapidly Evolving in White-Tailed Deer

By OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AUGUST 28, 2023 Research reveals that Ohio’s white-tailed deer carry the COVID-19 virus, with the virus variants evolving three times faster in deer than in humans. The implications for potential cross-species transmission in the future remain unclear. Study finds deer are virus reservoirs, promoting ongoing mutation.New research has found that white-tailed...

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Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center researchers to develop nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine

Researchers say intranasal vaccine could be easily used in developing countries Updated: 8:35 AM EDT Aug 16, 2023Play Video LEBANON, N.H. — Researchers at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center are part of a team working to develop the first nasal spray COVID-19 vaccine on the market. Dartmouth Health officials said the vaccine will not require refrigeration...

International study shows that taste, independent of smell, is also significantly diminished in patients with COVID-19
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International study shows that taste, independent of smell, is also significantly diminished in patients with COVID-19

by Monell Chemical Senses Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Smell loss became the cardinal symptom of COVID-19 early in the pandemic and has ignited research on how smell and taste function. An international study led by the Global Consortium for Chemosensory Research (GCCR) and the Monell Chemical Senses Center has separated taste from smell in people with COVID-19, demonstrating in...