Jay Croft June 23, 2023 Can common anti-depressants prevent COVID-19 infection? That’s the suggestion of research in BMC Medicine, based on infection trends among more than 5,600 mental health care patients in the United Kingdom from April to December 2020. The report says that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were particularly effective in blocking COVID-19 transmission....
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Uncovering the hidden genetic connections behind COVID-19 and comorbidities
By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia Jun 21 2023 Reviewed by Lily Ramsey, LLM In a recent study published in Scientific Reports, researchers performed a protein diffusion network analysis using tissue-specific gene regulatory networks (GRNs) to identify predispositions and comorbidities of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outcomes and the linking mechanisms. Study: Comorbidity genetic risk and pathways impact SARS-CoV-2...
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Short telomeres in alveolar type II cells associate with lung fibrosis in post COVID-19 patients with cancer
Peer-Reviewed Publication IMPACT JOURNALS LLC IMAGE: FIGURE 2. COVID-19 PATIENTS PRESENT SHORTER TELOMERES IN THE ALVEOLAR TYPE II CELLS THAN CONTROLS. Here we reveal a link between short telomere length in ATII cells and post-viral lung fibrosis outcome in post-COVID-19 patients.” BUFFALO, NY- June 15, 2023 – A new research paper was published on the cover of Aging (listed...
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Researchers uncover new insights into why individuals are affected differently by COVID-19 infection
by New York University Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A team of researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi, led by Associate Professor of Biology Youssef Idaghdour and working in collaboration with clinicians at several Abu Dhabi hospitals, investigated the association between microRNAs, a class of small RNA molecules that regulate genes, and COVID-19 severity among 259 unvaccinated...
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Researchers find an immune system ‘trip wire’ that detects COVID-19
by University of California – San Diego Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Inflammasomes make up an intricate system of molecular sensors that our bodies use to sound an alarm when an infection occurs. However, the mechanisms behind these sensors, which initiate responses to threats such as invading pathogens, and how they operate has been an area of...
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Immune cells targeting core protein of virus are important for early immune defense against COVID-19
by Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Study overview, upper airways viral loads, and antibody-mediated neutralization of SARS-CoV-2. a Schematic representation of the study design. Donors were sampled weekly for 1 month and then periodically until 6 months after initial presentation. b Longitudinal quantification of upper airways viral loads (UA-VLs) in patients with mild COVID-19 (n = 25) recruited during the first week...
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Can COVID-19 cause high blood pressure?
COVID-19 may raise blood pressure or trigger hypertension for the first time. Research also suggests that the pandemic generally correlated with a widespread rise in blood pressure, perhaps due in part to increased stress. Because COVID-19 is a new disease, researchers still do not fully understand how it works, what causes differences in its severity among individuals,...
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New Drugs in Primary Care: Lessons Learned From COVID-19
Christos Evangelou, MSc, PhD May 05, 2023 SAN DIEGO – A COVID-19 combination antiviral is the most important new drug primary care physicians have prescribed in recent years – plus it has helped keep many patients out of the hospital, according to a presenter at the annual meeting of the American College of Physicians. Nirmatrelvir-ritonavir was granted emergency use...
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COVID-19 Diet’ a Boon to Kidney Stone Patients
Howard WolinskyApril 28, 2023 Your kidneys may be hailing the “COVID-19 diet.” Some patients prone to kidney stones lowered their intake of sodium and calcium in 2020 as they switched to home cooking, and the reductions have persisted even as restaurants have reopened. Researchers from the Department of Urology at Stony Brook University Hospital in Stony Brook, New York, reported the findings today...
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Researchers discover COVID-19 does not infect immune cells that contribute to chronic inflammation
by University of Queensland Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A treatment to prevent runaway inflammation in patients with severe COVID-19 is a step closer after a University of Queensland-led study into how immune cells respond to the virus. Dr. Larisa Labzin and Professor Kate Schroder from UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience with Dr. Sarah Londrigan at the...